Unacceptable and vicious is how iraqs Prime Minister is describing u. S. Airstrikes in both iraq and in syria but washington is warning of further action to protect its personnel if necessary the strikes targeted 3 camps of an iranian backed group in iraq and 2 of them in syria at least 28. 00 fighters killed and 51. 00 injured. Now you know if we are warning the United States as we warned before that theyre illegal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance. So much reaction to this iraq warning of dangerous consequences as we said iran calling it a terrorist act but the u. S. Says the strikes were what it describes as a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against american personnel. Well weve got this report next from. I think its smart of 14 some out of 14 in baghdad. An unprecedented confrontation between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u. S. Airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u. S. Personnel are stationed a u. S. Contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care cook what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what President Trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for this law of the republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy that type hezbollah is part of the Popular Mobilization forces a Paramilitary Group set up to fight i so its integrated into iraqs armed forces the u. S. Has accused some factions in the pm of taking orders from to hand rather than baghdad until recently if the u. S. And the pm are fought side by side against isiah following i suppose territorial defeat 2 years ago the u. S. Retained around 5000 troops in country to support Iraqi Security forces as they search for i saw sleeper cells hiding in deserts one of those clearing operations coincided with the u. S. Mission against the type that i know as an air base here in western on barb. Province is an important launching pad for operations against beisel but recent rocket attacks against bases where u. S. Personnel are stationed including i last an air base in early december could hamper operations raising fears of a proxy war between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil in an unusual announcement following the annal acid attack the u. S. Publicly blamed the type hezbollah the Iraqi Government hasnt attribute blame but has tightened security. Said the going to security measures were. Cooperation with Coalition Forces there are surveillance patrols and additional troops to secure the outer perimeter of a search to protect the base investigations are continuing until now but its not completed. Promises of investigations have done little to reassure the u. S. None of the governments probes into any of the previous rocket attacks have been published the analysts say the details are well known and. I think that the iraqi joint Operation Command in iraq intelligence has many details about the people who attacked the k one basing cook Iraqi Government was confused because the pressure of could keep his blood is deeply entrenched in the Iraqi Parliament and the Iraqi Government and thats why they decided to keep in line with iran and the iranian Political Parties the Iraqi Government divided and weekend after 3 months of protests demanding sweeping political change has called on all sides to seize any unilateral actions neither us nor the pm appear to be listening both have vowed to take action setting the stage for further escalation Simona Fulton Al Jazeera but that. Is our correspondent in teheran he has the latest iranian government reaction. Well iran so far has just responded with words president rouhani was speaking earlier this morning he did address the airstrikes what happened was that the Foreign OfficeSpokes Person issued a statement they condemned the airstrikes said it was a manifestation of terrorism they called in the United States to respect iraqs sovereignty independence and territorial integrity they also said that the United States wasnt interested in fighting isis because the positions targeted those groups targeted had caused damage to isis in the past but they also said these attacks showed negligence on behalf of the United States and they should accept the consequences of that actions also later on in the day the government spokesman issued a statement and he denied that iran is behind any of the attacks on United States bases and said that these kinds of allegations without evidence are not a justification for bombing people so the response out of iran has been a bit slow because iraqi groups responding 1st his belied lebannon responded and then we heard something from iran but what will be interesting is how his will respond because and what would United States will do next because the United States has said iran is behind this group they have close links and how how much will it take before the United States turns its attention to iran. Now to other news and rebel fighters are being blamed for killing at least 18 people and torching their homes in democratic republic of congo police say the overnight raid is the latest in the Eastern Region of beni by a. D. F. Rebels they operate in both neighboring uganda and ive killed hundreds of people recently is following developments from nairobi and says it is expected that death toll will rise its now calm but tense of this is that the death toll would likely rise in fact this day the number is now 23 solely because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still arent accounted for they say when the rebels into the village they went from house