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So that the u. S. Defense secretary says there has been no decision to put american troops out of iraq this comes after a draw flats a top u. S. General in iraq revealed that forces will be repositioning to respect by that soften to the confusion in the pens can follow sundays nonbinding vote in the Iraqi Parliament calling for the removal of all foreign troops in response to the u. S. His assassination of irans top cmon a custom sort of money meanwhile iraq says the u. N. Security council to condemn the killing of sort of money and i would behind this the head of the iranian backed Iraqi Paramilitary group it wants World Leaders to ensure that baghdad is not dragged into the international or regional crises the u. N. Secretary general antonio terrace hes calling for restraint. Ive been following the recent rise in global tensions with great concern i mean Constant Contact with living officials around the worlds and my message is simple and clear stop escalation exist size maximum restraint restart dialogue re new International Cooperation let us not forget the terrible human suffering caused by walk we want to tear on mourners flooded the streets in grief and rage iran supremely to. The money lead funeral pres facility money and was a one point scene we people would have said bags report for on the funeral from tehran in just a moment but 1st his own enjoyment from baghdad. Just outside of the green zone we started to hear helicopter traffic heavy helicopter traffic which we hadnt heard since the death of christ in chile money on friday night and that indicated something was happening and after that a letter was released by various Media Outlets and we confirmed with multiple iraqi sources in the government as well as in the military who said this letter was authentic now it to be is that this was a draft of a letter for coordination purposes and the Troop Movement which was which was signaled in that letter is only for coordination purposes the u. S. According to the department of defense is not pulling out of iraq it does show the kind of confusion that has existed here in iraq after the assassination of course insulin money every night has been eventful whether it was been rocket rocket attacks or some sort of statement from from groups it was monday of a very busy day for the Iraqi Government the iraqi Prime Minister and i spoke to a number of World Leaders the qatari of mir leaders from the u. K. Britain china and the United States ambassador and the essence of that was that he wanted the world to see that he wants iraqs sovereignty to be respected he wanted the world to see that he wants iraq what is standing behind what he called a quick the drawl of foreign troops. Lets face it john 100 joins us live from washington d. C. So john this seems it is all a big mistake thats right nic its been a rough week at the pentagon 1st you had that vote to kick the u. S. Military out there the nonbinding vote and then a day later you have a letter from the u. S. Commander in the region purporting to say the u. S. Was leaving iraq entirely. Excuse me which contradicted the policy of the u. S. President scuse me who just a day earlier so the u. S. Was not leaving. So then you have the defense secretary come out and say that this letter was a mistake as you can see its unsigned and the pentagon now says that was a draft and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says it was poorly worded implies withdrawal and that is not what is happening it is poorly worded events the case because the very last line of his letters as we respect your sovereign decision to order our departure that directly seems to contradict what the defense secretary and the chairman of the joint chiefs are saying now which is that that is not the intention they say theyre moving troops around iraq consolidating them in various places that would serve 2 purposes one it would protect them from attacks which are rising and 2 it would allow them to depart more readily if they had to do that in a hurry so this is an embarrassment to donald trump who just a day earlier said the he would not order u. S. Troops out of iraq that if they were to be ordered out of iraq that iraq would be required to pay for a major u. S. Air base there that cost billions of dollars and he went on to say that they would levy heavy sanctions against iraq and this is at a time when the u. S. Is sending more troops into the region in order to protect those troops there john you mentioned that vote that nonbinding vote that was have the Iraqi Parliament to foreign troops out of iraq how likely is that to come into effect. Well nobody knows at this point because its a nonbinding vote the u. S. Militarys official position on that is that theyre not leaving however iraq could order the u. S. Out it in a binding vote in the future and that would force the americans hand right now u. S. President trump and u. S. Defense leaders seem to believe that iraq needs the 5000. 00 remaining u. S. Troops there to train the iraqi troops and to carry out some of those missions against eisel because they have decades of experience in special forces in those kinds of operations there was one interesting point that came out of this President Trump has been saying that he had 52. 