To. Stop the crimes against humanity libyas u. N. Recognize government calls on the International Community to act against warlords police faster. And finally a hole in ukraine and pull russian separatists completes a prisoner swap after 5 years of war. But 1st the u. S. Says it will not relent further action after launching airstrikes on a shia armed group in iraq and syria but iraqs Prime Minister has called the attack a breach of sovereignty 5 camps belonging to khattab has ball over hits 3 in iraq and 2 in syria at least 25. 00 people were killed the pentagon says its a response to rocket attacks on iraqi bases the most recent killing a year. A civilian contractor last week 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 the Islamic Republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy. We will always honor that commitment to take decisive wreck action and that takes place and we continue to demand that the Islamic Republic of iran act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations well the difficulty for iraq because that could have hizbollah is part of a group that helps the government defeat eisel its being brought into a state sanctioned group of militias known as the popeil or Mobilization Forces many of them are backed by iran has ballers leader. With a honda says one of iraqs most powerful men and has in the past 40 u. S. Forces the u. S. State Department Says he advises irans revolutionary guards well well get the latest out of iran with a side begun to our own shortly but 1st lets go live to baghdad. Some more not full teen simona was the go for Iraqi Government reaction been so far what does this say about the state of u. S. In iraq relations. Well the military spokesperson of the government has come out of a strong Statement Last night condemning the u. S. Airstrikes on. Hezbollah positions in western iraq and he has called on the joint Operations Command here iraq to act to prevent any unilateral action whether it be Ground Forces or air strikes and he called upon the u. S. To respect iraqs sovereignty now of course technically because of the pm have been at least on paper integrated into the armed forces this u. S. Air strike is actually an attack on state actors and thats why we have seen this statement come out by the Iraqi Government what is interesting is that we havent seen similar strong statements condemn the rocket attacks on bases where u. S. Military personnel are based and of course the big the big point here is that the Iraqi Government is not a homogeneous entity there are parts of it that are closer to the u. S. And there are parts of it that are closer to iran so those parts that have close relations today as will certainly welcome these actions even though they will not comment on that officially on the record but of course those parts that are closer to iran and this includes of course p m f but also its political wings that currently control the biggest faction in parliament were likely to see a response coming out of parliament in response to these airstrikes perhaps an effort to try to initiate a bill to perhaps expel u. S. Forces from iraq or to penalize them for these actions but we have to wait for now and see what parliament will say there is a regular session to be held today and remains to be seen whether it will be discussed but of course this comes at a critical time for the government because theyre already beleaguered because of the 3 months of antigovernment protests Prime Minister atal up there mufti is currently in a caretaker role so the question is is the Iraqi Government in the position to react strongly to these airstrikes and to manage this crisis. Ok some of 14 in baghdad thank you very much indeed for lets get the reaction out of iran big is live for us in tehran and said well look you tell us about the relationship between khatib has bola and iran. Well theres a long established relationship between the relationship between some of these militias and iran lets take for example the leader of hizbullah. And this one hes also the deputy leader of the popular Mobilization Forces that hes been pictured many times with the commander of the of good force now the good forces part of the irans revolutionary guard dog could force deals with operations outside the country back in 201400 said to an iranian outlet in an interview that he had been part of a brigade that for too long sight Iranian Forces against Saddam Hussein during the iran iraq war and earlier this year won this 2nd knowledge to irans support to these militias in fighting against isis there and has said that iran had deployed weapons you also called the leader force cost and for the money a brother called his brother and said he and other iranian commanders generals had opened the doors to their weapons depos and given iraq hes the arms that they need it but these so the relationship between iran and some of the leaders of the popular Mobilization Forces go back to the 1980 s. And even earlier this year when south western provinces in iran were flooded the popular popular Mobilization Forces sent assistance and volunteers especially to the irans revolutionary guard in those stricken areas but as of yet there hasnt been an official response by iran president rouhani was speaking earlier this morning he didnt mention the attacks that could be for a number of reasons that could be because people inside iraq are already doing the talking