Spot fires raging nearby new years celebrations get underway in sydney with a massive fireworks display over the famous harbor bridge and opera house. Last go and flees corruption charges in japan the former new chief but surprise arrival in lebanon a. Deadline to to sob times up for the gunmen blamed for an outbreak of fighting in the capital the Central African republic. And we begin with breaking news from iraq when members of an iranian backed group and their supporters have boxed into baghdads heavily fortified green zone and surrounded the u. S. Embassy the iraqi Prime Minister. Has warned against any aggression and foreign embassies and hes urging the remaining protesters to leave most of members of the iranian backed popular my belies ation forces. Reported to have pushed down a door and broken into the compound some areas were set on fire and Iraqi Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds more than 60 people have been injured the demonstrations follow us is strikes on sunday on bases belonging to the iranian backed shia militia hizbollah brigades in iraq at least 27. 00 people were killed while the embassy is the United States is largest diplomatic post in the world and also the most expensive to build it sits within the heavily fortified green zone which houses Iraqi Government buildings and foreign embassies in the city center were going to go to baghdad in just a month to speak to his mother of 14 1st though who go to the u. S. Mike hanna is standing by in washington d. C. And president mike has already tweeted about this. Indeed yes President Trump was quick to tweet while those demonstrations were at their height kucing iran of orchestrating these demonstrations saying that he will held iran responsible for any a us personnel who are injured he also called on iraq to continue to protect old u. S. Personnel saying too that all as he put it are on notice so certainly Quick Reaction from President Trump theres also been questions already being asked about the role played by Iraqi Security forces in these demonstrations former ambassador dennis ross has said that there must have been acquiescence originally by the iraqi forces because otherwise theres no way the protesters could have got into the densely fortified perimeter around the green zone remembering that the u. S. Embassy sits in the middle of a green zone which has an outside perimeter and a number of internal ones very difficult for anybody to get through without some kind of consultation or cooperation of iraqi forces senator Lindsey Graham has just tweeted as well calling up the question of benghazi back in 2012 a u. S. Embassy in benghazi was attacked Lindsey Graham praising President Trump for his strong action as he puts it saying there will not be a number benghazi on his watch so certainly a great debate great talk within the u. S. About events of the past few hours in baghdad mark thank you mike hanna joining us there from washington d. C. Now we go to baghdad and join some other 14 some are understand that the protests are starting to wind down but there are still people outside the embassy what are you hearing right now. Well it seems that the bulk of the crowds have left the surroundings of the u. S. Embassy im standing in front of one of the entrances towards the green zone the Hanging Bridge and this is of course where the crowds entered this morning when they marched on the u. S. Embassy and now we understand that several pm after fighters may have been injured when guards guarding the u. S. Embassy used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd as of course because the Iraqi Security forces themselves were simply standing by and preventing this crowd as it marched on the embassy as it began throwing stones and burning cars of the outer walls so that may have contributed to the crowd dispersed and there was also a call by Prime Minister out of the mouth of the calling on those crowds to to withdraw and basically condemning any attacks on u. S. Embassies because of course this came hours after those crowds had to be had entered and we saw that it is a practice to cure the forces were basically just standing down and letting them do it now were hearing were seeing pictures of Iraqi Security forces deployed in front of the embassy but of course the crowds have by now largely left and those Security Forces now appear to be ready to protect the embassy but of course this comes hours later after the incident. Only more about how people inside the embassy were reacting while this was going on. First book to the spokesperson of the u. S. Embassy one of the spokespersons and he said that contrary to other reports the staff were not evacuated and well we could see these pictures coming out of the embassy basically people watching what was going on outside their gates on local media because we had a luxury a lot of the t. V. Channels that are owned or controlled by the pm hold up as a. The trucks right outside the gates basically document this kind of demonstration on the u. S. Embassy so the people inside were watching that on the local channels you could also see some soldiers wearing a full body armor as they appeared to be ready to potentially if they were wearing backpacks with running backs so of course a lot of concern inside the embassy but now that the situation appears to have calmed down the situation inside will probably also normalize normalising. As you were speaking. Outside the embassy were just looking at live pictures now coming from outside the embassy now you can see. Smoke. Used