A whole ukraine and poor russian separatists complete a prisoner small after 5 years of war. Iran has condemned u. S. Attacks on a shia armed group in iraq and syria calling it a terrorist acts 5 camps belonging to cut tapers ball over hits 3 in iraq and 2 in syria at least 25 people were killed iraqs Prime Minister has called the attack a breach of sovereign c. The pentagon says its a response to rocket attacks on iraqi bases the most recent killing a u. S. Civilian contractor last week well the u. S. Said it would not reliant further action. 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 around to 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 could save his ball is part of a group that helped the Iraqi Government defeat i still is being brought into a state sanctioned group of militias known as the whole pillar Mobilization Forces many of them are banks by iran that have hizbollahs later. This is one of iraqs most powerful men and house in the past 40 u. S. Forces with the u. S. State Department Says he advise is irans revolutionary guards also to fulton the standing by for us in baghdad but 1st lets get the latest reaction out of iran with a big what more have we heard from to iran. Well this response came from the Foreign Ministry spokesperson that president rouhani had been speaking to you this morning but he didnt mention these attacks now the statement is come on has condemned these actions said that its a manifestation of terrorism its called a night called on the United States to respect iraqs sovereignty independence and territorial integrity they also said that this attack by the United States showed or prove the claim that the fighting isis is a lie because the positions attacked had inflicted damage on isis over the years they also say that this attack showed us negligence as support for terrorism and said that the United States should accept all the consequences for these illegal actions they went on to say what they reiterated in the past that the presence of foreign troops in the region is of course a crisis and tension and the United States should stop occupying the region also in the last few minutes the Government Spokesperson has issued a statement now he said that iran was not behind any of the attacks against u. S. Bases or troops and that this kind of allegation without evidence cannot be a justification for bombardment and killing people now iran has been quiet since last night since these attacks took place but this morning they seem to be slowly responding and carefully choosing their words. Live for us in the iranian capital thank you very much lets cross over now to baghdad where some one of 14 is live simona whats the Iraqi Government reaction been like so far and what does this say about relations between the u. S. And iraq. Well the military spokesperson of the government issued a strong statement yesterday condemning the u. S. Strikes on the 3 positions inside iraq and he also said that the Prime Minister had told joint Operations Command here in iraq to prevent any sort of unilateral action by any force be the ground force or aircraft against any of the troops stationed inside iraq the statement also said that the government was investigating the rocket attack on the military base in care quote which had resulted in the death of one u. S. Contractor in the injuries of several u. S. Personnel but so far there have been no results to that investigation in fact and that is a pattern that were seeing over the past weeks and even months that the government always promises an investigation into the rocket attacks but there are never any results that are published and this is one factor that has prompted the u. S. To really take matters into their own hands to not only rely on the Iraqi Government to investigate and to bring those responsible to account but to actually strike who they believe is responsible themselves now of course the government itself is not a homogeneous entity we have groups that are very close to iran we have groups that are closer to us and the response of the government will be one that will try to balance these 2 sides of course with its armed groups also has political wings inside the parliament and they actually are currently control the largest bloc in the parliament so it remains to be seen that whether there will be any reaction coming out of parliament either today or over the next few days and of course we will also be closely watching how the government will react of course Prime Minister out of their mouth is currently in a caretaker role hes already besieged because of 3 months of antigovernment protests that have weakened his position so his ability to respond strongly to this crisis is of course also affected soon unfold scene for us in baghdad thank you. To a strangely and were thousands of people who were urged to evacuate their homes in the state of victoria ive been told its too late to leave as bushfires burnt out of control nearby temperatures are over 40 degrees and winds of up 100 kilometers an hour are forecast for the hours ahead around 40000. 00 people were told to evacuate on sunday fires are expected to impact major highways sense the massive smoke columns are generating their own thunderstorms and lightning well andrew crisp is victorias Emergency Management commissioner he says the far as including one near the princes highway in particular are displaying extreme behavior within about 44. 00 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 not 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 this is one of the story is most devastating fire seasons in decades so if this truly is experiencing catastrophic conditions and a volunteer firefighter has died in New South Wales where major fires shredded sydney in smoke Thomas Newsome is a lecturer at the university of Sydney School of life and Environmental Sciences he says a straightly is used to bushfires but the crisis this year is unlike anything in recent history in a lot of peoples living memories like how not and have not we witnessed the amount of area that has been burnt so far 5000000 hecht is across the strata 3400000 hectares in New South Wales alarming and these fires sosa via causing quite a 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 but really when were talking about size specifically i think there needs to be a massive rethink about how were going to manage phys 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 nate for a shift in the way that we that we manage fires and probably massive reinvestment back into our Land Management and National Parks organizations to deal with these threats which really where any at