Iraqs National Security council has condemned american airstrikes on a powerful shia armed group and has warned it will rethink its relationship with the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 cut type hizbollah camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least 27. 00 fighters and injuring 51. 00 the group is allied with iran and has vowed revenge and all that if we are warning the United States as we warned before that there are legal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance iraqs Prime Minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty when iran says its terrorism type hezbollah is part of the Popular Mobilization forces belong with the iraqi army helped to defeat arsenal but the u. S. Says the strikes were a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against american personnel similar to fulton reports from Anbar Province. An unprecedented confrontation between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time. Im 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 koch 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 the republic of iran to take actions to put american men and women in jeopardy that type hezbollah is part of the Popular Mobilisation forces a Paramilitary Group set up to fight eisel its integrated into iraqs armed forces though the u. S. Has accused some factions in the pm of taking orders from to hand rather than baghdad until recently the us and the pm a fought side by side against isis following isis territorial defeat 2 years ago the us 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 that i know as an airbase 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 the i know acid attack the u. S. Publicly blamed the type hezbollah the Iraqi Government hasnt attribute it blame but has tightened security. Said the very increase security measures were. Cooperation with Coalition Forces there are surveillance patrols and additional troops to secure the outer perimeter of a search to protect the base investigations are continuing on to know but its not complete it. Promises of investigations have done little to reassure the u. S. 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 iraqi joint Operation Command in the iraqi intelligence has many details about the people who attacked the key wouldnt be cook Iraqi Government was confused because the pressure of could keep his blood is deeply entrenched in the Iraqi Parliament in 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 cease any unilateral actions neither the u. S. Nor the p. M. S. Appear to be listening both have to take action setting the stage for further escalation on a full Team Al Jazeera but that mike hanna is live for us in washington mike whats the latest reaction in the u. S. Senior Administration Official has briefed reporters saying that this has got to be categorized as a defensive action as he puts that however he says as well that its got to be seen in the context of raising the level of the terences reported against iranian proxies within iraq now the attacks were carried out on 3 bases in iraq 2 bases in syria this the Administration Says will command and control centers as well as weapons caches but also the Administration Officials say that this follows some 11 attacks by iranian proxies as they put it against bases on which they are u. S. Personnel the Administration Official says that President Trump has been very patient you says. This was a reaction to ongoing attacks against bases where there are u. S. Personnel. And might be if the iraqi National Security council says its going to rethink its relationship with the us led anti eisel coalition what if things go from here well thats a very serious indication indeed of full cream relations between the us and iraq which have not been too strong at all recently particularly with that power struggle going on within iraq and now there you heard from the iraqi National Security council now a Senior State Department official says that iraq had the opportunity to protect u. S. Personnel within the area as what he said were invited guests he insists that iraq has failed to do certain giving the indication that this attack was carried out because the iraqis were unable to guarantee the security of u. S. Forces who the state Department Official says were invited into iraq by the Iraqi Government but one must also note that reports from iraq indicate that the Iraqi Government was informed of the strikes short time before they happened the caretaker Prime Minister asked us not to carry out these strikes the u. S. Continued to do so so now raised into question the whole question of iraqi sovereignty there you heard from the iraqi National Security council the indication that this might have an impact on the relations of the government with that u. S. Led coalition operating in iraq mike hanna thank you very much. At least 23 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo fighters from the allied Democratic Forces and a tourist armed Group Northeast an overnight raid on a teen or 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni there were several protests and many in recent weeks with locals accusing un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks been following developments from nairobi and says people are walking to beni to seek refuge. The situation on the ground is not competent officials warn the death toll would likely rise because the killing spree went on for hours and many people still arent accounted for people say when the rebels entered the village they went from house to house putting everything in the pot killing everyone they saw including women and children people are now walking to binny town a walk that will take them hours going to get there they plan to sleep in churches or with family a. D. F. Rebels are from uganda but they will operate in the d. R. See that partly diaz for more than 20 years terrorizing the population people say theyre angry they dont feel protected by the army by the un and by the government they say the army took too long to get to them hours to eastern joining the attack by the time the army got to the village or the rebels had gone they say when it comes United Nations they feel that the un is doing nothing to help them a few weeks ago there were protests people demanding the un leave the country because they thought the u. N. Is doing nothing to protect them against the attacks from these rebels when it comes to the government that people feel the government of kinshasa to have marginalized a part of the country for years if you look at the infrastructure is really poor is not the much on the ground in