00 sites that were targeted in iran including cultural sites that the u. S. Would target if iran were to retaliate for the assassination of qassam sulu money well now esper was asked about that by reporters in this gathering today and he said he would follow the laws of Armed Conflict and then he was asked does that mean no you will not attack cultural sites and he said that is the law of Armed Conflict so apparently the pentagon is now contradicting the president of the United States and will not hit cultural sites all right john thanks very much john hendren there in washington d. C. Saddam on his coffin has now arrived in the arabian sea to cmon thats will be his final resting place he was born the will be buried on tuesday on monday huge crowds were seen in the capital tehran as the funeral procession came through lets go to asad baker who takes us through the events in tehran. A nation in mourning and tears from the Supreme Leader for irans top military general assassinated in the u. S. Drone strike in iraq many a friend of customs in the money lead the Funeral Service at the university outside the streets of the capital were packed with the iranians who considered for the money a hero a man who defended his country crowds like this have not been seen since the death of the founder of the republic Ayatollah Khomeini 30 years ago so the one whose daughter addressed the crowds you know its hard to harness how you would see anwar photo ha ha today the philosophy and struggle of my father has made the resistance front into a principled and victorious philosophy. So the money and iran have long supported palestinian groups a senior hamas leader Ismail Haniya paid his respects us were here to express our heartfelt condolences to the leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini general solomonic family and the flag bearers of the resistance against the zionist regime and the us the crowds chanted sang and cried the feeling here that this is a moment of change not just for a run but for the entire region when they hear President Donald Trump hope that the fascination of boston for the money would result in people coming out and celebration of coming out against the political establishment in iran well the number of mourners here i think is the one so that he was greatly mistaken there was a chance of death to america and an expectation that iran must respond so we should take revenge the feeling that i had to was in little its unique i dont have this feeling towards anyone else in government hands thats not my heart theres no one is valuable as the general a little on some blood with blood residual and that whatever since i heard the news ive been crying 100 so we had feelings but at the bottom of our hearts we want revenge revenge revenge but not everyone agrees on what action to take and their intended political struggles in parliament if roger are because you are the best responses to expel us forces from the middle east and make efforts to liberate palestine but the specific response of iran should be hasty and should be well considered an important body called the assembly of experts condemned the killing of said the money and said silence in the face of assassination would make iran weaker they called upon young people to mobilize and prepared to oust American Forces from iraq as the world awaits irans response the government here will find it hard to ignore the calls for revenge and when its revenge for a man of course and so the money standing it would appear this Popular Support for whatever action may follow assad based aljazeera that are on. But enough from my kind of whos at the United Nations headquarters in new york and he says as a right to my condemnation of the assassination members a divided iraq has sent a letter to the president of the Security Council and the secretary general asking for the Security Council to issue a statement condemning the United States for its action iraq says in the letter it stresses that any military operation on iraqi soil without the consent of the Iraqi Government and without prior coordination is considered as a provocative hostile act that violates the charter of the United Nations so iraq wanting at the very least a statement from the u. N. Security council but this isnt very likely the council and as on so many other issues deeply divided on this matter the Chinese Ambassador is saying that he is consulting with other members of the council when asked whether he will call for an urgent meeting the Russian Ambassador being even more blunt asked whether there was a likelihood of a joint statement from the Security Council he simply said no so clearly the issue of the Security Council and dealing with this crisis at the moment very very difficult where the council remains totally disunited. The presence of u. S. Troops in iraq has been long and controversial since the American Invasion back in 2003 u. S. Forces withdrew briefly in 2011 but did return 3 years later at the invitation of the Iraqi Government to fight against i still right now there are about 5200 american troops stationed in iraq since 2003 around 4500 u. S. Soldiers have lost their lives in iraq and its cost american taxpayers billions of dollars glenn call is a former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for transnational threats at the cia he says trumps actions in ordering super moneys assassination cannot be reasonably explained. Well there are 2 kinds of confusion i think one needs to have conscious in ones assessment here the 1st is the understandable bureaucratic kind of confusion that happens every day in every ministry of every country in the world and thats what were dealing with with regard to the letter i know this is how it happened is the vote by the congress the parliament in iraq came for the removal so the american officials. In place would start to draft responses to that that that letter would then be sent or that that draft proposal would be sent to superiors for coordination clearance and change and so on it would go up the chain of command through the military to the national Security Council and so on and as that was that process was going on clearly we heard from the secretary of defense there or the joint chiefs of staff chairman the answer in washington was no no no that goes too far lets try to find some way to keep from having to pull out completely well talk about redeployment but the letter was leaked or issued inadvertently that i think is a classic kind of bad mistake but an understandable and seen one the larger confusion is from Donald Trumps capricious and incoherent policy decisions where he acted viscerally without concern without taking any consideration of his advisors positions and ordered the killing of sulaimani now thats a debatable action to take but clearly in concert in line with Everything Else hes done as president there was no thought to step 234 how that might relate to some coherent Plan Everyone on earth should have the measure of the man