President s policy pudge. Below Maryam Namazie in london this is aljazeera also coming up tens of thousands of survivors of the iran iraq of quake face a desperate future as the government scrambles to provide an eight frankly i had no real recollection of this meeting the u. S. Attorney general changes his story but insists he did not lie to congress about contacts between the russians and Trumps Campaign team. Was i will tell you about the speech schools taking children off the streets and into education in liberia. Zimbabwes ruling party says it will never succumb to pressure from the army and as warm the military chief against meddling in politics on monday general Constantino Chiwenga said the army was prepared to intervene if the pudges continued within zanu p. F. Party since then four Armored Vehicles have been seen on a road outside the zimbabwean capital harare a witness told the Reuters News Agency that two more were parked beside the main road from harare to chinoy is on a p. F. Described monday statement by the army general as treasonable conduct last week mugabe sacked his Vice President a man who has close ties to the military many believe what bobbys wife grace is being prime for the presidency and a hoax to report. Some regard it as a standoff between the old guard and then youre on the one side a huge faction daughter grace mcgarvey the wife of the longtime president on the other some of those who fought for the countrys independence miniature leaders including general constantine chinwag seen as being loyal to the ousted Vice President and defense minister. You cannot benefit from this one. With the former minister of defense and. The current page which is general spoke to reporters twenty four hours warning the military will intervene if the targeting of former war fighters continues. Counterrevolutionary elements. In the party must be exposed and fished out. Zimbabwes military leadership is powerful but usually stay silent not this time. The general spoke out a week after his ally. Was sacked as Vice President and expelled from the ruling zanu p. F. Party its understood his ousting father to raul with the president s wife grace mugabi. When a gag was removal its been seen as boosting the first ladys leadership. The faction dispute and the ruling party is nothing new with the ailing president forced to publicly intervene last year when the g forty or generation forty section clashed with the war veterans within the zanu p. F. You know this fracture that fracture. Shatter you. Know mugabe is the worlds oldest leader at ninety three years old having been in power for the food he is secure engine ways independents throughout his time in office has counted on support from the military the army has always maintained it would only support candidates to succeed him who fought in the independence war. A. Crisis fifty two year old wife its not only new veterans the latest route is pushing roman grabbing and a difficult position ahead of the zanu p. F. For the next month i dont know. Alex my guy so what as an adviser to the former Prime Minister of zimbabwe morgan chang you told me earlier that there may be factions within the army that would not support any action against. This is the first time that were seeing a really tense situation pitting the military making some very tough commonness and threatening to take drastic action although without specifying what drastic action that would be and of cause i think a lot of people are worried there is also a lot of excitement people are really fed up with the government of mr mugabe and theyre saying whatever it is that helps them to get rid of the system there will coming it you must not forget also that hes also a beneficiary of the military intervention in politics for a number of years since two thousand and two the military has come out in support of mr mugabe and thats why some of us are saying hes being eaten by a monster that he created theyre now threatening his presidency theyre also threatening the ambitions of his own life he seems to have been promoting over the last few months he may have people within the military who support him there is no indication that the whole military or security establishment is in support of those who are against mugabe there may be people in there who support him and they will probably defend him in the event that there is a conflict and that would portend some very difficult situation for zimbabwe. Thousands of iranians are enjoying a second night sleeping outside in freezing temperatures after their homes were destroyed in sundays powerful earthquake on the iran iraq border an earlier report that five hundred thirty people had been killed is now been revised down to more than four hundred thirty almost all of them in iran the number of people injured in the seven point three magnitude quake now stands at almost eight thousand new fokker. Terms line the main road into the city of kermanshah hardest hit in sundays earthquake more than one hundred aftershocks followed many survivors now feel safer living in the open with belongings salvaged from their ruined homes. All of a sudden we started to feel shaking we tried to take shelter next the wall but then left our building immediately one of our neighbors died and my brother was injured. When we felt the quake hit my wife and i took cover we managed to rescue but my wife fractured her back the seven point three magnitude quake lasted only four minutes but struck with immense force when it was over hundreds were dead thousands injured and vast sections of this city destroyed. Further afield more than two thousand villages and seven more cities were also hit Twelve Thousand homes