they already condemning these actions but iran backed his below in lebanon has condemned those attacks and said that its an attack on iraqs sovereignty and security. Said begg live for us there in tehran thank you. Alters truly and i were thousands of people who were urged to evacuate their homes in the state of victoria have been told its too late to leave as bush fires a burn out of control nearby temperatures are over 40 degrees celsius and winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour a forecast for the air as the heads of about 40000 people were told to evacuate on sunday the farmers are expected to impact major highways in the massive smoke columns are generating their own thunderstorms and lightning one to christmas victorias Emergency Management commissioner he says the fires including one near the princes highway in particular are displaying extreme behavior within about 44 and a half hours that fire travelled all the way the coast so that 24 kilometers you put up a column punch into the atmosphere 14 kilometers high. We just recently looked at the columns and theyre generating their own without theres a lot new coming out of these homes. It is unpredictable its dangerous out there and people need to stay tuned to their local conditions and stay across that good information so they can make good decisions. Well thats one of us truly is most dramatic fire seasons in decades so this truly is experiencing cause catastrophic fire conditions major fires continue to burn in New South Wales while sydney is shrouded in smoke but the Prime MinisterScott Morrison has agreed to cope and say volunteer firefighters 4000. 00 thats almost new season is a lecturer at the university of Sydney School of life and Environmental Sciences he says a strain there is used to bushfires but the crisis this year is unlike anything in recent history in a lot of peoples living memories i cannot and have not weve seen it witnessed the amount of area that has been burnt so far 5000000 hectares across the street 3400000 hectares in New South Wales alarming and these fires are so severe causing kind of catastrophic damage to ecosystems and the fires are very quickly encroaching on. Areas and rural areas where People Living their livelihoods through agriculture or they will actually live through really when were talking about eyes specifically i think there needs to be a massive great think about how were going to manage buys certainly these conditions have been so severe that bushland is burning so much quicker and hotter on the people really ever anticipated and that in itself is going to create i think the need for a shift in the way that we that we manage fires and probably massive reinvestment back into our Land Management and National Organizations to deal with these threats which really were only at the beginning of the fire season and weve already seen 5000000 hectares but and its least conditions and these fires are not going to slow down and theyre not going to stop until we get really good running foals and the predictions are good for that rainfall coming soon. Libyas un recognized government is calling for the International Community to help stop the military push on the capital tripoli where forces loyal to warlord 24 have to hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the offensive in april mahmud had reports from tripoli. The fight for tripoli is collating now the Foreign Ministry is calling on the United Nations and the International Criminal court to intervene the un recognized government accuses forces fighting for warlords really for have to of committing crimes against humanity in their campaign to capture the capital. We are asking the International Community to perform its role after it doesnt have any legitimacy and has been destroying tripoli for the past 8 months yet the International Community has a lot moved to stop him only now as we have a new ally regional and International Powers are rising against us the war on the southern outskirts of tripoli has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and wanted many more have to the forces repeatedly targeted residential areas and government run facilities with airstrikes and rockets nearly 140000 libyans have fled their homes to seek safety and also under threat are oil revenues which are the backbone of libyas economy. The National Oil Corporation is assessing the damage following greece and airstrikes on the oil refinery in the western city of zawiya. And as Government Forces battle to stop the fall of tripoli you have to as forces are reported to be getting very enforcement from russian missile. And advanced weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates turkish troops could soon be joining the conflict the promised turkish support for forces loyal to the government is being seen by some as crucial to preventing the fall of tripoli because president says parliament will vote next month on a monday to send troops but as have the forces advance further into the southern neighborhoods and closer to density Populated Areas of the capital the futa for human casualties is growing. More that there were. Tripoli. Still to come on aljazeera. Asking for a living venezuelans to escape their countrys economic crisis struggled to build new lives abroad. And ballerinas in rebellion against french president emmanuel microns pension reform plans. Hello there are still some very unsettled weather