Venezuelas opposition denounces what its calling a parliamentary crude after leader one fido is physically blocked from attending. Cooler weather and some welcome rain off oh bushfire rest fight in a strain but nowhere near enough to end the unprecedented disaster. The us President Donald Trump is threatening sanctions against iraq he says american troops will not slieve the country unless baghdad pays for what hes calling an expensive u. S. Air base there the warning comes after a rocky politicians voted to expel all foreign troops in response to americas assassination of iranian come and across and so the money on friday and on binding move is backed by iraqs outgoing Prime Minister abdul maki iran says it will no longer abide by any. Limits to uranium enrichment under the 2015 nuclear deal germany france and the u. K. Urging it to reconsider meanwhile in lebanon the leader of iran backed hezbollah says all the u. S. Bases warships and soldiers are now targets and calls for revenge are growing louder especially among the hundreds of thousands of people mourning costs and so the money in iran will begin with aljazeera is osama bin surveyed in baghdad. And to us in iran in the Iraqi Parliament elected representatives came together for an extraordinary session the iraqi pm laid out his preferred option after the assassination of patents in the money by american missiles well in the larger the who what 1st ending the presence of Foreign Forces as an emergency measure and making arrangements for that secondly to go back to the draft decision that was put forward to the parliament before the current government took office. But all kurdish representatives boycotted the session and most of the sunni m. P. s were in there the emergency session of parliament is a reminder of the deep ethnic and sectarian divisions in iraq between sunnis shias and kurds at least one commander of the. Group has said that if the Parliament Fails to cause a decisive resolution against the u. S. Presence in iraq on sunday all future sessions will be worthless. A powerful cleric who heads one of the leading blocs in parliament criticized the decision as a weak one so theyre called for the shutting down of the us embassy on socalled resistance groups inside and outside iraq to form urgency the tally and similar sentiments were echoed by other shia majority political blocs. This is a real test for loyalty and patriotism we dont want to disappoint iraqis as their elected representatives if this council cannot protect sovereignty its useless. Not everyone agrees with a quick pullout of correlation troops and these protesters carried out an end to the clash with pro iran supporters a similar sentiment runs through anticorruption protesters who forced out of the as the Prime Minister the iraqi pm says legal procedures will begin to fulfill the parliament nonbinding resolution but he leads an interim government with limited powers who. Its a resolution not a law if its really binding iraq will be exposed in front of vice all americans helped iraq there are a lot of problems for the economy as well. Even if lawmakers could all come together and vote to end the u. S. Presence in iraq immediately that process would take more than a few months to implement on the ground time with groups out for revenge do not want to give u. S. Forces solid job a down to 0 back that. Ok now lets go to washington where john hendren is monitoring the u. S. Reaction to the Iraqi Parliament votes to expel thought on forces whats being that reaction john what is dont trump been saying about all of this well president left his mara lago golf resort earlier and arrived at the white house without commenting to reporters on camera but he did issue this tweet threatening iran before leaving there he said these media Postal Service notification to the United States congress that should iran strike any u. S. Person or target the United States will quickly and fully strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner that is probably the 1st time a u. S. President has ever notified congress of an impending military strike by twitter that prompted the House Foreign Affairs committee which is run by democrats to post this tweet in response saying this media post will serve as a reminder that the powers reside in the congress under the United States constitution and that you should read the war powers act and that youre not a dictator that is an act in 1903 that was passed in response to some actions that the president Richard Nixon took unilaterally during the vietnam war it wasnt just threatening iran he also threatened iraq after iraq passed that resolution which sought to kick u. S. Soldiers out of iraq he said if they do that that the u. S. Will not leave until iraq pays for the u. S. Airbase it belonged that it cost billions of dollars to the u. S. And he went on to say that he would levy sanctions against iraq. Sanctions that would pale that would make the iranian sanctions pale in comparison to many double down on saying that he would attack iranian cultural sites if iran retaliated for that assassination he said theyre allowed to kill our people theyre allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people this is what he told reporters on his plane on the way home he said and were not allowed to touch their cultural site it doesnt work that way well in fact it does work that way according to the 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict that is a treaty the u. S. Signed and that makes attacking cultural sites a war crimes john tell us more about some stories that were beginning to hear from the United States about a rainy ends being detained as theyre trying to enter the u. S. What more do we know about that and why weve had reports of as many as 60 or more a rainy ends or iranian americans have been stopped at the border between canada and Washington State a group called the center for American Islamic relations issued a news release saying that was happening saying that