There calling it a turning point for sudan 29 members of the Security Forces are sentenced to death for torturing and killing a protester. Also we heard from and pietschmann to immigration will take a look at issues that divide americans months before they decide if President Trump should get a 2nd term. Thousands of people are trapped on a beach in an australian town as the bush fires raging across the states of victoria and New South Wales get even worse its now early afternoon in which is cut off from any help the Emergency Services are making preparations for a possible sea or air evacuation homes on the edge of are already on fire residents were told to head to the waterfront several hours ago now the time as a popular holiday destination in the past few days the authorities have urged tens of thousands of holidaymakers and residents to leave the area. 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We cannot confirm. Where they are. Meanwhile in New South Wales one volunteer firefighter has died and 2 others have been burned while trying to bring blazes theyre under control there are currently more than 100 fires burning across the state through dry conditions and a record heat wave when hall for them out of control state capital sydney has been shrouded in smoke for weeks because of the fires raging nearby and well be live in victoria later here on the news hour with latest updates on those coastal communities. To our other top stories so far on the news of the follow from u. S. Airstrikes in iraq Group Hezbollah is promising revenge for the attack that killed at least 27. 00 of its fighters in iraq and syria the Iraqi Government has called it a clear violation of its sovereignty the Prime Minister called together his National Security council on monday to discuss the strikes its reconsidering iraqs relationship with the u. S. Led coalition against deisel plans to summon the u. S. Ambassador in baghdad the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei you says sunday strikes were a response to threats by iranian backed forces against u. S. Personnel iraqis in the cities of kirkuk and bars for a protested at the u. S. Operation demonstrators held up pictures of those killed in the airstrikes calling it a violation of their sovereignty and well get more from washington on the story in a moment but 1st Simona Fulton is in iraqs Anbar Province there are some u. S. Troops are based. An unprecedented confrontation between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time u. S. Airstrikes targeting the bases of an iranian backed armed group killing and injuring dozens the operation in response to a series of rockets that struck military bases where u. S. Personnel are stationed a u. S. Contractor was killed in the most recent attack in care coq what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what President Trump has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for this law of the republic of iran to take actions to put american men and women in jeopardy the type hezbollah is part of the Popular Mobilization forces a Paramilitary Group set up to fight eisel its integrated into iraqs armed forces the u. S. Has accused some factions in the pm of taking orders from to hand rather than back at that until recently if the u. S. And the pm are fought side by side against isis following isis territorial defeat 2 years ago the u. S. Retained around 5000 troops in country to support iraqi Security Forces as they search for i saw sleeper cells hiding in deserts one of those clearing operations coincided with the u. S. Mission against the type hizbullah that i know as an air base here in western Anbar Province is an important launching pad for operations against beisel but recent rocket attacks against bases where u. S. Personnel are stationed including i know last an air base in early december could hamper operations raising fears of a proxy war between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil in an unusual announcement following about the acid attack the u. S. Publicly blamed the type hezbollah the Iraqi Government hasnt attribute blame but has tightened security. Said the going through security measures were. Opposition with Coalition Forces there are surveillance patrols and additional troops to secure the. To protect the base investigations are continuing until now but its not completed. Promises of investigations have done little to reassure the us none of the governments probes into any of the previous rocket attacks have been published the analysts say the details are well known and. I think that the iraqi joint Operation Command in iraq intelligence as many details about the people who attacked the k one basing cook Iraqi Government was confused because the pressure of khateeb his blood is deeply entrenched in the Iraqi Parliament and the Iraqi Government and thats why they decided to keep in line with iran and the iranian Political Parties the Iraqi Government divided and weekend after 3 months of protests demanding sweeping political change has called on all sides to seize any unilateral actions neither the us nor the p. M. S. Appear to be listening both have vowed to take action setting the stage for further escalation seem awful to an aljazeera that that gabriel is in washington looking at the u. S. Reaction. The way that this is being viewed in washington is basically this they Senior Administration officials are saying weve been very patient we were invited to iraq by iraqi officials we are there their invitation and weve asked iraqi regime officials to figure out how to stop these missile attacks on bases that are putting american lives at risk according to senior military officials here in washington the iraqis have not been able to do that so these these attacks or these strikes now by the americans are in response to that basically telling the iraqis if you cant take care of this problem we will thats number one but then also sending a very clear message to iran that this will not be tolerated at least from this administrations perspective here in washington a big sin to iran with a reaction from the iranian government. Well iran so far has just responded with words president rouhani was speaking earlier this morning he didnt address the airstrikes what happened was that the Foreign OfficeSpokes Person issued a statement they condemned the airstrike said it was a manifestation of terrorism they called in the United States to respect iraqs sovereignty independence and territorial integrity they also said that the United States wasnt interested in fighting isis because the positions targeted those groups targeted had caused damage to isis in the past but they also said these attacks showed negligence on behalf of the United States and they should accept the consequences of that actions also later on in the day the government spokesman issued a statement and he denied that iran is behind any of the attacks on United States bases and said that these kinds of allegations without evidence are not a justification for bombing people so the response out of iran has been a bit slow because iraqi groups responding 1st his belied lebanon responded and then we heard something from iran but what will be interesting is how his will respond because and what would United States will do next because the United States has said iran is behind this group they have close links and how how much will it take