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The torturing and killing of protesters. Also fire in New South Wales and tens of thousands urged to leave their homes in victoria as australias bushfires worse. Also ahead allegations of torture we speak to ethnic kazakhs who were detained alongside weaker muslims in china. A powerful shia group is vowing retaliation for u. S. Airstrikes on its camps in iraq and syria hezbollah has promised revenge for what it calls the aggression of evil american ravens sundays bombings targeting 3 of its bases in iraq and 2 in syria at least 27 fighters were killed and 51 were injured thats right. We are warning the United States as we warned before that there are legal presence means there is standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people. The right to confront them with all types of resistance. Well the strike sparked protests in kirkuk and and iraqs National Security council says its reconsidering its relationship with the u. S. Led coalition against eisel the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei oh called the strikes a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against u. S. Personnel its warned of further action to protect them if necessary. Well be live in washington in a moment but 1st to mona fulton begins our coverage from iraqs Anbar Province where some u. S. Troops are based. 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 koch 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 the type hezbollah is part of the Popular Mobilization forces a Paramilitary Group set up to fight eisel 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 or fought side by side against isis following isis territorial defeat 2 years ago the u. S. Retained around 5000 troops in country to support Iraqi Security forces as they search for isis 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 Anbar Province is an important launching pad for operations against beisel but recent rocket attacks against bases where u. S. Personnel are stationed including i know 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 about the acid attack the u. S. Publicly blamed the type hezbollah the Iraqi Government hasnt attributed blame but has tightened security. Said the. Their increase security measures were. Operation for 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 khateeb 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 p. M. S. Appear to be listening both have vowed to take action setting the stage for further escalation Simona Fulton Al Jazeera like that. I said because in tehran with the reaction there from the iranian government. 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 Office Spokes Person issued a statement they condemned the airstrike 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 their 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 their actions also later on in the day the government spokesman issued this 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. Well the russian and Iranian Foreign ministers are condemning the u. S. Military action in iraq and syria love for Office Hosted mohammed talks in moscow salvaging the 2050 nuclear deal was also high on the agenda to discuss complex across the middle east and said they were keen to increase cooperation welcome locum because despite the fact that americans are now thousands of miles away from their borders under a pretext of defending their right they have drowned the people of iraq in blood the recent actions by americans in iraq are unacceptable state run in russia put efforts to establish peace built. Yes and in iraq the cooperation between our countries with the talks is proof of that. Ok less moral more on this for you gabriel is on the join us live from washington gabriel what else the americans been saying about this well theyre saying that this is a defensive move these airstrikes and that it was in retaliation to what they say are these rocket strikes that have been taking place against Iraqi Military bases by this iranian backed armed group within iraq and just minutes Senior Administration Officials Say theyve counted at least 11 such rocket attacks the last one on friday killed a u. S. Contractor injured 4 u. S. Service members and so the way that this is being viewed in washington is basically this a Senior Administration officials are saying weve been very patient we were invited to iraq by iraqi officials we are there their invitation and weve asked iraqi regime officials to figure out how to stop these missile attacks on bases that are putting american lives at risk according to senior military officials here in washington the iraqis have not been able to do that so these these attacks or these strikes now by the americans are in response to that basically telling the iraqis if you cant take care of this problem we will thats number one but then also sending a very clear message to iran that this will not be tolerated at least from this administrations perspective here in washington any truth gabriel to these reports these claims that the u. S. Is considering or could impose more sanctions on iran. Yes Senior State Department official did say they are considering new sanctions against iran in the coming days perhaps however thats not particularly surprising since 2017 there have been between about 801000 sanctions leveled by a washington against different iranian entities ill say that again but about 800 to a 1000 thats a huge number just in the last couple years theres not much more to sanction in iran already the revolutionary guard top government officials and their family members the latest sanctions leveled by the americans were against an iranian judge just less than 2 weeks ago so theres not much less to left for the americans to sanction however it is a key part of Washington Strategy Pressure Campaign if you will against iran and theyre openly talking