passports were confiscated people were questioned about their political views and alliance as well that prompted the customs and Border Patrol to issue a statement of their own saying social media posts that c. B. P. Is detaining a rainy americans and refusing their entry into the u. S. Because of their country of origin or falls. They went on to say that in fact theyre not detaining people because of their country of origin but they note that noted that the agency is under an enhanced posture and that means delays the average time through that port is now 2 hours some people they say have been held for 4 hours nevertheless iranian americans say that they have been particularly targeted at that and other sites john thanks very much indeed. Talk ran i said big reports on the massive numbers of people who filled the streets for some sort of moneys funeral procession. To. A sea of mourners millions across the country came out onto the streets nothing like this has been witness in iran since the funeral of the founder of the Islamic Republic at a loss how many 30 years ago the assassination of qassam so the money has united a country and its different political factions donald trump street threatening to targeted rein in cultural sites has encouraged even more defiance but also more if we sacrifice our life for him if we sacrifice our blood for him it is still not enough and. Yes you did you kill. Them or their parents or children or family. Gets ready to love. The money get ready for a big brother when khaleel. With you on the streets of iran the event has reshaped the political dynamic. In november there were antigovernment protests across the country but now the government and political establishment here have unprecedented support i mean just of general for the money put up across the country and a port named after him even streets named in his honor everyone is being reminded of his contribution to iran and whats seen as his ultimate sacrifice. So the monies daughter has asked to bring in president has done rouhani and the need to of lebanons hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah to avenge her fathers death desination has now resulted in iran announcing it has no limits to its Nuclear Activities including uranium enrichment its stockpiles and research and development the deal is now old but. Iran says no one can dictate what kind of response it will give to america no need in marjah dont do enough to know that its a big. Has painful repercussions for you mr trump dont frighten the iranian nation with your ignorance you put the lives of americans in this vast region at risk you better pack up and escape from the region. Recently countries and the rest of the world wait nervously as the fear of a new conflict grows the killing of one man that is now threatening to reshape the face of the middle east. Aljazeera the iran while in lebanon. Has almost they warned that u. S. Forces will pay the price or so the moneys killing so hard a is in beirut. His images were put up across beiruts Southern Suburbs qassam so they many is being mourned in hezbollah stronghold for the iranian backed group and its mainly shia are supporters the late head of the elite could this force the revolutionary guards external wing was their commander the public face symbol and architect of the Islamic Republics influence across the region was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in baghdad on friday since then iran and its regional allies have been promising revenge i feel. Ill be clear their response is to target their merican military presence in the region their American Military bases their vessels every american officer and soldier in our region and our countries on our soul. Many was not only irans concern but the entire socalled axis of resistance a term used to refer to groups in iraq syria lebanon yemen and the palestinian territories he said it was up to those groups to decide if and how they would retaliate but the hezbollah leader hinted lebanon will not necessarily be an arena. Lebanon is not a front line of americas and irans rivalry there is a us embassy in a few soldiers who trained on me by hezbollah has a presence in the region i can take part in any outside the country. It now seems clear what the retaliation may involve Iranian Military commanders made the same threat and irans allies in iraq have already singled out u. S. Bases as targets and the u. S. Presence in the region is in a strong those words fair punishment for all or has repeatedly threatened a regional war if iran is attacked by the United States iran will not stand alone is what hes promised it is an expected statement of support from an ally which has grown into a Regional Force photos are emerging of the struggle with solem many who the hezbollah leader called a brother he confirmed the late military commander was in lebanon before heading to baghdad via damascus while hezbollah doesnt hide its links with iran it is the strongest political player in lebanon its careful to protect that power at a time of increasing pressure is the condition for success for retaliation out of there because of the Economic Situation because that kind of cannot sustain what sort of a. Likeable to in 2006 thats really called so many assassination a turning point and a new phase the message here may be one of defiance but in reality the u. S. Maximum Pressure Campaign on iran and its allies seems to be already in a new phase. Beirut. The hunch emmys the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver hes joining us now on skype from toronto thank you very much indeed for being with us weve heard the threats of course from the hezbollah leaders saying that the u. S. Forces will pay the price weve also seen in the last few hours rocket attacks on targets in baghdad how concerned would you be that iran may not have the level of control over its vapor various proxy groups to avoid an accidental escalation of this crisis im not very concerned if you know anything about