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A boycott of the country saying its absolutely not say. A top story supporters of iran backed groups in iraq withdrawn from the u. S. Embassy in baghdad after they laid siege to the complex for 2 days the countrys Popular Mobilization forces ordered the demonstrators to leave washington has dispatched extra troops to the iraqi capital after the protests with president on all trumped threatening reprisals against iran and blaming it for the attack so mona fulton reports to us now from baghdad. They left just as they had arrived a day earlier determined and angry but also pleased that they had managed to deliver a message to the us supporters of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces who had defied the Prime Ministers orders to withdraw just a day before now heeded the call of their leaders while some dismantled tents and ferried away supplies used to camp the night out the more defiant ones staged a final showdown in front of the embassy gates burning tires and flags to the sounds of antiamerican slogans usa was just out of all our country we dont americans we cant brought it to ourselves more dont turn really young fighters who hurt out. Killed i says road turned them ran through. The attack on the u. S. Embassy was sparked by the latest u. S. Strikes against hezbollah brigades which is part of the Popular Mobilization forces the majority of the crowd consisted of its members and supporters but some here say they were also driven by what they perceive as an unjust american policy in the region this is my land and if you want to stay here you must understand its. When they. Believe and understand. Its we can leave. As crowds withdrew u. S. Helicopter circled overhead after reinforcements arrived from kuwait the night before the white house had pressured the Iraqi Government to end the standoff but it was clear that of the already is here didnt want to risk confrontation Iraqi Security forces surrounded the embassy but used no force to remove the crowds or the Iraqi Governmental forces have been put on a very confusing and sensitive position as i mentioned they have a very Sharp Partnership and an alliance with both countries the u. S. And iran so the Iraqi Government has to prove to the u. S. That its taking either a neutral stance or its protecting the u. S. Embassy because thats what a government has to do. And yet to the outer gates of the Embassy Burned and vandalized bear witness to the Iraqi Governments inability to protect the u. S. Presence here the siege here at the u. S. Embassy appears to be coming to an end with u. S. Trade iraqi counted Service Forces now taking over the security and basically securing the area as the crowds withdraw but the hezbollah brigades have said that this is just the 1st lesson for the United States they have vowed that they will not stand down until they see a full departure of u. S. Forces from iraq the soil the monopole to al jazeera about. Well u. S. Secretary of state might spoken with a handful of washingtons allies about these latest developments in iraq for more on that. Is live for us now in washington who has been speaking with. Well pompano has been working the phones on wednesday trying to shore up diplomatic support hes been speaking to primarily 3. U. S. His top allies in the region he spoke on the phone to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of israel according to the readout from the state department the 2 talked about the situation in iraq and and reaffirmed the quote unquote unbreakable bonds between the United States and israel he also spoke to iraqi Prime Minister Abdul Abdul Mahdi according to the readout from that call pompei 0 expressed to the iraqi Prime Minister the importance that Iraqi Security forces do whatever they can to not see a repeat of what we saw on tuesday with the protesters coming up to the gates of the u. S. Embassy there and he also said its the Iraqi Governments obligation to protect a diplomatic facilities of the United States in iraq he also spoke pump a on the phone to the qatari amir tom ambit how many out thought any qatar is a very critical ally of the United States in the region qatar and the United States have very important commercial political and security ties and even any given time there are about 10000 u. S. Troops in qatar to one of the Largest Military bases for the u. S. In the entire middle east the 2 leaders discussed. Ongoing situation in the region into the readout from the state department didnt get into a lot more details other than that but clearly qatar is a very important country because its not only an ally of the United States of course but also qatar being a neighbor to iran also has relations with iran and qatar generally from a diplomatic standpoint but between the conflict between iran and the United States qatar has a tendency to. Take a moderators role is. If you will are not taking sides theyre preaching peace over all so clearly pompei oh now the message out of washington was talk to the regional allies to try to get a better sense of the situation in iraq thank you very much guy but others under with all the latest from washington. Now bush fires are burning across all 6 australian states with the situation in victoria and New South Wales becoming increasingly serious 8 people have died in the past week alone bringing this fine seasons total death