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Nations leaders stepped out in the holy city of karbala gunman opened fire on protesters. Plus a britains are briggs it log jam begins to break Opposition Leader germy corman says hell back an early election now that a new deal greggs it has been averted. And 2 massive wildfires raging across california and the northern wine Country Homes and wineries are turned to ashes close to los angeles thousands are forced to flee. Great to have a long everyone turkey is threatening to resume its assault on the kurds in Northern Syria on christmas Kurdish Forces have not pulled back from the region which is one of the conditions set by turkey and russia when they agree to. A 6 day ceasefire that ends later today well meanwhile more salient details emerged about the raid in which the Islamic State leader Abu Bakar Elba dudie died a Senior Advisor to the kurdish let Syrian Democratic forces said the s. T. s was pivotal in efforts to track down by daddy in a series of tweets the Senior Adviser said all intelligence and access to al baghdadi as well as the identification of his place were the result of the s. T. s own work our source was involved in sending coordinates directing the airdrop participating and making the operation a success all right lets get you more on this want to cross over to istanbul now to our correspondent giuliana who is reporting on this story from there julia what more can you tell us about these revelations that the kurds played a key role in tracking down al by diety. Now this is all according to the kurdish led as d f a northeast syria it hasnt been independently verified but they now claim that they had an undercover agent an assett who managed to get access to the compound where the jihad is legal but he was hiding there and it live province in syria and this person brought. Under way to conduct a d. N. A. Task ahead of the u. S. Raid to confirm that the person in question really was al baghdadi now another Important Note on the timing of it all the cut his forces they also claim that they have been working with the u. S. On the ground collecting intel in the past 5 months but the whole operation targeting al but he was delayed because of turkeys military operation which was launched about 3 weeks ago so how do all these stunning revelations fit in with this narrative of a u. S. Regional ally helping track down the most wanted man in the world with the white house deciding to cut them loose the moment the turkey decides to declare war on them. Well it appears to have been an ongoing operation but i also think its important for the Kurdish Forces to show the world how crucial they have been and still are in the fight against the socalled Islamic State they repeatedly said how betrayed they feel by u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to withdraw u. S. Forces from the within syria this basically gave green light to turkeys a military operation in the area and now the cats have come under a lot of pressure in recent weeks but they are also the ones in charge of detention facilities and comms Holding Thousands of isis fighters and their families in north and syria there have been reports of breakout attempts and its going to be interesting to see how daddys killing will affect the situation. Say they have beefed up security in the some of the camps because they are afraid of riots theres only shows you that the fight against the socalled Islamic State in the area is far from over and it is a nother really crucial day for the kurds because today the ceasefire there turkey and russia agreed on expires where do we expect to see happen today. Well it has been a very shaky cease fire the kurdish side and the turkish side have both reported a violation of the deal and later today it was a deal struck between turkey and russia to allow kodesh militia with which turkey considers terrorists to with draw some 30 kilometers from the Turkish Border the deal also allowed Syrian Regime forces who are backed by russia to return to these areas in north and syria so overall a very tense security situation its very difficult to understand whats exactly going on on the ground but the turkish government says that not all white p. G. D. Cottage fighters have withdrawn from the area and if they dont do so let me quote the Turkish Foreign minister here techie will wipe out the terrorists that. Thank you so much giuliani reporting from istanbul and we say in the region because in iraq that country is in the grip of deadly unrest the United Nations is urging iraqi authorities to show restraint saying it has multiple reports of Security Forces using Excessive Force to quell antigovernment protests demonstrations calling for an end to corruption and inequality erupted earlier this month and at least 250 people have died in the following and the violence that followed well at least 14 people were shot dead during protests the holy city of karbala overnight although the circumstances around the shootings are unclear and the capital baghdad demonstrators refuse to leave the streets despite a nighttime curfew put in place by the army. The protesters in baghdad trying to reach the palaces of power and get as far as the bridge across the river since the iraqi capital is heavily fortified International Zone where government buildings are housed at this time Security Forces fire tear gas at the marches but they have been using live ammunition for weeks adding to the rising death toll officials confirmed that masked