before the United States turns its attention to iran. Well the u. S. Strikes have added to the current instability in iraq antigovernment protesters have been demanding fundamental change the political system for several months now them as traitors object to what they say is irans increasing influence in iraq since the affairs tehran has called those demonstrations riots and is demanding strong action and theres deadlock in the parliament over the nomination of a new Prime Minister following the resignation of a. Influential shia cleric ayatollah Ali Al Sistani has accused the political classes of being unable to deal with the crisis lets talk to israel also done a hes a retired iraqi Brigadier General and former Iraqi Defense attash in washington he joins us on skype from manassas in virginia ismael also done it welcome to the news or is this situation going to get worse do you think. Well thank you very much for having me. But let me 1st of all go through the background of what is happening. The u. S. Has you know accused the militia. Are a tree forces of the socalled Popular Mobilization porter of attacking thereby things where they are present where their soldiers are present in iraq there are there were 19 attacks rocket attacks from. February 29th until today so. The u. S. Administration has warned the Iraqi Government to provide protection to their forces sense they are present in iraq and the legal agreement or socalled security problem or. So what happened at. The recently just recently the. Iraqi forces and u. S. Forces were attacked in cookoo who is really a place where isis also active in that area and looks like that it reverently are carefully were selected the time and place ok cells attorney can i just pause you there for a 2nd serve because what youre recapping for us interesting though is is we have already touched on all those issues with our coverage before we began our conversation here on the news hour is there a disconnect here though and is this the militias that the United States is blaming the militias that the u. S. Says are in effect iranian proxies have not claimed responsibility and yet the u. S. Claims it has evidence that they were responsible. Yeah yeah thats right thats whats what im trying to tell you that none of these attacks were claimed responsibility by and by the militia but the us has you know clear evidence is that cats will which has been attacked by the u. S. Forces by the extra trike last night or last that you know die in iraq and theyre poor i think that the situation is going to be aggravated the situation is going to be from bad to worse because this kind of you know situation what we ask and they think the security situation in iraq since the east of forces are considered as iraq issue keep parts of iraqi Security Forces and thats why what is happening is going to be proof walk some kind of you know Public Opinion against the president of the United States also this is also the political issue have Political Parties who are the made european departments will have this you know moment as as a golden or as a brace yourself you know. A pretense to multiplied the political arena and order to you know massive that was the role of the security of ok american presence in for iraq ok michelle so dani thank you very much. Well 20 more still to come for you here on the news hour including could north korea be shifting strategy of a stalled denuclearization talks speculation grows ahead of kim jong uns new year address. Also had to pass expulsions over a runaway president the escalating dispute between spain bolivia and mexico. And in sport footballs Decision Makers step into the fight over Video Technology has some fans and players say its ruining the game. Prodemocracy activists are celebrating what they say is the turning point in the history of sudan 29 members of the Security Forces have been sentenced to death for the torture and murder of a protester schoolteacher ahmed keogh was killed in february injuring protests that eventually led to the ousting of president Omar Al Bashir morgan was at the court on. Monday morning started with hundreds gathering outside the court in sedans largest eagerly following what was happening behind the heavily guarded wall. Some demanded the Death Penalty for the 41. 00 National SecurityService Officers they were charged with the manslaughter of. A schoolteacher in the eastern state of the center. In court the judge brought the more than 12 weeks of trial to an end. To. The defendants are facing charges of manslaughter which falls on the article 113 which carries the Death Penalty the 1st defendant to the 27 people who receive the Death Penalty the 31st and 31st sentence of death defendants 29. 38 cleared of charges what her breasts are sentenced to jail. The verdict was welcomed by ahmed the hottest family his daughter and death in custody provokes anger in schools all over sudan and a wave of protests demanding the end of this 80 year rule of president obama and he was eventually deposed in april following months of unrest it was initially sparked by rising food prices and grew into a wider revolt demanding radical change but sheer has been charged with inciting and participating in the killing of protesters. Who took to the how we consider this case to be a turning point in sudans history and many institutions in the past both the judicial and security used to cover up the crimes committed by Security Forces this is the 1st time we have Security Forces put on trial for torture its the 1st ever weve had a verdict on a large number of those involved in the crime the Security Forces and Intelligence Services used to be a fortified fashion they were untouchable. After what seemed like a long wait the verdict was greeted with celebrations since the formation of a Transitional Government the demand to bring to account those involved in killing protesters over the past year has been driving demonstrations for many months is very disorderly the start of the response for those small response days they must think elude more trials of the accused to bring justice to other victims. Activists at least 250. 00 protesters have been killed since the start of the revolution 12 months ago so dance Prime Minister has set up a committee to investigate the death including. The guardian. We welcome the verdict today but were also waiting for the trials for those who killed my son we followed a complaint and weve brought forward witnesses that we havent heard of any trial yet well be following that up until we bring justice for my son and others who were killed we will die fighting for that justice. Sudanese are celebrating what they say is the 1st victory and are vowing to continue to stay in their revolution until all crimes are accounted for people morgan aljazeera. Claimed responsibility for a deadly truck bomb attack in the somali capital that killed at least 80 people a spokesman for the group says saturdays attack targeted a convoy of somali and Turkish Forces the group has accused turkey of trying to control somalia fighters have regularly carried out bombings in their campaign to topple the government theres growing speculation that north koreas leader is getting set change strategy over stalled denuclearization talks kim jong un has given the u. S. Until the end of the year to come up with concessions to ease crippling sanctions observers will be watching closely when ki