plus. the. impoverished and ignored tripoli rises to become the hearts of lebanon's protests. but a new political leader but signs it still won't pacify evocate protesters president barham saleh has named from a communication minister mohammad alawi as prime minister designate but his appointment hasn't been welcomed in some areas where demonstrators of camped out for months to mandate sweeping political reforms smaller 14 reports from baghdad. the streets response to iraq's prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear. to her. the law is rejected protesters in baghdad to hear square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham salih chose mohamed allow it to replace other law of the mahdi who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests days prior to allow his appointment we spoke to protesters into harriet who saw him as another incarnation of a political system that has failed them. hold for show he's rejected any person who has a relation with the parties from close so far is reject from all the people in general because for 16 years we haven't seen anything from them just destruction. indeed allawi is part and parcel of iraq's post 2003 political establishment a cousin of former vice president and prime minister ayad alawi he served as a member of parliament and communication minister but resigned in 2012 after he accused the government of sectarianism upon his appointment allow addressed iraqis in a late night speech pledging to address their demands. i want to point towards the necessity for the peaceful protests to continue that support reforms until they achieve their legitimate demands and the government starts their genuine reforms. just like his predecessor allow a promise to create jobs and fight corruption and he vowed to bring those responsible for the deaths of over $600.00 protesters to account i thought could. confirm that we're going to investigate some bring those responsible for the violence against peaceful demonstrators to a crown which is. the prime minister designate has 30 days to form a cabinet which must be approved by a parliament that has been deeply divided over how to handle the latest crisis some factions have rejected allow his appointment but influential shiite cleric mokhtar aside or throw his weight behind him. i don't think he has support from all the political blocs but there are important political forces and i expect that the surge wrists movement will stand with him and if that's the case the other political blocs will do the sign it. for 4 months protesters have asked for a complete overhaul of the political system and then independent head of state who isn't beholden to any domestic or foreign powers allow his appointment doesn't fulfil either of these demands but it could end the months of deadlock and pave the way for early elections and gradual reform. where he has means he is the former chief of communications for the iraqi mission to the united nations she explains why protesters have already projected. he has reached up to the protesters and he did actually speak to them in a language that they would understand he addressed their concerns he asked for them to continue their protests and tell their needs were met which of strategically very important i think for him in history viable because the protests will continue so for him to look like he is actually supporting those protests i think is integral to his survival however unfortunately they have or fortunately they have rejected him he is. i think based on the unofficial remarks of protesters as well as the social media reports it's been quite clear that they are not interested in having yet another member of the iraqi political elite representing them particularly somebody who has been a minister in the past has been a relatively unremarkable minister which means that he's probably going to be beholden to those who put him in power. the sudras as well as the other larger shout political walks who put him everything on the ground is actually very dynamic right now so it's hard to know but they have put forward a few people an officially again and through their social media accounts that have become quite noteworthy one of whom is a gentleman in a fire and he he is an independent politician as well as a set. non-sectarian and secular politician which is a new development in the streets of iraq. the arab league has rejected u.s. president donald trump's middle east plan and american submitting and cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas attacked the proposal saying his people will never accept it it reports. that. palestinians were banking on the support of the arab states and they got it. from the ministerial council confirms the palestinian government's rejection to the so-called deal of the century in its current form the council stressed that the acceptance of such a deal would mean waiving the historical rights of the palestinian people because it's considerably less than the legitimate ambitions of the palestinian people president obama a bass detailed at length the reasons why the u.s. mideast plan should be rejected saying it adopts the israeli position in full leaving little or no room for any negotiation u.s. president donald trump has given the palestinians 4 years to engage with the plan but the best said israel will use that time to push ahead with policies which are contrary to international law and further sort of defy the occupation we're going to go and approach the moment they said jerusalem is and next year israel i knew i have to say it loud and clear we will never accept that under any circumstances i will never sell jerusalem the arab league has presented the arab peace initiative from 2002 as a solution for the