now about potentially more sanctions in the coming days kate thanks very much well the u. S. Strikes have added to the current instability in iraq antigovernment protesters have been demanding fundamental changes to the political system system for several months now demonstrates his object to what they say is irans increasing influence in iraqs internal if it is tehran has called those demonstrations riots and is demanding strong action and there is deadlock in the parliament over the nomination of a new Prime Minister following the resignation of the mufti influential shia cleric the ayatollah Ali Al Sistani has accused the Political Class of being unable to deal with the crisis feisal body is the director of the center for the study of the middle east at Indiana University and formerly a deputy permanent representative of iraq to the United Nations he joins us now from washington feisal istra body iraq is quote reviewing its relationship with the United States what does that mean and what can it do. Remember that the. Iraq. Government. So review. Will be on the way and would surely come to the conclusion that. The americans are no longer needed or in any event should no longer remain in iraq. With the. Sort of large scale operations against having looted the american role has been mostly one of training. The fear of course of that time the United States. In 2011 ultimately in 2000. Does this make the United States. In iraq than its been to date. I actually think it makes the government of iraq look more important than we have had reason to think for some time or at least if it makes it more obvious than that then and have been for some time because again you have the government of iraq having invited the United States and you have these militias who have a hope in the government but a foot outside the government they act as part of the state sometimes and as nonstate actors at others they have a they have attacked an iraq base targeting american troops there at the invitation of the government of iraq and there were iraq will be used as a result of these attacks by a militia acting outside the policy of the government of iraq now the United States of retaliated out there a series of provocations which the government of iraq has been unable to deal with and you basically have the United States taking on a militia the government of iraq looking off its its precisely what the demonstrators protesting about weve had a clear reaction a clear statement from. A clear statement from. Hes saying this can be sold to result by political means but by definition surely that only means more political power for him so is he positioning himself behind whats happened here. Well i think that everyone is a wonderful american expression of getting out in front of the parade and everyone is trying to do just that to appear to be on the side of the demonstrators with the demonstrators have already made it clear what they are and are not willing to tolerate i think this is the fathers flying to do now i think most of all the demonstrators see him as part of the problem as they are they have rejected the entire political thought seems to me calling it corrupt but it isnt the corruption they are protesting isnt just the. Financial corruption although its that but its political corruption where personal interests by the Political Class more than the National Interest and where alliances with states all of them your all that is to say with foreign actors have a greater role than in their calculations than. The iraq the National Interest this is the clear demonstration of the protesters protesting in the change of their demand ok so weve got really a 4 way crisis you youve got the protesters who are demonstrating anyway against the Iraqi Government youve got the United States you go to iraq and you will see go sharon with that mosaic how much of an appetite is there for a tit for tat escalation here. Well this is this is always d been my fear that 2 and any escalation between iran and the United States will the expense all destruction in iraq and i think were seeing the beginnings of that i share the other possibility of course is that this could have been an opening salvo in a wider. There is a potential for civil war in iraq right now the situation and in the countries extremely precarious and this would be an event which hopes to set off by trying to crisis if. Its a tinderbox now and thus far can really cause a major explosion which will have ramifications throughout the region for the. For so. In the states thank you very much thank you very much. Plenty more still to come here on news from aljazeera including tit for tat expulsions over a runaway president the escalating dispute between spain bolivia and mexico. Which way will labor go to the race to replace the u. K. s Opposition Leader is heating up. In the sports news footballs decision make a step into the fight over the Video Technology of some fans and players say it is ruining the game. Prodemocracy activists are celebrating what they say is a turning point in sudanese history 29 members of the Security Forces have been sentenced to death for torturing and murdering a protester a School Teacher was killed in february during protests that eventually led to the ousting of the president Obama Alba Shia people morgan was at the courts in all dorm on. Monday morning started with 100 gathering outside the courtroom to sudans logistics eagerly following what was happening behind the heavily guarded along. Some demanded the Death Penalty for the 41. 00 National Security Service Officers they were charged with the manslaughter of. A schoolteacher in the eastern state of the center. In court the judge brought the more than 12 weeks of trial to an end. To. The defendants are facing charges of manslaughter which falls on the article 113. 00 which carries a Death Penalty the 1st defendant to the 27th who received a Death Penalty the 31st and 30 federal sentence of death defendants 29. 