Wants a 2nd syria if the conflict is not result. Evacuation notices in parts of australia more hot and windy weather is forecast threatening to fan bushfires burning out of control. Here in india where people are using creative ways to voice their anger at a controversial new citizenship law. Iran has dismissed the u. S. Claims it wants to negotiate to ease tensions after the assassination of military come on and so the money to iran says it wont cooperate as long as sanctions are in place and in another development a Senior Iranian officer has warned of hausherr revenge after a missile strikes and u. S. Targets i was earlier President Donald Trump said iran appeared to be backing away from further military confrontation than just a moment well be speaking to dorset a body whos in tech run and Gabriel Elizondo in washington d. C. But 1st this report from our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hauck it. With the u. S. And iran edging dangerously close to war President Donald Trump proclaimed that tehran appears to be standing down truck gave no indication that the United States intends to strike back hours after running in missile attacks on 2 bases used by the u. S. Military in iraq we suffered no casualties all of our soldiers are safe and orderly minimal damage was sustained and our military bases it was a stark contrast to the president s threats of retaliation without hesitation that have dominated his twitter feed in recent days instead flanked by top advisers and generals trump laid a surprising suggestion that members of nato to become much more involved in the middle east process it was an astonishing claim from a president who once called nato obsolete he also encouraged u. S. Partners and allies to abandon the j c p a way an agreement put in place in 2050 and by world powers to live it Irans Nuclear program we must all Work Together toward making a deal with the rain that makes the world a safer and more Peaceful Place however truck didnt ounce new sanctions would be coming without giving specifics he also left open the possibility of diplomacy speaking directly to irans leaders he insisted the United States desires for iran a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the United States is ready to embrace peace. With all who seek it but missing from the president s speech evidence that the u. S. Killing of iranian general qassam solomonic was justified and necessary to prevent an imminent attack on americans its evidence opposition democrats are demanding from the trumpet ministration also absent a Clear Strategy something the administration has promised to provide in closed door briefings on wednesday to members of congress including Top Republicans iran didnt just take an off ramp it took a u. Turn because they know they have no capability to fight against america at least based on the presentation that was made. That it does not meet what i consider to be a threat but if President Trump chooses to respond by sending even more soldiers to the middle east he breaks a Major Campaign promise to pull the United States out of what he once called its for ever wars can really help at aljazeera the white house theyre a little window is joining us live from washington d. C. Gave them give us some indication of whats been happening in washington the hours after Donald Trumps speech. Nancy pelosi and many members of congress were absolutely furious that trump did not inform them before the strike that assassinated so little money and now what is happening is House Speaker nancy pelosi is going to do something about it she said that on thursday she is going to take a war powers resolution and put it on the floor of the house and have a vote on it what this essentially would do would limit trumps ability to take further military action against iran without the consent of congress most likely most likely will pass the house of representatives given that most democrats are on board with this and the democrats control the house of representatives but its important to note excuse me that after the house of representatives it would then have to go to the senate and its most likely going to fail in the senate given that the senate is controlled by republicans and most republicans have rallied around trump and probably will not want to see this go any further nevertheless its a very strong sign from pelosi and from Many Congress members of congress voicing their dissatisfaction of what they say was trumped taking somewhat of a rogue action by not informing congress in advance now on tuesday as well. As wednesday as well im sorry. Many both branches of congress were briefed behind closed doors by the administration on this socalled imminent threat that solo money post posed and many members including some republicans were very dissatisfied with what they heard from the administration behind those closed door meetings listen to what this republican congressman mike lee had to say. I had hoped and expected to receive more information outlining the legal factual and moral justification for the attack that was left somewhat unsatisfied on that front which i would add was probably the worst briefing ive seen at least on a military issue in the 9 years ive served in the United States senate. When i found so distressing about that briefing was that one of the messages we received from the briefers was do not debate do not discuss the issue of the appropriateness of further miller military intervention against iran and that if you do youll be emboldening iran gabriel i understand that the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kenny cough has sent a letter to the u. N. Security council i believe tell us more about that. Yeah this letter was released late on wednesday and the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. As you mentioned sent it to the president of the Security Council this was sort of a formality because article 51 of the u. N. Charter states that any country that takes military action against another country. Because of quote selfdefense must inform the Security Council immediately so thats essentially what this letter was about. And it laid out the case of why the u. S. Did this strike killing so loni and in part the letter read over the past several months the United States has been the target of a series of escalating threats and armed attacks by the Islamic Republic of iran now thats interesting because in this letter which is about a page and a half long she spells out several different incidents dating back to last year where she says the u. S. Was attacked in the gulf region allegedly from iran or u. S. Interests but nowhere in the letter does it spell out any imminent threat that solar money posed or any imminent