Blood red in australia after another day of destructive bushfires. So theyve been rocket attacks in and around baghdad after u. S. Drone strikes killed irans top military commander customer in iraq 48 hours ago now there was one explosion in the heavily fortified green zone near the American Embassy to hit close to an iraqi base where there are u. S. Troops and contractors also the hezbollah a pro iran Paramilitary Group is warning iraqi forces to stay away from u. S. Bases has been grief and rage also filling the streets of baghdad as well as the shia holy cities of karbala and adjust these funeral processions being held for so many and the Iraqi Militia leader. Mohan this who was killed along side him diplomats and leaders made. Scrambling to ease the crisis between iran and the u. S. That is cut us foreign minister who is dispatched to major runs leaders also from the u. K. Saudi arabia all calling for calm as well some a binge of aid begins our coverage now from baghdad. Multiple attacks have been reported in and around iraqs capital baghdad 3 incidents confirmed by Iraqi Security forces one took place inside the fortified green zone they predict have landed near the u. S. Embassy compound Iraqi Security forces calling it a rocket attack near the celebrations area inside the green zone the another incident happened in the job neighborhood in a residential area of baghdad and the 3rd incident north of baghdad in sanaa had been problems in balad base where some storerooms were head and weve also heard from one leader of the militia. Brigades which has been deemed as a terrorist organization by the United States that all iraqi forces should distance themselves from u. S. Bases from sunday on birds so it is a state of high alert for Iraqi Security forces as they brace themselves for what they expect is going to be some sort of a reaction and weve also seen a flurry of diplomatic activity to try and deescalate the situation in that region this is being spearheaded by others foreign minister who went to the iranian capital and met not just the president but his counterpart as well there iran insisting that this attack which happened in baghdad is a flagrant violation of International Norms and law which is something that we saw in the telephonic conversation between Sergey Lavrov the Russian Foreign minister and the really and foreign minister that was something that was repeated as well and throughout the day here in baghdad the situation remains tense but calm as protesters mourn the death of their leaders in the iraqi capital their funeral procession took place here and then the bodies will be taken from baghdad to karbala and najaf and then jeff is where i will mad the end mohan this will be. They turned up in their thousands angry and somber for the killing of their leaders by the United States. Chanting and the u. S. Slogans the protesters included families of the supporters of iran backed fighters in iraq. God willing the resistance to defeat their merican will continue and this gathering is a response to american attacks on anitas and victory is coming. At the funeral of money and this represent the various fighting groups which constitute the Popular Mobilization forces iraqis see the assassinations as a violation of their sovereignty and of the rules of engagement by u. S. Forces individuals the u. S. Has called terrorists and public enemies are heroes to many in iraq thats why the current and former Prime Ministers came to pay their respects the leader of the Popular Mobilization forces who is also the National Security advisor also walked with the procession. Americas tyranny will fade as it exceeds its limits with our again as we demand the Iraqi Government and parliament legislate to make iraq stronger with the Popular Mobilization forces the army and its people on sunday we want good news from parliament no procrastination and no delay we must get rid of dirty forces standing on iraqi chests. The banners of hezbollah brigades are prominent the u. S. State department has declared the shia group a terrorist organization its fighters were recently targeted by the u. S. On the iraq border and that was the reason cited by groups for attacking the us Embassy Compound in baghdad. This was the brigades former leader because we lost commanders of the hotshot who liberated iraq and liberated provinces occupied by eisel iraq force on behalf of all the world this violation has all iraqi people angry and condemning the crime. The bodies of the 2 leaders trying. From holy shrines in baghdad to karbala and najaf where hundreds will be buried while still a man is very ill is to take place in iran receiving messages of support for iraqs sovereignty president has spoken to World Leaders including the turkish and french president s they agreed on taking measures to prevent iraq from becoming a battleground for other countries to settle their scores and beason commanders of growing in group say in deaths last until the money could achieve the victory he wanted to expel u. S. Troops from iraq the parliaments extraordinary session is already under mounting public pressure to legislate against the presence of u. S. Forces in iraq but with a weak interim government with limited legislative powers the government is likely to not meet those expectations. With out of the or fact that. Well u. S. President has won teheran against taking any retaliatory action series of tweets hes put out saying iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain u. S. Assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who just killed an american and badly wounded many of its let this serve as a warning that if iran strikes any americans or American Assets we have targeted 52. 