This trial allegations of financial misconducts. The s. 8 soap raney and revolutionary guard commander is warning that wednesdays missile attack on a base will say u. S. Troops in iraq is only the starts of a revenge operation that will continue across the region. Says irans strikes werent meant to kill soldiers but to damage the American Military machine iran is dismissing u. S. Calls to negotiate following the assassination of a rainy military commander some solar money yes President Donald Trump appears to be backing away from further military confrontation with iran a wide and say he also announced fresh sanctions for to her on until it changes its behavior of course the job ari isnt saharan she says dialogue between the u. S. And iran is unlikely. This is the man in charge of the revolutionary guards Aerospace Division he would have operated under the direction of the head of the revolutionary guard commander him self who would have given the order to launch these Ballistic Missiles onto the u. S. Base in western iraq this. General allen. Gave a statement a short while ago detailing the operation the iranians carried out by launching 13 Ballistic Missiles onto their i know u. S. Base in western iraq lets hear some of what he had to say in. The missile attack conducted against the u. S. Military base in fact it was the beginning of a great god willing well be continuing theres very little hope of any kind of reproach given the assassination an awesome solar money and now these missiles that have been launched what was important to note from the statement that we just received from the revolutionary guards is that iran was not after harming or killing u. S. Military personnel by this attack or they carried out there was to hit military equipment at this u. S. Base and that is what they did and this general also said that the United States is not respond they were indians were expecting a Immediate Response a military response from the americans but they did not do anything and he said that that is why the americans should leave this region that they should be prepared for more attacks until they are prepared to completely withdraw from the middle east that is something that weve heard from all levels of the leadership here since the assassination of awesome solomonic. Well the u. S. House of representatives this sense debates a resolution to limits President Trumps military options in iran Trumps NationalSecurity Team briefed senators on wednesday about these sustentation of solo money but some have criticized the missing lets get more now from our white house correspondents kimberly she joins us now from washington d. C. Kimberly the u. S. House must be distinctly on impressed with that briefing if they are also limiting President Trumps military priors. Yeah it will be the sort of the wills were set in motion even in advance of the briefing but the result and result following the briefing is still pretty much the same House Democrats who control the house of representatives have been alarmed from the moment they learned that there had been the ordered killing of Gen Soleimani so this is something that was put in place late last week but it has certainly gained momentum as a result of those briefings the debate is set to begin in the house of representatives at 15 g. M. T. On that effort to limit the president s ability to use military action against iran moving forward without congressional approval and this is something that the u. S. President has been pushing back on in the last hour in fact tweeted about 4045 minutes ago saying hope that all House Republicans will vote against crazy nancy pelosi as war powers resolution also remember her speed and rush in getting the impeachment hoax voted on and done well she never said the articles to the senate just another democrat fraud president ial harassment its astonishing to see the president calling a sort of a check on military power president ial harassment because this is something that is in the u. S. Constitution this is a coequal branch of government there is an obligation by the house of representatives not just a check president ial power when it comes to issues of whether or not they were abusing the powers of the office but also when it comes to military conflicts so certainly this is not going to help the president when that vote comes up but the Vice President has been as well in defense somewhat of the president s responding to criticism after those briefings tell us more. Yeah well the briefings the main point that was being made by most democrats and even some republicans the president s own party is that there was no case made for the imminence the imminent nature of the threat in other words the argument put forward by the administration was that american lives were risk thats why there had to be this killing of general solo money but the case was not made according to democrats and some republicans and this is something the Vice President is pushing back on as he spoke to. Television cameras in just the last couple of hours he basically made the argument look at theres credible evidence we just cant show it to you. If we were to share all of the intelligence and in fact some of the most compelling evidence that the kasam solomonic was preparing an eminent attack against American Forces and american personnel also represents some of the most sensitive intelligence that we have it could compromise those sources and methods so look even in a trap and i do that is specter i have tremendous respect for senator mike lee i recognize hes had a difference of opinion with our administration over self defense measures the president authorized in yemen will walk on those debates Going Forward but i can assure your viewers that those of us that have seen all the evidence that saw the evidence in real time know that President Trump made the right decision to take because some solomonic off the battlefield americas safer the world is safer but americans are not feeling so trusting that its not too distant in their memories the reminder back in 2003 when they were also told to trust the intelligence leading up to the u. S. Invasion of iraq and the concern of weapons of mass destruction only later to find out that intelligence was flawed ok kimberly hold for now i thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date with developments coming out of the u. S. Now its archys foreign minister says