to house creating everything in their path anyone they came across including women and children they killed whats been happening the couple of hours that people been trying to walk to any town a walk that can take them hours when they get big they plan to sleep in churches if that is possible or speak with family members you get a sense there that people are terrified the aid from uganda theyve been operating in that part of for more than 20 years causing havoc attacking villages a terrifying people and force these civilians have lived in those conditions for many many years when it comes to the government for years for decades people in that part of. The healthy being marginalized by the government in kinshasa they feel that all the resources go to the capital when you look at their part of the d. R. See the roads on the back state theres no infrastructure they feel let down so a lot of people say that when these attacks happen and they do happen often they feel alone. Sudanese court has sentenced 29 members of the Security Services to death they were convicted of torturing and murdering a protester back in february. Or was an important moment in the uprising against former president bashir hiper morgan is in sudans capital where people are celebrating the verdict hundreds of people erupted in joy outside the courtroom here in the capital there celebrating the verdict that the judge issued when he sentenced 29 members of saddams Security Services to death over the killing of a protester in february now the story of the schoolteacher who was killed in february at the nation especially when witness testimonies came out detailing how he was tortured to death by the Security Forces protesters have been demanding in february for then president obama to step down now he was ousted by the military in april and a Transitional Government was formed in august but the demonstrations are still ongoing people are saying that they want justice and accountability for the deaths of fellow protesters activists the more than 200 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in december and people are saying that they want legal reforms and they want to make sure that despite a new attorney general and you head of judiciary in plays then they want judges to replace them to make sure that every single protester who was killed and theres justice for his or her death and theyre saying that they want to make sure that the full of president bashir who was charged with inciting and participating in the killing of protesters is also sentenced to death so that they feel that their revolution is over and that the deaths of their fellow protesters did not go in vain. Temperatures in. Again to help create yet more catastrophic bushfire conditions extreme fire warnings have been issued in Victoria South australia and New South Wales but many people have already been told its too late to leave their homes as the flames get closer. Reports. Strong winds and record heat this fire season in australia is being described as kind of strong thick and now theres a new threat columns of smoke and heat from the flames are causing thunderstorms and lightning that could spread the fires and spark new ones we have recently issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Central Victoria including a specific warning for some severe thunderstorm cells that are moving towards the melbourne area. The fire threat is high in the states of New South WalesSouth Australia and to toria tens of thousands of people including tarus have been told its too late to leave as out of control fires burn year by theyve been advised to immediately seek shelter police are already very strong to get people out of those environments get the wife from the bush environment but as you know once you go on hold out sometimes you disconnect from you tell a farms disconnect from listening to the right yeah you actually enjoy yourself. Fires and prolonged droughts are common in australia but this year the fire season started earlier than usual millions of hectors have burned over the past few months and more than a 1000 homes have been destroyed the government has been criticized for not tackling the fires fast enough. The fire very quickly encroaching on. Areas and rural areas where people. Living their lives would strew agriculture or they where they actually live volunteers are also struggling to save wild animals under threat the birds could get away so the still around things like possums kangaroos wallabies wombats kidneys all of them but we were just not getting the call outs. I dont know how. The fires are already described as an unprecedented disaster and emergency crews are expecting conditions to worsen into the new year. With a yawn aljazeera. We spoke to payton human earlier professor of sustainability at Curtin University he also contributed to the most recent into Government Panel report on Climate Change for the u. N. And he really says these rising temperatures are not a surprise its been pretty much predicted we are a test case for what will happen in many parts of the world as we get to another degree temperature rise in temperature its the indian ocean dr paul has you know i want this to occur quicker in a stroller it so last year we have had the hottest temperatures on regular right across the country and its dried everything out so that the as soon as it started to become the summer the fires just took off weve never a 1000 people a major fire front going through victoria the whole of the southeast is a blaze its quite extraordinary but predicted and i do think that the the