irans Regional Policy in iraq and in lebanon in particular there is a very tight control over or over its its allies and its militia forces theres always the problem of you know some rogue elements taking. Their own initiatives that could trigger a much wider conflict but you know were talking about a country a Regional Power that has invested quite heavily in its its allies in its military reach throughout the middle east so if anything happens militarily in terms of that tacking american targets most likely it has some approval from the Senior Leadership in tehran given the fact that as you say that it intends to have one would guess some form of its an asymmetric response to the attacks from the u. S. The fact that irans economy has been hit so hard by sanctions is iran actually in a position to be able to respond in retaliate in a way that it would deem fit. I think they are because the asymmetrical you know warfare that iran has perfected does not require a lot of you know heavy expenditures they have enough in their reserves theyve set aside i think enough resources to be able to have that type of asymmetrical military response and outreach if needed so i dont think the the this state of the iranian economy as you rightly state is is going to be an inhibiting factor that would prevent them from trying to seek revenge for you know the recent assassination of awesome soleimani and the tough talk that were hearing from washington these days let me ask you about the tough talk which is from coming from donald trump at the moment and directed towards iraq hes threatening sanctions against iraq hes saying that if the u. S. And on Foreign Forces are to leave iraq then iraq should pay for the american base that they are presumably the one allowed how significant what should we read into these comments do you think he is actually serious so is this more part of a a wider plan if you like. Well i dont think its part of a wider plan because that presupposes some foresight some thinking some planning in that is not what donald trump is known for you very much as in is impulsive hes you radek so i think these threats that hes making that are you know borderline insane you know think hes going to put sanctions on iraq and force them you know to pay you know huge amounts of expenditure from there are from their oil revenues is cause for concern i mean this is someone whos completely surrounded by war hawks and hes you know driven by his ego and hes in a Reelection Campaign and i think hes being hes calculating that this type of tough rhetoric plays very good with his domestic base so this is you know cause for a lot of concern and m. R. O. You know were all were all on tenterhooks to see what happens in the next coming days and weeks let me ask you specifically about the situation in iraq were dealing with a country that has a fractured government that doesnt yet have a replacement Prime Minister and also it appears that elements of the military are beginning to to to fracture as well as parts of the Popular Mobilization forces themselves how concerned are you that this a vacuum could be formed in iraq into which we may see Additional Forces such as for example i saw. Well im very worried i think iraq in many ways is the big victim here in this conflict between the United States and iran i mean this unfortunately rock is the battleground where these 2 countries are fighting over and one of the biggest casualties is going to be you know Iraqi Society iraqi stability which as your viewers know is ready at a very fragile state so this is you know a cause for deep concern and of course as you mention any sort of fracturing or further destabilization of iraq provides an opportunity for eisel to reemerge reassert itself and just sort of add to the mayhem and the violence that you know iraqi civilians have been suffering for you know roughly 20 years now the hashimi thank you we appreciate your time thank you. But more ahead on the news hour including libyas u. N. Backed government vies revenge after an airstrike kills dozens of students at a military academy. And dozens of students and teachers a big thing now but a Prestigious University in new delhi. And the new year in italian football begins with another incident of racism peter has the details. Turkeys president has announced that turkish soldiers are in the process of being deployed to libya to aid in the fighting against warlord holly for huffed our it comes as libyas u. N. Backed government declared 3 days of mourning for the victims of saturdays air strike on a military academy in tripoli carried out by forces loyal to huffed on at least 30 students were killed and dozens more were wounded mahmud of the war had reports from tripoli. Funerals for the younger military students killed in an air strike in tripoli. And libyas you and you could need a government in no doubt ho to blame for the attack one of the countrys backing warlords honey for have to wonder are. We pledged to take revenge on the United Arab Emirates that states have been conspiring against us since the beginning of the 17th of february evolution in 2011 a spokesman for half the denied his forces were responsible saying the incident would be investigated the investigation is also required now from the un mission to send Fact Finding Committee to the location of the bombing a general come on denies that any of his units talked at the site using artillery fire or air force and this isnt part of a more its a customs and it doesnt affect our military ethics medical workers who are unable to identify some of the students there but is so badly burned or in pieces 18 year old a mad mad from the city of god huna survived the attack. That line a move that when. We had just finished dinner we went out to the courtyard has the attack happened i lost consciousness i woke up in the hospital. A meds a philistine you didnt died in this course you are out there to spent less than 2 months in training had you under the feeling those who attacked us