he is utterly amoral self focused narcissistic and doesnt care about. The law. Custom coordination or or consequence he thinks. In an emotional this or a way in response to what he perceives as slights or threats or opportunities and thats it always inclining to a position of apparent strength without much thought and thus we killed silly money we know it states and now he doubles down as he will always do you know iraq like all societies has all sorts of countervailing forces and ethnic groups and and interests so the shia who have largely been sympathetic to or in the sway of iran since frankly the American Invasion of iraq. Voted to have them the americans go of course the kurds and the sunnis arent so thrilled by that because to the extent that they have a protector and forcing a rule of law and not simply a shia dominated revenge driven majority arent so happy so i would anticipate and im not an iraqi domestic political expert but i wouldnt hesitate that there would be some modification and look for a way to square the circle everything is in conflict with itself in iraq in the United States between iraqi United States between the United States and iran and most things are incoherent and all of the leaders in the world you and i included as observers are trying to make sense of what cannot be made coherent because it is an incoherent step of this series of visceral steps taken by the man in the white house. Again call that putting more still ahead on news hour including protests across india after a mosque group attacked students and teachers at a problem university in the capital. Disgrace hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein weinstein could face life in prison if he goes on trial for rape charges and youll. See that in school. Starts the new year in stuff. Because youre. Right forces loyal to libyan warlord who have to have reached the center of the city of sirte thats after they took control of a nearby. Base so one of the largest in the country after its troops are trying to wrestle control of this strategic city from the u. N. Recognize government as part of an offensive which the general launched in april to try and take control of the capital tripoli. But. This strike which was planned for very efficiently and with great caution was under the direct supervision of the commander in chief the plan was executing great detail in spite of hours in no more than 3 hours approximately we were in the heart of the city of sirte but my head is in tripoli and he says the situation in sirte is changing rapidly. Were getting news from military sources in this cause told city of sirte saying that have told us forces have taken control of several parts of the city including the poorest and the city center thats also along with the military comes in Southern City fighting is still going on until now according to military sources in the area and they say that they take over what happened after a certain detachment inside the city that was belonging to the Government Forces that changed position just because the our affiliate to the tribe thats their tribe of the warlord Khalifa Haftar now the city of sirte is very strategic as it is very close to the oil fields and oil ports in central libya and specially close to the coast were getting also news from military sources in misrata that theyre sending troops. To repel have to us forces attack earlier a spokesman. A chair a Political Science department at the university of Texas Attorney and an expert on this i began by asking him about the strategic significance of have to sources. Mr tudor theres no doubt about that if since its taken so cut the rocks from somebody guns the 2 to tripoli and you very difficult to point to support his troops over there in tripoli tell us a little bit more about that significance and why it is crucial in the strategic the strategy of the and strategic have of whats going on in libya right now where the truth is except for those that these sought to will be wide open wide open for 2 or 4 of them so have to reserve troops to to to engage or lawtons and the slaughter is the source of power for the west. I mean tripoli can fall theres no doubt about that and tripoli will fall but the saw to it was what the hold up it means is a different war and ultimately ultimately in a slaughter would be the source of books all the weapons and then the the arms of her couple coming from turkey and of course as you know this comes as jake is deploying military advisors and experts on to the field then in libya what sort of difference will that make to things develop the truth is i dont think much much much will come of that doesnt list a list turkey brings down the 20000 troops or the i mean the supplying arms arms can be met with someone else i mean the circus applies on to the next 2 to the west the east will get from egypt from france from the emirates from saudi arabia from whatever. Issue here is not its manpower if the turks come into libya with forces ranging 1002003010 extension 000 that dont make a difference otherwise it wont at least 5 soldiers have been killed in mali after a red side bomb hit an army convoy near the town of l. A ton of money has struggled to contain rebel groups who have killed more than 140. 