Prisons. Only setting out its plans for a new era in Space Exploration europes space agency sets its sights on the moon and must. Have all your sporting clothing police in london stopped by and on track frankfurt france and getting into also the emirates stadium ahead of the Europa League details coming up. In iraq at least 33. 00 people are reported to have been killed after Security Forces opened fire on antigovernment protests in the Southern City of nasiriyah earlier the army dispatched commanders to provincial areas with instructions to restore order were also hearing of 11 People Killed and 800 injured in the city of najaf a protest to set fire to the iranian consulate on wednesday iraqs foreign minister has called his iranian counterpart to apologize over the incident. Reports from baghdad. In iraq a dramatic escalation hundreds of antigovernment protesters storming the compound of the iranian consulate Late Wednesday in the Southern City of measure setting parts of the Diplomatic Mission on fire replacing an iranian flag with their doctor and so when the. It was set on file all the broad police in the job and the Security Forces started firing innocent as if we were burning iraq as a whole the right police fired tear gas canisters intensively on the Security Forces rained as heavily with live bullets. Protesters say iran is exerting too much power in and off and they want their government to take action to limit it according to analysts its not just this attack that significant but also the symbolism of where it took place this is the city where the Ayatollah Khomeini used to live its considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population the iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly thats not the case on the this is the 2nd time this month that an iranian consulate in a shiite majority city has been targeted by the demonstrators 3 weeks ago Security Forces killed 4 demonstrators who stormed the consulate in the city of karbala both attacks feed into the wider antigovernment protest movement thats engulfed iraq since october hours later violence in yet another shiite majority Southern City dozens killed or wounded in nasiriyah when Security Forces opened fire with live rounds and tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters. Military announced the troops would be dispatched to southern iraq to restore order antigovernment demonstrations have been raging in iraq since early october with protesters accusing the government of corruption and demanding a complete overhaul of the countrys political system since the unrest began at least 350 people have been killed and thousands wounded. Political analysts say the only way for the government to find a solution is by pushing for reform. To issue a new electorial law for the best of the people to hold early elections after the rocky parliament dissolves itself and the government resigns but many protesters say much more needs to be done they have today the demonstrators that we speak with be they in baghdad or other cities tell us they dont feel the government is taking their demands seriously they say that no matter the risk they will continue to come out and press for the rights and opportunities they say they deserve. But that is President Donald Trump says his government has resumed talks with the Afghan Taliban he made the comments during a surprise visit to afghanistan where he met president ashraf ghani and addressed u. S. Troops ahead of thanksgiving and september trump canceled talks with taliban leaders declaring peace talks dead that followed the death of an american soldier in a Suicide Attack in kabul the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make it theres going to be a real deal but well see but they want to make a deal and they only want to make if youre busy doing a great job that still is they want to make you so i want to thank you and i want to thank the Afghan Soldiers west jordan whos in washington d. C. And what more do trump say in afghanistan. Well lauren he also made a point of us stressing that the u. S. Is very much interested in either achieving total victory or in achieving a real cease fire and supporting a real peace deal between the taliban and and the Afghan Government donald trump said that this is a situation where yes the u. S. Has been in put it he calls endless wars for much too long but that the u. S. Does have a National Security interest in making certain that the Afghan Government can protect its people from attack he did say that the efforts to want to go see a peace deal have been going on for some 6 months of course those who are watching closely will recall that in Early September the president apparently had planned on inviting taliban leaders to camp david outside washington in order to trumpet some sort of peace talk a breakthrough but that was scrapped after the taliban carried out a couple of attacks and in one of those attacks a u. S. Soldier was killed and that was when the president decided that the taliban leadership did not deserve to have an audience with him at camp david that he was questioning their commitment to actually negotiating a strong peace it is worth pointing out that the president went under the cloak of secrecy but its almost become a routine operation as it were for a u. S. President to carry out since george bush 1st went to afghanistan back in november 2001 and can read more into trumps decision to meet the afghan president on that same trip. Well certainly from a political standpoint its an interesting decision to meet with him i took note that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley who was already scheduled to