Hit the country. We begin in turkey where parliament is due to vote on a government motion to deploy troops to libya im curious suppose the un recognized the ministration in tripoli thats been fighting against the warlord honey for have top his forces launched an offensive to capture the capital last april when turkey says its troops will protect its rights the mediterranean and interests in libya and current tripoli have recently signed deals on military cooperation and maritime borders but opposition parties in turkey are against the government they say on christmas 1st give priority to a diplomatic solution. Lets go straight to ankara mamadou is live for us now mohammed so the Turkish Parliament is still debating on this motion to deploy troops to libya is it likely to be approved because there has been some opposition to it. Well yes 1000 some opposition to that and then. They are right now about to conclude the debate on it which has been heated to solve with opposition m. P. s from the c. H. P. And the e. U. Told solo poles in the deployment of troops to libya saying that turkey should not be caught. In the mickey quad way that libya is and is saying that we still remembering you know the problems weve got involving forces in syria or libya would be. Another problem altogether. Expecting them to vote on the motion very soon the government the governing Party Quality is quite confident that it has the numbers together with its affiliates. To. Carry the day and many officials here saying that its just a matter of formality that event thats happening now and that this motion will sail through without any problems and lets just remind our viewers what exactly are turkeys interest in libya that is so desperate to protect. Well theres a lot of play here of course. In the florida government is saying that it was a moral obligation and sitting invitation from 3 Police Government that is the internationally recognized government. Saying that libya is. A neighbor. Its a matter of time it doesnt matter time bought out with. Techie house to house but again it is a lot of interest also play because turkey has also signed a maritime boundary i gleam and with libya which gives it an upper hand in the ongoing scramble whole. Natural result in the eastern part of the mediterranean and they know if the government in tripoli loses to the war the least deal will be off the table and thats one of the things thats making not only. Quicken the pace with which this whole plan has been going to be really a cheat to unsee is to deploy its troops to tripoli. Mohammed thank you. Is in libyas capital he explains the importance of the turkish intervention. Its definitely very crucial to the battle to defending the capital tripoli against have to those forces as you know that Government Forces say that have been supported by regional and International Powers including advanced weapons from the United Arab Emirates russian mercenaries from the Company Along with the african mercenaries from sudan and chad has been also supported by egypt so they say that the turkish expected intervention to fight along with the Government Forces is crucial to this battle to defend tripoli as you know in the worst of libya since this. Started in april their prize has been very heavy as you know over a 1500 people have been killed so far including civilians over 140000 people have been forced out of their homes because of the fighting so all institutions in the west of the country are united with a government of National Accord in this military Cooperation Agreement with the. Government of National Accord to d. M. Me. Being in this desperate situation being threatened by. This blatant aggression. Enjoys support from. Others with weapons and with personnel with the air force and so on. So raj had not choice but to book or. To see any hope that he can get this point so now all eyes in the west of libya are on turkey today to see what is going to come out of that part of incision in Parliament Session in turkey in the west of libya the Government Forces seem to be in desperate need of this military intervention to make change on the ground to change the balance of power on the ground in favor of their government of National Accord meanwhile greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign off on a multibillion dollar pipeline agreement the east med pipeline as its known will begin in israels levantine basin offshore gas reserves and run across the mediterranean to the greek on in the crete and then on to the greek mainland it could provide up to 10 percent of the e. U. s natural gas needs will manisha tank in is an International Oil and Energy Consultant for one former Research Officer at opec in vienna he says this is more of a political move by the 3 countries than a viable commercial project at this stage they go she shows between these 3 countries 1st it was between cyprus and greece when this gas was discovered 4 or 5 years ago and then israel joined this negotiations have been going on the political liberal quite a many times last summer as world war 2 it is for to my mind it is still missing that commercial Company Aspect that has to be investment of 67000000000. 