to be something just inside the walls used to be the walls inside the embassy but there is through a reasonable number of people. Quite a bit of activity just outside the embassy rules. While i have you here this does raise questions doesnt know about the future. Of politics inside iraq but the future of the United States presence inside the country. Of course and throughout these demonstrations today we constantly heard these pm groups chant. American slogans basically calling on the withdrawal of u. S. Troops from iraq we currently have around 5000 troops that are based here they are here at the invitation of the government and the question is whether. The iranian backed groups they also control the largest bloc in parliament so if there was a bill tabled calling for that we draw off foreign troops there is a good chance that it might pass but of course its not the parliament itself that it is the legislation its the executive branch of the question is whether Prime Minister. Is strong condemnation of the u. S. Strikes on bases whether he will actually initiate such a bill to actually see the departure of u. S. Forces. Thank you for joining us live from baghdad. Now among the people at the embassy is how do you know hes one of the protesters they would say hes an iraqi politician closely linked to tara of a man standing next to him wearing a white turban is political leader because ali who was recently placed under u. S. Sanctions that are now as a part of the dharma look at this embassy has proved its conspires against iraq this is the embassy where they spy on iraq and where they lead to destruction of iraq this is where the saboteurs are supported. In the iranian capital tehran and she explains why iranian backed political figures were presented at the protests. He is a very well known figure within the establishment in iran he fought on the iranian side during the iran iraq war between 1981980 has pledged his allegiances not only to the Islamic Republic and the ideologies of this country but also to the Supreme Leader as well as the head of the revolutionary guards faults force awesome soleimani he doesnt make it a hidden fact that thats where his allegiances lie he is now head of the brother organization which is part of the largest Ruling Coalition within the Iraqi Parliament group as is the man we just heard from he is the head of the puzzle the network these are groups that came to be following the fall of Saddam Hussein and their various groups that were fighting amongst each other and also fighting against the u. S. Forces that were occupying iraq about time they now are part of the government this is where the dichotomy law is within iraq their relationship with iran is something that has been ongoing for years and now that theyre officially part of the government that is something that United States cannot tolerate theyve said that this is part of irans quote to malign behavior its something really that dates back a long time it is not a recent development the relationship between these sides so for this event today its very important to note that these leaders were there as a sign as a gesture it wasnt an accident that they were present at this event outside the u. S. Embassy its a message to the americans that not only do we not want you here but that we have the full support and cooperation of the iranians behind us. Well sydney has welcomed in australias new year with a huge fireworks display. And thats despite the controversy over whether the shows should have gotten rid of the last 5 years of that the massive farms around the country flags on sydneys harbor bridge has been flying at half staff to the 12 people whove been killed 1000000 people gathered around the hobbit for this dazzling display of power to its many other cities all across the striker of castle this celebrations parts of eastern australia have come on to orange and red highways as bush fires right jot of control fires in our burning in every state in the country news a fireworks to be said have been cancelled elsewhere cambered other cities as this danger worsens now the state of victoria as we look at this map is currently among the hardest hit more than 260. 00 new fires have been counted in just 36 hours including near the tourist town of mother kuta. As a Massive Wildfire rolled to woods the town of mela kusa 4000. 00 people fled towards the beach those with boats went one step further as now the 5 fronts come through. The front side the sound its got to get out of the dogs up the crowd that supplies about i never see them or get. The fire was burning across 730 square columbuss is the day began it encircled resistance and 10 day tonight this video was recorded at 9 am but just getting sent him his phone i have a new site i reckon that they say. That its the wards of north east at the moment and its the town of no data we have military there is currently under attack at the moment theres a number of houses we believe was lost in and around that community weve got 3 strike teams sitting in with the community. Literally standing saw us all with our community at the beachfront victorias premier looked towards the Australian Defense force for help while fire bosses tried to calm residents not just in mel occur to across the state but a number of communities are actually oscillated and again this was a scenario that we forecast a number of days ago so our focus today is very much about how we can get in how we can support those 1000 back to communities. In the neighboring state of New South Wales scenes