toll to at least 15 catch you up as her day out reports entire neighborhoods have burned to the ground destroying more than property. John gilbert is among the thousands of australians who have begun to go back home to nothing rubble and debris now cover whats left of her belongings all of my positions. Everything there is just simply nothing. He said. In other areas the bushfires are far from over. There are thousands of firefighters are struggling in the states of a tory a New South Wales an area thats home to more than 13000000 people and the conditions are expected to get worse over the next few days the winds are expected to be very strong that the food was to graze temperatures weve got a lot of far in the landscape that we could time. In the town of all a dollar people we dont cite supermarkets and stock up on food and water power and mobile phone outages are also a concern you have a challenge with getting people liable to even access the basics like petrol electricity and thats causing enormous stress for communities we understand that the Australian Military is using planes and helicopters sit downs of flames while preparing for possible evacuations. Emergency crews are stretched thin and slight changes in temperatures and the wind could spark even more fires there wasnt much i could do a time at work and i just couldnt do anything it was just hearing the wind just. Wind just blew and if you look at everything and its just grosse its just Everything Everywhere you go it lifts nothing no one knows yet the precise cost of the damage but its clear the widespread devastation is immense katia locus of leon aljazeera. Now to israel where the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution on in 3 Corruption Cases a majority of these ready knesset members have to vote in support of this move requesting immunity is likely to delay any potential trial by several months and rank on reports. Just 4 hours before the deadline to request a parliamentary immunity from prosecution expired the israeli Prime Minister appeared on television and said he would ask the knesset the Israeli Parliament to grant him immunity but have an opinion. About its mind tension this time before the call to shatter all the public aid accusations against me a citizens of israel the mean achievement what is meant to protect our elected officials from tided law im serving political crises harming the will of the people. He has filed a request with the speaker of the knesset but its likely to be months before m. P. s vote on it israel will hold its 3rd election in a year in march and they said you know his request can only be debated by a Parliamentary Committee wants a government has been formed it then has to come out of committee and be presented to knesset members to be voted on forming a government could take months. However some politicians are pushing to speed up the process holding the Committee Stage before the election already the request fame unity has divided israeli politicians Avigdor Lieberman from the Israeli Home Party and an influential figure has said he wont vote for immunity netanyahu is only could party has said it will vote for immunity. In november israelis attorney general decided to indict Prime Minister netanyahu in 3 separate criminal cases the alleged fraud bribery and breach of trust the judgment on additional i made the decision to issue an indictment against him and with a heavy heart a heavy heart perhaps but wholeheartedly with a deep sense of commitment to the rule of law to the publics interest and to the citizens of the state of israel and. They said you know he and his supporters have claimed that the charges are politically motivated and that Law Enforcement and the judicial system in effect mounting a coup against him. Netanyahu now faces a tough political fight yes to wit in Election Form a government and then persuade m. P. s to poke for immunity i mean if he only last as long as he is in office as Prime Minister or if you remains a member of the knesset the move will delay the prosecution of these 3 court cases by months or even stole the process completely until netanyahu is out of politics its already been a very uncertain year in israeli politics and the future it would seem is equally uncertain imraan khan how does there whats true slim. And you hear though no sign hong kongs antigovernment protesters have any intention of abandoning their cause protest leaders say more than a 1000000 people packed the city streets on new years day but the largely peaceful march eventually turned violent as police shut it down arresting 400 people so its no reports from hong kong. What was supposed to be a peaceful march descends into chaos and destruction on the streets of hong kong a small fire most likely caused by a petrol bomb but before its doused by a will to carry. Elsewhere police stupid to arrest a protester off to demonstrate his ignore their warnings to leave for hours into the protest march police withdrew that permit for this rally deeming this to be an Illegal Assembly meaning they can take action to clear the state and that is exactly what they are doing here riot police have got water cannon clearing the streets of protesters as well as the barricades that hurts us is that set up the crowds of protesters many wearing gas masks had earlier used to braless and bricks to block roads. Police fired rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowds i the march had started peacefully in the afternoon attracting tens of thousands of people who slowly made their way along a 3 and a half kilometer route young and old they chose to spend new years day much the same way hong kong had spent the 2nd half of last year at another street demonstration. By new years wish for peace in hong kong but that will depend on the government and the Chinese Communist party if they continue to tighten their grip on hong kong and these protests will continue. Along the way Labor Union Groups set up recruitment booths and volunteers collected donations to assist the protest movement was mightily i the crowd did let up on its 5 demands which include an independent investigation into allegations of Police Misconduct during the protests and the right to choose their leaders. Police did a distance away keeping a close watch occasionally protesters would direct the anger at the police. Who hunted government protests in hong kong have gone on for 7 months now and even though there are rallies and gatherings almost every day theyve reduced in intensity theres no indication the government is willing to make further concessions poland no matter what the outcome will be. But no one knows for how long this will go on Florence Louis al jazeera hong kong. It was al jazeera live from london much more still ahead well look at what the year might have in store for south africas controversial former president and why things are no longer a double thought she as the government decides on just one man for that country. Hello im optimistic that we might well see some rain pushing into South Australia maybe into victoria by the end of the weekend but ahead of that theres not too much wet weather to look at weve had a few lively showers around the top end a little bit of an increasing cloud sit down towards the southwest as this cold front starts to push its way but its bumping into a big area of High Pressure last kinds of block things off so thats why were not going to see any weather pushing into the southeastern corner as we go through thursday is a similar picture to what weve seen recently really temperatures not too bad actually 23 24. 00 for melbourne and for sydney those temperatures do ramp up as we go on into friday 42. 00 there in adelaide getting into the thirtys for melbourne and that will push across into sydney as we go on into saturday but by saturday here because you can see that wetter weather started to pushed out into South Australia eventually that will roll across victoria with some bits and pieces of right but not quite making it into New South Wales were seeing some wet weather pushing towards southern parts of new zealand as we go on through the next day or 2 your thought of this doing fine and dry 23 celsius or 21 in christchurch with some bits and pieces of rain that will push a little further northwards cool suddenly but tucking in behind christchurch at around 70 degrees but staying bright and sunny for oakland. Examining the impact of todays headlines you use that misinformation ive used the term by setting the agenda for tomorrow is discussions how unique is this in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism you have the makings of a neo fascist Moment International filmmakers and world class journalists bringing programs to in spying. On aljazeera. Welcome back a look at stories making headlines now members of the iran backed Popular Mobilization forces have started withdrawing from the u. S. Embassy compound in iraqs capital on the orders of. A bunny across all 6 australian states with the situation in victoria New South Wales becoming more serious 8 people have died in the past week alone. And israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution in 3 Corruption Cases. All now to india where the family of a young man shot in the head during a protest say he was intentionally killed by police is one of at least 25. 00 people to die since demonstrations started last month against the governments new citizenship law on her reports from the Northern State of a project. 24 year old ali was shot in the head he was a bread maker and the sole provider for his family. His 80 year old father is inconsolable his mother less his disabled brother with 3 kids who were raised has no clue how the family will survive the loss of river a girl who didnt even lead his body home for the last. What happened to the government whats happened to the police but you came to this fighting. On december 20th some people here in the city of mirror to try to protest against a controversial new citizenship law that many say discriminates against muslims the police say the protesters protect them the rocks which led them to use force. Limbs family says he was not even part of the protests and was merely walking back home from the restaurant he worked in when the police shot this was a video with someone this it was a witness and claiming he saw the Police Shooting him aljazeera cannot independently verify its authenticity. Activist who went on a Fact Finding Mission to the city soon after the killings say most gunshots were above the east and appeared targeted this is absolutely quite deliberate shooting to kill it is not following the Standard Operating Procedure of announcing there were no announcements no warning announcements mean nothing of the kind and no attempt to use