00 iranian sites and those targets and iran itself will be hit very hard very fast and very hard the usa wants no more threats meanwhile the white house has now sent formal notification to congress about fridays drone strike mike hanna has the details from washington d. C. Its a very important formality in terms of the war powers act from many decades ago in terms of which the president is obliged constitutionally obliged to inform congress notify congress within 48 hours of putting troops in harms way now such notification is a signed document from the white house normally it would involve giving information about the reasons for the action as well as which would probably be on a classified basis the intelligence that lay behind taking such action so this is an important step in terms of the trumps administrations attempts to justify this action though as you say it is after the act theres another set of constitutional provisions the use of a war Arms Authority to authorize ation act which has not been complied with according to many in congress so although the notification has been given in terms of the wartime resolution act it has not been ended the argument within many members of congress that they should be notified before the action takes place remembering of course a very bottom line part of the constitution its a congress that declares war not the executive. To the news and libyan medical sources say at least 30 people have been killed after an airstrike by forces loyal to the warlord cut a for have to a military academy was targeted in the capital the latest attack in half as ongoing offensive to seize tripoli from the un recognized Government Forces are backed by egypt the u. A. E. And saudi arabia about the one who is in tripoli for us and says most of the victims are believed to be in young cadets who are not on active duty. Its very clear to. The hospitals the Public Hospitals where the victims were transferred from the military academy that was hit by a drone loyal to the warlord. We just came back from one of the Public Hospitals were the victims are receiving good treatments and medical sources there say that it was so difficult for them to identify bodies of the did victims because most of the dead bodies were either burned or torn apart by the attack now medical sources also say that they have been calling the Health Ministry has been calling on people to go to the hospitals to do neat blood most of the victims are aged 18 to 22 and their military students from all the cities and areas in libya do not we spoke to the commander the head of this military academy said that they dont have anything to do with the ongoing fighting for control of tripoli theyre just students of military academy theyre not fighting against have to his forces thats where there is no reason why his forces are targeting this a military academy and meanwhile have to the fighter jets also targeted the main gate of m 80 gear port and has been halted in the airport and all flights have been diverted again to misrata airport about 2 and a half hours drive to the east from the capital of tripoli. Well what if i have to promise to intensify his assault on tripoli after Turkeys Parliament agreed to send troops to libya he said his fight was now against a foreign occupier and said men and women must take up arms same buster of a house. The man who has for years led a parallel government in libya now calls on all libyans to rise up against what he described as a looming turkish invasion but i do and i dont know how the enemy has announced war he has advertised aggression and decided to invade our nation he bit just a watchful defended took his people which had tied to us in brotherhood in islam must stand in the face of this deranged cannon labutta who is leading his army into ruin noisy and i dont know much about to be at the opera we had to so a speech to the whole arab world to its people and leaders to its youth and saying that a national war is being fueled by this to range turkish sultan throughout the whole region targeting the at a bit tentative from its west to its east. Khalifa haftar self declared Libyan National army has been fighting to take control of tripoli since april. More than 20 rockets hit civilian areas of tripoli shortly after his speech after is backed by turkeys regional rivals saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates. Turkey is determined to support the u. N. Backed government defending the libyan capital Turkeys Parliament approved the deployment of troops to libya last week after the g. N. A. T. Asked for military support but there are still no confirmed details on timing troop numbers or what role theyll take this has the ability to alter the dynamics completely in libya and restore some lodges position of strength at the negotiating table and given that the u. A. E. And egypt are not keen on an all out war with turkey in libya have to believe that his chances are running out and this is why we see these increasingly hostile statements towards techie. In a statement the un secretary general antonio terras said he wants an immediate cease fire and a return to political dialogue by all parties but even the un backed government seems to have lost faith in the uns efforts on the ground one senior g. N. A. T. Leader told libyan t. V. His government no longer relies on the u. N. Mission in tripoli zain but. In the news ahead from democratic republic of congo to Silicon Valley why a rights group is suing californias tech giants plus the children forced to live on the freezing streets. Calling for urgent action. Hello there plenty of cloud behind me here across