00 committed to this it is mired in political controversy and there is scope of to keep challenging it and so on so there would not be a commercial Company Ready to invest that much in this whole project is more it cannot be more a political issue. A belgian judge just suspended the process of extraditing castle and separatist leader god lets put them all to spain who jamal fled to belgium of a 2 years ago and lives there in selfimposed exile he had called in the Spanish Supreme Court to drop the european arrest order against him and shelled the investigation into his role in the 2017 failed bid for independence taiwans military chief and 7 other people have been killed in a Helicopter Crash and forced general shiny ming and other officials were travelling to visit troops in the north east when it disappeared from radar france louis reports. A tangled mess of metal and this is where the black hawk helicopter came down in a mountainous area near taipei it was flying from the capital to the northeastern city of iran but it lost contact shortly after takeoff. As soon as the helicopter disappeared from writer to blackhawk helicopters took off from song sang airport to the side soldiers from the lang young military command were also dispatched to search and rescue. The Defense Ministry says it set up a task force to investigate the cole and there were 13 people on board among the dead is taiwans military chief general shen. He was responsible for overseeing the islands defense against china which considers taiwan as its own territory and has threatened to use military force to take back control of taiwan holds president ial and parliamentary elections on january 11th and the president chiding when its seeking a 2nd term a political analyst says the military chiefs death will likely impact the Campaign Talking Points once the kerry dates returned to campaigning i think well see the president saw i emphasize that she has been a supporter of the military and shes been a supporter of increased military spending and the other side will probably look a way to criticize for example by saying yeah you spend more money on the military but youre not spending it correctly youre not spending it on an update as for example that will probably be talking boyd from the other sat there have been a number of incidents involving blackhawk helicopters in recent years the latest was in 2018 when a black hawk crashed off taiwans east coast killing the 6 people on board florence italy right. Now at least 21. 00 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides in indonesia 18 hours of heavy rain caused rivers to burst submerge in parts of the capital jakarta and surrounding areas tens of thousands of people have been taken to temporary shelters scott haida reports. The heaviest rainfall in more than a decade has caused deaths and flooding in jakarta and surrounding areas in west java. The rain began on tuesday night and triggered landslides on the citys outskirts indonesias Meteorology Department has called the rain very extreme nearly 20000 people were stranded as jakartas domestic airport was shut down after its runway became submerged people have drowned and others have died from hypothermia or been electrocuted as Power Supplies were damaged by the flooding thousands were forced to evacuate their homes crews are pumping out flooded areas and rescuing those who are stranded the Indonesian Disaster Agency says the rains and rising rivers have submerged at least 90 neighborhoods flooding is common in jakarta this is month soon season and forecasters say more downpours are on their way its got harder aljazeera time for a short break here not just here at one of the comeback dramatic rescue in australia the nabi helps thousands stranded by fires and one comes to town. I think we should have a debate on health care. 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Hello again welcome back to your International Weather forecast well we are going to expect some more rain here across parts of southeastern china its going to be a chilly rain temperatures for hot maybe only getting to about 70 degrees as your forecast high here on friday a lot of rain extending down towards the south as well as we go towards saturday though rain starts to break up we are going to be seeing how do i though a rainy day and a shower read a few with a temperature of about 26 degrees well here across jakarta the flooding has been deadly over the last few days were going to expect to see more rain over the next few days but not as heavy as what we have seen about 200 millimeters of rain has fallen in the last 48 hours 31 degrees here on friday maybe popping up to about 32 as we go towards saturday you factor in the admittedly the heat its going to feel more like 35. 00 as a heat index there and then across india we are talking about rain for the north as well as the east the good news is this is breaking up that smog situation that they have been dealing with this winter where hes seeing the rain making its way a little bit more towards east kokoda attempt a few of 21. 00 degrees as we go towards bangladesh the rain continues at 18 and as we go towards saturday we expect to see the rain start to ease across much of the area but cloudy down here towards the south it is going to be a cloudy and white day for tonight with a temperature of 29. 00 degrees for you. On this the last time you out of the stress tests and whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every level or layer further and further into the jail oh if you join us on sand and she has to start from day one again youre in detention or youre incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a voice but i think that the states that supply clock coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on how does iraq. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour the Turkish Parliament is expected to vote soon on a government motion to deploy troops to libya members are meeting now to debate the issue ankara says the forces will protect its rights in the mediterranean and interests in libya. Greece israel and cyprus are expected to sign off on a multibillion dollar pipeline agreement doesnt odds with turkey and libyas plans in the same area pipeline would run from israels offshore gas reserves across to the greek names. On taiwans top military officer shiney main has been killed during a Helicopter Crash along with 7 other people helicopter made an Emergency Landing on the north of the island rescue teams have since been dispatched. Members of an iran backed group have withdrawn from the us embassy in iraq off the 2 days of surrounding the building theyre angry over the u. S. Attack on sunday that killed 27 people from that has been our brigades a Popular Mobilization of forces and others an attempt across the tigris river facing the American Embassy demanding the withdrawal of all foreign troops. Elsewhere in baghdad there were more antigovernment protests there also calling out iraqi forces for what they say was a muted response to the radian Bank Protesters in comparison theyve seen weeks of violent crackdowns on their own movement at least 485 people have died since those protests began in october some of the folks in has more now from the iraqi capital. Life at the u. S. Embassy appears to be returning to normal people are back at work and some cleanup operations have begun to remove some of the damage as a result of the fires that have been said to be out of gates and to remove some of the antiamerican graffiti that had been sprayed on the outer walls following the order of the leaders of the Popular Mobilization forces last night to withdraw those crowds basically marched back across the tigris river and a few of them have now set up camp on the other side of the river just across from the United States embassy but the numbers are quite small were seeing a few dozen people some of whom had to have set up camp and of course these people consist of the members and supporters of the Popular Mobilization force and specifically the brigades which is the group 7 that was targeted by the United States in those latest airstrikes the demonstrators in Tahrir Square who of course have camped out for almost 3 months demonstrating against the government and against foreign influence in iraq specifically iranian influence they have renounced any kind of links to the crowd that marched on the u. S. Embassy and besieged it for almost 2 days what they are saying is that they have nothing to do with those crowds that they dont represent them because of course that crowd actually embodies many of the grievances that these protesters have voiced they want the government to do more to rein in the groups under the Popular Mobilization forces. Interpol has issued a red notice alert for the foreman is sand chairman colace cohen requesting all thora to use in lebanon detain him japanese prosecutors earlier raided go ins tokyo home he fled to beirut despite living under strict bell conditions he was awaiting trial for financial misconduct go into holds lebanese citizenship says he left to escape what he calls political persecution lebanese Authorities Say the enter the country legally at least 36 people have been killed during attacks on a displaced persons camp in sudans west darfur region government Officials Say theyre trying to calm the latest wave of the Ethnic Violence thats forced people to flee arab tribesmen arrive at the camp and reportedly started shooting killing and burning according to a Un Peacekeeping spokesman. And in sudans capital khartoum people are protesting against the attacks the new Government Centers that have sent troops to the region to help stop any further violence. Evacuations have begun and relief supplies arrive for thousands of australians stranded in fire ravaged towns 8 people have been killed this week in New South Wales and victoria where 17 people are missing that is reports. 4000 astray leonids were forced onto the beach and stranded here for 3 days now how has arrived for the victorian town of mela cooter the navy ferried people out by the only route possible this ship masked in the smoky haze at the moment were moving people way up or see if the smart clear it will be our brigade aircraft into melich her to towards the still not transportation of people out of there as well when you want to they have a narrow window or high temperatures and strong winds a forecast for australias southeast on saturday in New South Wales fire and rescue has advised her to leave the residents to prepare for extreme fires in the shaded areas from batemans bay south to the Victorian Border a 250 kilometer distance down the coast and another block inland i think the big thing that weve got on the wide the my mood is that its the largest mass rely cashen of people out of the region that will get a sign people are going have to the rights people are queuing up to get into petrol stations through traffic is unable to get or really have to go to help them to get out of thousands heeded the advice to leave batemans bay and drive north towards sydney many with nothing left to say but themselves and a house is gone its completely burnt we found out yesterday morning to show. We went out there that the block that we were on has been burnt from one thought of the other does not apply to grass on it theres nothing left. About 1300. 00 homes have been destroyed in New South Wales since the fire season began in october its been