have a grudge against us because our army is based on professional values affiliation to the homeland not to a dictator this military academy is a long way. And its students from different cities and regions are not taken part in the battle for control of tripoli state Officials Say it was a foreign war plane that carried out the attack and want the government to got the ball ties with those countries supporting khalifa haftar. Have to his forces launched an offensive to seize tripoli in april half that has the support of egypt russia the United Arab Emirates and france the you and backed Libyan Government by turkey these families mourning gloved ones know the agony theyre going through is likely to be repeated again and again as there is no end in sight to the fighting. Tripoli. They have been chaotic scenes inside and outside Venezuelas National Assembly is this is dissident opposition politician luis pata declared himself head of Congress Opposition leader hong quite though was expected to be reelected to the role on sunday but he and other opposition members were blocked from entering the building by police quite oh has accused Nicolas Maduro his Ruling Socialist Party of offering politicians suitcases of cash to vote against his 2nd term until now the National Assembly has been the only branch of government in opposition controlled you know you know the dictatorship is blocking the National Assembly biz and the priests we will do everything the sciri to ensure that our constitutional mandate is to speak to. The venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has spoken in support of luis posada hes attacked the u. S. For its support of quite oh i say you. Can order mcconnell the imperialist came out to say they would not recognize the result of the vote today in the National Assembly i say to my pump to the u. S. Envoy to venezuela Elliott Abrams and the assistant secretary of state that they should explain why they lost leadership at the National Assembly what explanation what lie are they going to give dont trust now this stubbornness this bill europe theres its one more failure by the gringos in venezuela. I think fans worse Vice President of the council of the americas hes joining us on skype from washington d. C. Thank you very much indeed for being with us perhaps you can help us clear this up Michael Pompeo from peo the secretary of state of the u. S. Has just released released a statement congratulating interim president on his reelection as president of the National Assembly who is actually president of the National Assembly. Well robert good to join you again one way to go d i had a separate vote later after he was barred from joining the National Assembly where he was entitled to be he and his supporters went later to a separate vote where he was elected by 100 legislative hours to be the head of the National Assembly so now not only do you have 2 National Legislatures in venezuela you also have one of those 2 with 2 separate factions that things are getting more confusing it seems by the day and then as well from a legal standpoint does does that situation i actually exist is it possible to have 2 leaders and if not how do you get out of it well the United States would say no its not a legal scenario they recognize 1. 00 as the interim president and they recognize the National Assembly which before this morning was the only remaining Democratic Institution in venezuela but now its been taken over by them and are all and his supporters in a pretty cynical effort to undermine it so you cant have 2 institutions that claim the same mantle of leadership and have a country thats going to do anything except continue to tear itself apart to those of us watching from the outside the opposition in venezuela looks as though its in complete disarray how much of a benefit is this to Nicolas Maduro. Its a really interesting and important question the short answer is we dont know at one level its just the status quo i mean you have there remains in office he claims the presidency despite a fraudulent election from 2018 long way though claims the interim presidency that has not changed and the legislative wars themselves havent changed either theyve voted for different leaders now so that has changed but we have to see the Practical Implications of that but i think there is another thing we have to consider here you mentioned the disarray perhaps in the opposition or disunity is probably a better war and i think there are people within the opposition that are going to become increasingly frustrated by the status quo and theyre going to wonder in fact if the peaceful effort to run votes in the elections is the way forward for a peaceful transition of power i think youre going to see it start to see some people perhaps break away assert their own authorities and perhaps make the situation across venezuela even more complicated perhaps introduce violence nobody wants that nobodys calling for it but i think the circumstances today show that the general is not going to give up hes not going to go peacefully and so i think some people are going to start looking for alternatives good to hear your thoughts on this and funs with thank you very much indeed thank you thanks for having me. Still ahead on aljazeera were going to tell you why chinas pulled prices are skyrocketing and whats being done to keep up with demand. Time will tell you why swedens most famous player has got the chop from his home fans thats coming up with peter and the sport. Hello there. Japan on the system is bringing some rain and snow that moving fairly rapidly through meanwhile to northern china where you got some good guys and just as well because we have got the hall been ends national ice festival taking place some amazing sculptures over a sea all the miracles the coldplay weather keeps them in place very nicely not quite so cold further to the south through Central China plenty of rain working its way eastwards and very mild indeed for shanghai of the next couple