palestinian israeli conflict. it calls for the end of the israeli occupation before arab and islamic states normalize relations with israel. and the influence of the regional conflict led some states to go along with the us administration fear from iran pushed them closer to the main enemy who accuse israel reflected negatively on the obscene of the official level the palestinian leadership hopes that diplomatic pressure could help keep israeli plans in check but as things we spoke to here today say that they've been hearing similar statements from different organizations productive and their lives under occupation have only been getting worse there are no could not do it if the arabs are with us the u.s. and israel won't do this to us. we are not waiting for the arabs they already sold us thought if we are split amongst ourselves what are we expecting from them palestinian officials say the arab league's position helps them rally support especially as the israeli prime minister promised to push for an extension as early as next week i do believe that the the rejection of this plan must must be come from the international community because it is illegal it's undermines the international law not only undermines the rights of the palestinian people the palestinian leadership is also looking for the backing of the african summit the organization of islamic cooperation and the united nations security council officials here say it's not the u.s. plan itself they fear it's how israel can use it. al jazeera the occupied west bank well under the plan one area inside israel would be part of a possible terror if the parties agree mama june has more from here. this is one of 10 palestinian towns in this part of israel referred to as the triangle communities the members of these communities they are palestinian israelis that means they are palestinians with israeli citizenship and one of the reasons they're out on the streets demonstrating today is to show their opposition to u.s. president donald trump's plan for peace which ultimately it's the possibility of going forward to that perhaps with the agreement for all the parties that the boundaries and the bridge of israel might be redrawn such that the triangle communities would essentially become part of a future state of palestine and we spoke with here today is very much opposed to that happening and clueless said we're against the whole deal and we believe the support for the upcoming election when you look at this deal with the wider view you see it's meant to completely kill the palestinian people. that gave them our message to tromp and all the failing leaders no one is going to move even a centimeter short of the leader of our land will be taken we are steadfast here and staying. i was sure if we accept the deal of the century we will lose the resistance that we've lived through since we were young we were raised to know that this land is ours but what's interesting is that this idea had actually been floated before many years ago far right to say this enough not to go lieberman but actually proposed this is why it was rejected then and it is being rejected now the . china says at least 304 people have now died from the corona virus after dozens more deaths were reported beijing has announced the e.u. to provide archon needed medical supplies as it struggles to contain the spread of the virus well and 14000 cases have been confirms with thousands more suspects that . several countries are implementing travel restrictions in an effort to limit the spread the us and australia have both banned foreign tourists from entering if they've traveled to china in the past 14 days governments around the world are continuing to repatriate their citizens from china russia is the latest nation to confirm its pulling out its citizens with the military sending planes there on monday and tuesday and hong kong hospital workers will go on strike on monday they are demanding the government close its borders with mainland china more than $3000.00 union members voted in favor of the labor action which will last for 5 days the spread of the corona virus from china has added to the tension in hong kong already high after months of protests against chinese influence well dr daniel lucy is a fellow at the infectious diseases society of america he says repatriation efforts pose little risk of spreading the virus. i think that it's a rational move to bring citizens home to their respective countries but it's being done in a very careful manner in all countries to my knowledge persons are being evaluated medically to make sure that they don't have the infection that they don't have any symptoms and if they are then they're treated appropriately but also they're being put into what you said quarantine for 14 days which after which if you haven't become sick then we don't think that you will become sick from this virus the main thing to know is that there's very few people with the infection right now outside of china. most infections this time of year in the northern hemisphere due to influenza virus a totally different virus virus family than this corona virus but because this is a brand new virus with no treatment and no vaccine unlike influenza viruses people are very worried the great majority of people are going to recover. but maybe 2 percent. can die those are mostly people basically my age order over 60 especially if you have so-called underlying medical illnesses like lung disease liver failure other other medical conditions or anything that we can do your mean system china is also struggling to contain bird flu and i break was reported on a farm in the city of hunan province $4500.00 birds die it's the government says colds a further $17800.00 hands 5 n one strain offered flu can be transmitted to humans but is rare. still to come on al-jazeera making the most of what little they have left we go inside the shattered homes of families in northwestern syria. backing the international train and why the u.s. wants to pull back chris strictures on land mines. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast here across china as well as northern vietnam the rain is on the increase now we're not seeing that really much on the satellite as of yet but on sunday the rain is going to start to increase across much of the south we'll be seeing some heavier pockets just to the south of rouhani but it really is on monday that it expands across much of the area heavier down here towards the south as well hong kong going to be seeing the rain starting as we go towards monday night and really by tuesday it is going to be a mostly cloudy day with a lot of rain across much of the area forecast high here on monday we do expect to see about 21 in the forecast there well here across indonesia we're going to sing plenty rain as well down here toward the south it's going to java down here towards bali maybe lombok will be seen some very heavy rain as well there up towards borneo we could be seeing some heavier showers localized flooding could be a problem but up towards the philippines a few local showers not too heavy for manila we do expect to see attempted there of about $28.00 degrees as we make a way out of here towards india it's going to showers across the eastern coast they're going to be developing as we go towards sunday we could be seeing some of those showers quite heavy clouds into the interior but for tonight it is going to be a most cloudy day $32.00 degrees is the forecast high for kolkata son of the forecast with a temperature of $25.00. donald presence on donald trump jr was promised damaging information about hillary clinton not like a shock to see an investigation seductress did the trump campaign colluding with russia did you at any time bridge the former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form the closer the batten down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you will know. next question bottle field washington on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera a reminder of the top stories this hour iraq's president has appointed former communications minister mohammad a long way as prime minister designate the country has seen the months of massive protests or option on formant and like the government services the arab league has rejected u.s. president all transposed and the from the middle east where as an emergency meeting in colombo the syrian president will pass his people would never accept it. china says at least 340 people have died from the corona virus after dozens more tests or serious bitching has asked the e.u. to provide urgently needed medical supplies as it struggles to contain the spread the virus. the protest in lebanon have converged on its poorest cities to show the governments they're united in their calls for political change the so widespread anger over corruption and mismanagement the latest march comes ahead of next week's confidence votes to approve a new cabinets so hideouts reports from tripoli. revolutionary songs play out says activists board buses taking them to tripoli it's the 1st time they've come together from different parts of the country to meet in the poorest city in lebanon on that we came from able to thank tripoli for all the birds for everything she did for beirut and all every single egypt game yet also. that the mosque today is hand in hand so we're putting i would hand together the fellow to handle one heart one blood and one heart. just weeks ago protesters nationwide said it grated forcing former prime minister side of the government to resign but they're still unhappy. they're concerned the new government is caught out of the same cloth a political elite that won't meet their demands and time soon very tough is no love lost levon or maybe if they're religious even facial backgrounds but they are here in tripoli to show you they have one message for the new government is that i'll be stronger than ever and always fight never mind. how the new cabinet is gz receive a vote of confidence in parliament next week but protesters don't trust those at the helm and are worried about the future. they've suffered for years from deep rooted corruption power cuts and the lack of basic public services they say their revolution is not dead yet despite dwindling numbers there are more of the polish who are really really urgent this is one is the economic crisis or is that the benghazi of the court system 1st it's not that some of the idea was that the strip the city going to be hard to come in there's a real sense of community at this demonstration from free soup kitchens to see a discussion forum bringing together different movements and civil societies residents along the way they talk about wanting a government that will be held accountable and despite the diversity here they all agree on one thing they need to work hand in hand in challenging the government and making sure their demands are met. al-jazeera trip 30. airstrikes and fighting in northwestern syria have displaced hundreds of thousands of people many are escaping towards the turkish border as hospitals and it lives and aleppo come under attack. after nearly 10 years of war government forces are back in control of large parts of the country marks here in red opposition fighters are confined to the north western province of idlib but forces backed by turkey in surrounding areas after the latest russian backed government advance some turkish observation posts are now surrounded or priyanka gupta reports now