he doesnt want to see iraq descends into a war zone for foreign powers of a saloon is in baghdad and offer it supports to iraqi president behind souther as well as Prime Minister of the mufti he says iran and the United States must respect iraqi sovereignty. He does not wish to see iraq turn into a battle field for foreign powers iraq has its own difficulties and problems iraq is combating terrorism and here is to organize asians like p k k and i saw iraq is also addressing a very critical task which is the rebuilding of the country well cynical so there is in istanbul and explains why the turkish government is so focused on deescalation trick here it has stepped up to play a meditation role between mainly the United States and iran and this is what they have set out loudly and the purpose of the visit by foreign minister job sure that iraq is also again for this meditation let me 1st state that turkey always supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of neighboring countries mainly iraq syria and iran because also they have some kurdish communities and the output Kurdistan Workers Party are also active in those countries thats why the turkey believes that the neighbors are territorial integrity and so very nitty is also the same for itself and turkey and iraq has both economic relations and political cooperation they have from time to time they come together especially for combating terrorism issues Like Fighting against arsenal and p. K. K. Is a very important issue but this visit was specific with set up to the escalate the current tension between iran and the United States and thats why the foreign minister childish all the sub that turkey welcomed the relatively positive statements by both the us President Donald Trump last night and from the iranian side turkey says it is committed to. Commit to to help iraq in its recall instruction. Lebanon has imposed a travel ban on former miss and both scholars go in after he was summoned over an interpol red notice wanted by japan after he skipped bail last month and fled to lebanon is accused of financial misconduct from his time in the sun but generalize any wrongdoing on wednesday going spoke publicly for the 1st time since arriving in beirut saying he left japan because he had 0 chance of a fair trial santa hodor is in the lebanese capital she says there is a chance to go to detroit and lebanon. This morning the state prosecutor summoned him in for questioning after lebanon received a red notice from the interpol a nonbinding notice that requires lebanon to summon go gone and question him for the charges that hes facing he is facing charges of financial misconduct and he was awaiting trial so now the state prosecutor has issued this travel ban and it is now as hes now asking the japanese authorities to send over the file the file of the investigations and in light of that the prosecutor will study this file and the term and whether or not go on is eligible to face trial according to lebanese law so there is a likelihood that gold is gone will be tried in lebanon and this is something that he wanted something that he repeatedly stressed during his press conference on wednesday that he does not have any faith in the japanese judicial system he alleged that the japanese did not give him any access to his lawyers while he was in the tension and that he was facing a conspiracy or a coup so now we have to wait for the japanese authorities to hand over that file and we see what the next judicial steps that will be taken by the lebanese authorities but it is important to stress that lebanon and japan do not have an extradition treaty. Still to come on aljazeera only set time with venezuelas Opposition Leader just days after his standoff with Security Officers and dangerous conditions are fanning the flames in history of the year well bring you only exists on the flu shot crisis. Hello again its good to have you back i do want to start this hour here in china we are looking at still widespread rain across much of the area even snow in some of those Higher Elevations and we are talking about temperatures into the Single Digits in some locations here that means were hon and just to the west of you we do expect to see some snow showers and as we go towards saturday more rain across much of the area just to the south of shanghai as well but for hong kong it is going to be a partly cloudy day with a temperature of about 23. 00 degrees while heavy rain continues across much of indonesia were talking about the south including bali as well as over here towards java but for sumatra that is the area that we expect to see some of the heaviest rain over the next few days and that he has here across much of that southwestern coast that the rain showers will be continuing for the next 72 hours in terms of the amount we could be saying well over 300000000. 00 the rain across much of that area so localized flooding could be a big problem as we go into the weekend and then here across india the rain is ending up here towards much of the east were going to be seeing of course unfortunate the smog starting to come back into play as we go towards the next couple days mostly towards the northern part of india so for new delhi expect to see a smog a day here on friday with a tempter of 16 degrees and down towards the south a warm day for colombo with a temperature of 34. 00 degrees for you. Well this last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk through each and every lead going toward layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say retention has to start from day one whether again you and attention or youre incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a voice so far there are studies that support our coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation amount is iraq. The. The. This is al jazeera quick might of the headlines this hour a Senior Iranian commander says to her hands missile strike in iraq on a base all saying u. S. Troops is just the beginning of an operation in the region the ashes artist says wednesdays attack was not meant to kill but to damage the u. S. Sure she. The u. S. House of representatives is set to debate a resolution to limit president jumps with a chill passions in iran and wednesday Trumps National security briefed senators about the assassination of customs on the money the some prisoners the missing and turkeys foreign minister says he doesnt want