days 20 celsius on monday 21 on cheese that is 13 degrees above the average for this time of year very unsettled to the north of there on a cool plenty of rain working its way across the Korean Peninsula and eventually beginning to push into Western Areas of japan which is that pretty close to the average very unsettled through much of the indonesia and scottish across Western Areas of borneo i didnt like monday the rains across sumatra but some fairly heavy rains again in place across much of java and tending to get a bit heavier as we head off into tuesday as well meanwhile from there into Southern India thats where the showers all it will stay relatively clear for the next couple of days will be the rain and the snow thats on its way into northern pakistan but dry in the south in karachi with a high of 24. Frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires usage really wiping out the politics of Climate Change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those do schoolchildren know what the law is all d about this argument is astonishingly patronize a indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on aljazeera when the news breaks in the moment today the current government has lost trust to people they cant do anything because the protestors are against it when people to be cut by thought well who represent the loft shots proponents of brechts its drawing from the conservatives aljazeera has teams on the ground right now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create a competent and credible government to bring new moon documentaries and life moves on air and online. We all know. All. The marching orders you know a reminder of our top stories this hour u. S. President donald trump is threatening sanctions against iraq he says american troops will not leave the country unless baghdad pays for what he calls an extraordinarily expensive u. S. Air base there. The warning comes after iraqi politicians voted to expel all foreign troops from iraq in response to americas assassination of iranian commander qassam so the money to build backed by the iraqs outgoing Prime Minister is nonbinding. And still needs the approval the government of iran has announced it will no longer adhere to its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal saying there will be no limits on its uranium enrichment capacity. Or to posses professor of middle east politics at Georgetown University hes also author of losing an enemy obama iran and the triumph of diplomacy is joining us now on skype from washington d. C. Thank you very much indeed for being with us this move by iran with regard to the nuclear deal does this to some degree play into the trumpet administrations hands isnt this what the Top Administration wanted to see all along. Did trumpet mr shinde definitely seems to be trying to elicit a strong response from the iranians that could justify trump escalating matters even sure there are. But this step that the iranians have taken is not as harsh as many people fear that it would be there were fears that the iranians actually would start enriching at the 20 percent level theres no indication that they will do so at this point but it does show that there are several tracks to this conflict them to these tensions between the United States and iraq and just as much as trump is escalating on other matters now the iranians are continuing to reduce their commitment to in protest to the fact that the trumpet mr asian has completely left it re imposed sanctions on them and europe has been completely incompetent that incapable of doing anything to provide the iranians with the economic benefits that they were promised on the deal. I wanted to do raw about that because what kind of pressure does it now put on those European Partners to try to come up with some sort of deal that they werent able to do before. Its a matter of political well if the political will existed they would have bought. From the iranians as they were doing while they the the trump instruction had not were drawn from the deal so i think the capacity to be able to do so exist the question is do the europeans have the political will to do so and perhaps its become too late now because if they had done days earlier perhaps they could have prevented the crisis that currently is playing out but at this point the question is if it really would have made a difference if they do so today do you think that the u. S. Will see this as a positive in response to their maximum Pressure Campaign positive as far as the u. S. Is concerned do you think that there is a risk therefore that the u. S. Is actually going to step up its Campaign Even more in order to try to elicit even more of a withdrawal well its very clear that some people in the white house are very frustrated that the iranians actually have not left that the oh thats what they want in order to be able to really escalate matters much further and get the europeans to do snap back sanctions at the u. N. Against iran but weve seen here is that the iranians continue to reduce some of their commitments but theyre actually not leading the deal per se and theyve made it very clear that if the u. S. Comes back into compliance the iranians would do so as well completely and shortly so unlike the u. S. To actually quick to deal the iranians are reducing their commitments to deal which is a function that exists within the uk but theyre not leaving it and thats frustrating the white house quite a lot to process thank you very much indeed thank you for having me a u. S. Soldier and 2 defense contractors were killed after alshabaab fighters stormed a military base in kenya the attack happened in lamu county in a heavily secured site known as camp assemble 2 u. S. Defense Department Officials are among those injured Priyanka Gupta reports. Pictures released by al shabaab meant for propaganda but also a warning that a heavily secured military site used by American Forces is fair game for its fighters the predawn assault by