attack that solo money was planning against u. S. Interests and thats the main argument that trump has been making over the last 24 to 48 hours or so nowhere in this letter do you see that and theres another interesting part at the very end of the letter it also states that the u. S. Wishes to note as it has done repeatedly over the past years that we remain committed to a diplomatic resolution thats interesting because there the u. S. Is basically saying we want to pursue diplomacy and were committed to diplomacy with iran but on the other hand its important to note that irans top diplomat Mohamed Javid zarif was planning to come to the u. N. On thursday to attend a Security Council meeting but he cant because the u. S. Denied his visa thanks very much. I want to bring in dosage of body shes joining us now from his group who was sitting there in that letter to the u. N. To the u. S. Suggesting that it is open to some form of diplomacy whats been the reaction in to whats been happening in the last few hours. Well i think the lack of reaction is telling on its own and because there hasnt been any official response to the u. S. President s speech since late last night here the iranians have chosen not to me even comment about what u. S. President donald trump had said what we have been seeing though is that even though the official mourning period for the late general hossam solomon is come to an end then hes been buried in his hometown in care man his commemoration is the Memorial Services continue to go on not only in the capital where weve seen a ceremony take place with the Supreme Leader in attendance alongside the president Hassan Rouhani and the head of the force who was recently appointed alongside the head of the judiciary so all the high levels of government with the Supreme Leader. Memorial Service Mourning the loss of the late general these ceremonies have been going on across the country not just in tehran this is what weve been seeing scenes of people gathering in various cities across the country to commemorate the man they are calling one of the fathers of the country this is all happening at the same time that were been hearing from the irans ambassador to the United Nations the permanent ambassador to the u. N. Hes been speaking to aljazeera lets listen in to some of what he had to say. Hes not interested in war you dont hes not interested in escalation of tension. I mean. Shes in the tension not to be in the interest of so youre on. To. The 1st ingredients. Of of the force of American Forces from orange. Weve also been hearing some new reports that the canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau has decided to send a number of diplomats to tehran to try and deescalate the tensions that are ongoing as well as to discuss the number of canadians who were killed in that plane crash that took place just outside of amman khomeini airport on wednesday the diplomats. Being dispatched to speak to the foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif of course iran and canada have not had political or diplomatic relations since september of 2012 when the canadians decided to close their embassy and sever diplomatic ties so this is a 1st seen sign that weve seen of some kind of movement between the 2 sides and there is some discussion about whether or not canada can play a role in trying to deescalate the tensions that are ongoing at the moment those are things very much indeed dosage of our ally for us in turkey the ukrainian president has declared a national day of mourning after the Ukraine Airlines plane crashed in iran and killed all 176 passengers on board the boeing 707 went down shortly after takeoff. On wednesday. The u. N. Envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday to support opposing sides in the conflict moscow by its libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar his forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april turkey has been the khan deploying troops to support the un recognized government based in the capital the e. U. Has warned libya faces becoming a 2nd syria if a ceasefire is not reached soon sorry for half the un has held talks with the italian Prime Minister conti in rome as part of separate diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the conflict in libya and italy has urged the e. U. To increase its efforts to stabilize the situation its concerned about the proximity of libya to the italian island of sicily and the number of people who attempt to flee the violence. Yourself one dell is a professor of Political Science at Qatar University he says that a truce is possible the fact that half there has been. Up to triple the full blast for 8 months or so mouse going to italy to meet with will tell you blood minister the call did fall a ceasefire the fact that the troops are on the glow of the moment is kind of counterbalance to the power of how it seems that ceasefire is much more likely to happen. The 1st one is the oil supply used to europe especially given whats happened in. And obviously it is all places my shut up in the next couple of weeks if that situation deteriorates in libya and too is the issue of. Immigrants because italy is just a few 100 kilometers away from libya and germany has been calling for a conference for a ceasefire and to stop. And hell be in libya because malta 50 percent of immigrants in europe and in germany and if i have to as i said before was not necessarily interested in any ceasefire because he fell on the globe and he could win the bottom eventually with the backing of those countries no i think the balance of power on the globe has changed both parties see dot they cannot win the situation especially after they cannot win the war using military means so the main thing is for a ceasefire. Still ahead a knowledge of 0 will sit down with venezuelas Opposition Leader just days after his stand off with security officers. The number of people who have gone missing during drug related violence in mexico is much higher than previously thought well explain why. Hello again its good to have you back this hour do want to take you down here towards indonesias possibly over here towards the island of sumatra over the next few days and you can already see this clouds right here building up we are expecting some widespread flooding across much of that southwestern coast and you can see the very heavy rain here on friday as we go towards the next 72 hours potentially we could be seeing anywhere between 300. 00 and possibly 350. 