00 soldiers since september thousands of friends trips ive been stationed in the salaries and to try to help contain the violence. Thousands of people have been out on the streets not beriah fed up with the poor state of the economy they cuse president george where of a sitting back while costs skyrocket and savings vanish i would address reports now from monrovia. A tense standoff between protesters and Liberian Security forces after demonstrators try to march to the office of the president. The police have been asked to stop. So the demonstrators broke into a song and dance asking the president to quit office. Those also a small group of government supporters but the Police Quickly stepped in to disperse them because they had no permit to hold a counter protest. Organizers were hoping for a large and to government gathering but the Massive Police presence proved an effective deterrent if you said people should be happy in your right to protest peacefully you cannot intimidate them the message has been sent to do that even if his few number like rwanda. Is send a message and what is the message that disenchanted people. On the web is behind on not. The crowds at this demonstration why nowhere near the number saved in 229000 but their message remains the same they want and what they call rampant corruption to stop economic decline and for the president to publicly declare his assets over the constitution did not make it mandatory for him to do so. Many liberians are disappointed but theyre looked at representatives failed to stand up to the prospect to stop the excesses they are protesting against that opinion shared by some parliamentarians. Of. This. President against. The interest of the people. The government for its part says it has resolved many of the grievances of the protestors and blames i just hate us for stirring up trouble. President george will have survived a 3rd major protest of his 2 year old government. Whats not clear is if protesters will once again take to the streets as promised if the government fails to meet their demands. How to greece how does iraq. Police in uganda have a gain detained musician and political activist but we whine he was prevented from holding a Campaign Rally for next years president ial Election Police fired tear gas to disperse his supporters outside the capital kampala but we whine has been calling for a long time president you know where he lives if any to step down. They while the ghanem president is marching through the jungle which of any says he wants to highlight the liberation struggle from 3 decades ago that led him to taking power back in 1960 critics of dismissed it is a stunt to rally support for a 6th term in office was very began his 6 day march from the north of kampala on saturday. In venezuela to men claiming to be leader of the National Assembly on sunday armed troops physically blocked to the Opposition Leader one quite over and its allies from taking part in a vote for the position quite i had expected to be reelected instead luis was sworn in later to go to one a separate vote held away from the National Assembly president Nicolas Maduro has acknowledged as the speaker. I mean. Its not just that they have prevented the lawmakers from entering the assembly they did not allow the president they violated the rights of venezuelans what you saw yesterday is what youve been saying for years persecution kidnappings arrest and of takeover of the assembly. We want to tell you the truth about the change that our National Assembly is undergoing used today the National Assembly elected its leadership in accordance with the constitution of venezuela in accordance with the constitutional mandate and the assembly score. In america to listen human is in caracas and she explains whats likely to happen in the coming. There are 167. 00 deputies thats the maximum amount to in venezuelas congress or National Assembly on sunday about 123. 00 were inside the majority from what we understand belonged to the opposition but in order but another group the remaining supporters of one by the law and one by law himself were blocked from coming in we saw that ourselves this is not something that weve read about we saw him trying to get over the fence and get into the National Assembly he wasnt allowed in why is that important not only because of the fact that he has the right to be in there but also because as the president of the outgoing speaker of the house the constitution demands that he be the one to 2 open the session and if he doesnt open the session presumably that cant be done he wasnt allowed to go in there and instead there was a maneuver where the im a former supporter of why those who belong to an Opposition Party called 1st and justice and who was expelled from that party. Because of allegations of corruption took over and was named now supposedly he belongs to the opposition but he was elected with a volt of from the minority progovernment parties what was this a violation of the constitution if youre ignorant of the the rules yes it was then afterwards why they all went and held a parallel session which was also irregular but technically speaking still constitutional what we have now are 2 people who consider themselves or who call themselves president s of the National Assembly and in a few hours both of them there will there will be a confrontation because one white dog and his more than 100. 00 deputies are going to try to get it back into that National Assembly to hold a session and reclaim what he calls his rightful seat while the other man who supported by the government is going to clearly not allow him to do that and it will there will be a lot of confrontation i can almost assure you of that. Still ahead here around 0 drug screens. As we look at the impact of. South koreas growing wealth gap. I will tell you why thousands of families living near lucrative mines in the democratic republic of congo face relocation. And in sport the reinvention of a limpet games gives a winter games debut to athletes from the middle east. How i was that was a very wet weather pushing its way across the central parts of china and that will head towards japan over the next dial says is that class squeezing its way across the East China Sea the yellow sea towards the Korean Peninsula gradually clouding over across central and southern parts of japan that heavy rain for its high sliding across shanghai warm right here 21. 00 celsius and on cheese day off maybe that really wet weather will set in across the Korean Peninsula and eventually a good part of japan will see some very heavy rain as you move into the middle part of the way just warm right 1617 celsius there for a look at the temperatures take a tumble in shanghai the wind swing round to the north it will be largely dry chris sunshine temperatures at around 8 degrees celsius for the south as usual scattering of showers across Southeast Asia some big a live shot was there through malaysia and for the showers returning yes again in sioux were indonesia said he was heat of the day downpours very much on the cards as we go on through the coming days and that could of course lead to for the flooding heaviest showers will be across the eastern side of java gradually making their way east. More than 10 years after the Global Financial crisis youve taken home more than 480000000. 