terms of infrastructure solve a lot of people very angry and they say that they fear theyll be more attacks because they used to it and when this to be is an attack they feel theres no way to run but to look after themselves people in the capital are central app. Republican slowly rebuilding shops that were burnt to the ground last week balance erupted after shop owners began fighting local militia members who were demanding money at least 40 people were killed in thursdays clashes advantages in benghazi and says people are afraid that violence will break out again. Reconstruction look at the future 5 neighborhood martyred is ongoing dozens of stalls were burned or destroyed by the militias when it came at tacking on the French Mission in this part of attacking craters in the process right now traders are busy trying to organize work and reconstruct their stalls and start business going again for in the meantime this market has been closed by the authorities until when the car is fully restored in the market tension is tight in the way you spoke with ultimate and given to the im proves why traders will surrender their arms the warning is that if they dont lose in the next 48 hours or so there will be a tough one now people are afraid that things will get worse before they even get better. Judges in sudan has sentenced 29. 00 members of the Security Forces to death for torturing and murdering a protester according khartoum was packed for the verdict schoolteacher ahmed hair was killed in february during protests that eventually deposed president bashir 2 months later ever morgan is in sudans capital khartoum but people are celebrating the verdict. Hundreds of people erupted in joy outside the courtroom here in undermanned the tent city of sudans capital khartoum theyre celebrating the verdict that the judge issued when he sentenced 29 members of saddams Security Services to death over the killing of a protester in february now the story of the schoolteacher who was killed in february ahmed their group the nation especially when witness testimonies came out detailing how he was tortured to death by the Security Forces protesters have been demanding in february now for then president obama and bush are to step down now he was ousted by the military in april and a Transitional Government was formed in august but the demonstrations are still ongoing people are saying that they want justice and accountability for the deaths of fellow protesters activist day more than 200 people have been killed since the demonstrations began in december and people are saying that they want legal reforms and they want to make sure that despite a new attorney general and you head of judiciary and plays they dont want judges replaced want to make sure that every single protester who was killed now that theres justice for his or her death and theyre saying that they want to make sure that the full of president obama did bashir who was charged with inciting and participating in the going to the protestors is also sentenced to death so that they feel that their revolution is over and that the deaths of their fellow protesters did not go in vain. Still to come on aljazeera to attack expulsions secret missions on the run away former president explain whats behind the escalating diplomatic route between mexico spain and believe here plus with no medication if an editor or child gets sick they can die of People Living in one of americas most remote states are being cut off from health care. Hello there its a very cloudy picture across much of europe but not a huge amount of weather with it we have got a storm sitting in the eastern med and theres also quite a lot of fall which has been fairly slow has a clear but we havent had much of a moscow is snow so this has actually been trucked a look at talos us knows being brought in just to add to the festive spirit of boost everybodys spirits at this time of year the risen snow in the forecast but not a huge amount and temperatures again and i know its already below freezing so that snow that that could be melting pretty quickly if i have been a womans december in over 100 years now by choose the best system in the eastern med it is beginning to break apart want to see showers across into turkey and is generally a mild picture throughout europe about 11 degrees celsius in london on tuesday fairly cloudy with that 11 it clears and is brighter on wednesday but is it a bit cooler at 80 degrees that not bad at all in a good ass 11 the cloud is working its way across much of Eastern Europe and bits and pieces of snow in that it will say quite a mix of rain and snow a lot of this being picks up in moisture from the black sea then of course we have got the chances of more showers into Northern Africa is all part and parcel system a nice to med so showers into tripoli as we have to choose day and then tend to die away as we head into wednesday. The city defined by military occupation theres never been an arab state here with the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depot structure that maintains the can only project thats what we diffuse it was one of the sound of civil 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. Were going to run to the top stories here not just syria iraqs National Security council has condemned american airstrikes on a powerful shia group and has warned it will rethink its relationship with the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least 27 fighters and injuring 51. A rebel attack near beni in eastern democratic republic of congo has killed at least 23 people fighters from the allied Democratic Forces and a tourist on group an overnight raid in tina. And judges in sudan who sentenced 29 members of the Security Forces to death for torturing and murdering a protester schoolteacher and her was killed in february during protests that eventually deposed president bashir 2 months later. Spain says it will expel 3 bolivian diplomats as part of a tit for tat move comes after bolivias interim president asked 2 new spanish diplomats and the mexican ambassador to leave the country joining aeneas has criticized mexico after it granted asylum to former bolivian president evo morales and some of his aides annulus has also accused spain of trying to help arrises allies. Dont hold an is live in mexico city whats happening right now in this diplomatic spat john. Well you just said about what spains done and they call that in a press release reaction to bolivia is sort of hostile intentions and expelling their diplomats its all a bit quieter in mexico they havent spoken about expelling any bolivian diplomats yet and that might be because