38 cleared of charges what a breast are sentenced to jail. The verdict was welcomed by ahmed the hiatus family his daughter and death in custody provokes anger in schools all over sudan and a wave of protests demanding the end of this 80 year rule of president obama and he was eventually deposed in april following months of unrest it was initially sparked by rising food prices and grew into a wider revolt demanding radical change but sheer has been charged with inciting and participating in the killing of protesters. Who took to the how we consider this case to be a turning point in sudans history and many institutions in the past both the judicial and security used to cover up the crimes committed by Security Forces this is the 1st time we have Security Forces put on trial for torture its the 1st ever weve had a verdict on a large number of those involved in the crime the Security Forces and Intelligence Services used to be a fortified fashion they were untouchable. After what seemed like a long wait the verdict was greeted with celebrations since the formation of a Transitional Government the demand to bring to account those involved in killing protesters over the past year has been driving demonstrations for many mondays verdict is only the start of the response for those calls a response must include more trials of the accused to bring justice to other victims. Activists at least 250. 00 protesters have been killed since the start of the revolution 12 months ago so dance Prime Minister has set up a committee to investigate the death including. We welcome the verdict today but were also waiting for the trials for those who killed my son we followed a complaint and weve brought forward witnesses that we havent heard of any trial yet will be following that up until we bring justice for my son and all those who were killed. Fighting for that justice. Sudanese are celebrating what they say is the 1st victory and are vowing to continue to stay in their revolution until all crimes are accounted for people morgan aljazeera. At least 23 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo fighters from the allied Democratic Forces launched an overnight raid on 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni there have been several protests in bending in recent weeks with locals accusing un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks. Has been following developments from nairobi. Its now calm a but tense Officials Say 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 what can happen in the couple of hours that people been trying to work too many 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 the 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 are in a bad 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. Tens of thousands of people are being urged to flee fires across southeast australia there are 7 fires on the New South Wales south coast and firefighters say they pose a serious threat to life that urging people to move to bigots urns or to the beach 8 emergency warnings are in place in victoria with fires fueled by extreme weather conditions burning across the state homes are expected to be lost as the fires raged through the east gibsons region more than 40000 square kilometers of land have been destroyed in recent weeks Emergency Services have sounded the alarm over lightning and thunderstorms which could spark even more fires. As more. Strong winds and record heat this fire season in australia is being described as kind of traffic and now there is 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 Wales South Australia and for 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 to replace and far 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 holiday sometimes you disconnect from you tell a farms you disconnect from listening to the right yeah you actually at least to 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 criticised for not tackling the fires fast enough. The pfizer very quickly encroaching on. Areas and rural areas where people. Living their livelihoods through agriculture or they will actually live volunteers are also struggling to save wild animals under threat birds could get away so the birds are still around but things like possums kangaroos wallabies wombats kidneys all of them but were just not getting the call out so. I dont know. The fires are already described as an unprecedented disaster and emergency crews are expecting conditions to worsen into the new year card c. L. O. This is the young al jazeera. Well look how good she is a spokesman for the county Fire Authority in melbourne he says the terrain in victoria makes the bushfires especially difficult to fight were talking about very small d town ships and some larger towns as well that and its all been amongst forested areas of victoria so theyre very hard to defend we really have to wait until the far reaches that here and ships in the in half or 14 crews protect the k. Yes its in those areas unfortunately we do believe that were going to have lost a number of houses across a skips landed in the north east of the state just given the significance of baseballs. Peter newman is a professor of sustainability at Curtin University and contributes the most recent Intergovernmental Panel report on Climate Change for the United Nations he says the rise in temperatures across australia is 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 enabled this to occur quicker in a stroller it for the 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 now got a 1000 kilometer fire front going through victoria the whole of the southeast is a blaze its quite extraordinary that predicted and i do think that the the you can go back and seeing what the Scientists Say saying that this will occur a lot quicker in this part of the world turkeys government says its fast tracking a new bill through the parliament that would allow for the deployment of its troops to libya its in response to a call for support by libyas un recognized government its forces are trying to stop a military push by the warlord after hes been trying to seize the capital since april 2nd government says the conflict threatens turkish interests. Police in turkey have detained at least 124. 