tear gas or Water Cannons or anything like that no attempt to shoot at the feet 1st it was street to be a shooting to get. Activists accuse the police of being biased against muslims. In a recent video the city superintendent of police saying was her telling people in a muslim dominated leave the hood to go to pakistan. We asked the superintendent about the allegations and i was i wont comment on that and while he admitted that the police did fire shots he said it was protesters with illegal firearms who killed the people however he added the police were investigating. Theres a big difference between a green and an untrained shooter the mob doesnt see whether its firing from behind a front he said that a dozen Police Officers were shot and injured and shared this video people here say they are demonstrating for their right to live in the land of their far india and that they dont want to go to pakistan they also say that we are the police and a few steps of lasting people indiscriminately this if night taking turns to guard their neighborhoods in case officers our. Family is in mourning they demand an investigation but dont expect the administration to conduct it fairly arch of war or aljazeera made out with a predation india the mother of a british woman convicted in cyprus of lying about being raped is calling for a boycott of the country a Cypriot Court convicted the 19 year old of public mischief after she withdrew an accusation of gang rape in july she says she only wants she only recanted her accusation because of dress from the police or a challenge house the story. This is the anonymous british 19 year old who said shed been gang raped in cyprus by 12 israelis only to end up convicted herself now her mother has told a british broadcaster that the party resort of iron apa is dangerous the place isnt safe she said its absolutely not safe and if you go and report something thats happened to you youre either laughed at as far as i can tell or in the worst case Something Like whats happened to my daughter may happen shes back to campaign trending on twitter to boycott cyprus the teenager was convicted on monday of lying about the rape angering womens rights campaigners who say the victim has been turned into the criminal the. She says pressure from Cypriot Police back in july made her retract her accusation against the 12 israelis. When they arrived home at bengurion airport some of the young men celebrated champagne and insulting chance against the woman. That her lawyer says there were numerous violations when police were questioning her she did not have an axe or i didnt seem because she has that i. Was well or is it. And she claims and this is what. It meant was given to us some of the women supporters suspect cypresses economic ties with israel may have influenced the case and they say cyprus is legal system is corrupt and e. U. Report in 2018 said the country hasnt fully implemented 14 of its 16 reform recommendations the u. K. Foreign office is raising concerns with cyprus about whats happened to the woman but the government said nicosia insists its courts are independent the british woman to be sentenced on tuesday the retellings how to 0. A former South African president jacob zuma is expected to stand trial this year on charges of corruption which he denies in the latest part of aljazeera series looking ahead to some of the biggest stories of the here for me the miller examines how zuma is time in office has shaped south africa. Corruptions estimated by south africas government to cost the economy 700000000000. 00 for many former president jacob zuma is the symbol of that corruption he was forced to resign during his 2nd term in february 28th seen as a series of scandals surrounding him and the governing African National Congress Party intensified. Zuma repeatedly says hes done nothing wrong. Because a conspiracy committed by certain people and by is a guinness to me. State owned companies were allegedly mismanaged and looted to benefit zuma and his associates from the Passenger Rail agency which is bankrupt to south African Airways which is close to collapse thousands of workers went on strike last month protesting job cuts they say are the direct result of corruption the state owned power utility eskom is also in trouble leading to rolling blackouts nationwide the manager of the spake reinsulate so says the power cuts have cost thousands of dollars in lost business and bakers jobs are threatened if they continue. To form a senior managers it is scum have been charged with corruption the blackouts have been disruptive and of course the economy millions of dollars not only were businesses left in the dock but here in somewhere close to where hysteria restaurants and shops are to shut their doors when protests broke out while zuma hasnt been charged for alleged crimes during his time in office hes facing a fraud and corruption trial related to a weapons deal in the ninetys which were dropped before he became president and later reinstated its not yet clear if his trial will proceed in february as he fights to stay out of court by petitioning the Supreme Court of appeal zoom us testified at a government inquiry into corruption but says hes too ill to return to see him through jacob zuma has 2 terms as the president d is you know the weakness within the governing party that in seeing you know the fact that the a. N. C. Has been up for