Also had the pentagon warns that eisel could be on the rise once again in syria. Israel says its fighter jets launched attacks in Syria Warplanes hit Syrian Army Targets and irans quds force in the early hours of wednesday morning according to the Israeli Military syria says many of the rockets were shot down a day earlier israel intercepted 4 rockets launched towards the occupied Golan Heights from syria said to hold a house more for us from beirut. The strikes are being described as wide scale extensive multiple locations have been multiple targets in and around the syrian capital damascus israel the Israeli Military as well as the israeli Prime Minister ok knowledge ing that they were behind the attack theyre calling it an act of retaliation they are blame. The iranian force which is an arm of the Iranian Revolutionary guards which also has a presence in syria of the responsibility for firing 4 rockets from syria towards the Golan Heights on tuesday so theyre saying the overnight strikes are in retaliation for that incident theres been no independent confirmation on that incident the military is saying that the overnight strikes targeted positions based arms depots belonging to both the outputs force and the Syrian Military now over the years israel has been targeting positions belonging to the iranians or iranian allied groups in syria they have targeted the Syrian Military in the past but it is quite aware definitely this can be seen as a message to the Syrian Government that we hold you responsible for any attacks that emanate from syrian soil and threaten the security of israel israel believes that the iranian presence in syria is a threat to its security it has repeatedly said it will continue this strikes and in many ways it has the support or the cost of the proof of the russians who are the main power broker in syria the russians seem to turn a blind eye when these strikes happen on condition that those strikes weaken their ally the syrian president bashar assad so a shadow war between israel and iran now clearly out in the open iran has not really recognized or acknowledged that its bases have been hit in syria and the Syrian Military also not confirming that those bases have been hit the media the state media saying that right they thwarted the attacks and that they shot down a number of them. Who see rebels in yemen released 3 vessels on the cruise that was seized on monday to south korean ships and to Saudi Arabian tall girl being held near the red sea port of the saudi government called the seizure equates to risk operation who says say. Their actions were justified. 2 u. S. Military personnel have been killed in a Helicopter Crash in afghanistan it happened in the province of la guard Officials Say they dont believe the helicopter was shot down and they are now investigating the taliban has claimed responsibility. China some of the u. S. Diplomats after the senate in washington passed a bill to support human rights in hong kong following months of often violent unrest and or thomas has more on that now from beijing. The man summoned to Chinas Foreign Ministry is William Klein the u. S. Embassys minister counselor for Political Affairs a pretty senior u. S. Diplomat here in beijing and he was essentially summoned to the Foreign Ministry to be told what theyd already released in a statement earlier the Foreign Ministry about how upset and angry they were at the passing of this vote in the u. S. Senate is now the statement that was released 1st thing on wednesday is very long and very strong by Chinese Standards doesnt come much stronger than this already a little bit this x. That the u. S. Senate has passed neglects facts and truth applies double standards and blatantly interferes in hong kong and chinas other internal affairs its a serious violation of International Law beijing says and basic norms governing International Relations china condemns it and firmly opposes it and it goes on in that vein the issue hong kong faces is not about human rights or democracy but about stopping violence and chaos and this statement says that the passing of this law in the u. S. Senate will encourage that violence and chaos in hong kong out of a hidden political agenda the statement goes on this act paints criminal moves as a pursuit of human rights and democracy when the truth is violent criminals rampantly smashing facilities setting on fire buildings bullying and attacking innocent civilians the aim they say of this act is to bolster and to china extremist violent radicals hong kong is part of china and we urge the u. S. This statement says to grasp the situation and stop its wrongdoing before its too late and at the end of the statement was a not so veiled threats china will have to take strong Counter Measures to defend our National Sovereignty if the u. S. Insists on making the wrong decisions because of course so far this act passed by the u. S. Senate is not u. S. Law donald trump would have to give his assent to it and china is trying to head that off while at the same time making it very very clear that whats happening in hong kong is nobodys business but chinas. Well in hong kong itself a standoff at a University Campus there is continuing a small number of student protesters are still holed up on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University they have been there since sunday some have been trying to escape and avoid offices who surrounded the building during the worst of it demonstrators hole petrol bombs and even shot arrows at the police lets bring in correspondent weigh in hey join us live from hong kong horse affects is the Senate Resolution likely to have on the protests. Well i think the response is going to be fairly predictable depending on which camp hong kong people fall into weve already had some strong response from those in the pros china camp road china legislators very much echoing those comments from beijing saying that this senate vote is going to is very much something that they disagree with