president Lopez Obrador is taking a break of ois he probably would have spoken about this in his Morning Press Conference but let me tell you a bit about why all this began and its basically all revolving around the fact that there are 9 but libyans aides or allies to expresident ever morale is the hold up in the mexican. Embassy in la paz bolivia they would say obviously that theyre fleeing political process persecution the interim government in bolivia says that it wants to get its hands on them because theyve committed treason or sedation now on friday these money diplomats went into the Mexican Embassy for more was apparently and in formal meetings when they came out again their security detail their bodyguards basically then taken them there were missing and the cars werent there either and thats because the residents seem to have sort of had a vigil or a siege however you want to put it around the embassy basically chased the cars away thats when all of this started believe there was a is obviously annoyed at mexico for letting those people have political asylum or asylum in the embassy so annoyed at spain probably for going for that meeting theres a lot of suspicion about whether they could escape using the cars and that seems sort of escalated to this situation where the mexican ambassador which is a pretty big deal and also this spanish diplomats have been expelled from the country and so they are presumably there beyond this is his right do we have any clear indication of and whats emerging as a kind of the real picture here. Yeah youre definitely right each of these factions and its a very sort of polarized situation i think if youre a government supporter youre thinking after just under 14 years of president president ever morale is and his party that the interim government has come here to try and clear up the mess to try and clear up some of the corruption and who is mexico to get in the way of that who is mitts going to give its president were released asylum and also to give these 9 officials asylum in the embassy on the other side of that you see not just former supporters supporters of president morales his party but others looking on saying well this is really a sort of a very conservative group theyve also theyve been against president were in his for a very long time theyre waiting for their chance to get back in power and there might be elements here of a political persecution of whats going on of more than just justice of wanted to try and get even after being out so long in opposing him for so long and theres also one final question about this also jimmy 9 years the interim president and this interim government they havent been elected their caretaker and theyre meant to be keeping charge until the next election the question is do they have the right to take these actions and also when will the elections be in bolivia when we will get a government thats actually been voted in by the people gentlemen thank you very much a volunteer firefighter has died while tackling a blaze in New South Wales as bushfires continue to rip through parts of australia 11 emergency warnings have been declared in the Southeastern State of victoria with 5 year old by extreme weather conditions tearing through the area tens of thousands of people have been evacuated more than 40000 square kilometers of land have been destroyed in recent weeks. Which is he said he says have sounded the alarm over lightning and thunderstorms which could spark more fires to jennifers hot air force. Strong winds and record heat this fire season in australia is being described as kind of traffic and now theres a new threat columns of smoke and heat from the flames are causing thunderstorms and lightning that could spread the fires and spark new ones we have recently issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Central Victoria including a specific warning for some severe thunderstorm cells that are moving towards the melbourne area. The fire threat is high in the states of New South WalesSouth Australia and for toria tens of thousands of people including tarus have been told its too late to leave as out of control fires burn year by theyve been advised to immediately seek shelter police are already very strong to get people out of those environments get the wife from the bush environment but as you know once you go on hold out sometimes you just get it from you tell a farms you disconnect from listening to the right yeah you actually. Fires in prolonged droughts are common in australia but this year the fire season started earlier than usual millions of hectors have burned over the past few months and more than a 1000 homes have been destroyed the government has been criticized for not tackling the fires fast enough. The 5 very quickly encroaching on. Areas and rural areas where people. Living their livelihoods through agriculture or they where they actually live volunteers are also struggling to save wild animals under threat the birds could get away so the birds are still around things like possums kangaroos wallabies one bats the kidneys all of them but we were just not getting the call out so. I dont know. The fires are already described as an unprecedented disaster and emergency crews are expecting conditions to worsen into the new year could see a little bit of a youn aljazeera. Spains state attorney has called for the release of catalonia has jailed a separatist leader. Who serving a 30 year sentence for sedition and misuse of public funds the gesture is widely seen as an active political goodwill because the socialist party is trying to persuade who cares as a party to help it form a government. Was elected as a member of the European Parliament in may and the state attorney has asked for him to be able to go to brussels to take his seat if not the top court so hes entitled to in unity as an elite politician or a challenge as far in the story from london as the state attorney isnt calling for only a who cares to be absolved of wrongdoing and. Whats going on here is an interesting mix of european justice spanish Justice Party politics in spain and also that nations experience with separatist sentiment the state attorney is certainly not recommending that the Supremes Court in spain releases oriel keris forever that he is now absolved of all wrongdoing but it is saying that he should be let out of prison to go to brussels to take up his position as an. Its also asking that the European Union essentially remove his diplomatic immunity has immunity as an m. E. P. Is doing all of this because the top court in the European Union the court of justice for the you said that that is what should happen