00 your company is now bankrupt our economy is in the state of crisis i have a very basic question is is there 1000000 lost that money is in the u. S. Is held responsible i will be fabulously wealthy and i will not pay any price for it thank you or the man who stole the book on aljazeera. For the congolese the journey to work all aboard means unimaginable hardship i prefer to lie down because they might get back up into chancing life and limb on a dangerous journey through the jungle. Have gone on to the rails and nearly died. Our children go to school and live because of the train. Risking it all the democratic republic of congo on aljazeera. Or. I gave you what she auxerre a reminder of all top stories just how u. S. Defense secretary mile casbah says the u. S. Has no plans to pull out of iraq this comes after a letter was leaked to iraqi media saying u. S. Forces will be repositioning over the course of the coming days and weeks the pens can says the letter does not reflect current policy. Huge crowds have packed the streets in tehran for the funeral procession of a radian general across some sort of money Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and president has undergone a help present hes on the scene the money was killed in a u. S. Airstrike in iraq last week. Forces loyal to libyan warlord who leaf i have to have reached the center of the strategic coastal city of sirte trying to wrest control from the un recognized government its part of have to white offensive to take the coming. War on top story now and the impact of custom sort of monies assassination is also being felt in yemen where the iranian backed toothy rebels have held a rally thousands of protesters chanted antiamerican slogans on the streets of the capital sana meanwhile the saudi backed government says it considers the killing of sort of money an important step to end conflict in the region mohammed al a top was among demonstrators in the yemeni capital. Spotted the hit bring them in the south counts gather outside the city of sanaa did not get done they asked us please show all of us that its that they have shot slogans that they will carry on his the struggle as he described also we have told them that they did several months of a lot also. The axis of resistance to stick with the us was to bring forward the scribe was this was just a big mistake and on this would have been sleeping with the withdrawal of the us forces on the look of what america the u. A. E. And saudi arabia are the enemies of islam today u. A. E. Has bombed graduate students at the war academy in libya the u. A. E. With saudi arabia are bombing yemenis indiscriminately with the us recent war crime of assassinating somani i can see an end to such a Coalition Led by the us which has become very close to the day i became us the whole the us is existence in the region poses high risks and dangers to the arab people for example yemen has been subject to a brutal war and destruction for nearly 5 years with no justification but it was initiated and old at from washington through its agents in the region the main role of the us was supporting its tools with weapons in arms sales the United States of america has violated all norms and International Principles it has even violated the un charter and its own constitution with trumps order to kill solomonic has violated the agreement of the us existence in iraq the situation has become more difficult also for yemenis of what being going through more than 5 years the world with saudi arabia was was was was was was out when it was just like all over even the joint acts of the sense of the leaders of the us of the ice cold war. We want to rock kids worry that they will bear the brunt of the growing tensions between iraq and the United States follows donald trump threats to impose sanctions on iraq so wonderful to has more now from baghdad. And an easy mood has settled over baghdad scarred by decades of intermittent war people in iraqs capital know the eerie suspense that precedes one in coffee shops. Old and young alike worry about being caught in the middle as the u. S. And iran threaten further escalation of the how we dont want the battle to come to our country they want to start a war they want to settle accounts but we are the ones who lose young men lose money lose infrastructure we wont benefit from this. People here are still in shock over the u. S. Strike that assassinated iranian general Qassam Soleimani near Baghdad Airport drawing threats of retaliation from iran and its allies in iraq. Adding insult to injury President Donald Trump threatened on sunday to impose far reaching sanctions on iraq if the Iraqi Government responded by expelling u. S. Troops for such authority brings back painful memories from the saddam era when the u. N. Security council imposed a crippling trade embargo. For us as young people weve lived through the sanctions during our childhood we dont want to face the same thing again we want to build the country. Instead the country now risks sliding backwards the unfolding crisis between the u. S. And iran has shifted attention away from iraqs months long protest movement demanding far reaching political reform and an end to iranian interference in iraq. As a single nation demonstrators have been attacked at least twice by pro iranian crowds their worst fear however is losing their cause in the gym people are afraid they are afraid of a strike that happened and they fear that something will happen inside to rear to these demonstrations demonstrators are divided over the parliaments nonbinding the session on sunday to expel foreign troops some support the motion calling the u. S. Strike a violation of iraqi sovereignty and we want iraq to be an independent country a country thinks and decides and makes its own decisions without any intervention by outside forces while others see the presence