00 millimeters of rain across much of this area to the north though its going to stay dry for much of thailand particular up here towards the north bangkok clouds in your forecast with a temperature of 35 degrees there while here across australia the temperatures are coming back up but we do have a frontal boundary that we are watching very carefully now that is coming in off the bite making its way here towards the east were going to be seeing some rain showers here for adelaide we will see later in the afternoon for melbourne but down here towards hobart as well unfortunately gusty winds will be accompanying this frontal system as it makes its way towards the northeast will be pushing through here on saturday and of course with the frontal boundary and with the rain showers we could be seeing some lightning as well cooler conditions across much of the south and for melbourne we do expect to see a tempest coming down over the next few days saturday at 18 but back to sunday at 21 degrees for you. But. Violence is pocket. Force is the political wild card that ultimately shapes world order the structure that is defended at all cost. Be it with the support of the people fall through the crushing of their will. People in power exposes the use and abuse of power around the world. On aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour iran has dismissed u. S. Calls to negotiate to ease tensions after the assassination of a rainy and military commander has some sort of money to iran says it wont cooperate as long as sanctions are in place. And the u. S. President donald trump appears to be backing away from further military confrontation with iran thats all to attack iran launched airstrikes on an Iraqi Military base hosting u. S. Troops another base was also hit but its not clear by whom. The u. N. Envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday the 2 support opposing sides in the conflict moscow backs libyan wallah Khalifa Haftar its forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april the. Lebanese investigators have questioned former nisson boss carlos gone after he was summoned over an interpol red notice goannas wanted by japan after he skipped bail last month and fled to lebanon is accused of financial misconduct from his time at nissan but he denies any wrongdoing on wednesday gong spoke publicly for the 1st time since arriving in beirut saying he fled japan because he had 0 chance of a fair trial firefighters and residents in southeast astray are preparing for the return of dangerous weather conditions new warnings and evacuation notices have been issued urging People Living in high risk areas to leave jessica washingtons in sydney and says the fire season is far from over. Conditions are expected to worsen tomorrow which we friday here in australia already had some evacuations in the state of South Australia we know that its likely to heat up along the east coast region also affecting the state of victoria and New South Wales is heard from the Prime Minister just a short while ago warning that even though it seems that things have been so terrible in these affected areas particularly in New South Wales and victoria that things are likely to be worse in the days to come and the crisis is far from over. With using creasing in the south and east today and it will spike along the east coast more are over 1600. 00 defense reservists are currently assigned to bushfire operations around the country in the New South Wales and i teased her the focus is on reestablishing power to blacked out communities although this push by crisis has really gripped the nation and terrified many astray leannes around the country it is unlikely that this bushfire season will be a turning point we have heard from the Prime Minister recently saying that his government has always made the connection between this bushfire season and Climate Change but of course that hasnt always been the case early on in this in this crisis the government was quick to distance this was 5 seasons from Climate Change we havent heard from the government any change in policy any indication that a stroller will move back from its dependence on fossil fuels. Venezuelas main Opposition Leaders says the country is not ready for parliamentary elections. Accuses president Nicolas Maduro of using force to stay in power he spoke to our latin america editor the sea and human in the capital caracas. The. First theres a dictatorship in venezuela and yes i underestimated the malice the ability to inflict damage of maintaining power through force control assassinations cooption blackmail all at the expense of peace in venezuela the government has a very obvious strategy its recognising a former opposition deputy as the git him it speaker of the house and they will very soon recognise that assembly and. Appoint were seeing a new Electoral Council and then call for a parliamentarian actions what is going to be your strategy. I want to clarify that in venezuela there are no 2 parliaments there is one Parliament One that confronting a dictatorship that uses the military to take control of the legislature on tuesday we were able to overcome the obstacles and the dictatorship will do what it always does whether you like it or not they will say there will be parliamentary elections this year its in the constitution so what would you do but should that. Pressure demand take to the streets because the solution is not to hand over the parliament to them elections have to be a real solution not a placebo a small selection as a placebo its not a realistic approximation to a solution or an alternative but rather we could validate a dictatorship that would be very grave for venezuelans an election requires conditions minimum conditions like in chile in a referendum against pinochet there were minimum conditions today we have not a single condition in fact its worse than may of 2018 you talk about a group of deputies that have been paid off. Bought off by the government what evidence do you have that thats happened. In the next few days we will present some of the evidence that evidence includes testimony of some deputies that were approached with bribes like Jose Hernandez who was offered 700000. 