00 people over suspicion of links to ice so the raids targeted more than half a dozen cities including istanbul in the capital ankara the police are still searching for at least 17 other suspects a number of those detained believed to be foreign nationals crackdown comes ahead of the new Year Celebrations which been targeted by the armed groups over recent years. Spain says it will expel 3 bolivian diplomats as part of a tit for tat move now it comes after bolivias interim president asked 2 spanish diplomats and the mexican ambassador to leave the country janine and theirs has criticized mexico after it granted asylum to the former believe in president evo morales and some of his aides and as has also accused spain of trying to help morales is allies john homan joins us live from mexico city john this feels like a really dense tip for tat diplomatic story unpack it for us. Yet isnt as you said there really started when ever more ellis was was offered asylum in mexico and he was granted that and then he gave quite a lot of interviews and talked freely about what he was thinking about politics in the country and what he regarded was a coup and the bolivian government really the interim bolivian government really didnt like that they they said that it went against Diplomatic Convention and theres also 9 other bolivian some of them allies or aides to express an ever more as they are actually in the embassy the mets can embassy in la and theyve really been at the center of all of this the Mexican Government has complained that its Embassy Workers have been harassed because theres been a Police Presence outside of that embassy and also anti morale is protesters that are also outside of the embassy sort of keeping what scituate that none of those 9 people are allowed to escape out of the country and thats what happened on friday morning when 2 spanish deployments arrived and they were going for an important meeting they brought their security detail and those people outside of the embassy thought the valve might be a cover for these 9 people to get away scared off this security detail the spanish diplomats got strengths drownded there for a while the believing government was obviously suspicious that this was so might be cover and then after that it quickly escalated the mets cannot bassa to getting for now these 2 spanish diplomats its interesting that the Spanish Government has sort of upped the ante in a way by saying its going to expel 3 bolivian diplomats but the Mexican Government has come out and said that it wont be taking that tit for tat action the interior minister just this afternoon seeming to want to sort of calm things down with bolivia ok john well leave it there many thanks. Clinton the ground still to cover here on the news hour for you including this one the growing resurgence of violence in the Central African republic where 40 people have been killed during several days of unrest. And why getting to a doctor just got more difficult for alaskans living in remote areas. Also ahead lebron james celebrating its 30th birthday reaches a milestone on the court and well i will be here with more when we come back. Hello there some very wintry weather across in all the sections of the United States plenty of cloud as well streaming up on the satellite the some rain in that as well weve got this mild we on the eastern side of the country but by choose a that rain really pushes well offshore so temperatures not too bad some nice sunshine of this of course is new years eve but we will have that snow working its way through the upper midwest and pushing on eventually across into New Hampshire of the month into may not that is the tuesday by wednesday that does tend to play well out of the picture as the rain pushing into texas but look at this wednesday we have got this next big snowstorm pushing in across much of the north and the northwest the rain of course in the Pacific Northwest some showers into seattle but really this is fairly heavy snow and it would have an impact on those Northern Rockies to the south weve got much by the temperatures and no sign of any snow but plenty of showers in the 4 calls southern florida northern and Western Areas of the bahamas and also quite a few showers working their way across the Leeward Islands now across Central America weve got some fairly heavy rain across into panama and then we just got areas of showers but it is a fairly cloudy picture on tuesday as for wednesday as you can see really notice a great deal of changes still the childs a few showers enough so but not cold with a high of 26. They want to focus 3000000000. 00 with a weapon that was 6000000000. 00 pounds in commission. Theres no hope of any more because theres always a small cobbles people for really really good business. In essence we in the United States have privatized the ultimate Public Function more shadow on aljazeera. What happens when plans for a new life abroad idea railed by committing serious crimes from Drug Trafficking turn obery to my dad would be i dont remember how many times ive stuck to the way her boyfriend spoke to me and even her aljazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind mas double exile on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching the aljazeera news our my names peter dhabi these are your top stories this year armed groups. Is buying retaliation for u. S. Air strikes which killed at least 27. 