of american troops as a necessary counterbalance to raney an influence on of the. I am against the parliaments decision to expel the troops give me an alternative for the american troops who will protect me an alternative to protect these people that all parties the militias even i have a party to protect me or i will die kurdish and sunni parties boycotted some this Parliament Vote carried by the main shia blocs its a sign that iraqs leadership is once again split along sectarian lines. Rather than united by National Interest as the visions within iraq to deepen over how the government should respond to the escalating crisis between the u. S. And iran many iraqis are worried that they will once again be dragged into a war they did not see their demands for a Better Future are now overshadowed by fear and not to distant memories of conflict and hardship someone offered me an aljazeera. Former u. S. National security advisor john bolton says hes prepared to testify in the Senate Impeachment trial of donald trump both need to provide a firsthand account of events central to the case against the u. S. President senate is set to decide whether trump will be removed from office a validations he pressured ukraines president to investigate political rival joe biden. Protests have taken place across india condemning an attack that targeted students and teachers at a Prominent University in new delhi major rallies took place in bangalore. New delhi protesters say students affiliated with the room. Carried out the attack counterdemonstrations have also been held in solidarity with the accused. Was a warning from these protest is mostly students to indias hindu nationalists that violence will not keep them from the streets. But will only strengthen their resolve 6. On sunday masked men armed with roots and stakes stormed the Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus in new delhi attacking students and staff. Rival leftist i am quite student groups have been sparring over a hike in University Accommodation fees for weeks but too many sundays brazen attack in one of indias leading universities is unprecedented when i read that i was huge absolutely shocked because ariel reno each university ennia and theres a group of about 5060. 00 young men aung. Gyi their faces covered and their economy getting her ready for an attack. I spent my entire life on the gamble ive never seen any. Protest us are accusing a Student Union linked to Prime Minister during their more these ruling party a party it has denied the Accusations Police blamed for not doing enough to stop the assault say they are investigating what happened. To vacation of people who were participating in the clashes all possible methods of identification are being invoked were also keeping an eye. On the messages videos and pictures circulating on social media students and campuses across india came together in solidarity. Some turned violent in kolkata protesters from another Top University faced off with b. G. P. Activists and the police. That had we come to i mean by letter from the university. I cannot even imagine that i was there when i was studying in college and what ill be giving to our student. Its the latest in a series of crackdowns against students in recent weeks over indias controversial citizenship law which many say discriminates against muslims. This attack seems to be only uniting them further against the government. To australia now and thick smoke and raging flames are forcing pilots to turn back for missions to rescue people trapped by the bushfires this force plane was trying to land in mother cooter in the state of victoria on saturday after 4000 people had to flee the town and shelter on beaches over the weekend when the fires came to close rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief for the blazes are still expected to burn for months jessica washington is in one of the worst affected areas in the countrys southeast. This is a brief period of for a spot its expected to be around 72 hours of these cooler conditions with light winds and even a bit of rain unfortunately that rain is not enough to bring this crisis which has been going for months now it is not enough to bring this crisis to an end its expected that australia wont get significant rain at least for another 4. 00 to 6. 00 weeks that thats the only thing that can really bring this this bushfire emergency to an end for now crews working to ensure that fire is burning along the east coast there also fires burning in New South Wales and there are fears that those could burn with fires further south in victoria crews working to make sure that those fires dont join up and creating a mega blaze that would go between 2 cities. The prosecutors in los angeles have filed new rape and Sexual Assault charges against hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein becomes as one stands trial on separate rape charges begins in new york the 67 year old has pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting 2 women including raping one of them in a hotel room in 2013 if found guilty he faces life in prison dozens of women have accused weinstein of Sexual Misconduct dating back decades for the charges may yet be filed against him of his jersey weavers a womens empowerment expression the founder of the Exceptional Leadership institute for women and she says the weinstein trial is a defining moment for the me too movement. This has been a long day coming allegations against weinstein actually came about 2 years ago and as im sure youre aware those allegations just exploded roughly 80 women came out to say that he had engaged with Sexual Misconduct with them ranging all the way to break in so many women around the nation and quite frankly around the world have been motivated me to that those allegations spawned and its a its a day that quite literally millions of women have been waiting for as i mentioned some 80 women have come out to accuse him of Sexual Misconduct but thats while there are trials right you know its more than accused here were talking about actually being able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt and so the