the Al Qaeda Linked somali armed group was its 1st against u. S. Forces in kenya governments have been saying thats about being weak and al shabaab. Longer strong they are not capable to carry out attacks or whenever such a statement or cokes are released usually back and say we are here we are still a strong American Drones hitting somalia on a regular basis so i think this was to send a message to the Somali People to say we are not targeting civilians we are targeting foreign militaries and we are fighting on your behalf attackers went on a rampage at the airfield close to the somali border for 4 hours destroying u. S. And kenyan aircraft along with military vehicles in the end 5 attackers were killed and the commander of u. S. Africa command issued this warning of quote pursuing those responsible for this attack and who seeks to harm americans and u. S. Interests but questions are being raised about how a heavily fortified military base could be so vulnerable. Putting together an attack of this nature of this audacity take a lot of planning a lot of time and it comes at a moment when he has been especially active along the kenyan border making forays into kenya this appears to be principally an Information Operation or psychological warfare operation where she has sent a small number of fighters to a Major Military base the latest incident comes just over a week off to al shabaab killed 80 people mostly students in the somali capital mogadishu that truck bomb attack prompted u. S. Airstrikes for over a decade the armed group has been fighting to overthrow the Somali Government and impose islamic law sundays attack suggests that fight is far from over. The. Fires continue to ravage the east coast of australia made worse by a severe drought there is a slight relief for firefighters battling the blazes as temperatures cool and bring a light rain just in just to washington is in batemans bay on a strain is east coast. This was once a leafy beachside suburb fires ripped apart this community on the New South Wales south coast destroying most houses. Hundreds of bush fires are burning across parts of the country worsened by severe drought and intense heat but after weeks of bad news finally the much needed arrival of cooler temperatures and even a bit of rain to quite call its ok and in the light twentys and here it is right now but i have some lying today thank goodness i dont think ive ever seen right for a while so thats helped the faucets. And mentally its still not out there what i want people to get complacent curzon making the most of this brief window of cooler conditions to bring more fires under control but across many parts of australia fires are burning at emergency levels and this brief spell of rain isnt enough to soften. The for the heat inevitably returns thousands of fallen here firefighters are in the field protecting communities around affected states weans are you know very very a lot less than your supply temperatures and these are great conditions to troy and its a time watching thousands of people are still without power with no indication of when it will return for those on the front lines a stray leahs longest bushfire emergency is taking its toll this volunteer firefighter was defending the houses of others when his prized vintage bend was raised by flames he had spent 10 years collecting the pods to put it together. In a court for a. Really odd hours and here. Its gone. Its the same age agree. 50 full. And in it we come from. Treasured possessions family homes but to pull dozens of lives this bushfire season has already taken so much from so many astray and theres still likely to be weeks of devastation to come. Jessicas joining me now live from batemans bay on the New South Wales coast jessica you were just telling us there about this brief pause if you like this this rain thats come in allowing for that paul is what are the authorities able to do stay well rob during this brief period of a bit of a break for fire occurs whove been working tiles tirelessly through these heat wave conditions there is a bit of a moment now to try and establish these containment lines before the hate does once again set in weve spent the morning visiting 5 stations around this New South Wales south coast area many of the crews feeling a sense of relief today at these cooler conditions crews a saying that there is this 72 hour window for them to try and get the situation under control they all feel is that a fire burning along this east coast region off New South Wales and victoria could join up and for a mega blaze along those 2 states so of course authorities trying to get the situation under control before that does have a chance to happen before heat wave conditions set in later in the week you know we saw in your report there jessica about how some people have lost things that are very precious to them how are locals handling this. Well these are tight knit communities in this part of New South Wales but many communities around australia have been affected by this tragedy people are coming together even those who havent been affected have been donating items donating food trying to help those in need but those in affected communities all still struggling at least 3030000 people are still without power theyve been without power for days now we are expecting that that could be restored in in coming days but the smoke haze does still hanging over this part of New South Wales everywhere you go you hear children coughing struggling to breathe this is the effect that you see on the ground people all struggling through this crisis but communities trying their best to make it through together and of course jessica the key thing is to try to deal with the forest which the full booms that people are going through but on a political level the Prime MinisterScott Morrison is really having a bottle of his own at the moment. We are seeing that the Prime Minister is struggling it seems that wherever he goes trying to visit these bushra affected