its been a very Critical Response from them saying that it is an interference in hong kongs domestic if it is on the prodemocracy side on the side of the protest as they will very much embrace it im sure that they will feel emboldened by its Going Forward for any future rallies that they are planning to hold in fact over the past few months weve seen them use the proposed acts that so we saw voted on in the Senate Passed in the senate in washington they have really rallied around that weve seen many u. S. Flags being waved at some of those protests here at the Polytechnic University the that you mentioned still there is a situation ongoing here its been fairly quiet on the streets of hong kong throughout the course of wednesday but here inside the campus grounds inside the buildings behind me still some of those protesters are in there refusing to come out were not sure of the exact numbers somewhere in the vicinity of 50 to 100 over the past 2448 hours or so we have seen many people flee from those buildings from the campus some. Trying to escape successfully escaping in some cases more often than not though they have been arrested by the police who still very much have this area surrounded cordoned off been encouraging people to come out and surrender peacefully to lay down any weapons that they may have and indeed the chief executive of Hong Kong Carrie lamb urged the police in her Media Briefing on tuesday to try to bring this situation to a peaceful end and she also said that she wanted those who are under 18 years of age to be allowed to go home and for the most part that seems to be what has been happening the police have been taking their details then releasing those under 18 year olds to go home they may well be arrested in the future there are no promises there but those who are over 18 no chance for them they have been arrested they are detained and the concern for them is that they are going to face charges of rioting which carries a jail term of up to 10 years ok we will check in with you later in the meantime thanks very much. Now there should be more significant testimony a little later today in the impeachment inquiry into the us President Donald Trump gorton sagal and as the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. We are expecting to see it from him now he has revised his initial testimony to say he believed donald trump had linked restarting militaria to ukraine to its investigation over joe biden and mr bidens son hunter biden is alan fischer. This could be a pivotal week in the donald trump impeachment hearings many of those shared tool to give evidence were on the controversial july call with the ukrainian president that kills a key claim the hearings are based on 2nd hand reports giving evidence of tenet colonel alexander vigilant a career army officer and the ukraine expert on the National Security council he was concerned by the call by President Trump pushing for an investigation into Democrat Joe Biden and his son immediately treat those concerns to a white house lawyer is improper for the president of the United States to demand a Foreign Government investigate a u. S. Citizen and a political opponent a decorated veteran of the water in iraq vidlin his see those actions in testifying under attack from President Trump supporters who question his loyalty this is america is the country ive served and defended that all of my brothers have served and here right matters. Thank you sir gilbert. I. One a Vice President might pences Jennifer Williams also appeared before the committee saying she had the call and considered it political in nature republicans are insisting the president did nothing wrong and was fully entitled to demand an investigation into biden and his sons business dealings in ukraine as millions of americans are watching throughout the hysteria and frenzied Media Coverage 2 key facts have not changed that are critical to these impeachment proceedings one ukraine in fact received the aid and 2 there was no investigation into the guidance then we had an appearance from kut volcker the former special representative to ukraine hes a witness called by republicans but he dismantled a key republican talking point that joe biden did something wrong as i previously testified i have known Vice President biden for 24 years is an honorable man and i hold him in the highest regard former National Security official Timothy Morrison admitted the ukrainians were told the u. S. Wanted something from ukraine to unfreeze the that had been allocated an actual quid pro quo that the ukrainians would have to have the prosecutor general. Make a statement or with respect to the investigations as a condition of having the ablest as democrats try to build a compelling case the republican leader of the senate where the definitive vote on action will be held says he doesnt see donald trump being removed from office it inconceivable to me to be 67 votes. To remove the president from office President Trump whos described some of those giving evidence as never trampers in the past actually acknowledged he doesnt know most of them but i dont know i never heard of him i dont know any of these people other than i have seen. A couple of their investigation the white house is continuing to mount its defense issuing a statement from Keith Kellogg the National Security adviser to Vice President mike pence he says he was on the call to the ukrainian president and despite evidence from others on tuesday he insists president bush did nothing wrong alan fischer aljazeera washington. Still to come for you here on aljazeera iraq breaks out as the u. K. Prime minister and the Main Opposition Party leader go head to head in the 1st debates in the run up to the u. K. s general election also ahead well look at the financial implications of the political unrest ongoing unrest in iraq. Hello again welcome back to your International Weather forecast well here across northern and western europe it is still quite chilly were talking about