idea here is to have women who have come forward bravely to actually stand in a court room to say what happened to them if they do that and if a jury hears all the evidence and then suggests that hes not guilty it may make millions of women around the country sort of come face to face but their biggest fear and that is that if they are sexually assaulted that no one will believe them and that might drive them further underground hong kongs chief executive says she will work with beijings new representative to put the city back on the right path after months of prodemocracy protests carolan was speaking days off to china appointed me as its top official in home call the unexpected move was widely seen as a sign of beijings frustration with his predecessors handling of the crisis protests erupted in june over a controversial issue dition bill among the protesters demands his carry lymes resignation. South koreas president is promising to create more jobs boost workers pay and help the poor it comes as a new Study Reveals young people in the country are feeling increasingly pessimistic about the future as the economy worsens from abroad reports now from seoul they are known as dirt spoons young people from low income families who despite gaining high school and College Qualifications often end up in jobs they dont want for little money and with little chance to better themselves theyre seen as living in the shadow of socalled gold spoons those with a privileged upbringing you sung ho is a writer and social commentator whos long studied the experiences of young koreans caught in the lowest social class. The Biggest Issue is work housing is next even if you have a good place to live housing costs have gone up a lot the cost of living here is higher because young people dont earn a lot very few people i know are able to save and theres a sense of dejection. The plight of the spoons has been highlighted by the release of the movie parasite a dark comedy about 2 families of haves and have nots that won the prestigious palme dor at the cannes film festival. The belief that working hard in your studies and then in your job will inevitably lead to success has been a driving force for generations of South Koreans its why many strong children will do extra classes until late at night and Young Workers will put up with poor pay and conditions but increasingly that belief is being challenged. A recent study of people in their twentys shows 3 quarters of respondents no longer believe hard work alone is a guarantee of success and that a persons future is determined more by the social group theyre born into. Due to the social class they already belong to even if young people make an effort the possibility of upward social mobility is very limited that the growing wealth gap is unwelcome news for the liberal government of president moon j. N. Who is supposed to be narrowing it the faltering economy is making things worse. If you ask young people of faith have hope most will answer no the gap between rich and poor is getting wider bleak economic prospects mean that for the dirt spoons the year ahead is likely to be another that reinforces that lifes getting tougher at the bottom rob mcbride aljazeera sold. Still ahead here on aljazeera find out who held then i have to win the 4 hills tomans in austria thats coming up in spite. Of. The mule. Or. For. Every guy in the democratic republic of congo authorities want to pay around 10000 families to move away from lucrative mines to make way for Foreign Companies because hardly toss reports many are refusing to leave because they dont trust the government. These men used to work for themselves that was until the congolese government moved them and gave the mining contract to a company from china that means working for the chinese if they want to survive now they hear local authorities want to pay people to move even further out to make room for more Foreign Mining Companies and estimated 10000. 00 families could be affected. Only Big Companies are allowed but we will not leave until we know where they want us to go better we also dont know how much money they are offering us to move. More than half of the worlds cobalt is produced in democratic republic of congo its a vital component in batteries used in goods ranging from malaysia cars to phones and laptops but some here in the south east. Into tonga province say they are not benefiting they want fair compensation before they move. There were 2 previous relocations before to their village of. Those people are now suffering they were led to a board compensation the government must 1st build proper houses for us before we move. 2 years ago around 600 families were relocated to this place come to kenai village about 25 kilometers away from by starting over hasnt been easy for everyone some families say there are a great moving. We still dont have proper sanitation facilities theres no running water. We havent had any politicians come and explain to us whats going on Civil Society groups a past relocations have exposed corruption and human rights abuses in the mining sector. The previous relocations did not work in some cases people were forced to move the government cant make people leave an area without providing adequate housing and other facilities including fair compensation in a statement the provincial governor richard. Says with a drop in price of cobalt on the world market the relocation of people from is no longer on the agenda because no company is ready to finance its relocation process it is now up to the National Government through the ministry of mines for years locals have been told by the government that Foreign Investment creates jobs but at this foreign owned mine these men say they are barely enough to survive. Aljazeera. Support his peter thank you very much christiane are an elbow kicked off a new decade in the same form very end of the last as you venters return from a winter break in italy. He scored his 1st her trick for the club and therefore. It was the 56th turtle. Tally for the season to 15 goals into a top of the table ahead of us after a 31. 