to see iraq to send its for war so in the form paris by fluke of a solution baghdad and has met the iraqi president as well as Prime Minister said iran and the United States must respect iraq is often seen. The u. N. Envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday but to support opposing sides in the conflicts moscow backs the been one not only for have to his forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april turkey has begun deploying troops to support the un recognized government space in the capsule the e. U. Has warned libya faces becoming 8 2nd syria if a cease fire is not reach soon after has held talks with the italian Prime Minister does that become say in rome as part of separate diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the conflict in libya its lee has urged the e. U. To increase its efforts to stabilize the situation is concerned about the proximity of libya to the italian island of sicily and the number of people who attempts to flee the violence. Well yes if wandel is a professor of Political Science at Cancer University he says a trace in the area is possible the fact that after one has been. Trying to cop to triple the full blast for 8 months or so mo has gone to italy to meet with the well tell you blood minister the corded for a cease fire the fact that the turkish troops are on the ground at the moment is kind of a counterbalance to the power of how it seems that ceasefire is much more likely to happen mainly for 2 reasons the 1st one is the oil supply to europe especially given whats happening in iran and obviously all places my shut up in the next couple of weeks if that situation deteriorates in libya. 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 cease fire and to stop. The ability because malta 50 percent of immigrants you know opened up in germany and if i have to as i said before was not nice isnt 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 that they cannot win the situation especially after they cannot win the war using military means so the main thing is for a ceasefire ukrainian president has declared a national day of mourning after the Korean Airlines plane crashed in iran killing all 176 hostages on board the boeing 737 went down shortly after takeoff from several on on wednesday canadas Prime Minister has died to get answers into the incident that claimed the lives of 63 canadian citizens. Firefighters and residents inside these straightly are preparing for the return of dangerous weather conditions that could make bushfires more intense new warnings and evacuation notices have been issued urging People Living in high risk areas to leave 27 people have been killed since the fire started in september just a washington reports. From the coast to the mountains fires have burned through an area larger than south korea thousands of houses have been destroyed businesses disrupted and dozens of lives lost the Blue Mountains in the west of sydney a unesco World Heritage site has been hit particularly hard in the neighboring region of penrith its almost impossible for people to avoid breathing in bushfires smoke and more than once this summer head north has become the hottest place on earth so we cant ignore the fact that you know temperatures are going to take ridiculous levels and. They are at a point where weve never seen them before weve never had time to divide 50 degrees in my lifetime. As a kid weve never experienced. A strategy as severe drought has worsened the bushfires season which arrived weeks earlier than normal and those fires have become political just months ago Scott Morrison won the election in a landslide appealing to voters who were concerned about their personal finances but the scale and scope of this bushfire season has made many ordinary straley and realize the personal cost of an environmental catastrophe experts say politicians are now facing increasing pressure with many people blaming Climate Change and demanding action the situation is trying to quite considerably certainly Coalition Governments are caught Climate Policy issues have been brought into question big fast themselves not about rain started but how the conditions have arisen has become the key question of people really interested in the government has been reluctant to make the connection between Climate Change and the fires now the Prime Minister says there is a link but the government isnt prepared to reconsider the countrys reliance on fossil fuels this push by season is far from over and so too is the political impact jessica washington out to 0 sydney australia. Their own special envoy to west africa has warned the Security Council that violence in the saddle region is at unprecedented levels the number of People Killed during attacks in turkey in a faso mali amnesia jumped from 770 in 2016 its more than 4000 last year making a fuss so is one of the hardest hit countries with the death toll increase from 80 in 2016 to more than 1800. 00 in 2019 the humanitarian cost is also growing the u. N. Estimates the violence has displaced half a 1000000 people a 10 fold increase in 3 years well state jihad centers author of horn son health and rift fault lines of the african jihad he says any foreign intervention is to be carefully managed. For International Intervention to have that in and if you cant wait they need to be one step ahead of some of these groups try to address some of the conflicts that can be taken advantage of before those groups and theyre into those areas aside example eastham up the region where you have the conflict between pastoring list and farmers that have been ongoing for several years and where to a certain extent neglected because the emphasis was on fighting some of the extremist groups in the north and what you see is then some of these extremists taking advantage of that conflict so theres a lot of confidence building between the International Actors and the local actors to be done as well but i have to highlight that there is actually a lot of confidence building to be done between the center of these countries and the perforates as well both in mali where you need to have some kind of dialogue ongoing dialogue better improved dialogue between the capital and these groups in the north and the. Ethnic groups in the north but also for example in but you know fossil. So theres theres a lot of things to be done within confidence building of course this takes time