A plea from the Congolese Army chief after stopping an angry crowd marching on another u. N. Base. Through the central philippines ripping roofs from homes and damaging an airport. Hello turkeys president says he will oppose natos defense plan for baltic countries and poland unless it recognizes the groups ankaras fighting in syria as terrorists. Expect unconditional solidarity in the fight against the mainly kurdish fighters he made that warning ahead of a nato summit in london thats already set to be dominated by internal divisions. Nato needs to act in a proactive manner against threats posed by terrorist organizations its inevitable that need to the need of readjusting its against terrorist threats they expect the allies to display strong cooperation with us in the threats. Lets bring in jonah how hes joining us from london how is that warning by the turkish president likely to go down at the nato summit. Well it certainly does set this up as the issue that is likely to be the main bone of contention at this meeting part of a sort of tangled web of interests that exists between turkey a full member of nato of course the United States and other members of nato and regift and perhaps ranking here alongside donald trump as the 2 most combustible elements in this meeting mr erdogan one knows perfectly well that he doesnt have a whole hearted support of fellow native members in his fight against the kurds in the north of syria particularly white b. G. Kurdish forces formally just very recently having been key allies of the United States in the fight against i still the backdrop to all of this of course is Donald Trumps unilateral decision back in october to withdraw u. S. Forces from Northern Syria which enabled turkey to send its forces into the north to battle the kurds to the onesies of course as a terrorist threat that prompted Emmanuel Macron just a week or so ago to give a newspaper interview in which he talked about the impending brain death of nato as an organization because of its inability to coordinate among members spending far too much time he says warning about budgets and military spending and that prompted her to on in turn to snap back that mr macron should perhaps consider whether he was himself brain dead so this is the sort of a platform the fabric in which discussions will take place and central to them will be assertive ones threat alongside the comments you just heard him make there that if nato doesnt come onboard fulsomely and wholeheartedly in support of his fight against the kurds he will stand in the way of natos efforts to bowl to defenses for the baltics and poland against russia and that of course a very key part of nato policy currently to what extent can we expect these internal divisions journo to overshadow the summit. Look its happened before and everybody will remember very well what happened last year 2018 in brussels when a bad tempered donald trump turned up and really eclipsed everything nato wanted to talk about by berating members about military spending military defense spending and spending on the nato budget he said they simply werent spending enough the us was shouldering too much of the burden well currently as we speak at the u. S. Ambassadors residence and thats a security perimeter around the building there dont trump is having breakfast with Jens Stoltenberg the secretary general mr stoltenberg of course will be very keen to get this meeting off to a calm and good natured start hell be pushing brand new nato commitments to up military spending generally and to bring parity to the u. S. Contribution to the budget particularly with germany and he will hope as i say that that kicks things off to a good start but turkey and these other issues i think will loom large around and above them are i dont i thank you for that update from london and we will be crossing live to trump and stall in burgh when they begin giving their statements ahead of that nato summit that will happen around 30 minutes time so bring you those statements right here on aljazeera. Dozens of people were wounded in iraq after Security Forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters on monday Political Parties are trying to work out a deal to form a new government after the resignation of Prime Minister. And his cabinets more than 400 people have been killed in weeks of antigovernment protests iraqis are now repeating their calls for a complete overhaul of the political system. Iranian state television has a college for the 1st time people it describes as riots or as were shot and killed during recent protests of people joined demonstrations over an increase in petrol prices which are set by the governments human Rights Groups say as many as 200. 00 people were killed last month irans government disputes that figure lets go to assad big hes joining us from the iranian capital tehran so iran has acknowledged for the 1st time that people were killed by Security Forces but have they said how many people. No the figure the iranian official figure has pretty much remained the same but this is the 1st acknowledgement by the iranians that Security Forces killed protesters now this was on state media it was d a lengthy report around 7 minutes long and it was very much the iranian governments version of events and the defense of the Security Forces the report acknowledged that there were demonstrations across the country. And even here in iran but also categorized those that were killed it called some of them thugs and rioters on bridge knives and guns that attacked military centers said that some were Peaceful Protesters others were passes by and some Security Forces and they didnt say how those passes by and civilians those Peaceful Protesters were killed or vo the spokesman for the judiciary this morning has said that it was suspicious and those bullets that killed those people werent from the Security Forces but they also said that there were People Killed in the southwestern city of mashhad where there is an arab population now the report called them separatists said that they were armed with guns and that they fired and Security Services and the Security Services were forced to fire back and defend themselves very much this report that was carried on state