00 win and. On his return to the san siro. Was unable to provide the spark. This season he came on as a 2nd half substitute in the goalless draw at home to sampdoria. But hes telling football is also dealing with some familiar problems have responded after some of their fans made racist chants towards Mario Balotelli in their win and pressure balotelli described it as shameful said the club dissociates itself in the most exhaustive way possible from the discriminatory behavior carried out by a very small minority of fans the club confirms its intent to prosecute those who betray their sporting passion causing a serious injury to the image of the club and the team over in england tottenham and London Police have closed the very investigation into claims of racist abuse towards chelseas Antonio Ruediger they found no evidence to support allegations made in the English Premier League match last month ruediger said he heard of monkey noises after he was involved in the sending off of spurs player so on young men the reinvention of olympic sports is allowing new countries to make the winter games debuts one of those as unlikely as it may seem is cutter which is sending an f. 3 to the youth olympics in switzerland its all thanks to a new form of hockey and a thriving league in the days that nation aljazeera. Reports. 15 year old fellow artist days unusual in qatar because even i see how key player hes unique in qatar because hes the 1st athlete from the country ever to become a winter olympians after call fine for the 2020 youthful imput games in those time. To develop rather than skating since i was 7 years old at the same rink i became more fascinated by the game when i used to watch ice hockey players from the national to compete here i participated in a competitions on an International Level and now im competing for the games in switzerland after all the support ive received from the league the coach and my team ive been dubbed not. Its been a will compete in one of the games in news disciplines 3 by 3 ice hockey. The teams are formed of athletes from Different Countries so the teenager will be playing both with and against the more established nations like sweden finland and the czech republic. The introduction of a new hope the format to the winter games means the emerging nations dont need an Outstanding Team they just need an outstanding individual and thats what qatar has and the other day. What they also have is a thriving domestic competition the Qatar International i hope the league is packed with expats from canada and the u. S. As well as other countries playing every week at the rink in one of many shopping malls of the capital doha free of all kinds of levels weve got guys who were once paid to play ice hockey theyre phenomenal players others a rookie like myself are going to record for 4050 years and as there are 4 or 5 coverage that are excellent skaters. And their plans are a division very competitive its amazing to watch these kids grow up actually the challenging summer age isnt played out and quite honestly theres a lot of those who die players who are way better than me but if they get in there and theyre very skilled after the league introduce catteries to the sport the limb pick a committee wants to take it further. Theres a nation confident that they will become the 1st of many to go from passing through the food courts to schools because state. All dizzy. Now in tennis rafael nadal led the reigning davis cup champions spain into the quarter finals of the new Team Competition the a. T. P. Cup the win the one was in to reflect for me singles match against top bloke with us all the year ago i dropped just. 3 games in a straight sets victory which clinched the time spains would go on to win the doubles match as well handing them that we know victory over the south americans. Things were a bit more heated in the time between soviet and frontals youre about to see frenchman ben why are pair there is last time a break to do so and live it she may singles match and took out his frustrations a record theyre fighting back to win the match but will take the tie to one thanks to wins for Novak Djokovic in both the singles and doubles as they qualified for the knockout stage. Strenuous cricketers have moved closer to india at the top of the world series championship up to completing a 3 nil series whitewash over new zealand meanwhile a tense final day is in prospect in cape town where south africa are chasing a target of 438 against england in the 2nd test the home team close play on 126 for 2 only a dumb sibly squaddies maiden test century for the tourists. Poland is celebrating its 1st title at ski jumping prestigious for heels tournament he wanted in style as well with victory in the final leg of the competition at bishop sheriff and in austria on monday about he with a foot or 143. 14 metres to secure the win defending champion and world cup points leader a couple yeah she missed out on the podium altogether. And thats where well leave it for now ill be back again a little bit later with another sports bulletin. And without that sits for this news of for me. But my colleague kemal sons room will be right back in a couple minutes with more of the days news from a. To africa. 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All jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how one who reads influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil rights the america of nonviolent resistance to the evils over the variable boot of the 1st wave of a look at me and continue to keep the negroes to be different that what you mean by thought about x. And Martin Luther king face to face on 00. Aljazeera. And. The u. S. Defense Department Says it mistakenly sent out on lesser suggesting troops would be withdrawn from iraq. Among the developments off to the u. S. His assassination of iranian general caught some sort of man and his remains have now arrived in his hometown for bury. But doha everyone im Kemal Santa Maria with the world news from aljazeera the libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar Us Forces Say they have taken the town of sirte an important gain in their battle battle for the capital tripoli