temperatures in the Single Digits as a high and thats really going to stay like that today as well as into tomorrow down towards the south though were watching this area of low pressure here in the mediterranean bring a lot of rain across much of the area today as well so anywhere from greece up across the Balkan Peninsula up towards vienna as well we could be seeing the very heavy rain now the good news is it looks like as we go towards tomorrow the rain is going to be making its way towards the east were going to see a lot of it begin to dissipate but still cloudy in a few showers across much of this area out here towards the west though temperatures are still in the Single Digits take a look at the 3 day forecast here for amsterdam well below average for this time of year were talking 5 degrees normally were up to about 90 degrees this time of year but by the time we get towards friday things look a little bit better in terms of the temperature going up to about 9 degrees there where youre cross the northern part of africa we have plenty of clouds into the interior sections we could be even seeing a shower too as those clouds make their way towards east showers up along the coastal areas so maybe benghazi youll be seeing a shower to tempt a few of 24. 00 degrees there for tripoli it is going to be a little bit cooler with the temperature of 20 and for tunis a 21 degrees for you. The weather sponsored by cattle. A story 1400 years in the making. A story of succession leadership. Tells the story line of dennis. The count of episode 3. Welcome back youre watching us here on my names peter told me these are your top stories israel says its fighter jets launched attacks inside syria the Israeli Army Says its planes hit Syrian Military targets and irans quds force in the early hours of wednesday morning. China summoned a u. S. Diplomat after the Senate Passed a bill to support human rights and on kong following months of unrest in hong kong protesters inside a University Campus there are refusing to surrender to the police. More witnesses have been questioned in public in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump one of the white house ukraine expert describes the drums phone call with the ukrainian president as improper. Now the deadline for the main rival to the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to form a government expires at 22 hours g. M. T. On wednesday benny gantz is negotiating with other Political Parties if he can form a coalition israel could in theory face a 3rd election in less than a year. Mr netanyahu has fast tracked a proposed law to annex the Jordan Valley that comes after the u. S. Announced it no longer views israeli settlements in the occupied west bank as being illegal palestinians condemn the move or the un and many governments confirmed they will continue to consider settlements in the eagle and an obstacle to peace or a force that reports now from the occupied west bank. A short drive south of jerusalem into the occupied west bank of the red roofs of the etzion settlement block for decades recognized as illegal by the International Community including the United States the morning after the u. S. Reversed that stance Benjamin Netanyahu in the midst of a last ditch fight to stay in office made time to come here for a victory lap we now know here we are in a historic day with another huge achievement for the state of israel which weve been working on quite a bit the trumpet ministration his right to the historic one here and stood with truth and justice and i thank president from public and secretary of state pompei are serving a moment where the settlements are not per se illegal under International Law the u. S. Secretary of state said the declaration improved prospects for peace between israelis and palestinians on an idea rejected by the palestinian leadership official translation is that this land is not black or white and this land is not part of palestinian and thats going to distant. With the idea called deal of the century or the next century because they dont see the palestinians as people they dont see us with rights of the technician shortly before septembers election netanyahu said he would annex the Jordan Valley if he won another term in office he has yet to secure that term nonetheless on wednesday he approved the fast tracking of an annexation bill or did reveal was among the settler leaders who met netanyahu he says the u. S. Declaration could be seen as a signal of support for such a plan i see that as a potential leading to it definitely it might be an indication for the palestinians listen if you carry on missing opportunities there might be nothing left for you. For decades settlement construction has continued unabated no matter the u. S. Or International Definition of its legality just last month 2300 new Housing Units were approved this is a major reversal of u. S. Foreign policy its a breach of International Consensus on the illegality of israeli settlement activity but for most israelis its entirely uncontroversial support for settlements has only grown in recent years and thats why Benjamin Netanyahu is main political rival benny gantz has also supported the u. S. Announcement. Just hours left of his officially a lot of time to try to form a government after septembers deadlocked election netanyahu is trying just as hard to remain in office hes already using this latest u. S. Announcement as part of his argument to stay on air force at aljazeera in the occupied west bank. The u. K. s governing conservative party has caused a big controversy over night after renaming its twitter account facts checked u. K. That happened on tuesday night right in the middle of a televised Leaders Debate ahead of the general election for december the 12th and you cant began firing off real time rebuttals to statements made by the Opposition LeaderJeremy Corbyn before reverting to its original proper name paul brennan has more. Ok Prime MinisterBoris Johnson came into this