I. Am contesting on into 2020 the defiance is set to continue in hong kong. Iraqi protesters have taken their anger against u. S. Airstrikes on a shia group to americas embassy in baghdad theyre protesting over sundays u. S. Air strikes in iraq and syria targeting a powerful iranian backed group the hezbollah brigades 27 fighters were killed so fulton begins our coverage with this report from baghdad. Angry and determined they marched across the river tigris through unmanned checkpoints into the heart of the fortified green zone thousands of members of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces and their supporters surrounded the compound of the u. S. Embassy to deliver a stern warning notice. This is a message to trump and to the American Embassy and consulate in baghdad. Watch out you have touched our soldiers and our brothers they set fires at the outer gates as they tried to get inside the Embassy Grounds the situation appears to be escalating now with hundreds perhaps thousands of members of the Popular Mobilization for setting the leads to the close of the us embassy there for Rolling Stones their burning ceased the trying to climb the wall to reach the u. S. Embassy compound and theyre chanting antiamerican slogans theyre demanding the waves roll off american troops from iraq. The action is in response to u. S. Airstrikes that killed dozens of fighters from the hezbollah brigades which form part of the Popular Mobilization of forces it all began as a funeral procession to honor those killed crowds pay their respects as the bodies passed by and vowed to avenge their deaths and the other on the list although not all of this character the act was carried out by the u. S. And israel they will pay a high price we will take a strong stand and we will not forget the blood of the martyrs as long as theres breath inside of us we will tell them that we are here on the streets and we are here to stay and there will be an aggressive response to their bases are not saying. Top pm of the year supported this march including hard money the leader of the biggest bloc in parliament and there is. A bullet an insurgency after the u. S. Led invasion in 2003 they pledged to use both military and political means to expel u. S. Troops that are part of the dawn of 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 the u. S. Embassy is located in the heavily fortified green zone for months Iraqi Security forces have guarded it again. Antigovernment protesters but this time they appear to have orders to stand down the Prime Minister has condemned the attack on the embassy but the fact that these crowds have been allowed to reach the embassy gates appears to signal the governments implicit endorsement of the message theyre trying to send iran has strong relations not only with the security groups that we talk about that weve been talking about but also with the political groups with the institutions with state and state actors inside iraq and across the political spectrum from and kurdish groups. Through loudspeakers crowds in Tahrir Square whove camped out for months to protest against the government and the iranian influence renounced any connection to the group that entered the green zone this attack on the u. S. Embassy could turn into a diplomatic crisis many fear it could be the beginning of an escalating proxy war between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil say want a full team aljazeera baghdad. Ok lets go live now to washington and my colleague Gabriel Elizondo hes there were donald trump has been tweeting about the unrest as of tuesday cable gets there in just a 2nd of these reports talking about the u. S. Considering sending more forces into iraq how do we read that. Yeah there are reports in us media here on tuesday evening that the u. S. Could be sending as many as 4000 troops to the middle east very soon in the wake of these protests in baghdad outside of the u. S. Embassy reports are that the entire 82nd airborne of the u. S. Army is big division has already been given deployment orders and that 500 paratroopers are already in route to kuwait its important to note that this is not yet confirmed we have reached out to the pentagon the pentagon will not confirm this with us however we are potentially expecting the pentagon to issue a statement about this potential new Troop Deployment in the coming hours if this is true it would mean a dramatic escalation in the number of forces that are being sent to the middle east so far only about 100 u. S. Marines that were based in kuwait were sent to the u. S. Embassy where they are now buffer security there in the hours in the beginning hours of the protests outside the embassy in separate news secretary of state mike palm pale gave an interview tuesday evening to c. B. S. News new United States he basically called the protests outside the embassy a very serious situation but said at no time was the u. S. Ever considering evacuating the embassy in his words he said that iran was directly responsible he said again in his words this is all for stems from irans state sponsored terrorism that according to the secretary of state and if thats not enough tuesday evening as well the president of the United States donald trump sent out a tweet where he again pointed the finger directly at iran i want to read you exactly what the president said in a tweet tweet he said iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost or damage incurred at any of our. Hes they will pay a very big price this is not a warning this is a threat before finishing the tweet with happy new year so what youre hearing here is basically pompei on one side saying our embassy is now safe its under control but on another hand potentially more troops going to the middle east and the administration again on tuesday evening making threats to iran the big question is what do they plan to do with these threats is it just threats verbal threats threats on twitter or to visit does the administration have bigger plans or of a response to what they say is irans responsible for this those questions just arent known at this point understood gabriel thank you very much the north Korean Leader kim jong il has promised to soon launch quote a new strategic weapon denuclearization talks which he and washingtons told in october south korean media is reporting that in his annual address to his party kim said the u. S. Would suffer helplessly if it continued to delay discussions he accused the white house of making gangster like the moms correspondent tracking the story for us out of the bureau in so i has to this new strategic weapon do we know if theyve got the technology in pyongyang to come up with something this new. Thats right peter i mean people are still trying to work out exactly what kim jong un was were talking about when referring to a new strategic weapon of course over this in the past couple of weeks there have been these tests satellite launching sites of what were presumed to be new engines this could be part of what was what hes talking about there a development of a new engine of course while much has been made of the fact that over the past 2 years there havent been any launches of a longer range Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles there have been developments of the shorter range missiles of the submarine launched missiles were met weapons with guidance systems and so on so that could be what hes referring to here all of that development has been continuing but what people are concerned about is whether kim judgment would return to launching longer range missiles or indeed do any Nuclear Testing so people have been looking to this new year address new years day when they make these announcements about what the future is going to hold whether the new path might involve those things so certainly kim jong un seems to have be suggesting that that north korea will return to developing a Nuclear Deterrent interestingly though the kim jong un has said that just how Much Development they do depends upon the american so it does seem as though he is leaving the door slightly open to some possible agreement at some point in the future but it does seem as though the current path of negotiations and all of this summit diplomacy does seem to have ended for now but when you compare what hes saying today with the statements that were made 18 months ago at that famous singapore summit talking about the singapore declaration of a denuclearized korea it obviously leaves that agreement for the moment at least in tatters peter rob well leave it there many thanks. Lightning strikes have started new bushfires in the australian state of victoria as the crisis there and neighboring New South Wales threatens to get even worse hundreds of people remain trapped on a beach for a 2nd day as they seek shelter from growing bushfires in southeastern australia the navy is preparing to evacuate people by sea and from the waterfront in the town of in victoria in the state of New South Wales tons of cloaked in orange and red haze at least 12 people have died more now from laura. But. As a massive water pyros towards the town of. 4000. 