through the eastern and of the mediterranean a mix of rain and snow across the mountains of turkey plenty of cloud elsewhere and some of this town you can see is actually very low lying so its actually fog which is proving very slow to clear in some areas and of course in some areas theres been a distinct lack of snow this year this is moscow and. This is snow tons of it that is actually being brought say and just to add to the a hole of a spirit for all of the people of visiting of course its been about the woman into sunday december for over 130 is a must go now as we go through monday it should be minus 2 with the chongs although some snow but the winds are coming up from the mile south so it may well turn over to rain we have got a fairly mild fields of things but this is a system just sitting here and spinning in the eastern end of the med now it will really begin to break apart by chews day so a much better day by then still fairly cloudy throughout much of turkey some showers as well through the greek islands and across into Southern Turkey and then really the bulk of europe is fine and dry a double figures in london 10 celsius but quite cloudy with about to 10 degrees and we could still see a few showers along northern coastal areas of africa certainly through libya and theyll continue eastwards as we head to choose day. Sponsored by town. Was the last thing the president said to you about impeachment when you last spoke to him for all its cultural sites its not all youve. Done weve got to get it done it was all ready to go true how worried are you that the conditions are still like for another myself i think they are right join me many a hot sun as i put up from questions to my special guest and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here on aljazeera. This is al jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines this hour the u. S. Says it wont rule out further action after carrying out air strikes on the shia armed group in iraq and syria groups Prime Minister has called the attacks on 5 katyn hezbollah camps a breach of software and see. Catastrophic fire conditions are impacting sizes of people in southern australia extreme far warnings are in place in the states of Victoria South australia and New South Wales many have been told its too late to leave. And libby is here to recognise governments cold only United Nations and the International Criminal courts to stop or a lot of money for have to the fence of tripoli hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since have to launch this campaign in april. By ukraines governments im pro russian separatists in the east have completed a swap of prisoners on the 5 year conflict 200 fighters from both sides for exchanged as nicholas cage reports. An emotional return that for many was a Long Time Coming ukrainian prisoners finally free to leave the territory they fought to keep but still controlled by pro russian separatists they were welcomed by family members and president told me selenski as they landed in kiev a young girl but. She may leave the room the main thing is that the people at home we did what we said they will to liberate new year with their families im happy im sure that too. Security was tied. The Prisoner Exchange began there was disbelief then relief that it was happening and they would be able to return home others though valid to fight on. These former ukrainian prisoners said they would fight for their country and president there were more than that while this production separatist said hed been beaten and tortured by Ukrainian Security services. Sundays exchange was the result of direct talks between president still in ski and putin in france earlier this month they great to implement a full ceasefire in a bid to end the war in the donbass region of ukraine relations between russia and ukraine soured when protesters in kiev managed to drive out a kremlin backed government in 24 tane russia then seized control of crimea from ukraine and within weeks russian backed separatists took control of the eastern part of ukraine more than 13000. 00 people including civilians have died during 5 years of conflict ukraine wants to join nato once your European Union wants to move west last so the poles on the or ukraine and this is a strategic difference a major strategic. Risk as well a Prisoner Exchange there is little will among civilians caught up in fighting for this war to continue this Prisoner Exchange a sign the tensions could be easing nicola gage aljazeera. Vote counting is underway and getting a president ial run off to former Prime Ministers are competing to replace president jose manuel vassie fate marial vast rather he failed to get through the 1st round last month one candidate has accused the interior ministry of stuff and ballot boxes well the u. N. A sense of Rapid Response team to the Central African republic tutsi fighting between on the shop owners be forced to pay the money at least 40. 00 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday in the mainly muslim p. K. 5 districts the uns warning against an escalation of violence following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias. U. S. And Somali Forces have hit 2 targets with airstrikes somalias government says a Senior Member of the armed group was killed on saturday a truck bomb attack blamed on al shabaab in mogadishu killed 80 people how to answer reports from nairobi in neighboring