t. V. Debate with a double digit lead in the latest opinion polls with the possible disadvantage of being the incumbent in this race the Labor Party LeaderJeremy Corbyn came to solve it with the pressure of knowing that with less than 3 and a half weeks until polling day he needs a breakthrough soon with the 6 lots were drawn at corbin spoke 1st on Public Services to many families without a proper home struggling to make ends meet while tax cuts are handed to the super rich johnson led on bracks it whether you voted for leave or remain people want to get bricks it done and to unleash the potential of this entire country the questions ranged widely from bracks it to government austerity to personal integrity how can we trust you. Thank the times the moderator struggle to keep the debate on topic and on time this is thank you for being interested in supporting the idea that this is quite interesting and i know you want to really get into practice it is the other thing but in the moment we are talking about the n. H. S. On brics it a labor government would really go see it a new deal with the e. U. And then put it to a 2nd u. K. Referendum johnson repeatedly demanded to know whether colvin will campaign for or against his own bracks a deal in that referendum but we dont know and ive asked this before we dont know which side mr corbin would campaign is he going to campaign for leave can remain can learn from the other direction called in press the Prime Minister on the future of the National Health service and emphasise the point with a personal anecdote about a friend whod recently died of cancer the nurses that were trying to help or were unable to get anyone to see her because they were under such strain and stress and so she recorded a video saying please in my memory make sure nobody else goes through this pain other Opposition Party leaders were excluded from the main debate and allocated to separate t. V. Interview program. The liberal democrats the Scottish National party the greens and the party i would revoke article 50 something the Prime Minister has the power to do and we do that on day one westminster governments can decide to import the direction of travel when pointers and policies that we dont warrant upon us and therefore that really illustrates the importance of scotland deciding for our sales what kind of country we want to be a we really do need to transform our whole country in the next 10 years we know how to do it we just need to make sure weve got the well and the investment to make it happen the plan is to get some breaks it boyces into the house of commons to hold Boris Johnson to his promises political commentators will wrangle over which leader came out on top from this debate but there are several more televised encounters still to come in this Election Campaign plenty of time for voters to make up their mind before december 12th paul brennan aljazeera london. Britains just summoned chinas ambassador over allegations a consulate employee in hong kong was tortured simon chains as Chinese Secret Police beat him deprive him of sleep and chained him up was pressing him for information about activists leading the protests in hong kong the chain worked for the u. K. Consulate Business Development team he was detained for 15 days during a trip to the mainland in august. Ukraine says its ready to accept a quote reasonable compromise on settling the conflict in the east of the country more than 13000 people have been killed in the 5 year conflict between russia backed separatists and Ukrainian Government forces leaders from Ukraine Russia germany and france are expected to discuss the issue at a summit next month chremes foreign minister says hell go to the meeting with open ideas and an open mind. In eastern Ukraine Russia backed separatists have just finished a week long operation to remove land mines the work in a village near dont skip took place after both sides withdrew their armed forces from that area. The u. S. Has called off talks with south korea in a dispute over the cost of deploying around 30000. 00 American Forces the President Trump is demanding almost 5000000000. 00 thats a 5 fold increase Abigail Beaumont is an independent asia policy analyst she says the move could undermine the relationship between the 2 countries if the United States continues to put the sort of financial pressure on south korea popularity for the alliance popularity for times diplomacy will fall and that we get a lot harder for the United States to coordinate in good faith with south korea and with japan towards resolving the north Korean Nuclear situation in a peaceful way that also meets what the u. S. Wants out of the situation the United States has troops in south korea because it directly protects u. S. Interests the United States is threatened by the presence of north korea if you if trump word to just withdraw all of the troops from south korea that would have a profound impact on the stability of the entire of northeast asia and the greater and it was epic. A lot of countries there rely on the United States to maintain peace and stability in the region and that would create a huge power vacuum the pentagon is warning that i still do is getting stronger the u. S. Withdrawal from syria and hes offensive in a report that says those developments have allowed eisel to rebuild its capabilities and resources but also warns that the ice a leader. Will slow this resurgence and it says the group is likely to focus on freeing fights is being held by kurdish led forces in syria neda hashmi is director of the sense of filmmaking he studies at the university of denver he says a stabilizing force is required to fill a power vacuum in the region. The short term challenge is to try and stabilize this area it was previously stabilized by american troop presence in alliance with Kurdish Forces so now that that arrangement has been. Changed i think thats the immediate i think the pressing challenge is to find some alternative security arrangement that