you can go back and see what the scientists said sighing that this will occur a lot quicker in this part of the world. In the news ahead allegations of torture aljazeera hears from concepts detained alongside we dont muslims in shin john and which way will labor go the race to replace the u. K. s Opposition Leader is heating up. Heather some pretty good conditions across much of a rather nice was across into afghanistan and a bit of catherine but no real weather with that had instead it is still reserved for the eastern end of the med and in particular across much of. And northern sections all the syria now as we go through tuesday it does tend to read the weekend but we have still got wanted to show the snow should clear by tuesday its a little bit milder 11 celsius and aleppo 16 in by route but again there is a chance of those showers but as we go into wednesday it tends to increase again some more of those coastal showers and again we could see calls particularly into Northern Areas of turkey quite a bit of cat across into will central southern sections of iran and also the chance of a few snow flurries across into kabul feeling cold a high of just 4 degrees celsius not cold across Arabian Peninsula which is fairly cool breeze at times the overnight again getting cooler but you can see quite a bank of clouds across the southern coastal areas of amman and yemen it tends to dissipate a bit by wednesday but theres quite a bit of cab pushing into northern sections of it and not expected to bring any shots with it instead there are a few more showers really choose day and wednesday into johannesburg and we could have some pretty strong thunderstorms from time to time. With aljazeera and these are the top stories this hour iraqs Prime Minister is warning of dangerous consequences of the u. S. Strikes in his country and in syria they targeted an iranian backed group killing 28. 00 of its fighters judges in sudan of sentence at least 29. 00 people to death for the murder of a teacher africare was killed in february while being held in detention for taking part in the antigovernment protests the ones that eventually deposed president on rubbish. And soaring temperatures in southern australia are again creating catastrophic bushfire conditions extreme fire warnings have been issued in Victoria South australia and New South Wales. Turkeys president is fast tracking legislation that would allow the deployment of troops to libya present egypt type are the ones government is expected to submit a motion to parliament on monday libyas u. N. Recognize government requested the forces to stop the military push on tripoli by forces loyal to ward Khalifa Haftar arent other one had reports from tripoli. The fight for tripoli is collating now the Foreign Ministry is calling on the United Nations and the International Criminal court to intervene the un recognized government accuses forces fighting for warlord flee for hefted of committing crimes against humanity and their campaign to capture the capital and not know another unwisdom and we are asking the International Community to perform its role after it doesnt have any legitimacy and has been destroying tripoli for the past 8 months yet the International Community has not moved to stop him only now as we have a new ally regional and International Powers are rising against us the world on the southern outskirts of tripoli has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and wanted many more. Have to say forces repeatedly targeted residential areas and government run facilities with air strikes and rockets nearly 140000 libyans have fled their homes to seek safety and also under threat our oil revenues which are the backbone of libyas economy. The National Oil Corporation is assessing the damage following greece and airstrikes on the oil refinery in the western city of zawiya. And as Government Forces battle to stop the fall of tripoli have to us forces are reported to be getting ready enforcement from russian missionaries and advanced weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates to his troops could soon be joining the conflict the promise to support for forces loyal to the government is being seen by some as crucial to preventing the fall of tripoli because president says parliament will vote next month on a mandate to send troops but as have the forces advance further into the southern neighborhoods and closer to density Populated Areas of the capital the fuel for human casualties is growing. There were had a visitor to paly. The United Nations has sent a Rapid Response team to Central African republic after violence between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday the uns a warning against any escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias many addresses at a market in bangalore that was attacked he explains now what ultimatum traders have given to the armed groups. Because structuring the work of the particular 5 Neighborhood Market is ongoing dozens of stalls were burned or destroyed by the militias when it came attacking on the French Mission in this market attacking traders in the process right now traders are busy trying to organize workers and reconstruct their stores and start business going again while in the meantime this market has been closed by the authorities until when its fully restored in the market tension is high in this place with ultimate and given to the ambrose by traders to surrender. The warning is that if they dont get in the next 48 hours or so they will be our top line and now people are afraid that things will get worse before