00 of its fighters in iraq and syria protesters in kirkuk for a project at the strikes and iraq says its reviewing its relationship with the u. S. The Coalition Fighting i saw. Tens of thousands of people are being urged to free fires across southeast australia firefighters say the blazes in New South Wales and victoria pose a serious threat to life and property more than 40000 square kilometers of land to be destroyed in recent weeks. Prodemocracy activists are celebrating what they say is a turning point in the history of sudan 29 members of the Security Forces have been sentenced to death for torturing and murdering a protester who was killed during antigovernment protests in february. Tension is high in the capital of the Central African republic and at least 40 people have been killed in benghazi cheering days of fighting between market traders and armed groups there and the United Nations has sent in more troops to keep the peace the deadlines been issued to government to surrender their weapons permit interest reports now from. Traders in the p q 5 Neighborhood Market count their losses and repealed wild reconstruction work starts more trouble is threatened. Vigilantes who are protecting traitors in the community are no longer welcome. The traders have set up a Crisis Committee which is empowered to declare war on the armed groups we gave them a 40 hour ultimatum to surrender their weapons and reintegrate into the community if they dont surrender we will resume hostilities with them Government Authority has to be restored in the p. K. 5 neighborhood. That threat is whats making people here in the us fighting started on tuesday when an armed militia man was killed when he refused to pay a shopkeeper for an item you wanted his group retaliated and over the course of 3 days 40 people were killed and dozens of in hospital 40 shops in the market or destroyed people in this market in the future 5 neighborhood say militias have long been exporting traders here and the actual violence that broke out last week one of the 1st in 2008 in the United Nations mission in Central Africa attempted to stop extortion. By the time it operations is over more than 40 people i mean you. The United Nations mission here is struggling to keep the peace more troops are patrolling the area but they may not be able to deal with a major attack the main issue is that there is no lookout for police and military then we are also applies to sense. The russian army base in the area our fosters. Battles. But i dont we dont have enough force there with the need to increase. Families on both sides are left to mourn their dead and fear more attacks the Central African republic a good civil war that started in 2013 and killed thousands of people. Since then more than a 1000000 of the 5000000 population have been forced from their homes many couplet abroad for now there isnt an easy calm on the streets of benghazi but as everyone here knows it will only take a spark to ignite another wave of killings in a country while warlords control more territory than the government. Greece. Al jazeera has heard testimony from people who say they were detained and tortured in camps in china according to activists more than 2000000 people have been held in xinjiang province most are muslim week but there are also minority groups such as ethnic kazakhs the summer binge of aids met some of them. 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 cope or learn the song is locked up in a dark solitary cell for days i often heard screams in there the only fed us one serving of rice there were about 25 people in one cell everyone there had one dream to get out. Hes not the only one at this mosque in a month the in kazakhstan some people claim spies from china have tried to film them because the government does not corroborate these claims are they are interviewed several ethnic conflict men and women many refused to reveal their identity saying they are afraid and fear 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 detention people were sent to came through there were subjected to ideological purification they were forcibly torture. Ronnies language and renounced religion in the camps prisons are tortured or not about to sleep people are forced to lie on the concrete floor of those who have been freed from case 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 way to have engaged in serious human rights violation of 3 whole weeks cables published through the i. C. R. C. Terry certainly substantiate those points theres no room for sanctions on the companies that have an aim of repression and for individual sanctions you know people like 10 or 2 high one Chinese Government officials who are 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 who have been beaten 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. Compensation for the torturous. Dividing their families for the. Morning back wants china to pay 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. Down to 0 a marquee kazakhstan. Spains attorney general has called for the release of a cattle and separatist leaders so he can take his seat in the european parliament. 