flattened. Even when we lost everything in the earthquake we had the authorities will live up to their responsibilities and help us. The iranian president Hassan Rohani arrived in the region promising to support those affected by the earthquake. Rescue operations are over the dead are being buried and now the daunting task of rebuilding homes and lives begins. While near the quakes epicenter in Northern Iraq many people say they are afraid to return home. That one family in that back to call on him is now we build from the rubble. People in this mainly kurdish town a slim on a province are trying to recover from disaster for iraqis all of the suffering from the fact so poor and prices last year were changed by sundays earthquake near the border with iraq. Fergal and his wife leisure escaped war four years ago back then their home was demolished in baghdad now once again they have nothing left besides dust and dirt from their home. I can still feel the shake it lasted so long im still shaking i just cant get over the shock well theres a lot on the ceiling and we just managed to escape officials told us to evacuate the neighborhood for the last two days we have been sleeping in the city parks that noticeable but a couple thank god they have survived a few buildings collapsed during sundays quake the ones which are badly damaged may end up the same so people are afraid to go their home says with the nights becoming cauldron iraq aid groups are providing mats and blankets for those who fear they have no option but to stay outside. Aljazeera. Northern iraq. Now lebanons absent Prime Minister is tweeted that he will return home from saudi arabia in the coming days saad hariri also called for calm and said his family would remain there earlier hariri met the head of lebanons Maronite Church in riyadh. Arar is the first lebanese official to visit the kingdom since harry unexpectedly announced his resignation there more than a week ago when l. Three people have been killed in the yemeni city of ties after airstrikes by the Saudi Led Coalition its thought that the strikes targeted a Radio Station and military defense positions three others were injured in the striking colluding to children and a soldier meanwhile yemeni Officials Say the Saudi Led Coalition has bombed the airport in the capital sanaa which is controlled by the who the rebels the who say the runway and ground navigation tower were damaged but the u. N. Says most of the airport is intact and can receive aid shipments once saudi arabia loses the blockade imposed on the country well the conflict in yemen has caused thousands of people to flee the country seeking safety in djibouti mamata dow is at one camp in a book. Mark because it comes in the town of the bootees home to one thousand two hundred yemeni refugees just last year six thousand refugees lived here most of them have moved out of the come due to what they call harsh conditions here and have rented accommodation in the tunnels or in the capital djibouti now its only the poorest of the poor those who cannot afford to leave outside the company have been left to complaining of issues such as shortage of food they say they do not receive enough food russians but us feel thankful for the security they have here in the past few days and must no Refugee Agency said the reduced that dozens of refugees who have come from different parts of yemen particularly in the south now we spoke to a family all five of the tunnels which is under the control of both the fighters and they say they were forced to flee due to the most of insecurity and also a shortage of fuel food and medical supplies and watching out is there more to tell you about this half hour and Credit Rating agency declares venezuelas economy is in default after a. Payment deadline. And were looking at how u. S. Taxpayers have millions of dollars to settle Sexual Harassment claims in the highest echelons of power. How it will see something of a notable change in the weather across South Australia over the next few days recently ive always been getting up into the mid to high thirtys temperature wise the system will make its way through and its going to be much much cooler over the next few days. Into the high twenty seven melva so. Hates them in place the bands are made in place for the next day or two further west well twenty four past the chosen one to two showers into Western Australia warming up to thirty one degrees a by day and by thursday while he comes the colder air into the southeastern corner so adelaide no higher than about eighty degrees Something Like a twenty degree drop on the sort of values was saying over the weekend how the cloud right and cold weather will also make its way into victorious in melbourne just around twenty degrees celsius as source of value we can expect to see across new zealand dive in the next few days not a lot going on heaviest settled and five to seventeen right across it and for all clint over the next hour to perhaps a little more cloud just sliding towards the north island as we make our way through the day so if a bit of cloud recently across japan basin pieces of cloud right to calm here over the next few days and a touch of cool. Travel often. By trying to use the forests broadly. Valleys and scott i. Would venture. Scott. Has fallen way. Closer. Together with cattle i always. Youre watching our top stories this hour political tensions rising in zimbabwe with the ruling zanu p. F. Party accusing the army chief of treason after he threatened to intervene over the president s purge of the party. Tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning in iran for the more than four hundred thirty People Killed in sundays