00 people flats towards the beach those with boats went one step further as now the 5 fronts come through. Every one side the sound its got to get out of the dogs up the crowd that supplies but i never see them or get. The fire burning across 730 square kilometers i think day began and could resit it turn to day to night this video was recorded. Were just getting some invisible and i have a name so i reckon that they say. That in the words of no east at the moment and it started in the town of no it didnt get me a 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 beach front victorias premier looked towards the Australian Defense force for help while fire bosses tried to calm residents not just but across the states the number of communities are actually isolated 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 impacted communities in the neighboring states of New South Wales scenes repeated the. Immunity of burma come to the local surf club with the ocean as their exit and this was a bait during the new years holiday coastal towns a popular vacation spots authorities of tens of thousands of holidaymakers to go home or cancel the plans this is a very unfair Evacuation Center if work is really bad its hard. Apocalyptic this is very. Major cities of not escape the choking smoke and flames a monday 100000 people were urged to evacuate from 5 melbourne suburbs this was filmed in western sydney just so far with. Australias wildfire season is breaking records. The 1st major fire 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 and the full heat of summer has yet to arrive. Aljazeera. Still to come here on aljazeera 3 year a violent protest over his economic policies the french president tries to call me and go with the new years address. Allegations of forced abortions we speak to Ethnic Council acts who say they were detained alongside reka muslims in china. Hello the crowd has been streaming steadily eastwoods across the central areas of china but the good news that it is taking with its a plenty of those rain showers so not a bad at all generally on wednesday temperatures not to about double figures in shanghai some good sunshine 20 degrees in hong kong and also a much drive picture generally troels much of taiwan we got a few showers into the northern sections of luzon and also these coastal as of it now in the shadows tending to stand the picture as we go into thursday but that is when we will see more showers into mono than and central areas of the philippines from there we had a tools the south across into indonesia and some fairly widespread here rain here we have also right across into western borneo but really its much heavier father to the south so a fairly tried they generate through the mill a peninsula and across into somalia its going to be java where we see the heavy rains as we go through wednesday on thursday so at 28 in jakarta but a wet couple of days ahead and then from there we head across towards india the story has been about the cold and also the focus weve been impacting areas to the north end but take you to new delhi and that fold has been very dense and very very slow decay so this is what has been looking like for several days now there is no real change in the full cost but generally but mild on wednesday with a high of 70. A city defined by military occupation theres never been an arab state here the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but has the power structure that maintains the can only project thats what we refuse it was one of the founders of for settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour additional u. S. Troops have arrived in baghdad to secure the American Embassy after it was targeted in a day of violent protests there angry over u. S. Airstrikes in iraq and syria on sunday irans rejected u. S. Accusations that it was behind the of rest the north Korean Leader kim jong un is vowing to develop what he calls a new strategic weapon denuclearization talks between pyongyang and washington stalled in october lightning strikes have started new bushfires in the australian state of victoria as the crisis there and neighboring New South Wales threatens to get even worse the navy is preparing to evacuate hundreds of people trapped on a beach in the town of monaco to. Hong kongs new Year Celebrations were scaled back this year because of security concerns and months of violent antigovernment protests the citys traditional fireworks display was significantly reduced but demonstrators werent deterred thousands still gathered across the financial. Including along the waterfront and to china demonstrations and into the 6 months protest is a calling for greater freedom from beijing Florence Louise in hong kong she says new years celebrations havent distracted protesters. Away from the new year festivities away from the neon lit shopping streets of hong kong protesters have gathered here outside a subway station this protest is to mark 4 months since police stormed the subway station images from that day show police hitting people with baton firing pepper spray passes by were caught up in the violence now and this that incident angered a lot of people here who have accused police of using Excessive Force now one of the demonic protesters has been making the start of these protests nearly 7 months ago its great to have these accountability. They want an independent investigation into alleged Police Misconduct in january a preliminary report is due by the Police Watchdog but protesters say that and not enough because they deem that agencies like the independent now theres no indication that the government is ready to meet this deadline and processes have said they will continue with that push for more protests into the new year. Chinas president says he sincerely hopes for the best for hong kong and its people in his new year address. The situation in hong kong has been if anybodys concern over the past few months without a harmonious and stable environment how can there be a home where people can live and work happily we sincerely hope for the best for hong kong and its competitor its a prosperous and stable hong kong is the aspiration for hong kong to compare traits as well as the expectation of the people of the motherland. Muslim women who were detained in detention camps in the northwest of china have accused the authorities of abusing them and forcing them to have abortions aljazeera spoke to some of them in part 2 of our special series of reports on the plight of ethnic kazakhs who say they 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 they are being held in internment camps but beijing calls 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 whats up i was detained and sent furthur a medical test they found im 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 wants 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 the China Sentiment inside. Dozens of people were arrested in. Tunnel marty during an n. T. Sign a demonstration in september these men crossed illegally into gaza to stand after their reportedl