13 years in prison for his role in catalonia still did for independence. His sentencing came 5 months after his election as an immunity to the European Court heard earlier all he had parliamentary immunity challenge is following the story from london he says the states attorney isnt calling for this man to be absolved of any wrongdoing. Whats going on here is an interesting mix of european justice spanish Justice Party politics in spain and also that nations experience with separatist sentiment the state attorney is certainly not recommending that this supremum court in spain releases oriel from the keris forever that he is now absolved of all wrong doing but it is saying that he should be let out of prison to go to brussels to take up his position as an m p its also asking that the European Union essentially remove his diplomatic immunity his immunity as an m. E. P. Is doing all of this because the top court in the European Union the court of justice for the you said that that is what should happen but there is a Party Political context to all of this and that is that spends out 2 elections this year that have been basically inconclusive the socialists have won but not with the majority so at the moment theyre doing lots of horse trading and trying to build a coalition one of the parties that theyre talking to is the catalan separate his party that can carry us is their leader also this is being seen in spain as a kind of goodwill gesture to try and help the socialists form that Coalition Government at the same time as looking like everything is being done in accordance with the letter of european law. Staying in europe the search is on in the u. K. For a new leader of the main Opposition Labor Party Jeremy Corbyn says he wont lead the main opposition into another election for. In his crushing defeat by Boris Johnson and the governing conservatives paul brennan is in 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 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 disaffection 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 as a candidate corbins replacement will face an enviable 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 regime 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 recognise if were going to win an election as people on 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 corbin such as Jess Phillips lisa nnamdi Yvette Cooper and clive lewis the timetable on the rules of the contest will be decided by the Partys National executive committee body still dominated by corp and supporters the reasons why labors vote collapsed are varied and they are disputed and the party is response in fact its very future depends on perhaps 2 crucial questions firstly 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. As were about to move into 20 twentieths zeros looking at major stories shaping the world we live in venezuela is causing the largest refugee crisis within the last in america in recent history in the 5000000 venezuelans fled poverty and chaos over the past 6 years many are in peru trying to make a living Mariana Sanchez has been to meet some of them. Used to be almost sort of played most days now hes making a living playing what he calls junk music. He was a cello teacher in venezuela and played in some of its most important orchestras but now he makes around 45. 00 on a good day playing on the streets of lima but awareness of. This is the reality that life puts in front of us its important i can do what i like this is the job and i learned in venezuela to fight for our dreams and get where you want to. Part of the worst refugee crisis in the history in america and the most underfunded in modern history says the brookings institute. While many who have faced discrimination nearly 70000 have been granted residence there are more than 100. First found a job as a store vendor now she sells toys me that was posted on its frustrating because we were forced to most of us are young productive workforce but you dont know what. Directory. The challenge is ensuring the skills of professionals are best used in. 57 percent of College Graduates are belong to a super qualified workforce but if we have engineers selling candy on the street that doesnt contribute to the countrys economy that needs to be worked out. Fortunately says she and other musicians have figured out how to make the most of their skills and come together. Theyve created the migrant symphony orchestra. Most of the musicians are venezuelans and theyre giving concerts sometimes for free but they say they feel privileged among refugees if not going back home at least theyre doing what they have. On tuesday well continue to head into 2020 with a report on the issues likely to affect the u. S. President ial election in the new year. Living in the u. S. State closest to the north pole has its benefits like close knit communities and wilderness but getting basic medical care in alaska can be a big problem as most places are well connected by road from the native village of the new talk show castro has the story. Is simple in the village of new talk alaska surrounded by water and the arctic tundra the 350 you pick natives who live here hunt their own food and take care of each other the best they can but when someone sick help is much further away that doctors are worried that theyre my right the only playing. Albertine a charles is a schoolteacher to get to an eye doctor and shell have to leave new talk by plane she makes the journey every other month at a cost of thousands of dollars the alaskan governments Medicaid Program pays for the transportation even though i work even though i earn. Money i have kids i have kids. I care more than a 3rd of new talks residents live in poverty in a state thats been an economic recession since 2015 alaskas governor slashed the Medicaid Budget last summer eliminating nonemergency adult dental care and cutting payments to specialists and travel providers by 5 percent thats led to fears of doctors and airlines dropping out of the state Health Program which many alaska natives depend on with no medicine if another or child gets sick. Can die. We are now in the city of anchorage were albertine as i specialist dr is found to get here she has to take 2 flights to cross 800 kilometers of mountain and writes a journey well known to many rural alaskans wellwood began. Yesterday morning we tried to catch right through you know put it down here but they were there with that so they canceled their flights mary apoc will finally see a neurologist after 2 days of travel i ask what she do without the government paid flights to the hospital all just stay home and suffer. Its unfair to the to penalize this group of people who live in a remote area by not letting them have their you know