they even get better. Bolivia is expelling mexicos ambassador and 2 spanish diplomats interim president jennie 9 years accuse the diplomats of interference by trying to extract a former aide to vex president evo morales mexico criticised the decision and recalled its ambassador for her safety relations between bolivian mexico been strained after the Mexican Government granted asylum to model as last month a Supreme Court judges in spain are being recommended to free a catalan separatist a different jail so he can take a seat in the European Parliament. Is serving 13 years for his role in the failed bid for Catalan Independence his sentencing came 5 months after his election as an m. E. P. Spains state attorney is advising he be allowed to go to brussels for a challenge is following developments from london and says john kerry has this position in the European Parliament is pretty important as to why there are these calls for his release his status as a member of the European Parliament is integral to this call from the solicitor general the attorney general of spy for the Supreme Court of spain to let oriel you keris go to brussels and take up his position as an m. E. P. As an m. E. P. Which he was elected to be whilst on trial for d these these crimes sedition and misuse of public funds. When the european elections happened in may. His position is m. E. P. Means that he has parliamentary immunity and that is why the courts of justice of the European Union on december the 19th said that essentially he should be allowed to come to brussels to take up this position and thats why the spanish solicitor general has made this call essentially it is going through the processes is part of this the machinery the interplay all of european justice the courts of justice of the European Union and how that works together with the justice systems of the member states. Fall jazeera has heard testimony from people who say they were detained and tortured in camps in china. Me according to activists more than 2000000 people have been held in province most of them muslim wages but there are also minority groups such as ethnic kazakhs are some of injured met some of them in kazakhstan largest city. Or in mexico as the guards tortured him for fun he is one of thousands of ethnic cause its whove been held in chinas internment camps in the northwestern singeing region he claims he was forced to take medicines and injections that have damaged him physically and mentally and he says he lost some of his hearing because of beatings he sustained he struggles to remember what happened but he recalls being forced to resign chinese poems and rhymes. Everyone unable to launder songs knocked up in the dark solitary cell for d. S. Often heard screams in there the only fed us one rice meal there were about 25 people in one cell and everyone there had one dream and. Hes not the only one at this mosque in the in kazakhstan some people claim spies from china have tried to film them because the government does not corroborate these claims other 0 interviewed several ethnic conflict men and women many refused to reveal their identity saying they were afraid and feared their relatives may be persecuted. Rights workers say an estimated half a 1000000 catholics are being held in camps in china thousands of their relatives dont know whether theyre dead or alive many people have been telling us that basic freedom of movement such as the ability to go to a mosque could land them in jail in xinjiang activists documenting their cases say they all share similar stories this organization has documented the cases of at least 2000 ethnic conflicts whove gone missing in xinjiang your world says many suggest members of the hunt chinese majority are trying to eradicate muslim identity. After to. Pynchon people were city came through they were subjected to ideological purification they were forcibly taught chinese language and renounced religion in the camps prisons are tortured beings are not about to sleep people are forced to lie on the concrete floor of those who have been freed from cames theres not a Single Person who doesnt have a physical or Mental Health issue Human Rights Watch says the world must act for those being held in detention camps in china there is real merit in investigating. Officials who are now credible alleged to have engaged in serious or Rights Violations for recently leaked cables published through the i c i j certainly substantiate those points theres room for sanctions on the companies that have been able to freshen injunction for individual sanctions i want you know people like 10 to one was heard to highlight the Chinese Government officials whove been architects of the policies but possibly most important is closing the camps and giving people inside the region the ability to once again contact their family members. In managed media towards china shows ethnic turkish people in what it called reeducation camps it says most whove been detained have graduated and left the Chinese Government denies detainees have been abused and tortured experts say those mistreated have no Legal Recourse on the International Level all we have. Effective legal instrument for the victims go work wired the compensation for the torturous. Dividing their families for the. Oring back wants china to repeat compensation to harming him and to explain why he was detained without charge and brainwashed but he also knows that with chinas enormous power that weight is likely to be in vain simon jolly down to 0 a marquee kazakhstan in china a scientist who caused a worldwide controversy over socalled gene edited babies has been sentenced to 3 years. And prison. Was convicted of illegal medical practice in human embryos and what the court in chains and described as the pursuit of personal fame and gain is announcement last year of the birth of twins whose genes have been altered caused global concern about the ethics of his work the search is on in britain for a new leader for the labor party Jeremy Coburn says he wont lead the main opposition into another election following his landslide defeat to Boris Johnson and the ruling conservatives last month and arguments over the future direction of the party theyve already started as paul brennan reports from london. December the 12th was a disaster for the labor party and the humiliation for its leader Jeremy Corbyn 42. 