be in afghanistan made a point of meeting both with president gandhi and with the chief executive of dollar a goal of that those 2 meetings happened on wednesday but the fact that the u. S. President met only with president hadi and not with Abdullah Abdullah the chief executive could be seen as perhaps indicating his preference as they try to work out a resolution to septembers president ial election in afghanistan president jordan thank you very much dozens of yemenis have been welcomed back home from jail in saudi arabia sponsored a prisoner swap 128 men were flown into Centers International airport aboard red cross planes they were greeted by hooty commanders and some family members u. N. Special envoy Martin Griffiths has welcomed the prisoner swaps come amid a new push to end the 5 year war you sound a u. S. Led Coalition Announced on wednesday that airport would reopen to limited flights allowing patients to fly out for medical cat 100 dollars at the airport in santa as the prison has arrived. This flight is the 1st flight. For the president before this the 1st offer szell. Swarup all relays are for president s of war by saudi arabia u. A. E. Little qualification people are hoping this would push forward for achieving all realizing the peace in yemen which has been going through difficult and destructive times throughout nearly 5 years many of those wife talk to hope they will find their relatives. To agree to go out of this international pose but so far now we couldnt know that. The exact number of who though more will be ripe but according to the news that i have heard that some of them have been detained and. Which is the just 40 kilometers from sun are also those who are being detained in areas in the course the law and the coastline of. There are also fisherman. Are concerned that the they want their fighters to be released also there are thousands of people who are being detained who are thats involved in the war especially those who try to travel outside yemen through the areas which are under the control of the saudi you a little. Earlier our reporter in yemen speak to her she official abdul ahad he says the prisoner release is a good 1st step towards peace. You know walk speak to him all the war against your men to release all the prisoners to pay the salaries of all the employees in yemen and also to open their son i reports it is no any justification to close this airport for about 25000000 yemenis living and living in all the yemeni government. Coming up on al jazeera this news hour the devastating crush which killed 95. 00 football fans 30 years ago the former British Police chief in charge of the match was found not guilty of manslaughter. And start victory for womens rights in sudan as the government scraps a controversial public order act. And in support a day after announcing a 500000000. 00 investment the owners of Manchester City are involved in another big money deal this time in india. Prodemocracy activists in hong kong calling on World Leaders to follow the u. S. After president signed a bill supporting human rights in the semi autonomous chinese territory and no one has washington to sanction chinese and hong kong officials guilty of human rights abuses beijing has accused trump of sinister intentions and has vowed to respond sarah clarke has more. In Central Hong Kong they gathered to say thank you to the United StatesPresident Donald Trump signed into law the hong kong human rights and democracy act on wednesday the prodemocracy protesters embraced it as a sign of support i think is a good thing for hong kong biggest given the special are how to say that there be be economic. Situation of talk of a chill all Mainland China actually yeah and. I think it wont affect the that the whole situation im very organised to be a part of hong kong and stay standing here. Or not say the word set or break but to to. To share one delightful moment of being here yes for this reason of course that thank you mr speaker i thank the legislation had rare broad bipartisan support in both the u. S. Senate and the house of representatives and for the people of hong kong it allows the u. S. To introduce economic sanctions against hong kong and withdraw the city special trade status if it believes the government is failing to protect democracy and human rights prodemocracy activist joshua wall held the legislation as a victory for the protest movement which is paralyzed parts of the city since june it just encourage World Leaders around the world and politicians aware that its time for them to its down to hong kong but the Hong Kong Government rejected the legislation accusing us of interfering in the citys internal affairs and sending the wrong message to violent protesters critics included the citys former chief executive of the all these years interests me as to why people in the west are going to happen. Most of the countries as have been have done better. With their own domestic problems china echoed that message describing it unnecessary and more into it and some of the u. S. Ambassador in beijing jungle hong kong is chinas Hong Kong Hong kong as a purely chinese internal affairs no Foreign OrganizationForeign Government and foreign individual has the right to be which im going to the u. S. Legislation comes less than a week after blow Democracy Party secured a landslide victory in the citys District Council elections that too has been a morale boost for these protests but so far the government is showing no signs of compromise in meeting these demands for political reform sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. The french president continues to stand by comments he made earlier