communities the message that hes getting is that he is simply not welcome theres been a lot of resentment towards this Prime Minister for the fact that he was away on holidays while this crisis was happening but also that he was quite slow to respond quite slow to bring in National Resources now that he has in fact done that the reception has been lukewarm not that the Army Reservists themselves who will be coming into bushfire affected areas its not that theyre not welcome but that the people think that the Prime Minister simply didnt take this issue seriously weve seen from this government a number of ministers were also on holiday at the time of this crisis people here say that that is proof that this Prime MinisterScott Morrison does not take this crisis seriously Jessica Thanks very much indeed. Students teachers at one of indias leading universities have been attacked by a group of masked men strong the job a. University campus in the capital new delhi a student body linked to the ruling b j p party is being blamed and police are accused of not taking action quickly enough on reports from new delhi on sunday evening about 50 mosque men holding on wrong went inside the campus of university in new delhi when from one of. The took some students that. Are also allegations that the beat up some teaches that as well now the students. Have protested against the controversial citizenship law this is it these men were members of the repeat which is another Students Union affiliated with the ruling party nationalists. This happened on the day that protesters. Also complained that police had gone to an os to them to leave they are worried that they may be asked to wrap up the protests and all of this is happening at a time when indias home minister has started whats being described as a door to Door Campaign to convince people that the citizenship law may be a good thing for the country. Federal bombs were thrown at a Hong Kong Police station and dozens of people have been arrested after a march to the chinese border thousands demonstrated peacefully in showing sri distrait demanding that mainland chinese traders leave the territory but things turned violent when police tried to end the protest on slowing reports. This protest is organized by local District Council of many of whom were just recently elected into office at local District Council elections last november now the purpose of this protest is to demonstrate the un happiness that people here feel against the practice of power allow trading past the practice of mainland chinese traders who come over to hong kong many of whom here shop here this is the Northern Territory and its close to Mainland China they come over here they take advantage of lower taxes that hong kong has they buy items in and has to sell them back in china for a profit now locals here dislike this practice because they say causes them difficulty sometimes shortages of goods and also drives up the price of goods now people here say they dont like the practice of parallel trading because it they believe its something that benefits mainly mainland chinese trade is rather than the people here but its this protest is also an example of how the local issue is being used by prodemocracy protesters to highlight the wider unhappiness they feel against the Hong Kong Government and protests in hong kong have been going on for 7 months now entering into the 8th month and really this turnout and this demonstration just highlights how the antigovernment sentiment isnt going anywhere. The french general overseeing the reconstruction of natural domme cathedral in paris off to last years far says he can guarantee its going to be saved zone we are told a french broadcaster the building is in his words still in a state of peril last month the cathedrals rector said the structure remains so fragile theres a 50 percent chance it might not be salvageable in april the 850 year old gothic cathedral lost its spire and roof during a massive fire. The bus. Is not saved because as the rector say theres an extremely important step ahead which is to remove the scaffolding that have been built around the spire. It is difficult because there is laid on the scaffolding and we must try precautionary measures in conformity with the label so the workers are not exposed to that lady. In a few weeks millions of people will celebrate Chinese New Year around the dinner table but this year china is facing a shortage of its favorite food pork and i break of african swine flu has called the deaths of 200000000 pigs and farms across asia now the Chinese Government is looking further afield to satisfy the domestic appetites katrina you reports from beijing. Poached you shredded pork and praised. Just some of the most popular dishes served during the Chinese New Year holiday. But is families in china welcome the year of the rat few a pork items may be on the menu in recent months prices have more than doubled now i know for us if prices keep going up like this then i will order and eat less pork or even try and not eat out as frequently as before. African swine flu has wiped out half of chinas hope heads up to 200000000 farm pigs have died or been culled since the outbreak began a year ago harmless to humans the contagious disease kills pigs within 10 days there is no vaccine. China has 26000000 people farmers and industry is crucial and it impacts the many other sectors this shortage has caught everyones attention including Farmers Consumers and the garment. The Chinese Government has released more than 100000 tonnes of strategic pork reserves to ease demand and lifted environmental restrictions on farming. China consumes hoff the worlds during the chinese. Seeks to address the Chinese Government has a. Sprint. And is pushing a. Wide. Despite the trade. Of other news including. Beef and chicken from brazil. Experts say the 4 could effect capital from the long term. We will see increase while poultry consumption is a meat of high protein and you chasten. At a high