00 parliamentary seats were lost its worst general election result since 1935 the concept of Party Candidate 17. Labor support in its traditional northern english constituencies evaporated the sorts of voters who abandoned labor at the election in next industrial seats have been moving away from the party for some time but the support really went off a cliff in this action and thats partly because of bracks it but its important to remember that a lot of people who voted remain also rejected the labor party this election so its more than just brick said they really didnt trust or have any connection with Jeremy Colvin is a candidate replacement will face an unenviable challenge its not just the 123. 00 seats labor would need to win back to get a parliamentary majority its also the need for internal reflection particularly by momentum the Grassroots Group formed in 2015 to support called in socialist vision for labor im not saying every momenta member will sign up to that but there will be some as happened in the 1980 s. When labor we realise what the party is going to change weve got to be part of the change and weve got to be willing to reexamine our own beliefs and recognize if were going to win an election as people in the left we have to be prepared to compromise and we have to be where the country is not where we would like it to be there are several senior figures thought to be considering a leadership bid among the existing shadow cabinet there are rebecca long Bailey Emily Thornberry here starmer and angela raina and from the wider party to support for past critics of korban such as Jess Phillips lisa nnamdi Yvette Cooper and clive lewis the timetable and the rules of the contest will be decided by the Partys National executive committee body still dominated by corbin supporters the reasons why labors vote collapsed are very. And they are disputed in the partys response in fact its very future depends on perhaps 2 crucial questions firstly to the Party Membership put aside internal factional differences to choose a leader who can accurately identify the relevant problems and tackle them and secondly do any of the potential candidates for leadership have the talents and the skills for that task paul brennan aljazeera westminster. Result 0 these are the top stories iraqs Prime Minister is warning of dangerous consequences after u. S. Strikes in his country and in syria they targeted an iranian backed group killing 28. 00 of its fighters and washington says it wont rule out further action so when a full team has more from baghdad were hearing a lot of responses come out of the government but also the p. M. S. And weve also just heard a statement being released from the office of a grand ayatollah sistani who is the highest religious authority. Religious authority in iraq and he condemned these attacks on quote iraq forces which is of course a very important statement because hes basically saying that. Being part of the p. F. Should be concert a state force and he called on the u. S. To respect iraqs sovereignty and not to further add to the burden on the government. Rebel fighters are being blamed for killing at least 18 people and torching their homes and democratic republic of congo police say the overnight raid is the latest carried out by a d f rebels in the Eastern Region of bernie they operate in both c. And neighboring uganda and have killed hundreds of people recently. A Sudanese Court has sentenced 29 members of the Security Services to death they were convicted of torturing and murdering a protester in february the death of the teacher was an important moment in the uprising against former president omar al bashir. Turkeys government is fast tracking legislation to parliament on monday for a vote on whether to send troops to libya the un recognized government in tripoli is appealing for help to stop the warlords. Soaring temperatures in southern australia are again creating catastrophic bushfire conditions extreme fire warnings have been issued in the states of Victoria South australia and New South Wales and bolivia is expelling mexicos ambassador and 2 spanish diplomats interim president jennie 9 years accuse the diplomats of interference by trying to extract a form of x. President evo morales mexico criticized the decision and recalled its ambassador for her own safety back at the news hour in about 25 minutes time inside story is next. Soften your stance so will take offensive measures the warning from north korea to the u. S. Over stalled Nuclear Talks how will washington respond and what is the new approach from the un says its considering this is inside story. Hello welcome to the show im sam is a than north Korean Leader kim jong un has called for positive and offensive measures to protect the countrys security and sovereignty thats ahead