on the darkened visions people face as the fighting rages on. it's difficult to imagine what they might be left to salvage from this destroyed neighborhood in western aleppo homes and a hospital shattered by bombs dropped by what were believed to be russian warplanes in the town of poor. russian defense ministry usually denies it involved it's the new frontline close to syrian opposition fighters main supply lines in neighboring province. their government forces are advancing fast capturing towns and villages and the 2nd largest city of martin amman the violence has once again driven families out of their homes into syria's harsh winter. i have nothing with me we fled with just the clothes we were wearing because of the heavy bombing escape the airstrikes and the airstrikes were so intense that we could only take the clothes we had on our backs for people like mohammad concrete blocks like these in a glimpse city is home for now the cold flows offering little comfort for the children the situation here is catastrophic because we can't find a place to live in we are here for families in this place where there are no windows or doors you don't even have water more than 3000000 people live in it live half of them i'm totally displaced businesses are suffering people say they simply cannot cope. the trade is badly hit in the city the displaced people don't have money to buy anything they can barely find a place to live we need a place as for these people apartments or houses without windows and doors are hosting 4 or 5 families now can you imagine 30 people living in one room we can't even find tents for the displaced at least 11 hospitals and health centers came under attack from government forces backed by russian air power in italy blasts month the surgeon numbers of those displaced has stretched the health workers to their limits the most important. unity challenge for us because that against our best it is our and our because so we. as you know many chemical society or we document it 82 at the act against the health care services starting last april. the president bashar al assad. the short term goal is to secure serious made highway that runs from north to south of the country the larger plan is to capture the entire province of the last major storm of the rebels. but the people of if the mood remains one of defiance priyanka gupta 0. strong gusts of winds and soaring temperatures are fueling bushfires near the astrarium campus all foreign fighters have managed to prevent the flames reaching the outskirts of canberra bonce uncontrolled fars in the territory have spread across at least 350 square kilometers the issue we have with the fire activity is that the fire itself is generating its own weather pattern and that combined with the wind direction is what is driving that intensity in the fall and we have created an environment with air attack and ground based and shaping of the fire that is the fire particular comes out it meant and it will attack it on the grasslands it is too dangerous to put half i thought is into the eyes more and more areas and so we're actually waiting for the fire to come out. the u.s. has rolled back restrictions on the use of land mines which have been burned by more than 100 countries arms control proponents have been quick to criticize the move which will follow the use of anti personal landmines in exceptional circumstances under schapelle is more. a weapon of war that most countries believe should no longer be used and cannot be justified morally. anti-personnel land mines maim and kill thousands of innocent people each year often in places where fighting ended decades ago and while most of the world has banned them the u.s. says it's planning to use them again after more than 30 years a land mines are one of a very many other important tools that our commanders need to have available to them on the battlefield to shape the battlefield and to protect our forces but the change in policy u.s. forces will be able to use anti-personnel mines in future conflicts in certain circumstances. mines the pentagon says will be able to self-destruct or self deactivate without threatening civilians unlike the millions of mines that dot the korean demilitarized zone the obama administration committed the u.s. to destroy landmines stockpiles except those intended to defend south korea the last thing which we need is more land mines is an incredibly reckless move is a very dangerous and even people will die as a result of this move it just for her to normalize these pieces obscene weapons they're not designed to be safe they're designed for one purpose and that is to kill after princess diana's walk through an angolan minefield helped galvanize the world to take action 80 percent of un member states have signed the mine ban treaty and destroyed more than $55000000.00 of them yet thousands of people continue to be killed and injured each year more than half of them children mostly in a handful of countries including afghanistan syria and ukraine the u.s. is unlikely to ever use landmines on its own soil and campaigners say the change in policy will put civilians at risk in future conflicts no matter how smart the minds become and al-jazeera. years of conflict in libya since the fall of freedom mama gadhafi has scarred an entire generation women and children in particular are struggling to cope with the loss of family members and they say they can't get the help they need as 20 partly reports from misrata. was that these women in misrata knitting hats and scarves for men at the frontlines it's a small gesture but it's part of a big campaign to help the u.n. recognize government repel fighters loyal to warlord khalifa haftar they opposition 100 kilometers away and could attack