media is saying that the Security Forces intervened used force to protect lives they say that right as them were attempting to set fire to petrochemical plants that could have received many lives and theres the report also code interviews with what they say were. People within the neighborhood who said that look were grateful for the Security Services intervening because many lives would have been at risk and whats the reaction been inside iran. Well the still considerable amount of frustration and anger theres no demonstrations taking place this country is just emerging from an internet blackout the internet was only restored last week and the still images and videos coming out from those demonstrations that took place as a result of the announcement of a fuel hike and now the spokesman of the judiciary has rejected the figures that are coming in in terms of the number of dead from those protests and he said that those figures are given to International Agencies from hostile groups but also weve had Opposition Leader whos been in the hazaras since 2011 me it was sending hes made a statement to opposition website that he likened the crackdown on demonstrations here in iran to back to the time of when the shop opened fire had those Security Forces opened fire on peaceful demonstrators which led to this time of revolution so theres still a lot of anger and frustration and people here that really want to get to the bottom of how many people were killed all right as a big thank you 5 people including a Police Officer have been killed during the latest protest against un peacekeepers in the eastern democratic republic of congo gunfire was heard throughout monday in the city of beni and local people accuse the un peacekeepers of failing to protect them from rebel attacks Catherine Sawyer joining us from goma from the eastern d. R. C. S. Largest city it was a tense day over in beni on monday what are you hearing about the situation on tuesday. Why our team in beni has visited the General Hospital there and theyve told us about quite a few things that are quite difficult to see 15 people are in hospitals suffering gunshot wounds doctors there saying they have to arjuns 0 the operates on 10 of them and one woman who was shot in the head died last night and thats how the death toll has now gone to 5 they also so a team also so people who have been attacked in recent a. D. F. Attacks they talked about people who have you know huge wounds caught by a machine by machetes they he talks to a woman who said that 5 of his children were killed so people who are victims of a. D. F. Rebels who have very horrific stories to tell are in that hospital as well and on the streets of benny things are calm now but very tense and this follows those dramatic scenes we so all yesterday the military effectively taking control of the streets running battles between Security Forces and protesters all day take a look at the stories done. The Congolese Military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of beni. This people are marching on a un peacekeepers base at what they see as if the un forces to protect them against attacks by rebel groups including the socalled Democratic Forces determined to keep the mission out protesters have already damaged a number of u. N. Buildings since protests started a little over a week ago the Congolese Army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a. T. F. Killing more than a 100 people in the last month and up to 2000 in the last 5 years now they are ordering the public off the street insisting they and the un are on their side so. Were calling on the population and all members of society in north kivu province to stop working with our enemies the population should not forget about the real enemy the police is not the enemy the soldiers are not generally the un is not the enemy the real enemy is the a. T. F. The violence in beni is now humping effort contain and outbreak thats killed more than 2000 people in the democratic republic of congo since august the militarization of the medical response and as ruling greece distrust area were Government Troops and sometimes peacekeepers are not always seen as forces by everyone and now the wild Health Organization has been forced to scale down operations in the area. In the press conference by the military on monday the spokes band of the army say that they believe this protests have been infiltrated by armed people the protests have become very dangerous and so the military will not allowed this process to go on and they will you continue using force until the situation is resolved but ive spoken to people here in goma were very upset by that statement they say the military is trying to deflect attention of what is really happening in beni and there is genuine anger and frustration over the state of security and this needs to be addressed they say as quickly as possible all right catherine thank you for that update from goma. Still ahead on aljazeera its worse than we thought scientists sound another alarm about greenlands melting ice sheets. And i mean it was hot on the edge of this a help find out next how senate go and other countries in the region are planting trees to try to stop the desert moving forward and expanding. And theyre going to rain showers across much of indonesia but youll see across the philippines this is what were watching this is that very powerful typhoon its been working its way across the philippines producing some very heavy amounts of rain by wednesday pushing out into the South China Sea but still a very powerful storm with winds at about 150 kilometers an hour that would make it a category one hurricane its still very much around on thursday although the rains should begin to ease the very heavy rains across much of the philippines meanwhile the rains a fairly extensive as you can see across the south through some asha and at the mill a peninsula that we had on the tools australia fuchsia these across into tasmania also victoria but its really about the fires that continue to burn of course into New South Wales and just look at this this is sydney now the New South Wales department of environment said the quality is 3 times worse it has been in the last 5 years so it really is not a healthy situation at all its all coming from these fires a 1000000 hectares has actually been 500 homes have been destroyed it stays hot it stays dry very woman president and look at the temperatures in puff of the next couple of days 36 celsius on wednesday could be high as we head to thursday 38 degrees that of course is 104 height. Kenyan journalists in the pursuit of press freedom and justice i have seen very discreet situations where someone secret but they are hoping for and thats investigating government corruption and the National Health care system some of the transaction to seeing much of the killing. Of money that is unexplained to africa on some sites and publishable seems a little want to even if it doesnt your score truth is it anyway on aljazeera. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera his president is threatening to oppose natos plans for the defense of baltic countries and poland. Wants the alliance to recognize kurdish led fighters in Northern Syria as terrorists. Iranian state television has acknowledged for the 1st time that Security Forces shot and killed what it describes as rioters during recent government protests the unrest began after the governments increased petrol prices. 5 people including a Police Officer have died in the latest anti un protest in the eastern democratic republic of congo the gunshots were heard for most of monday in the city of beni demonstrators are upset about what they say is a lock of Un Protection from armed rebel groups. The former malaysian Prime Minister najib razak has been on the witness stand for the 1st time to defend himself against corruption allegations the trial in the high court has to do with a multibillion dollar scandal at malaysias state fun known as one m d be accused the legal the receiving about 10000000. 00 when he was in office hes pleaded not guilty to all the charges which include Money Laundering and abuse of power or lawyer has also emphasized the alleged role of a businessman known as joe lowery whos been named by u. S. Investigators the. Scheme was devised by. Together with 4 arabs ok 2 from saudi and another 2 from the right and the Empire Management or one m. B. Be. Paid off by due to a powerful typhoon has struck the philippines main island of luzon forcing almost a quarter of a 1000000 people from their homes typhoon camry has ripped roofs from buildings knocked out power and halted hundreds of flights its the 20th typhoon to hit the philippines this year jamila and duncan is an alibi province and says people were well prepared. Because the cecile began to see these have become familiar scenes Police Officers and other members of the local government rushing to clear out the streets paved the way for help to get to those who need it most weve spoken to the mayor of the guys who says hes quite happy that this is the embassy the casualty fargas which is something that has been going on for the last 18 years more than 100000 people were evacuated over the last few days and moved to safer areas but this might suggest the being stable not much is known for other outlying islands like speak out and that these areas remain cut off there is still no news but weve been told that some of the areas there communities have been severely battered and aid needs to get there as soon as possible. 127 people have been murdered in 24 hours in mexico thats an unprecedented number for a single day many are now questioning the president s strategy of hugs not bullets and tackling the drug cartels as Al Jazeera Alan Fischer reports from mexico city. It will take a while to repair the damage to view when your own city hall the memories of what happened here will last much longer. Saturday afternoon a convoy of vehicles covered in the initials of a local drug cartel c. D. N. Drove into town and began fighting this the authorities believe was sending a message to the Regional Government to quote. Security forces surrounded the turn 60 kilometers south of the texas border by the time the gun battles ended on sunday 22 were dead 16 gunmen 4 Police Officers 2 civilians pictures of local politicians were riddled with bullets locals had to literally run for the lights you mustnt drown the past the yellow plastic thank you we were arriving at the plaza with our children many began to shoot at us from the hill and we had to run in another direction the attack in question ended on the day its no been confirmed was the deadliest since mexico began keeping records 127 people were killed on december 1st the day that marked the 1st anniversary of president Andres ManuelLopez Obrador taking office he had promised a new approach to tackling mexicos violence and it is morning News Conference claimed the incident quite realize it was unusual is de castro this case is lets say unusual it is not something that happens in quite well every day we have a plan for the National Guard we need 140000 guards but we only have 70000. Later in the day the president met members of the law guard and family 9 of them were killed in a cocktail ambush near the u. S. Border in early november we were updated on the investigation into the murders 4 people have been arrested. Didnt speak after the meeting. Hoses took to the streets on sunday to protest against the president s 1st you know office one of the largest groups demanding he do more to curb the violence u. S. President donald trump says hes begun the process to designate mexicos drug cartels as terrorist organizations mexico opposes that idea but we find itself under increasing pressure to do something about the murder rate especially if theres another day as bloody as december the 1st 2019 alan fischer aljazeera mexico city. Scientists say theyre becoming more alarmed about how fast the worlds 2nd largest ice sheet is melting researchers from the university of cambridge in the u. K. Say lakes on top of greenland story glacier are draining into the ocean through holes in the ice the water under the ice then lifts the glacier causing it to move and melt faster the Greenland Ice sheet is the worlds single largest contributor to rising sea levels the warning about greenland this time leeward delegates and World Leaders meeting in spain for the uns annual Climate Conference the cop 25. 