armed forces fired on protesters on monday night. Early peaceful demonstrators those rulers harm the iraqi people no salaries no appointments no problem and their promises are lives and now theyre hitting us with tear gas the mind that in a new way there are no Job Opportunities here they stay at home without a hope with the will to move a city off. The leaderless protests cuts across all society drawing in men and women secular and religious groups on another day these young iraqis could have been studying to become clerics in the holy city of najaf but instead they are out on the street the. Listen to fix seminary and its students and teaches teixeira the solidarity with the peaceful demonstrators who tell the corrupt politicians get out this is the demand of the wreckage people we dont want them to corrupt should get out there are. Said the model at the bottom of all of. The protests as angry about what they see as government corruption and a lack of basic services and widespread unemployment they want the government to step down and have already rejected a package of government reforms over the weekend Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said anyone disrupting businesses and schools would be punished but it seems unlikely that this will deter the protest as. 11 has also. In the grip of antigovernment protests and we have some breaking news to tell you about lebanons beleaguered Prime Minister starting friday has announced he is stepping down during a televised address here is resignation comes after almost 2 weeks of protests demanding political change many young lebanese are unhappy with what they see as a corrupt and incapable political elite how did he has tried but failed to mollify demonstrators by announcing a series of Anti Corruption and political reforms. All right lets get you more on these developing on these developments rather i am now joined by w. s abbesses a reedy he is in the lebanese capital beirut looking you tell us a battle Prime Minister who said tell you he announced his much anticipated address that he will step down what did he say exactly. We have seen the speech you see going on he said that hes going to be president but that does eventually want us to meet the president and devote his diggnation he said that give each a dead and he tried his best to take the country. And all of this chaos mainly i cannot acquire he didnt succeed so he decided to resign he told you but hes all parties to the. Lebanon as a priority not own the countrys interest so the senate. Hes going to step down meeting. With meet the protesters the amount. Now of course his position has become increasingly untenable we also were getting reports a little earlier that there are clashes in beirut where you are have you seen any can you tell us more about them. In the. Main the 2 main square in downtown beirut into a violent. One now would i go the old chaos of violence remained i dont all hour and a half old the local t. V. Stations were covering live coverage of these events clearly its complete chaos many also just of all many guys that say i think they said they claim that they are present or they belong or they. Brought some Political Parties in lebanon so they went to the square and they turn of the protesters down some of that was the clashes between the 2 parties the. Forces as well as the forces. Right to support it between the 2 parties between the 2 demonstrators but they didnt succeed. Didnt know what lets say and according to the debate needs not to close that it was in love and in these. Now this is of course lebanon has a very painful history one of civil war in the specter of civil war is never far from mind is lebanon headed for more violent confrontations. This is was the main concern in the day 13 of the protests the all i dont 2 weeks concern was. The situation turned into a violent happened today and a few days ago mainly all. Political parties all those ones body should make is that best to all these. Because as you said. All the public. 2 have these all these. Sort of everybody is playing to all boarded the protesters in the all over the major cities and lebanon they assured that they will never go into a bit and that process completely. We have very high the likud party they have. Many talks talks between among each other and he. d talks just about the road that has been my place of course it plays a very very important and decisive role in domestic politics in the 11 on how why has their position been. Protests that are unfolding across ive been on. The general officer on the phone said few days ago that he dont agree on some. Of the protesters that they belong to. He said embassies or they are effected by some agency and. This is a speech left a very negative impact among the protesters yesterday one of the main leaders of the loss of the unity that. Drove the demands of the. They are grow older they are willing to. Do more actions among the well would be all but the Political Parties. With their ministers inside the cabinet to reach all these demands. To stay away from any fault in it to get an. Idea to abuse the best and the really reporting on breaking developments out of beirut the Prime Minister said of heavy duty has stepped down thank you for your reporting. Thank you want to talk now about some of the other stories making news around the world. At least one person was killed and dozens more injured when a powerful earthquake struck the southern philippines of a government and residential buildings were badly damaged