at any moment women in libya don't fight with guns but in a unique way are fighting every battle we feel like we're part of what's going on in like were helping to defend our country and our city as it's kind of. we're supporting each other we feel like we're doing something we're not just sitting there watching t.v. and listening to the new as. many of these women have sons at the front line and some know the bitter reality of the risks each has lost a son or a brother. halima lost one son join the revolution in 2011. and her last surviving son 23 year old abdul hamid was killed last sunday in the fight to defend the town of abu ghraib. prison but i lost my sons for my country but it was very painful losing them they died defending their land and on a but i have to be honest that didn't take away the pain i don't wanna meet the wall that is what we are tired of war it took only my little brother he was engaged and we were planning the wedding for him but he went to fight and he became a master in stede. for them there is closure of sorts for hadija there is not. instead pictures of his disfigured courts were posted on social media by his killers with music added. really. i need to get my son's body so i can bury him i don't know where he is and what they have done to his body where they have thrown it why won't they give us the body we just want to bury him her son mohammed must offer was on the frontlines when he was killed a month ago his body has not been recovered it's rare for women in libya to speak so publicly but many are suffering from the was effects u.n. studies are showing that around 30 percent of people in conflict zones are likely to suffer from some form of mental illness and women will suffer more than men but in libya there's no structure in place to help them deal with that trauma. these children are all suffering from war related trauma but libya is struggling to find enough qualified mental health workers and funding to help them let alone for women can see had only endemic then. some have inner mental issues where they don't want to leave the house or to work there are many cases where they become isolated and alone they don't want to do anything and they treat their kids with anger if they are able to get out and meet others they become more relaxed but that's not so easy for women to do in this conservative society they often stay home battling their grief and trauma on their own attorney berkeley al jazeera misrata let's end on a happier note they were believed to be extinct but 2 species of giant tortuous have been rediscovered by scientists on an expedition to the columbus $29.00 examples of the florian a tortoise were found on the largest of the collapse of the silence but the real excitement with the discovery of a single painter tortoise a relative of what is called lonesome george she was believed to be the last of its kind died 8 years ago scientists are keeping a course sign on their new discoveries are unlikely to get very far. without a syria these are the headlines iraq's president turns appointed former communications minister mohammed alawi as prime minister designate but sees already been rejected by anti-government protesters have been hit on the streets since october a long way appealed to the protesters in a message posted on twitter. that continued demonstrating and protesting and shouting are slogans this is your country and these are your rights our job is to meet your demands and we have to protect you and not oppress you the country's weapons should be directed towards those who carry weapons and who should stay in the streets that we manage to hold the killers accountable to compensate families of the martyrs who treat all the wounded as the time for elections restoring the pride and prestige of the security forces in the economy to fight the corruption and to form my government. the arab league has rejected the u.s. president's plan to end the israeli palestinian conflict it's an emergency meeting in cairo palestinian president mahmoud abbas said his people would never accept the proposal put forward by donald trump this week china says at least 304 people have no died from the corona virus after dozens more deaths were reported beijing has asked the e.u. to provide urgently needed medical supplies as it struggles to contain the spread of the virus. hospital workers will go on strike on monday and it's a man's in their government close its border with mainland china amid the outbreak when the $3000.00 union members voted in favor of the industrial action which will last for 5 days protest as in lebanon have converged on its poorest city to show the government they're united in their calls for political change the latest march comes ahead of next week's confidence votes to approve a new cabinets. strong gusts of winds and soaring temperatures a fueling bush far as they are destroying the capital foreign fighters have managed to prevent the flames reaching the outskirts of canberra well that's up to date stay with us here on al-jazeera the news continues after inside story. donald trump looks certain to be acquitted republican said of those witnesses of the u.s. president's impeachment so is this trial day is it and will democrats still pursue trump's removal of what does it mean for his reelection bid this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the 3rd impeachment trial of a sitting u.s. president will likely come to an end on wednesday after the senate voted to block any witnesses testifying this puts donald trump a step closer to being acquitted given the republican majority in the upper house of the u.s. congress the trial resumes for closing arguments on monday but the vote has been pushed to wetness day the day after.