this month where he described nato as suffering brain death or hosting the nato chief started back for talks in paris in my own work or said his message was a necessary wake up call for the organization started burke said his meeting with my core was constructive but there are still Big Questions being asked about the role and future of nato in the modern world thats about to report from the french capital. It was a longer handshake than usual for the french president it seemed to be a sign that emanuel was in a conciliatory mood as he greeted nato secretary general at the least say a few weeks after he described the military alliance as brain dead but if you install timberg had hoped for an apology or a retraction he didnt get one as mike ross stood by his claim that nato lacked direction because one of the questions i ask are open questions that we have not resolved peace in europe. Treaty the relationship with russia the subject with turkey who is the enemy so injuries or decision lets not negotiate cost sharing a burden sharing maybe we needed a wake up call if you permit english expressions stoltenberg said nato members often had different opinions but that didnt mean the alliance has no future so the policy start while questions are d being asked about the strength of the transatlantic north america and europe are doing more together than we have done for decades its clear that my course comment that nato is brain dead didnt go down well with stoltenberg pretty certainly shaken up the alliance and focused minds on coming up with some new ideas germanys foreign minister has suggested that a group of experts from outside nato could be created to review the organization some analysts say such a move would be constructive it was war in ukraine theres a huge problem in middle east their war in syria iraq or iran is behaving differently so this is something very useful and its much better to discuss the problem together with experts inside the alliance than than criticizing the alliance and. Your party the credibility of the alliance. Next week nato leaders meet in london for a special summit to mark its creation 70 years ago during the cold winning it was a time when members agreed on their aims and who was the enemy today its leaders are politically polarized and the security challenges have changed nato might not be at deaths door yet but most members an expert concede that for it to survive successfully it needs a fresh approach especially butler ill just sirrah paris. Well Robert Hunter is a former u. S. Ambassador to nato he joins us live from washington d. C. Thanks very much indeed for being with us so michael hasnt pulled back from his criticism and he said im glad everyone now thinks we should think about our strategic goals do you think people have changed the focus as a result of his criticism or is that Wishful Thinking on his part unfortunately i think its Wishful Thinking so far the roof thing that has to happen and the summit meeting next week in an angle is for the president and that is states to demonstrate for the 1st time and his presidency that he personally is deeply committed to the future of nato and in particular to whats called article 5 which is the part of the treaty that says if one hour gets attacked everybody has to kind of respond trump has been all along to do that and i suspect he wont do it next week meanwhile mccall is using his comments to try to assert his own leadership in europe on security and other matters particularly now that britain is going to be getting out of the European Union so mccraw is really saying ok if mr trump is not going to do it i will do it i will be the soul of the the security relationship in europe i mean how potentially dangerous is it to nature that michael is continuing with this stance because it the opponent in the Baltic States for example a partner in noid with with michael because they view his stance as a kind of pro russia anti u. S. And others have kind of expressed a sort of disappointment with that with the comments what where does that wheres heading you think. Well i think what micron is doing is quite useful because nato has not been doing very much lately except meeting the responsibilities in Central Europe against lets face it russian aggression and and ukraine but now its important for others to step up particularly the United States and among other things its important to try to deal with some of the other problems like turkey where mccraw spoken out very vam mentally about what the turks are doing in syria which could lead to attacks on turkey and then when one of their allies do they support turkey and also the need finally to start coming to terms with recognizing that russia is going to be an important power in europe now i think mr trump would like to do that but at the moment this is all stuck in the middle of the thing youre in the United States which we are totally preoccupied with which is the impeachment of donald trump the democrats say oh well trouble would be president if it werent for the russian connection and obama the way russias. Relationship with which means that trump must be of mr putins pocket so for trump to be able to do serious things with russia is not possible now because everybody in washington right now is focused on one thing which is how do we get rid of trump say who is paying a price for that of having i dont i mean you mention in passing that turkey and take a particularly cross with theyve theyve theyve accused the whole of being a sponsor of terrorism because of that criticism of the of the operation in syria why do you why why do you think this one this is so important i mean that remind u