much of northern asia we have got some pretty falls along with some snow flurries work in the east was across much of central japan and then youll see this mass of rain and overseas snow the cold air working its way through eastern china is this that in beijing on sunday 3 celsius that will come with some snow not a bad day thats across the Korean Peninsula but the rain is on its way towards you and also on its way toward shanghai be feeling pretty warm in shanghai 20 celsius meanwhile fine and dry for the next couple days into hong kong with a high of a 22 very unsettled generate much of indonesia but the very heavy flooding rains across java they have that little bit heavier further towards the east but a bit of a break across this particular area and actually fairly dry for the next couple days much as the marcha and across into the man i put into just those scattered showers and often in thunderstorms i will sustain if you will into will sudden sections of india that will continue as we go through sunday new across into much of the tunnel knology under pradesh is where well see those showers its warming up there quite nicely up into the hole 22 in new delhi not quite as warm on monday and thats the day well see the rain and the snow pushing northwards across areas of pakistan. When the news breaks today the current government has lost the trust of the people they cant do anything because approaches are against it when people to come to places like working in represent the law for sure for opponents of brechts its trying to put the conservatives aljazeera has teams on the ground right now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create a competent and credible government to bring the moon documentaries and the nightly news on em and online. Without jazeera and these are the top stories this hour there have been several attacks across iraq targets including baghdads heavily fortified green zone and in iraq the air base where there are u. S. Troops is of course just days after the assassination of one of irans top commanders custom so that many in the u. S. Strike thousands of iraqis meanwhile have attended the funeral procession for Southern Army and Iraqi Militia leader and in iraq emotionally the who was killed alongside him is president dont trump meanwhile says his country will target 52 iranian sites if iran were to attack america. And at least 30 people have been killed in an air strike on a military academy and then theyve been capital survives to tank but forces loyal to the warlord any faster as he attempts to seize tripoli from the un recognized government. Will the skies turn dark and ash rained down across southeastern australia on saturday where bushfires have killed another 2 people 2 men were trapped along a highway on South Australias Kangaroo Island. When flames engulfed. Fires for the east in victoria threatening dozens of communities and strong winds have been whipping up the flames in New South Wales as well the supports in jessica washington. For these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling unforgiving weather. Extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bush fires burn at emergency levels in 3 states in New South Wales one local government minister described it as like an atomic bomb hitting the region fires already caused major devastation here on new years eve they making a frightening return with conditions even more unpredictable. Conditions the crisis is already astray longest recorded bushfire emergency and millions of hectic as if land has been burnt scientists estimate around half a 1000000000 wildlife have been killed in South Australia on the popular Tourist Destination of Kangaroo Island 2 people died in a fire authorities said it was virtually unstoppable in malibu in the state of victoria where thousands of holiday makers were stranded on a beach the sky turned a haunting shade of crimson as fire has ravaged the region Prime MinisterScott Morrison has been criticised for being too slow to roll out a National Response to the crisis but he finally announced an Army Reserves and 3 navy ships will be deployed to help. This bushfire season is far from over but its caused so much devastation across australia in the southern part of New South Wales its not uncommon to see streets like this one with rows of houses completely decimated this Holiday Resort has become a makeshift home for many families forced to escape the fires the burkes dont know what theyll do now their house burnt down on new years eve by the charm we were able to go through. We had been told on the way home that they also bring the possibility that our house was still there because why surrounded it. And women are finally able to get there the whole house was engulfed in flames there was nothing of it. Their entire extended family has now been evacuated and are waiting for things to return to normal with no significant rain forecast for at least a few weeks that prospect is still very far away just to washington out 0 batemans bay astray. Now far the worlds Biggest Tech Companies are being sued by humans rights a Human Rights Group on behalf of the families of children till theyre injured while mining in democratic republic of congo this is apple Google Microsoft dell and tests are all accused of knowing that the cobalt metal used in their products could be linked to child labor support from out of metals. In the mining town of cool ways the dispersed and poor looking for cobalt its a vital component in batteries used in goods ranging from electric cars to phones and laptops more than half of the worlds cobalt is produced in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of chi