sale you know the Patronage Networks you know that operate in the state and in the in d c. And that also shows you just how deeply entrenched you know the. Many are skeptical bill get the answers on corruption theyre looking for in the year hit they expect further delays in the Justice System and face the certainty that a vital state owned companies will require more bailouts to stay afloat costing taxpayers more than they can possibly afford for me or al jazeera johannesburg now at least 30 animals have burnt to death after a fire ripped through the monkey house at a zoo in the west of germany krefeld zoo said its worst fears had become reality highly endangered apes were among the dead including lowland gorillas west african chimpanzees and born in arriving italians they say the fire may have been caused by chinese sky lanterns which were set off as part of new years eve celebrations and then landed inside. Africa talk about the land of cheer lips and windmills holland or the netherlands usually comes to mind but which name should we use or now when the government would prefer if people called their nation the netherlands as it attempts to rebrand by its meth reports on this now from amsterdam poland is not a country despite suggestions to the contrary all over Amsterdam North and South Holland are just 2 coastal provinces in the country officially called the netherlands and the government tired of its biggest city being a by word for legalized prostitution and recreational drug use once a rebrand. So with a new p. R. Push its asking us to forget holland of the goalie of the netherlands. For the whole rest of the world i think holland is quite clear what it is some small spot somewhere on the earth. Where dutch people live. And to change that image around to change that. Idea of holland into the netherlands i think its quite a task its quite a difficult task. Everywhere you look from branded clocks to other souvenirs the name holland dominates its no surprise tourists arent sure where they are what would you call this country. Being. Wrong. What do you call this country were in now. All of the. Land that land. You are right. Now the land the basic c yes we now know that it was ok yes i mean this is all interstates the netherlands is the country today officially they want you to stop calling at all and they want to call it the netherlands. In amsterdam theyre struggling to cope with a Record Number of tourists 42000000 people are expected to visit this country by 2030 thats up from around 20000000 now and to manage that the government hopes that this rebranding will encourage people to explore outside overcrowded amsterdam to the country beyond the 2 provinces of Holland Bernas with aljazeera im still in the netherlands. Just a quick recap of the headlines for you now members of the iran backed Popular Mobilization forces in iraq have started withdrawing from the u. S. Embassy compound in iraqs capital on the orders of their leaders they have been throwing rocks and setting fires outside the building in anger at recent u. S. Astronauts iran has denied any involvement and the country Supreme Leader warned that they are not afraid to hit back. Well bush fires are burning across all 6 australian states with the situation in victoria and New South Wales becoming increasingly serious 8 people have died in the past week alone more than 200 pushed continuing to burn while many returning to their communities a witnessing the extent of the damage for the 1st time james todd is from the victoria Fire Control Center were getting more we are getting on the weekend weve seen increasingly gusty winds were to incredibly far as a good because its because of the really dry conditions much of the surface destroyed years in draft. The forest is very very dry this will argue it will be a good place for as they are cool to be growing comes of that might not be for a few months yet israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked lawmakers to grant him parliamentary immunity from prosecution in 3 Corruption Cases netanyahu was indicted in a vendor on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust a majority of these really knesset members would have to vote in support for the move to be successful. At least in hong kong have detained dozens of people after new years day march turned violent tens of thousands of people turned out for what started as a peaceful antigovernment rally organizers say the march was forcibly suspended by the police the mother of a british woman convicted in cyprus of lying about being raped by 12 men is calling for a boycott of the country Russians Foreign Ministry says the case raises serious concerns for them a Cypriot Court is convicting the 1000 year old woman of public mischief after she withdrew the initial accusation she says she did that because of pressure from the police. People in power is the program coming up next investigating the deadly pollution in indias capital city stay with us. Capturing a moment in time. Snapshots of other lives. Providing the clips into someone elses was. Witness on aljazeera. B. M. D. A sprawling siege of government as the deadliest of all the worlds capitals exposing millions of its inhabitants to a shocking range of life threatening respect for 3 seasons so why is it so polluted and what if anything is being done to remedy. It was born and raised in the city to find out. The back