medically necessary care the governor has warned more budget cuts are to come will be felt deeply here in rural alaska where the most vulnerable and isolated populations are found. Castro aljazeera new talk alaska. The chinese scientists who created the worlds 1st genetically edited babys been sentenced to 3 years in prison g. N. Quaid was convicted of illegally practicing medicine and violating regulations in a Chinese Court last year her declared hed use Gene Editing Technology on twin embryos to make them resistant to h. I. V. Still to. Pull. His poll. Thank you very much well this season in the English Premier League was meant to be the one in which the new video assistant referee finally eradicated poor decisions by the actual referee but instead the technology is causing huge discontent among players coaches and fans many of whom think its ruining football while still getting decisions wrong now the sports lawmakers ifa have stepped in and suggested the technology is being used too much they say theyll issue new advice to referees in february on monday brightons manager suggested they look to an even more radical solution if you want everything so correct then in the end is do away with laws referees put drones up use Computers Artificial intelligence im on sure get all the decisions correct but dont think anybody will really like football anymore i think football at times is really unfair but also so good about it its like life sometimes you get on the wrong end of a decision and you have to get on with it now david moyes was once the rising star among football managers in the English Premier League but hes failed to hold down a job since being sacked by Manchester United in 2014 now hes returned to west ham united a club he left 18 months ago he says he has Unfinished Business in east london where he replaces Manuel Pellegrini who replaced him in 2018. Lucia with those business. Really really enjoyed not so your last job. Feel like the end of the same with him. We talked things over you variation of the players and i think the players will see that as well. Sports and sustainability dont often go together but one Football Team in the u. K. Is bucking the trend with a series of eco innovations forest green rovers have already won the title of the worlds only officially vegan Football Club and have now been given permission to build a new stadium out of wood they believe their new 5000. 00 seater ground will reduce their Carbon Footprint the lowly team already has an organic pitch solar power and an all the menu up there existing stadium Le Bron James celebrated his birthday in style as he reached a milestone in the l. A. Lakers a victory against the Dallas Mavericks james who turns 35 on monday became the 9th player in n. B. A. History to reach 9000 assists he got 13 of them against dallas the lakers summer signing on to the davis also how the 23 points on line rebounds as they used to 808 to 95 victory they could stay top of the western conference standings. For. The fending n. F. L. Champions the new England Patriots were given a wake up call as the regular season draws to a close theyll have to play the 1st round of the playoffs for the 1st time in 10 years after being beaten 2724 home by miami the Tennessee Titans and Philadelphia Eagles took the last 2 playoff spots that work for grabs on sunday in the n. H. L. Its 8 straight wins for the defending champion since louis blues on sunday night they secured their 26th victory of the season with a 4th one win over winnipeg the blues bettering the 7 game winning streak they managed at the start of november. In tennis Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic has arrived down under with an extra set of judys to take care of hell defend his title at the years 1st grand slam but before that hell lead serbia at the a. T. P. Cup a new team event played across 3 cities. At the rio olympics in 2016 the diving competition was hit by a problem that turned their pools green and at the next games in tokyo it seems is the trouble 2020 organizers are set to take emergency countermeasures after the substance was found in the roof of the olympic swimming venue the fireproofing and interlace material aspects the us has been linked to a range of Health Problems including cancer. Support for now well have more later. And that was your news hour were back at the top of the hour with 30 minutes but wilkins see that. Capturing a moment in time. Snapshots of all the lives. Of the stories. Providing the temps into someone elses whilst they needed one new day for. Inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. Like witness on aljazeera one of the really special things about working for aljazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be for us as you know is that it turns vividly but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended has to deliver in depth and the reason we dont feel in fear of a good audience across the. Counter the cost 2019 what a year its been a world sport bill to put aside short economic game to save the planet for class of america but at least people took to the streets protesting you know equal spread of wealth out of trade war reshapes globalization counting the cost on aljazeera. We understand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it aljazeera will bring in the news and Current Events that matter to aljazeera. Retaliation a powerful iraqi shia group says it will hit back after u. S. Airstrikes killed dozens of its fighters. Hello again im peter darby youre watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up d ill let you know what. Outlets how theyre calling it a turning point for sudar 29 members of the Security Forces are sentenced to death for torturing and killing a protester. Balls of fire in New South Wales and tens of thousands urged to leave their homes and victoria as australias bushfires worse. Tit for tat expulsion