but its very important all the ways you will see these extremist groups taking advantage of the insecurity in the border areas establishing control of these areas harassing the locals but also to some extent producing some kind of law for that rockets through their sharia airport. He is chief negotiator says it will be possible to conclude a comprehensive agreement on the future relationship between the u. K. And here opinion in just one year barneys venus at odds with that of britains Prime MinisterBoris Johnson his withdrawal bill has been debated in parliament and pass before the present deadline of january 31st after that Something Else one year long transition period 2 sides have to come up with a deal on their future relationship in that time. And france of call for nationwide strikes on thursday against president man or michaels pension reform plans demonstrators are gathering in paris where the process of course travel disruptions for over a month ago ca sions between the government and transport unions are set to continue on friday. Activists in india using arts to express their anger over a new citizenship law that sparked weeks of protests some of bollywood stop actors are taking parts of others are staying silent and szell bora has more. 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. Also the song was spurned with some of indias top movie stars including shabana azmi 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. How common is created a for or says she was not prosecuted by the government however she says its different now and film stars are under severe pressure from the state to state. Suggest that may be why other 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 an acclaimed lyricist in india says there is no problem giving citizenship to persecuted hindus but limiting it. By. Losing while collecting only 30. Something is if indeed it. Than a few others have spoken up but many top bollywood stars have been criticised for staying silent. And yet protests have inspired dozens of on known artists. To fuse to be scared i refuse to die and i refuse injustice. Street on songs dances and boy treat 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 mostly around it many Say Something that was started by students is growing lost. Art it is said holds a mirror to society that has distanced through to the new low by artists young and old is telling of the opposition to it. Aljazeera new delhi. Venezuelas main opposition they just as the country is not ready for parliamentary elections ongoing toed shoes is presently cholesky due of using force to say and par for latin america and so the see in human in the capital caracas. You know 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 recognizing a former opposition deputy as they did in mit speaker of the house and they will very soon recognize that assembly and. Appoint a new Electoral Council and then call for parliamentary elections what is going to be your strategy. I want to clarify that in venezuela there are no 2 parliaments there is one Parliament One thats 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. You know this 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 have 2018 years 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 that the support of the venezuelan people youve asked again for them to come out on to 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 your leaders you know the last ball 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 street and its strength and determination to change and confront to dictatorship. This is an answer and these are the headlines a Senior Iranian commander says irans missile strike in iraq on a base will soon u. S. Troops is just the beginning of an operation in the region. There says wednesdays attack was not meant to kill but to damage the u. S. Military machine in america through. The missile attack conducted against the u. S. Military base in fact it was the beginning of a great god willing will be continued. The u. S. House of representatives this sets its abates a resolution to limit President Trumps military options in iran on wednesday trans National Security team briefed senators but the assassination of custom soleimani u. S. Vice president mike pence defended the intelligence. If we were to share all of the intelligence and in fact some of the most compelling evidence that the solemn ali was preparing an eminent attack against American Forces and american personnel also represents some of the most sensitive intelligence that we have it could compromise those sources and methods. Turkeys foreign minister says he doesnt want to see iraq to send into a war zone for foreign powers that it covers all who is in baghdad and offered support to iraqi president barham salih as well as Prime Minister. He said iran and the United States must respects in iraq the solvency. The u. N. Envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a ceasefire to be implemented by sunday if you support poles and sides in the conflicts lebanon has imposed a travel ban on former miss and boss carlos go on after he was summoned over an interpol red notice who is wanted by japan after he skipped bail last month and fled to lebanon. He is in france have called for nationwide strikes against president a man or microns pension reform plans demonstrators are gathered in paris where the process of course travel disruptions for over a month. Well those are the headlines stay with us and now to syria ill just as the stream is up next. Hes notorious for creating Fake Passports that feeling sorry shes been. One of many speaks the most to feature as you reveal the secrets of the strike on aljazeera. Welcome to the stream my family ok the killing of an iranian Major General has put the u. S. And iran on the brink of war but iraq is the battlefield so what lies ahead for a country already struggling with a string of domestic problems send your thoughts for todays show through twitter and you tube you could be it. Irans targeting of 2 Iraqi Military bases hosting u. S. Troops has put the world on edge with fears that terrans revenge attack for the u. S. Killing of its most important military leader could escalate but its a rock thats in the firing line and it already has enough problems thousands of people across iraq have borne seem solid mahdi and an Iraqi Militia commander killed in a u. S. Drone on tack on friday iraqi ship