repeated the community of burma gooey kempt at the local surf club with the ocean as they exit and this wasnt bateson day during the new years holiday coastal towns a popular vacation spots with already said verge tens of thousands of holiday make is to go or harm or cancel their plans because of the brave and fair Evacuation Center in florida is really bad its hard being. A popular pick this is the middle of a very. Major cities have not escaped the choking smoke and flames on monday 100000 people were urged to evacuate from 5 moment suburbs this was filmed in western sydney on tuesday. A strain is wildfire season is breaking records. The 1st major fires started in Early September before the arrival of spring the product of soaring temperatures dry ground and strong winds theyve now destroyed more than 40000 square kilometers of land at any given time dozens if not hundreds of fires are burning the full heat of summer has yet to arrive charlotte dallas. Still ahead on aljazeera chinas president has a basis for the people of hong kong. How high the skies are lost a clear across southern parts of China Central areas yes well see a little more cloud possibility of wanted to shout was able to see eastern side of china but across the south temperatures just about getting up to was that 2021 degree mark there in hong kong the only show when this the northeast monsoon that will feed a few showers into central areas of vietnam as we go on through wednesday i think less so for a thursday but still a chance of what is to show as a similar picture to of course at least the side of a loose on come a little further west would slow draw across in the china largely dry across india as well but there are some showers some rain in the forecast for the north do with a little more cloud here the clearer skies means the fog has been somewhat in hans we have got to some of the some of these areas say in their coldest weather in over 117 celsius there in new delhi still brasserie greyer across northern possible little more clout there you just notice pushing towards that eastern side of india will see the showers edging their way into sensuous as we go on through thursday western passed a fine and dry as still rather cool up towards those Northern Areas currently with a high of 22 degrees. Almost the 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 club or layer further further into the jail or if you join us on set and train has to start from day one back there again youre in detention or youre incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a force for there are studies that support crush coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq. Youre watching aljazeera hes reminder about top stories this hour members of an iranian backed job group but their supporters have surrounded that you were said to see in baghdad saw the areas were set up 500. 00 rockets Security Forces fired tear gas and stun gun rights to disperse the crowds. Because ali was among the group of people who entered the u. S. Compound hes an iraqi politician with post links to drug i was recently placed on the u. S. Sanctions he said the building is used to spy on iraq and will lead to its destruction. Crews in a strike between you to battle the bushfires ever ravaged vast areas of town for thousands of people in the southeast who trapped on beaches as flames spread around. The former chairman of the multinational col has fled to lebanon all from japan where he faces a trial of allegations of financial misconduct cost go and has a lebanese passport and was arrested in tokyo in 20. 00 iting but released under strict bio conditions he said he described injustice and political persecution hes a lawyer says his legal team holds free of guns passports and called his behavior inexcusable. June says calloused go on and to buy rumors on his french possible we now have confirmation from the lebanese government that mr going is indeed in lebanon there was a statement that was issued by a lebanese general security its a very brief statement it reads carlos cohen has entered beirut in a legitimate way and there is no need to pursue him legally i guess that really puts to bed the question as to if the lebanese authorities are going to be cooperating with any request by the japanese to perhaps extradite mr go and of course you know now because you know if there is no extradition treaty between japan and lebanon so that adds to the murkiness around this case we are indeed right now in eastern beirut its a rainy day where in the neighborhood i should be a behind me is one of the houses own by mr goh and we do not know if he is indeed there there is a bit of a security presence here right now one car from the internal Security Forces and a few of their Police People that are here guarding this house but theres been no other incidents to speak of out here today now there was a Statement Issued by mr goh in spokesperson in france several hours ago he had said that he was not fleeing justice but in fact he was escaping injustice now im paraphrasing theres let me read you a little bit more of what his statement said mr goh and said i am now in lebanon i am no longer hostage to a biased japanese judicial system where the presumption of guilt prevails where discrimination is widespread and where human rights are violated this in total disregard of the laws and International Treaties that japan has ratified and which it is bound to respect well the deadline for a gunman in the Central African republic to head of the weapons is pasta theres no sign that i