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The torturing and killing of protesters. Also fire in New South Wales and tens of thousands urged to leave their homes in victoria as australias bushfires worse. Also ahead allegations of torture we speak to ethnic kazakhs who were detained alongside weaker muslims in china. A powerful shia group is vowing retaliation for u. S. Airstrikes on its camps in iraq and syria hezbollah has promised revenge for what it calls the aggression of evil american ravens sundays bombings targeting 3 of its bases in iraq and 2 in syria at least 27 fighters were killed and 51 were injured thats right. We are warning the United States as we warned before that there are legal presence means there is standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people. The right to confront them with all types of resistance. Well the strike sparked protests in kirkuk and and iraqs National Security council says its reconsidering its relationship with the u. S. Led coalition against eisel the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei oh called the strikes a decisive response to threats by iranian backed forces against u. S. Personnel its warned of further action to protect them if necessary. Well be live in washington in a moment but 1st to mona fulton begins our coverage from iraqs Anbar Province where some u. S. Troops are based. An unprecedented confrontation between the u. S. And iran on iraqi soil for the 1st time 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 law of the republic of iran to take actions that put american men and women in jeopardy the type hezbollah is part of the Popular Mobilization forces a Paramilitary Group set up to fight eisel its integrated into iraqs armed forces the u. S. Has accused some factions in the pm of taking orders from to hand rather than baghdad until recently if the u. S. And the pm or fought side by side against isis following isis territorial defeat 2 years ago the u. S. Retained around 5000 troops in country to support Iraqi Security forces as they search for isis sleeper cells hiding in deserts one of those clearing operations coincided with the u. S. Mission against the type that i know as an air base 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 about the acid attack the u. S. Publicly blamed the type hezbollah the Iraqi Government hasnt attributed blame but has tightened security. Said the. Their increase security measures were. Operation for Coalition Forces there are surveillance patrols and additional troops to secure the outer perimeter of a search to protect the base investigations are continuing until now but its not completed. 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 the iraqi joint Operation Command in iraq intelligence has many details about the people who attacked the k one basing cook Iraqi Government was confused because the pressure of khateeb his blood is deeply entrenched in the Iraqi Parliament and 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 seize any unilateral actions neither us nor the p. M. S. Appear to be listening both have vowed to take action setting the stage for further escalation Simona Fulton Al Jazeera like that. I said because in tehran with the reaction there from the iranian government. Well iran so far has just responded with words president rouhani was speaking earlier this morning he did address the airstrikes what happened was that the Foreign Office Spokes Person issued a statement they condemned the airstrike said it was a manifestation of terrorism they called in the United States to respect iraqs sovereignty independence and territorial integrity they also said that the United States wasnt interested in fighting isis because their positions targeted those groups targeted had caused damage to isis in the past but they also said these attacks showed negligence on behalf of the United States and they should accept the consequences of their actions also later on in the day the government spokesman issued this statement and he denied that iran is behind any of the attacks on United States bases and said that these kinds of allegations without evidence are not a justification for bombing people so the response out of iran has been a bit slow because iraqi groups responding 1st his belied lebannon responded and then we heard something from iran but what will be interesting is how his will respond because and what would United States will do next because the United States has said iran is behind this group they have close links and how how much will it take before the United States turns its attention to iran. Well the russian and Iranian Foreign ministers are condemning the u. S. Military action in iraq and syria love for Office Hosted mohammed talks in moscow salvaging the 2050 nuclear deal was also high on the agenda to discuss complex across the middle east and said they were keen to increase cooperation welcome locum because despite the fact that americans are now thousands of miles away from their borders under a pretext of defending their right they have drowned the people of iraq in blood the recent actions by americans in iraq are unacceptable state run in russia put efforts to establish peace built. Yes and in iraq the cooperation between our countries with the talks is proof of that. Ok less moral more on this for you gabriel is on the join us live from washington gabriel what else the americans been saying about this well theyre saying that this is a defensive move these airstrikes and that it was in retaliation to what they say are these rocket strikes that have been taking place against Iraqi Military bases by this iranian backed armed group within iraq and just minutes Senior Administration Officials Say theyve counted at least 11 such rocket attacks the last one on friday killed a u. S. Contractor injured 4 u. S. Service members and so the way that this is being viewed in washington is basically this a Senior Administration officials are saying weve been very patient we were invited to iraq by iraqi officials we are there their invitation and weve asked iraqi regime officials to figure out how to stop these missile attacks on bases that are putting american lives at risk according to senior military officials here in washington the iraqis have not been able to do that so these these attacks or these strikes now by the americans are in response to that basically telling the iraqis if you cant take care of this problem we will thats number one but then also sending a very clear message to iran that this will not be tolerated at least from this administrations perspective here in washington any truth gabriel to these reports these claims that the u. S. Is considering or could impose more sanctions on iran. Yes Senior State Department official did say they are considering new sanctions against iran in the coming days perhaps however thats not particularly surprising since 2017 there have been between about 801000 sanctions leveled by a washington against different iranian entities ill say that again but about 800 to a 1000 thats a huge number just in the last couple years theres not much more to sanction in iran already the revolutionary guard top government officials and their family members the latest sanctions leveled by the americans were against an iranian judge just less than 2 weeks ago so theres not much less to left for the americans to sanction however it is a key part of Washington Strategy Pressure Campaign if you will against iran and theyre openly