earthquake and lebanons absent Prime Minister. From saudi arabia in the coming. Between saad hariri and the head of lebanons Maronite Church. Our other stories were following the International Criminal court has been presented with evidence alleging that the renegade libyan general is responsible for war crimes the i. C. C. Is already seeking the arrest of commanders affiliated with have to but the new evidence relating to crimes including murder and torture alleges have to has direct responsibility paul brennan reports from the hague. Libya has been in turmoil since the two thousand and eleven Popular Uprising toppled the countrys leader colonel gadhafi and the conduct of the rival militia groups has provoked grave International Concern this video shows militia commander were finally hearing to summarily shoot. The family is already wanted by the i. C. C. Chief prosecutor. Now attention is turning to a fairly superior the renegade general after the court has enough evidence to prove that have is the command of the superior of war fairly and thats what father said in her statement before the Security Council would be able to have go to a rest there were fairly and them over to the libyan authorities so he can be handed over to the court so. Without with video or without video its proven that he is the superior over all of those. The doctrine of command this possibility he will be held responsible after us forces have been accused of committing atrocities on numerous occasions since twenty fourteen the evidence presented to the i. C. C. On tuesday relates to two specific attacks in twenty fourteen and one atrocity in early twenty seventeen its being gathered by lawyers from going to thirty seven chambers it details individual witness accounts and if we were direct and indirect victims it summarises evidence that we have obtained through speeches through martial after another individual. In relation to the attacks that we consider in our report have to has been supported by regional and International Powers including egypt in the United Arab Emirates four months ago he was even welcomed by the french president to manuel macron at a peace summit outside paris but many libyans say have ties International Friends must not shield him from international justice. The case against the renegade general and his other commanders would appear to be building strength and although the prospect of them being arrested does not look imminent the prosecutors here in the hague have very long memories remember thirteen years from the indictment of the serbian war criminal rather than carriage which to his arrest in two thousand and eight justice will be served paul brennan aljazeera and the hague myanmars military has cleared itself of committing any atrocities against their henge a minority in an internal investigation which Rights Groups have branded a white wash ranger refugees accuse me and my Security Forces of massacres of rape and the burning of villages in iraq on state the claims have been backed by the u. N. Which describe the violence there as ethnic cleansing the Army Crackdown has now forced more than six hundred thousand people to flee to bangladesh. Now that is why is a country not only facing a humanitarian crisis but also suffering a severe debt crisis the Rating Agency standard and poors as declared the nation in selective default after it failed to make two hundred Million Dollars in repayments from that which you. And as well as leaders say u. S. Sanctions are making it impossible to refinance its debt john hendren reports. Then israel is in default with apparently little hope of paying off its creditors the declaration by the ratings Agency Standard and poors comes after venezuela with sixty billion dollars in debt in just nine point six billion in its Bank Accounts missed the second deadline on a debt payment the red carpet was rolled out for a few Foreign Investors who might be willing to keep the country afloat at a price that as well as Vice President tariq ali seamy said the country is the victim of an economic war being waged by the us in foreign lenders. This is salt of the Us Government is made jointly with the venezuelan opposition today venezuela is limited to seek financing finding ourselves faced with the need to consider a new formulas to get out of this complexity. Critics say then as well as leaders have prioritized clearing debt over a growing humanitarian crisis that has left many of its people hungry and children dying in hospitals with medical shortages venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro blames the u. S. For his countrys crisis so hes turning to his traditional rivals. Are not only a couple International Agreements with the peoples republic of china a working perfectly and will continue to go that way i can announce that we have reached a renegotiation refinancing agreement with the russian federation. In spite of president we do rose plans u. S. Firms still own much of venezuelas debt and the trumpet ministration wary of providing an economic lifeline to his administration has blocked americans from protests abating in any debt restructuring talks with diminishing cash revenues venezuelas financial problems are likely to get even worse john hendren aljazeera. The u. S. Attorney general face a Congressional Committee and shes a amid allegations that he misled congress on his knowledge of Trauma Campaign contacts with russia but jeff session denied any wrongdoing as she reports. Its raise your right hand family swear that this isnt the first time the attorney general has been accused of not being honest with congress but Jeff Sessions was adamant i dont think im. It is right there