have at least 40 people have been killed a dozen fighting between market trade is and groups in the capital bangui now the trade is issued to 40 all to the government to surrender their weapons or face a war the United Nations has sent more troops to the region but they are struggling to keep the peace. Most of the women who were detained in northwest chinas detention camps have accused or forages of abusing and forcing them to have abortions aljazeera has spoken to some that in part 2 of our special series a summer binge of reports on the plight of ethnic who say they now feel there is nothing they can do to bring their abusers to justice. On this wall in the in kazakhstan are the faces of people who were held in china relative say theyre being held in internment camps but beijing called reeducation camps to counter what it calls extremism. Was held in such a camp she didnt talk about her experience until after shed been awarded citizenship in kazakhstan she says abuse she suffered has scarred her for life and she frequently suffers headaches. When i was crossing the border they saw i am using whatsapp i was detained and sent for thera medical test they found i am pregnant and forced me to abort after the abortion they isolated me in a clinic they gave me some medicine which they said was for tuberculosis i dont know what it was members of the Turkey Community accuse chinese authorities of using abortions as a weapon against muslims either women afraid to reveal their identities have also told al jazeera about abuse at the camps the relative safe haven in kazakhstan is only for its nationals and does not apply to ethnic conflicts or chinese nationals and thats among the causes creating empty China Sentiment inside cars because. Dozens of people were arrested in neutral cardinal monti during in mt sinai demonstration in september when these men crossed illegally into gaza to stand after the reportedly freeze terrorist meant by chinese authorities. And where i get him only now risk being sent back to china activists see events like this fuel and to sign a sentiment and kazakhstan should not roll over for its powerful neighbor if it nick. Jews are prosecuted mass massively prosecuted for example in russia in europe israel states they will talk against of its governments must defend any ethnic cousin in the world this analysts working with a government funded think tank says the china kazakhstan relationship is a delicate subject as a domestic chinese internal affairs but as sometimes if you take take into account the United Nations motions on the we go if your stance or position. Was quite pragmatic and we abstained from voting. On. This motion so we have more independent stance and about the same time where realize that your political reality so i believe its. A style diplomacy where we try to sustain the relation the same time show our case some question why should kazakhstan oppose china with which it shares a 700 kilometer border with other muslim majority countries support beijing earlier this year more than a dozen member countries of the organization of islamic cooperation or i. C. Signed a statement in favor of chinas policies commenting on internment camps the Chinese ForeignMinistry Spokeswoman has said the reader ethnicity is part of the big family consisting of 56 ethnic groups in china tightly united together like the seeds of a pomegranate they are living a better life and fully enjoy freedom and rights china also enjoys friendly in close relations with the vast majority of muslim countries in the world. Many of because exceed chinas violating human rights on a large scale in the name of fighting terrorism they say their next generation has been killed before birth and their Muslim Identity is being systematically erased yet they argue there is no leader from the islamic world standing up to support them. Some of the job it out of syria and Marty Feldstein chinas president says he sincerely hopes for the best the whole call of its people and his new years televised speech see jumping his face melting pressure abroad because of the protests against beijings rule in hong kong that began in june the address also charms amid a looming phase one trade deal with the us china has seen its slowest Economic Growth in 3 decades to 20 years summarize that speech now and says the president s message for his domestic audience was one of devotion to country. During his new years eve speech she jinping seemed to emphasize 2 messages patriotism and unity this was really a speech that was about whipping up the National Fire of the Chinese People but reminding them of some of the main successes of the communist party this past year. 5 g. Technology the building of beijings new airport and most importantly the celebration of the 70th anniversary since the founding of the peoples republic of china it was quite a bit devoted to the splendor of the glory of that parade but there was one damn spot in xi jinping speech he mentioned the success of macau the 20th anniversary of macau which took place in december but also he mentioned that the Chinese People were quite concerned about what was happening in hong kong he said that not without mentioning directly the protesters that it was difficult for the people of hong kong to enjoy their lives without stability and you wish the hong kong people well now this speech very much is is also about. Rallying the people he actually mentioned that china is not afraid of any dangers of any obstacles of any barriers and i think thats a he was his subtle pointing to some