value it could be the most possible replacement foothold. For now chinas Favorite Meat but with no end to the site it will continue to be more costly to bring home the bacon. You. Still had the 18 year old with a starring role for liverpool in the f. A. Cup. Or. Its time for the sports and here is peter. Thank you very much the future for defending super bowl champions new England Patriots and they stall Quarterback Tom Brady is far from certain off to being dumped out of the n. F. L. Playoffs they were left stunned by the Tennessee Titans with the patriots playing in the wild card round for the 1st time in more than a decade the 42 year old who has won 6 super bowls with new england in the career that is spanned almost 20 years will be a free agent in the off season and theres a big question mark over what happens to him next i dont know what the future looks like so im not going to predict it so we should all want tonight and. We should done a lot of things but over the course of season 2 we just and to say get the job done. Time i know that you keep saying that you dont know whats going to happen the future is there any possibility that you would retire after the sauces and. You know. I would say its pretty unlikely but. All 3 unlikely. The return of italy city on sunday after the winter break was soured by another incident of racist chance from crowds aimed at british a striker Mario Balotelli he scored the opening goal in a 21 defeat to lot c. E. O. But shortly after the game was halted while the stadium announcement was made to fans balotelli later posted a video of the go on social media with the words a lot of fans that were at the stadium shame on you. So that enable him a virtual make he said he our return with ac milan against them doria on monday but dont expect supporters in his hometown of momo in sweden to be cheering in october the city unveiled a 3 and a half meter bronze statue of latin but following abraham of which is decision to buy a stake in a rival club vandals have cut off its nose spray painted it sits it on fire and its now finally being toppled and taken away. The english f. A. Cup didnt prove a distraction for title chasing little ball on sunday the premier League Leaders fielded a younger side in the 3rd round against merseyside rivals everton but still got through a great strike by 18 year old curtis germs winning the title. And jos a marine has taught them avoided an upset at the hands of 2nd tier middlesborough because more got the equaliser for spurs in a one all draw with the tie going to will replay. Elsewhere chelsea were comfortable to no winners at home to Nottingham Forest the big upset on sunday or 2nd tier struggles derby knockout premier league crystal palace. The deck already got underway on sunday in saudi arabia d with the race being staged in the middle east for the 1st time they daughter caused an upset in the car category as the lithuanian won the opening 750 kilometer run from jeddah to a watch in the bikes defending champion toby price of australia is already the man to catch. But human Rights Groups have launched a Twitter Campaign asking drivers to support imprisoned saudi female activists using the hash tag stand up for saudi heroes we havent received any response so far following the call by 15 n. G. O. S for drivers and in particular female drivers to stand with saudi heroes and you know support these these women who are in prison and however we still hopeful because the race is going to last for 12 more days so were hoping to get more action by by the drivers today we have still for womens rights activists who are in prison some of these women have been prominently advocating for the rights of women to drive and the irony is that well now women can drive in saudi arabia but the women who advocated for these rights are still in prison we are not saying that competitors and people participating to this event are directly contributing to abuses however the saudi government is using this event as a way to sports wash its gross human rights abuses and by participating and by allowing the saudi authorities to also use the image of some of these famous competitors to say look were now a modern country were all pin when were bringing in people there also look these competitors are also indirectly contributing. To sports washing human rights abuses any as it is under that angle that we want to call on them to use the platform they have and to denounce disabuses englands cricketers have given themselves a good chance of leveling their test series with south africa the tourists lead by 264 runs going into day 4 of the 2nd match in capetown don sibley unbeaten on 85 with england closing on 218 for 4. Host a strain of the 1st nation to qualify for the quarter finals of tennis is a. T. P. Cup wins from alex to minority and john moment sent them on their way to a 3 no thrashing of canada. Nick kiryas set this one out on the sidelines but made his presence felt in support straight you have to listen to the crowd. And australias sports stars are behind initiatives to raise funds for victims of the countrys wildfires but womens world number one tennis player ash barty is going a step further shes donating all of the prize money from her home tournament in brisbane for the australian raid cross relief effort the winners check for the event is 250000. 00 and thats where well leave it for now well see you again a little later for more support and you can get a lot more film and pictures and background on all these new stories on the website thats aljazeera dot com johns going to be here in a couple minutes with more of the days news im rob matheson thanks for being with us by for. Millions of workers a big in slaved in the britain of india one i want to waste explores how Satellite Technology is now helping to set them free. 0. January on aljazeera President Donald Trump is that that president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u. S. 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