prevents this area from further destabilizing allowing isis to you know insert itself and to reorganize but of course the longer term challenges still remain in these have to do with you know the the social economic and political conditions that produced isis to begin with to have to do with you know authoritarian regimes unemployed young people the lack of hope and also the ideological challenge that isis still poses as a as a movement that can still attract disgruntled young muslim men from around the world so i think those are the you know those are the 2. Immediate imperatives that i think need to be dealt with weeks of antigovernment protests in iraq damaging trade some cell phone as a struggling to stay in business because of roadblocks put closures and internet interruptions while many say that sympathetic to the protesters demands they also want a return to stability Simona Holton has that story for us from baghdad. As protesters dig in their heels in downtown baghdad nearby businesses face a struggle of their own traders near Tahrir Square have found themselves on the front lines between Security Forces and demonstrators this Hardware Store and another were burned down in recent unrest staff are still sorting through charred merchandise you know because the antiriot forces were on top of the buildings they targeted them the 2 shops that belong to us this one and that one would burn and we werent able to extinguish the fire as you can see it all turns to ash. Surveillance video from adjacent buildings shows protesters throwing petrol bombs the shop is insured but it will take time to rebuild in the meantime shop employees worry about how theyll support their families and then of course. We had daily labor is this is a livelihood if i work 2 or 3 days it affects me on. Its not just the businesses around Tahrir Square that are feeling the pinch port and road closures in southern iraq have stifled trade analysts fear the uncertainty stemming from the protests could have long term adverse effects on the economy. Political stability is an essential part of the Investment Climate i believe that these problems will lead business is to think practically and to transfer their investment to other countries the partial internet shutdown has head butting Online Business community. Is iraqs main Online Food Delivery company but revenues have dropped more than half since the recent protests began. To tell about application depends greatly on the internet if the situation continues like this we dont think we can continue for the next 2 or 3 months i dont believe well be able to cover their salaries. The lack of jobs is what started protests in the 1st place but now the economy appears even worse off demonstrators say that whatever the cost of the unrest its nothing compared to what has been lost at the corruption and a small price to pay in the interest of bringing about larger change. Aljazeera. The u. S. States of. Meth campaign is getting lots of attention but for the wrong reasons. So i my. Campaign was widely mocked for featuring the slogan meth on it but the state governor says the helping to raise awareness about a very serious problem the number of teenagers using the drug in south dakota is double the national average. Ok lets get right up to speed with all the top stories so far this hour israel says its fighter jets of launched attacks inside syria and the Israeli Army Says its planes hit Syrian Military targets and irans. Force in the early hours of weapons day morning serious as many of the rockets were shot down a day earlier israel intercepted 4 rockets launched towards the occupied Golan Heights from syria. China summoned a u. S. Diplomat after the senate in washington passed a bill to support human rights at home kong following months of often violent unrest in hong kong the protesters inside a University Campus are refusing to surrender themselves to the police britains just summoned the Chinese Ambassador over allegations a consulate employee in hong kong was tortured he simon chang he says Chinese Secret Police beat him deprived him to sleep and chained him up was pressing him for information about activists leading the protest in hong kong with jang was detained for 15 days jennifer up to the mainland in august more witnesses have been publicly questioned in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump one of them the white house ukraine expert described mr trumps phone call with the ukrainian president as improper to u. S. Military personnel have been killed in a Helicopter Crash in afghanistan it happened in low gar province Officials Say they dont believe the helicopter was shot down and they are investigating the taliban has claimed responsibility the pentagon is warning that ice still is getting stronger due to the u. S. Withdrawal from syria and turkeys offensive there in a new report it says those developments have allowed eisel to rebuild its capabilities and its resources it also warns the death of the ice a leader Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi wont slow the resurgence the deadline for the main rival to the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to form a government expires at 22 hours g. M. T. On whedons day benny gantz is negotiating with other Political Parties his meeting with mr netanyahu made no progress if mr gun cant form a coalition israel could face a 3rd election in less than 12 months. Ukraine says its ready to accept a reasonable compromise on session in the conflict in the east of the country more than 13000 people have been killed in the 5 year conflict between russia backed separatists and Ukrainian Government forces leaders from Ukraine Russia germany and france are expected to discuss that issue a summit next month up next its the stream. Also used to. Understand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it. There and well bring you the news and Current Events that matter to. Aljazeera. 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