the beginning of the fire season weve already saying 5000000 hecht is but and its place conditions and these fires are not going to slow down and theyre not going to stop until we get really good rifles and the predictions on good for that rifle coming soon. Libyas un recognized government is calling for the International Community to help stop the military push on the capital tripoli by forces loyal to warlord holly for have there hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since the beginning of the offensive in april mahmouds of the war 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 and 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 world on the southern outskirts of tripoli has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and wondered 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 our 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 have to his forces are reported to be getting very enforcement from russia. And advance it weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates to his troops could soon be joining the conflict. The promise to support for forces loyal to the to 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 does have to advance further into this other neighborhoods and closer to density Populated Areas of the capital the futa for human casualties is growing. More doctors are to put it. So as to come on aljazeera. Lets call it what it is these people are domestic terrorists. Governorates talks of a cancer of hatred in america after 5 or stabbed its a jewish celebration. And the race to replace Jeremy Corbin in the u. K. Have to the opposition suffered its worst defeat since the 1935. Hello there quite an array of showers across much of indonesia but a much better couple of days weve had so far and again will continue to do so across much of the philippines one of the washout is pushing into the south of the islands but you can see how the bulk of the rains across west borneo push across towards the montra and also the money peninsula wanted to shock but actually quite dry there really even on wednesday but much heavier rain as you can say across really the whole of the java that we had done it towards australia now that is the one in the forecast right monday we have got a line of thunderstorms working their way eastwards its a double edge sword this front as it comes through this is what is bringing in 1st of all the very very hot air which is exacerbating these fires and at the same time it is bringing in some very very strong winds 50 to 80 kilometers an hour in some areas now as the front goes through the winds should die down the will have been some. Rain however it is still very warm 25 in adelaide 21 in melbourne so these temperatures on getting back to what we should see for this time of year but its warm again at into Western Australia 30 celsius that on cheese day and those we had off into wednesday just a little bit woman again no sign of any rain we have got plenty of rain showers and thunderstorms across northern sections of Western Australia but still warm and dry across much of the southeast. Castle ways and experience the world like never before catalina is going places together. This is al jazeera reminded of the headlines this hour iran has condemned u. S. Attacks on the shia armed group in iraq and syria calling it a terrorist act 5 camps belonging to could save his ball overheads killing at least 25. 00 people the u. S. Says it will not be reliant further action. Catastrophic fire conditions are impacting 5 cents of people in southern australia extreme far warnings are in place in the states of victoria so if history and you say wales many have been told its too late to leave. And libyas un recognized government has called on the United Nations and the International Criminal courts to stop or locally for have just offensive on tripoli until civilians have been killed or wounded since have to launch his campaign in april. By ukraines government and pull russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a swap of prisoners from the 5 year conflict 200 fighters from both sites were 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 bolton missile linsky as they landed in kiev a young girl but. She lived there on the main thing is that the people at home we did what we said they will celebrate new year with their families im happy im sure that too. Security was tight as 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 the other would while these production separatists 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 so the poles on the or ukraine and this is a strategic difference a major strategic. Reserve why 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 gauge al jazeera. Vote counting is underway in guinea besides president ial runoff 2 former Prime Ministers are competing to replace president jose maria of us who failed to get through the 1st run last month one candidate has accused the interior ministry of stuffing ballot boxes. The un has censored Rapid Response team to the Central African republic jews are fighting between armed groups and shop owners being 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 district the un is warning against an escalation of violence following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias. The us military and Somali Forces have had to train targets with air strikes some of those government says a Senior Member was killed on saturday a truck bomb attack blamed on the armed group in mogadishu killed 80 people are reports from nairobi in neighboring kenya. They survived saturdays truck bomb blast in mogadishu but sustained some of the worst injuries now some victims have been airlifted to better equipped are spittles in turkey clinics and hospitals in mogadishu are struggling to cope with the dozens of wounded. From the time the explosion occurred up until now the government leaders have been working hard to provide the services needed by those injured in the explosion its now possible for us to airlift 16 of some of the seriously injured in the attack to our brothers in turkey. A truck loaded with explosives who did a security checkpoint in the capital somalis president is blaming the Armed Group Alshabaab and mohamad up to life in the country wont be demoralized by the attack which caused the highest number of casualties in 2 years. The magnitude of the damage caused by the blast led the Prime Minister of somalia to request assistance from the turkish government to provide treatment to those injured in the attack. A Turkish Military transporter landed with much needed supplies and medical staff someones day to treat patients a