Libyan war of Khalifa Haftar schools to libyans as turkish troops prepare to join the war. Also ahead the china replaces its top official in hong kong after 7 months of antigovernment protests. Thousands of people have gathered in baghdad to mourn the targets of fridays u. S. Air strikes that killed Major General custom so their money a huge funeral procession was held for the top iranian commander as well as for iraqs the that the deputy leader of the iran backed Popular Mobilization forces iraqs a caretaker Prime Minister added up to the also attended and anti u. S. Rallies have continued across neighboring iran with thousands denounced sunday manis assassination and as uncertainty grows over how iran will respond when nato has suspended a Training Mission in iraq citing safety concerns we have correspondents covering the story from the middle east and the u. S. Patty culhane a standing by for us at the pentagon but 1st lets go to salma been job that hes in the iraqi capital and were
As strikes on baghdad. Firefighters in australia brace themselves for another difficult day as hot and windy conditions continue to fuel widespread bushfires. We begin with breaking news from libya medical sources say at least 20 students at a minute she academy in tripoli have been killed in an air strike by forces loyal to warlord holly for have to its the latest attack in half his ongoing offensive to try to seize control of the libyan capital from the un recognized government after us forces are backed by egypt the u. A. E. And saudi arabia. Syria correspondent Mahmoud Abbas will have joins us live on the phone from tripoli serve you gather more information about the strike. Were now in front of one of the main hospitals in the city center of the libyan capital one of the victims of the end of strike would burn out of here medical sources here in this hospital say that they were not able to identify the victims because most of the dead victims buddies were burned also they say that
Is just trying very hard to make things very very difficult for the iranians at this time certainly though the foreign minister foreign minister zarif even though hes got these restrictions is still managing to do from that residence where he is confined to do interviews with the u. S. Media outlets and james then i so youre saying the United Nations are saying that theyre concerned but can they actually do anything about this about these restrictions given that theyre in america. Well theres something a treaty which was drawn up when the un decided to have new york has its as its basis known as the host country agreement i can tell you that there are diplomats ive spoken to who say not really clear whether the us has breached the agreement by the letter of the agreement but most diplomats have spoke to said certainly it breaches the spirit of the agreement and i suspect therell be some other diplomats from countries that are friendly to iran possibly for example the russians who may w
Days process and how to have continued demanding accountability for the killings of protesters to be part of any final agreement that something the forces for freedom and change have fed it with you. While the military council and the forces for freedom and change coalition gathered in khartoum expressed optimism in the deal that has been signed not all members of the coalition are on board with the progress that has been made several armed groups have been meeting here in ethiopia say that the deal bypasses them and needs to be revised. The armed groups known as sudans revolutionary front say they want the issues of ongoing conflict in darfur blue nile and Nuba Mountains and how to resolve them stated clearly in any agreement for a transitional period otherwise the deal would not represent the whole country are going to have somebody to sit on the year this will dance revolution out of frog his that is of essence on what has been agreed upon in the way the negotiations have been going
Kurdish separatists in Northern Iraq the Kurdistan Workers Party has denied responsibility after speculation in turkish media since i think this defeat security has been relaxed in iraqs kurdish region many aid organizations run their operations from a real because the Northern City is viewed as relatively secure but this attack on the turkish Diplomatic Team go through the fragility of security in iraq. Baghdad. Still to come on aljazeera why turkey is warning the u. S. That the relationship between the 2 countries could deteriorate. And a creative trip back in time attempts to take a look at the future of france and european politics. Hello there fairly quiet picture across much of the middle east in a few showers across turkey of the last few days theres a little bit of cloud on the satellite you can see its beginning to push in really from the east and over the mediterranean and that will be bringing with it again the charles i want to shout into more rain again around this coast o