00 to vote against me many others it testified for example yesterday julio cesar rares a deputy from brewarrina state was threatened that if he voted for me they would invade his familys land in that agricultural region and thats exactly what happened yesterday. And you have said that the most that the key element here is the support of the venezuelan people youve asked again for them to come out onto the streets to fight to struggle but how are you going to convince them to do that. To believe that this time it will be any different than it was a year ago because there is clearly. Disappointment in their leaders. I dont have to convince them all venezuelans want change i didnt convince them in 2007 in 281417 or 19 it is venezuelans who are fighting for their freedom and yes i will lead this process responsibly to find a solution over and again we have shown firmness on the streets strength and determination to change and confronted a dictatorship. More than 61000 people have been forcibly disappeared in mexico since the mid 1960 s. Thats 50 percent more than what the government previously estimated its accused of having failed strategy is to tackle organized crime john home reports. The beginning of another day for looking for his son youll see. Shes turned a home into the headquarters of the search for him and others. Mexico. This is a father and son these ones are brothers that had disappeared this one is my son. Across the country there are many more disappeared 61000 by the governments new estimate victims of rival criminal groups and even authorities every weekend isabelle and other women who have joined together and called themselves sub wessels get out as warriors sniffing dogs go out to look for them they have rudimentary tools to check for bodies under the soil no limits to the middle but i think we sniff to see if its got any strange smell when you find a body and you smell it it burns itself into your mind youll never confuse that smell with any other they say theyve had to carry out the search by themselves lets put the muzzle say in the last 2 years my life have been passed off it for me my life just flipped 360 degrees since they took my son and it turned me into a search and Human Rights Defender ive become a place woman loyal friend sequestered others in different parts of the country have told us the same theyve had to do it all along. Groups of volunteers like this one have sprung up all across mexico over the last decade and they exist they say not because they want to but because authorities themselves are interested in looking for their lost loved ones. The administration of president Lopez Obrador has changed the tone admitting mexico has got a huge problem and setting up a commission to help find the disappeared that many say on the ground little changed meanwhile as the country suffers record levels of violence its a sure bet that more a going missing and so the warrior sniffer dogs continue searching even as they break for lunch another terrible story emerges. In the middle that is they had him for 3 days tied up and tortured and they left him to die alone its almost too much detail this much you know look much i cant go on but they do go on as anyone would if their son or daughter had vanished and they were the only hope of finding them john home and how does it or similar. Activists in india are using arts to express their anger over a citizenship law that sparked weeks of protests and the bollywoods top actors are taking part others are staying silent and explains why. Artists musicians and poets have joined the protest in india against the governments new citizenship law which many say discriminates against muslims. Under song celebrating indias Cultural Diversity has been remakes of video which includes violent protest scenes. The song was spurned with some of indias top movie stars including me call me he 3 decades ago she accused supporters of the Congress Party in power at the time of being responsible for the murder of a cultural activists the commons created a floor but says she was not persecuted by the government however she says its different now and film stars are under severe pressure from the state to state political shabana suggest that may be why all the leading actors in bollywood have been reluctant to comment on the new law instead of being so harshly we should condemn the situation that is making it so impossible for them to speak that the situation is this that if you will speak out all manner of actions are taken against you job a doctor husband and a claim lyricist in india says there is no problem giving citizenship to persecuted hindus but limiting it worries him by. Make losing while electing only 30. And that something is is in delhi. But. Than a few others have spoken up but many top bollywood stars have been criticized for staying silent. And yet protests have inspired dozens of on known artists. I refuse to be scared i refuse to die and i refuse injustice. Street art songs dances and street performed by young people have played a big role in sustaining the movement and even though some celebrities and heavyweights have shied away from the control the sea around it many Say Something that the start of my students is growing fast. It is said holds a mirror to society that has distanced through to them you know by artists young and old is telling of the opposition to it. Aljazeera new delhi. A robot of some of the headlines on all dizzy era iran has dismissed u. S. Calls to negotiate to ease tensions after the assassination of Iranian Military commander haas and so the money to iran says it wont cooperate as long as sanctions are in place in an interview with al jazeera irans ambassador to the u. N. Said to test runs next move will depend on the actions of the us iran is not interested in war iran is not interested in escalation of tension in the region i mean. Increasing the tension in the region really not be in the interest of nobody so iran definitely would like to have to have peace stablish in the neighborhood and the 1st ingredient for peace in their in the region is that he moved all of of the forces American Forces from on each us President Donald Trump appears to be backing away from further military confrontation with iran thats after teheran launched air strikes on an Iraqi Military base hosting u. S. Troops another base was also hit but its not clear by whom the un envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday to support opposing sides in the conflict moscow backs libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar whose forces have been trying to seize tripolis since april turkey has begun deploying troops to support the u. N. Recognize government based in the capital. And those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after people and power by for. Trade tensions could cut Global Economic growth by north point 8 percent well bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in to what extent will china be a drag on the Global Economy in 2020 counting the cost on aljazeera. The full of the berlin wall just over 30 years ago came amidst sweeping changes to end the cold war and see the downfall of authoritarian communist regimes across the street but 3 decades on the prodemocracy optimism of those days has turned sour replaced by rises in the phobia and populist nationalism in countries once held me one day i heard so what went wrong in the 1st of 2 special reports weve been to germany to find out