of the challenges ahead and the reality is china is starting 2020 on the back foot this is a country which is experiencing a lot of difficulties at the moment he listed a lot of achievement of some of things he didnt mention was at the moment china is embroiled in this prayed with the u. S. Which has not seen a substantial resolution its seen these ongoing protests in hong kong it seems taiwan pulled away even further and its also seen a growing spotlight on reports of human rights abuses against the we can was a population engine john so for xi jinping this speech was all about really calling on the Chinese People to stick together really firing up that nationalism and also reminding him reminding them that is that there is a lot of hard work ahead and we see that Going Forward its not only going to be about positive. Messaging for the Chinese People what we also expect is a way to clamp down on any dissent that china is really going to intensify things like Patriotic Education and also rate prop probably going to see some ramping up of things like surveillance and censorship on behalf of the communist party. Now finally 2019 is be the year would people around the world rise up against their governments as it draws to a close aljazeera takes a look back at some of the years biggest stories. Demonstrate as you know my position to extradition. Now its the summer its called liberty is to say its become about much more than a personal i to about the future of this city. Place the way the political and social unrest is sweeping south america. They talk about. How long what you will is the man that challenges his illegitimacy on some day he is still the president of bolivia they choose day. And they mix so i this is how the end of 50 years of looked when president already bashir was deposed. After 18 months of protest and 4 months of negotiate sudans rigging meetings with him and the Opposition Coalition any kind of power sharing deal. Protests time to celebrations of the news of both of his resignation thank you its not about where you are legion says maya and this deeply divided sectarian countries. All walks of life are united against the political leadership. Panic among the crowds of protesters as gunfire and coast around central baghdad protesters say they want to live in an independent iraq thats a puppet United States in iraq. Thanks. To a diety. Entire School Systems collapsing we are in the beginning of a mass extinction and what you can talk about is money and fame details of challenge Economic Growth how did you. College in churches on one of the most important days of the christian calendar. This is what the end of the beisel self declared caliphate looks like. A move a car ill baghdadi is dead. The time is now run out. Boris johnson returned to downing street triumphant the conservatives had redrawn britains political map but. The result was never in doubt article one is adopting a neutral preferred us president in history to beat him to disgrace a Nobel Peace Prize winner the claim for years by the military now defending them and herself against charges of genocide. I accept this award on the awful video bins in the experience especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of peace this girl d is so resilient its so hot this is so low. This is al jazeera and these are the top stores members of the iranian backed group of their supporters have surrounded the u. S. Embassy in baghdad Iraqi Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds the protesters are continuously strikes on places along to an iranian backed shia militia and drug smuggler 14 as the lightest back to you. It seems that the bulk of the crowds have left the surroundings of the u. S. Embassy im standing in front of one of the entrances towards the green zone the Hanging Bridge and this is of course where the crowds entered this morning when they marched on the u. S. Embassy and now we understand that several. Fighters may have been injured when guards guarding the u. S. Embassy used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds this is of course because the Iraqi Security forces themselves were simply standing by and preventing this crowd as it marched on the embassy as it began throwing stones and burning cars of the outer walls. Crews in australia about the bushfires around the country thousands of people in the southeast have been trapped on beaches as flames spread around the well despite those blazes burning sydney is welcome being australias new year with a huge fireworks display. There was controversy over whether the show should have gone ahead is far far better with the sponsors flags on sydney harbor bridge have been flying at half mast for the 12 people being killed. And those are the headlines of news of course to. 0 right after the strike. Article 2 is it donald trump is now the president history of the United States to be just. What does this major event of the future of the rest. Of the trump impeachment on aljazeera. Ok and imo they could be what does it mean to be an arab american today comedian rami yousif joins the string to discuss his new food and series about family and identity and will be sharing your comments and questions with rami so tweet us or leave a comment on our live you tube shot and you too could be in the stream. That has a growing cultural shift in america Muslim Identity being forged by many of these 1st generation twentys and thirtys muslims grew up in the wake of the september 11th twin towers attacks feeling as if their entire identity focused on being