but there is a Party Political context to all of this and that is that spends up to elections this year that have been basically inconclusive the socialists have won but not with the majority so the moment theyre doing lots of horse trading and trying to build a coalition one of the parties that theyre talking to is the catalan separate his party that can carry. Us is their leader also this is being seen in spain as a kind of goodwill gesture to try and help the socialists form that Coalition Government at the same time as looking like everything is being done in accordance with the letter of european law the u. K. Foreign office says its seriously concerned about whether a british woman received a fair trial in cyprus a court there found the woman guilty of lying about being gang raped by 12 israeli men. The 19 year old woman who cannot be named for legal reasons was arrested after police said she had withdrawn an accusation israelis had raped her in a hotel room at a Holiday Resort in july she was convicted of public mischief which carries a fine a jail term of up to one year or both the woman says she retracted her accusation under duress from police during persistent questioning without a lawyer present u. K. Will raise the case with the supernatural horror. Of the court. Was found to be offensive publicness chief. Of the court is respected however i would expect fully agree with it. We believe that there have been. Many violations in the procedure and that is a fair trial of a client have been violated. We are planning to appear to the Supreme Court. About the climate we find just. Released from the Supreme Court and some ask wish more im happy to hear that the court convicted the qs didnt found that all the allegations that she made against my clients were false charges i hope the court finds it right to serve her with a harsh sentence they will reflect the damage she has caused to my clients a sentence that will send a message of deterrence to all those accusers who find it ok to make up false plots against the sorbet teenage boy. Living in the us state closest to the north pole has its benefits like close knit communities and pristine wilderness but getting basic medical care in alaska can be a major problem as most places arent well connected by roads the local government Medicaid Program does assist with costs but budget cuts putting patients lives at risk native village of new talk how does your castro reports. Is simple in the village of new talk alaska surrounded by. I water and the arctic tundra the 350 you pick natives who live here hunched their own food and take care of each other the best they can but when someone sick help is much further away that doctors are aware that the my right the only. Albertine a charles is a schoolteacher to get to an eye doctor and shell have to leave new talk by plane she makes the journey every other month at a cost of thousands of dollars the alaskan governments Medicaid Program pays for the transportation even though i work even though. Money. I have kids i have kids. I care and money more than a 3rd of new talks residents live in poverty in a state thats been an economic recession since 2015 alaskas governor slashed the Medicaid Budget last summer eliminating nonemergency adult dental care and cutting payments to specialists and travel providers by 5 percent thats led to fears of doctors and airlines dropping out of the state Health Program which many alaskan natives depend on with no magician if another or child gets sick they can die. We are now in the city of anchorage were albertine as i specialist doctor is found to get here she has to take 2 flights to cross 800 kilometers of mountain and i guess a journey well known to many rural alaskans wellwood began. Yesterday morning we tried to catch right through your locally down here but there were there was that the castle their flight marry a park well finally see a neurologist after 2 days of travel i asked what she do without the government paid flights to the hospital just understand. Its unfair to the to penalize this group of people who do live in a remote area by not letting them have their you know medically necessary care the governor has warned more budget cuts are to come will be felt deeply here in rural alaska where the most vulnerable and isolated populations are found. Castro aljazeera new talk alaska and a quick reminder you can catch up anytime with all the news and the sport on our website the address for that is home and you can also watch us live by tricking on the orange live icon out there. Top stories are now jazeera iraqs National Security council has condemned american airstrikes on a powerful shia group and has warned it will rethink its relationship with the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting eisel american warplanes hit 3 qatari hizbollah camps in iraq and 2 in syria killing at least 27. 00 fighters and injuring 51. 00 the group is allied with iran and has vowed revenge iraqs Prime Minister has called the attacks a breach of sovereignty but the u. S. Says the strikes were a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against american personnel. Nor that if we are warning the United States as we want before that theyre illegal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance. At least 23 people have been killed in a rebel attack in eastern democratic public of congo fighters from the allied Democratic Forces and a tourist armed Group Launched an overnight raid on 18 kilometers northwest of the city of beni there been several protests in many in recent weeks with locals accusing un peacekeepers of failing to protect them against rebel attacks. Judges in sudan have sentenced 29. 00 members of the Security Forces to death for torturing and murdering a protester the court in khartoum was packed for the verdict schoolteacher ahmed hair was killed in february during protests that eventually deposed president Omar Al Bashir 2 months later. Spains as it were expelled 3 bolivian diplomats as part of a tit for tat move it comes on to bolivias interim president to spanish diplomats mexican ambassador to leave the country. And years it was criticized mexico off it granted asylum to form a libyan president every neuron is and some of his aides and uses are so accused spain of trying to help around his allies. A volunteer firefighter has died while tackling a blaze in New South Wales as bush was continue to rip through parts of australia 11 emergency warnings have been declared in southeast state of victoria with fire fueled by extreme weather conditions tearing through the area. 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