the philippines lies on the pacific ring of fire where most of the worlds earthquakes take place. Authorities in hong kong have barred prominent prodemocracy activists joshua won from running in next months local elections wang says hes the only candidate whos been disqualified the Electoral Commission says his nomination is invalid. Antigovernment protesters have again taken to the streets in the chilean capital santiago despite a cabinet shake up by president Sebastian Pinera Police Clashed with demonstrators in the city center the president replaced 8 cabinet ministers in an effort to calm on rez that has left at least 17 dead. Youre watching news coming up. Germans try it lean to young not for a day know what recently won the iron man at World Championships and a good time now in an exclusive interview he tells you doing news about the challenges he faces in the toughest in durance events on the planet. But 1st to the u. K. Where british Prime Minister Boris Johnson as making a 4th attempt to force a snap election and it looks like this time he will succeed Opposition Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says his party is now ready to back an early poll because the danger of the u. K. Leaving the European Union without an agreement has passed johnson meanwhile has been pushing for an election in the hope of winning a majority in parliament hes abandoned his goal of taking on britain out of europe by october 31st all right lets get latest on these new developments joining us from london is the w. Correspondent charlotta potts good to see you to so it looks that Prime Minister Boris Johnson that got the early elections hes so badly wanted what happens now. Well it does look like the general election is now finally in the car its for the u. K. And they say finally because Boris Johnson as you mentioned has been trying to push it through parliament 3 times already today its a 4th attempt and what changed is that the Opposition Labor Party has now made up their minds they want to back a general election and it looks likely that tonight they are going to vote for it the question now is really on the details on timing of this general election it will be pretty christmas they are talking about the 9th the 11th or the 12th and its a bit petty this whole thing on when this is supposed to happen but we will finally see what happens tonight and the house of parliament when they decide on this general election and then the parties will have 6 weeks to complain before we see the voters here in the u. K. Go to the polls 6 weeks to campaign 0 how likely is it that Johnsons Conservative Party will emerge as the stronger i should say this time around at the ballot box. Well polls suggest at the moment that they will be the Strongest Party that they could get a slight majority in parliament and this is what Boris Johnson has been counting on hes been so eager to get his general election and hes really looking forward to campaigning. The. Reasoning behind as i say he wants to get a fresh mandate from the british people yes so to say from the voters on his brakes and strategy and then he finally wants to see his brakes a deal through but we also have to keep in mind Boris Johnson let go of his promise that the u. K. Would leave the European Union this upcoming sesay on october 31st there is now an extension in place until the end of january and so we have to see how well this sits with voters i think 6 weeks is a long time in british politics and many things can change of course in the polls so what does this all mean for breaks it. Well the houses of parliament weve seen that over the past year it became very clear that there is no majority on anything regarding bracks and so its really been a terrible deadlock here in british politics and general election of course could shake up the numbers in palm and if we look at where the parties stand on the issue of the conservatives of course want to push that bracks a deal through leave the European Union the labor party has not quite made up their mind the liberal democrats they want to forget about breaks it all together revoke article 50 and then there is also a new kid on the block the brick said paci they want to make clear cut with the European Union as soon as possible and i think what this general election if we then see it pretty christmas boils down to is that the british voters will finally have a say again on whether they want bricks that after all or what kind of brick said they indeed want. The parts are reporting from london thank you. Wildfires in Southern California have driven some of ellies wealthiest residents from their homes including basketball superstar Le Bron James and even the terminator himself arnold sorts there are several fires currently burning out of control in the states the biggest in the wine country beyond San Francisco has spread and firefighters are struggling to contain it the local electricity supplier says one of its power lines may have started the blaze despite shutting off electricity to hundreds of thousands of customers to prevent downed lines starting wildfires. Heading into an inferno San Francisco firefighters on their way to battle the biggest and most destructive blaze the kinkaid fire. So the south in california the smoldering remains of several homes in los angeles fire swept through the tinder dry hills here prompting this warning from authorities if youre in the mandatory evacuation zone and youre still there watching this youre an idiot get the hell out its way too dangerous people that stay behind or just the danger in themselves and not helping. The good time is of the essence theres been a short rest night in the winds fanning the flames but set to pick up again. What we started to get ready for there was another red flag event all right now it looks like thats going to start sometime midday tuesday and pushes into wednesday morning so weve got a bit of a quiet 24 hour window right now and then were going to go into another critical period tuesday night into wednesday it remains a race against time a battle against the blazes before the next critical period begins. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. More than 20 Climate Change protesters have been arrested after attempting to to blockade a mining conference in the australian city of Melbourne Police say 2 people were detained for attacking a patrol morse strangers claim police were heavy handed. A mountain climber and the paul has broken the speed record for conquering the worlds 14 highest peaks nirmal poor job climbed the mountains over a period of 6 months and 6 days all 14 mountains are at least 8000 metres high the previous record was about 8 years. Germanys for do you know is one of the best 3 athletes in the history of the sport well he recently won the are in a World Championship in record time and now in a d. W. I. Exclusive for dino where talks about how hes able to rise to the challenge and about a controversial country he has a connection to. Most of us would succumb under pressure if we had to complete a 226 kilometer triathlon in under 8 hours not if youre young for dino he even managed to do it in record time earlier this month he won the iron man World Championship in hawaii for a 3rd time and he did it in a record winning time of 7 hours 51 minutes and 13 seconds simply strikes when the going gets tough. Ive always been a big fan in the saying that pressure pressure creates diamonds. And its very much symbolic for me that i need pressure. To get to the very top to get to the very best of my ability he also won gold at the 2008 olympics but the 38 year old has recently come under criticism he trains with the bahrain elite Endurance Team that comes from a country known for too many rights violations. You know i believe that. We are going there despite the troubles and actually creating an escape for people or creating the possibility to make lives better and to me that personally it feels a lot better than pointing my finger and saying what youre doing is terrible. Not everyone may agree with that but what is undisputable is that young filipino is a testament to pushing the boundaries of human endurance. The u. S. National womens soccer team have confirmed blood go out and off ski as their new head coach the North Macedonia board former pro brings plenty of experience having coached and won 2 championships of the National Womens Soccer League in the u. S. He replaces joe ellis and will take charge of the team in november the u. S. Want to record 4th world cup this past july 1st on and the agenda is qualifying for the upcoming summer olympics and you know. Before i let you go reminder of our top stories that were following for you right now. Critical it forces have revealed details of the needle of the role they played in the death of the socalled Islamic State leader Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi they say they tracked down al baghdadi and provided d. N. A. Evidence before the u. S. Raid to be in which he killed himself. In the iraqi capital baghdad demonstrators are defying a curfew and say they wont leave the streets until the government steps down latest reports from the holy city of karbala say mass gunmen opened fire on protesters there killing 18. And lebanese Prime Minister sides that it is said is said that hell submit his resignation to the countrys president how did he announced his decision a shiite groups attacked antigovernment protesters in beirut 13 days of protests have pushed the country to the brink of crisis. Youre watching you know we here is coming up next in news asia. A risky journey that came to a deadly and in the u. K. Whats driving people from asia to put themselves at the mercy of human traffickers. And why one man in japan decided to reconnect with an identity he once when checked it. All that coming right up with melissa chan that thank you so much for spending as part of your day with me ah to see you again tomorrow the body. You got to. Be very small to receive a mention defending the opposition on the top of the bonus he got a little when home against im tom franks and. The mood is not so great. After an unconvincing win against underdogs in your own sunday is this true champions look like. 16. W. Im not laughing. Because sometimes i am but less than nothing with me but i dont think deep into the german culture of. New dancing take this drama day out to you because its all about who know im rachel join me to meet the japanese on the gulf coast. Human rights mean down in history. As a twisted. You may try me in the very dirt thats still my. Cup did you manage to see me broken. Shoulders for. Me. This information. From the past. This is the news coming up the desperation that drives Human Trafficking 39 people boarded a truck to the u. K. Hoping for a better life only to get stuck in a death trap its believed they were from asia to take a closer look at modern slavery in the region. And why blue paint on a mosque led hong kong protesters to rally around the citys south asian community