talking now about potentially more sanctions in the coming days kate thanks very much well the u. S. Strikes have added to the current instability in iraq antigovernment protesters have been demanding fundamental changes to the political system system for several months now demonstrates his object to what they say is irans increasing influence in iraqs internal if it is tehran has called those demonstrations riots and is demanding strong action and there is deadlock in the parliament over the nomination of a new Prime Minister following the resignation of the mufti influential shia cleric the ayatollah Ali Al Sistani has accused the Political Class of being unable to deal with the crisis feisal body is the director of the center for the study of the middle east at Indiana University and formerly a deputy permanent representative of iraq to the United Nations he joins us now from washington feisal istra body iraq is quote reviewing its relationship with the United States what does that mean and what can it do. Remember that the. Iraq. Government. So review. Will be on the way and would surely come to the conclusion that. The americans are no longer needed or in any event should no longer remain in iraq. With the. Sort of large scale operations against having looted the american role has been mostly one of training. The fear of course of that time the United States. In 2011 ultimately in 2000. Does this make the United States. In iraq than its been to date. I actually think it makes the government of iraq look more important than we have had reason to think for some time or at least if it makes it more obvious than that then and have been for some time because again you have the government of iraq having invited the United States and you have these militias who have a hope in the government but a foot outside the government they act as part of the state sometimes and as nonstate actors at others they have a they have attacked an iraq base targeting american troops there at the invitation of the government of iraq and there were iraq will be used as a result of these attacks by a militia acting outside the policy of the government of iraq now the United States of retaliated out there a series of provocations which the government of iraq has been unable to deal with and you basically have the United States taking on a militia the government of iraq looking off its its precisely what the demonstrators protesting about weve had a clear reaction a clear statement from. A clear statement from. Hes saying this can be sold to result by political means but by definition surely that only means more political power for him so is he positioning himself behind whats happened here. Well i think that everyone is a wonderful american expression of getting out in front of the parade and everyone is trying to do just that to appear to be on the side of the demonstrators with the demonstrators have already made it clear what they are and are not willing to tolerate i think this is the fathers flying to do now i think most of all the demonstrators see him as part of the problem as they are they have rejected the entire political thought seems to me calling it corrupt but it isnt the corruption they are protesting isnt just the. Financial corruption although its that but its political corruption where personal interests by the Political Class more than the National Interest and where alliances with states all of them your all that is to say with foreign actors have a greater role than in their calculations than. The iraq the National Interest this is the clear demonstration of the protesters protesting in the change of their demand ok so weve got really a 4 way crisis you youve got the protesters who are demonstrating anyway against the Iraqi Government youve got the United States you go to iraq and you will see go sharon with that mosaic how much of an appetite is there for a tit for tat escalation here. Well this is this is always d been my fear that 2 and any escalation between iran and the United States will the expense all destruction in iraq and i think were seeing the beginnings of that i share the other possibility of course is that this could have been an opening salvo in a wider. There is a potential for civil war in iraq right now the situation and in the countries extremely precarious and this would be an event which hopes to set off by trying to crisis if. Its a tinderbox now and thus far can really cause a major explosion which will have ramifications throughout the region for the. For so. In the states thank you very much thank you very much. Plenty more still to come here on news from aljazeera including tit for tat expulsions over a runaway president the escalating dispute between spain bolivia and mexico. Which way will labor go to the race to replace the u. K. s Opposition Leader is heating up. In the sports news footballs decision make a step into the fight over the Video Technology of some fans and players say it is ruining the game. Prodemocracy activists are celebrating what they say is a turning point in sudanese history 29 members of the Security Forces have been sentenced to death for torturing and murdering a protester a School Teacher was killed in february during protests that eventually led to the ousting of the president Obama Alba Shia people morgan was at the courts in all dorm on. Monday morning started with 100 gathering outside the courtroom to sudans logistics eagerly following what was happening behind the heavily guarded along. Some demanded the Death Penalty for the 41. 00 National Security Service Officers they were charged with the manslaughter of. A schoolteacher in the eastern state of the center. In court the judge brought the more than 12 weeks of trial to an end. To. The defendants are facing charges of manslaughter which falls on the article 113. 00 which carries a Death Penalty the 1st defendant to the 27th who received a Death Penalty the 31st and 30 federal sentence of death defendants 29. 38 cleared of charges what a breast are sentenced to jail. The verdict was welcomed by ahmed the hiatus family his daughter and death in custody provokes anger in schools all over sudan and a wave of protests demanding the end of this 80 year rule of president obama and he was eventually deposed in april following months of unrest it was initially sparked by rising food prices and grew into a wider revolt demanding radical change but sheer has been charged with inciting and participating in the killing of protesters. Who took to the how we consider this case to be a turning point in sudans history and many institutions in the past both the judicial and security used to cover up the crimes committed by Security Forces this is the 1st time we have Security Forces put on trial for torture its the 1st ever weve had a verdict on a large number of those involved in the crime the Security Forces and Intelligence Services used to be a fortified fashion they were untouchable. After what seemed like a long wait the verdict was greeted with celebrations since the formation of a Transitional Government the demand to bring to account those involved in killing protesters over the past year has been driving demonstrations for many mondays verdict is only the start of the response for those calls a response must include more trials of the accused to bring justice to other victims. Activists at least 250. 00 protesters have been killed since the start of the revolution 12 months ago so dance Prime Minister has set up a committee t