00 gathering in madrid has been told the world is approaching a point of no return unless governments do much more to reduce greenhouse emissions by the end of the coming decade we will be on one of 2 paths when is the path of surrender where we have sleepwalked past the point of no return job providing the health and safety of everyone on this planet do we really want to be remembered as the generation that bertie did have in the sand that. While the planet burns the other option is the path of hope oppressive resolve of Sustainable Solutions a press where more fossil fuels remain where they should be in the ground and where we are on the way to Carbon Neutrality by 2050. Well take you live to london thats president troponin stolberg speaking ahead of the nato summit lets listen in for was going to work for a long time we were live at nato if you kept going that way and our viewers say because were paid far more than the body else and fall even as a percentage of g. D. P. But weve been raised in numbers that are the rich countries in favor of very big dollars it was go down for close to 40 years if you look at it was like a rollercoaster down nothing up there was going on for a long time you would have that in the if you kept going theyre worried now really think we should be better off now and im happy to or not but the secretarys the looking to do that for a long time and i can tell you is very happy about it and just generally in a very big couple of days i think they were going to have a tremendous couple of days but very very important we have a tremendous spirit and change today doris except for one country where we talk of this one country we see how it works out and actually one country has a couple of points for those words a very devastating to our were find out about that next. 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Theyre starting to catch other peoples products so therefore we are just taking place slow down technology and when youre in the arms of the little house and its its a very tough statement to make when you have such difficulty in being friends you look at whats happened with the yellow vests or you look at whats going on during certain parts of this issue that got her on the air and you just cant go around maybe instead of nato its greatest respect for this right. There are at that. Or. Are you i just. I just havent seen the purpose of this stay out of it and leave a great interview general very fair man. In this fabulous job because you want to do something really for teaching others versus those who have. 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Report is a very were report if what i read is correct i read it the year is there if what i read is correct. That will be a little disappointing but it was just one asset one aspect of the world well see what happens well see it its coming out a few days i use devastating both will soon fire them these are threatening. Yes. Well at least secretary general has the other job brewing there via the of the of the its not fair because the United States is paying for a set and some people who say 43 percent of the largest g. D. P. There is in the world by far. Rather to a level that nobody thought of. So what paying for it forward 3 percent where germany is paying one to 1. 2 percent f. X. 1. 2 percent of the much smaller in the u. K. Thats not fair. And it is its not its not fair also what we have here is. These are the same conscious but the European UnionUnited States very very very earlier thread and the deficit for many many years for decades but the deficit for many many years has been asked for an hour with the United States and europe in there forever and im changing that and im changing in fairly rapidly but a start its not right we take advantage of one way or also then to be taken advantage of or trade in thats what happens and we cant let that happen so. Were talking to their pay anyone and were talking to various countries that are liberal were talking in the early trade and they have to shave but otherwise things are going to get very tough but let me just name is the only basis for north america and you meet every day well discuss the start until you get it misformed lead you to the water which will give you this if you read some charges and youve got a war on the gulf for many many years and do ya want to start not just because it does its ok to quit from the 1st introductory need very good regime ours are as stepping off we are also modernizing your salons responding to each other just insider in space will it be clear space doesnt. Only for a nickel something you never had before so its just us well there are differences because we ought in 9 Different Countries from all sides of the atlantic in different bodies in fallujah from distant given your vision but despite these differences we have always been able to knock around or false 2 books from the controller because you are stronger than state good enough to certainly not lose because not. Our say nobody needs there are more than friends you just look back over the last long period of time and nobody is there more than friends and frankly the one of the benefits really the least is the United States were better than the least wealthier european nights and they go yes they come in for hour that may or may not care for. Them but there are other powers out there also but i think nobody needs it more than friends and thats where they get one friends place to stay that way but then. Its a very dangerous standard for them to. Imagine. Probably not. Work out of love with those Companies Facebook a good goal all of them twitter all over this they do pretty well over twitter and the other side but i doubt necessarily love those companies but there are companies you know American Companies i want to tax those governors and im going to tax cuts for itself france is going to put a tax on it was totally out of the loop of the just had the idea emmanuelle had a lengthy endless tax those companies where their American Companies are killing people take advantage of American Companies because a value is going to take advantage of the American Companies its going to be us its not going to be france. And so there we will tax evasion over the