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Firefighters as they try to tackle the blazes in australia from the and. Close welcome to the program our top story huge crowds have packed the streets in tehran for the funeral procession of iranian general us and still a money following his assassination on friday and a u. S. Air strike in iraq iran supremely to come anigh led the pres and at one point was seen weeping iran has vowed severe revenge and pullback from the 2015 Nuclear Court e. U. Foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on friday to try and save the deal the us president meanwhile is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops that had taken iraqi Prime Minister told the u. S. Ambassador that both countries must Work Together to implement the troop withdrawal nato ambassadors of also call for responsible behavior and restraint on all sides but said all members stood firmly behind the United States in the middle east as a beggar ports now from to iran. A nation in mourning and tears from the Supreme Leader for irans top military general assassinated in the u. S. Drone strike in iraq many a friend of customs for the money lead the Funeral Service at the university outside the streets of the capital were packed with the iranians who considered for the money a hero a man who defended his country crowds like this have not been seen since the death of the founder of the republic Ayatollah Khomeini 30 years ago so the on his daughter addressed the crowds you know its hard but hardly high i would say anwar photo ha ha today the philosophy and struggle of my father has made the resistance front into a principled and victorious philosophy. So the money and iran have long supported palestinian groups a senior hamas leader Ismail Haniya paid his respects you also were here to express our heartfelt condolences to the leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini general solomonic family and the flag bearers of the resistance against the zionist regime and the u. S. The crowds chanted sang and cried the feeling here that this is a moment of change not just a run for the entire region but here for president on the front porch of the fascination of boston for the money would result in people coming and celebration coming out against the political establishment in iran well the number of mourners here i think is the one so that he was greatly mistaken there were a chance of death to america and an expectation that iran must respond he should take revenge the feeling that i had to was the do little its unique i dont have this feeling towards anyone else in Government Hand thats not my heart theres no one is valuable as the general a little on some blood with blood residual that whatever since i heard the news ive been crying 100 so weird feeling but at the bottom of our hearts we want revenge revenge revenge but not everyone agrees on what action to take and they are intended political struggles in parliament if roger and before your eyes the best response is to expel us forces from the middle east and make efforts to liberate palestine but the specific response of iran should be hasty and should be well considered an important body called the assembly of experts condemned the killing of said the money and said silence in the face of assassination would make iran weaker they called upon young people to mobilize and prepared to oust American Forces from iraq as the world awaits irans response the government here will find it hard to ignore the calls for revenge and when its revenge for a man of course and so the money standing it would appear this Popular Support for whatever action may follow assad based aljazeera that run. And i saw a bunch of aid has more now from the capital baghdad on how iraq intends to and show all foreign troops leave the Country Security stability and sovereignty and thats what the iraqi Prime Ministers office says the relationship between iraq and the United States needs to be based upon in this meeting between the Prime Minister and the u. S. Ambassador according to the p. M. s office that the issues that were discussed most importantly was of the both sides working together for the vigor of foreign troops in iraq something that the iraqi Prime Minister have been emphasizing in the last 24 hours this being the 1st working day of the week hes received hes been receiving phone calls from World Leaders from all over the globe he spoke to the country and really he spoke to the german chancellor Angela Merkel the british Prime Minister the Chinese Ambassador and others so the message underlying message here seems to be that of deescalation that of solidarity with iraq because iraq says that it has been a victim of proxy wars being fought on its soil iraq says that the action that was taken on friday by the United States is an infringement of its sovereignty and the rules of engagement that it has agreed upon with the United States so the iraqi Prime Minister making it clear to World Leaders that where it stands and also to the United States saying that a mechanism now going to be formulated so that of a draw off foreign troops from iraq the soil can begin. Going to bring you more on the International Reaction to all these developments in the middle east show in my camera standing by the United Nations 1st i want to get to washington d. C. Where castro is following events there for a send now we understand that the House Speaker nancy pelosi has announced a war powers resolution and this would be to tell limit the president s ability to take military action. Thats right that would be in the house of representatives but also in the senate were seeing pending legislation drafted by democrats that say because President Trump did not consult congress before taking this action for the military strike that this action may be illegal and these resolutions seek to end the military intervention regarding iran without congressional approval i just spoke with senator ben cardin who is a Senior Member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee a former Relations Committee and he is one of the cosponsors of this Senate Resolution and he says he is very concerned about the thinking that went into President Trumps Decision Making he says he still has not seen the intelligence which the president has used to justify the strike that killed the iranian general and he says that this all started with trumps decision to pull the u. S. Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal which we can the u. S. Position and also isolated the u. S. From allies and that the strike only made things worse take a listen to what he said. It was clearly provocative theres no question that he accelerates the danger between iran and the United States from the point of view of a military action we need a diplomatic solution and the president s actions make so much more difficult he based it on the imminent threat we now need to know what that threat was all about and thats i hope that briefing this week will clarify. Meanwhile those whove been hearing from the president in the south donald trump reiterating threats about u. S. Retaliation in the face of a response from iran. Thats right and trumps latest tweet came a few hours ago when in which he said that iran would never acquire a Nuclear Weapon and today through his counsellor kelly what and conway the white house doubled down on what trump said over the weekend that if tehran retaliates that the u. S. Would then strike back at up to 52 cultural sites in iran now that has caused a lot of backlash in the United States itself with democrats saying that its that amounts to a war crime that it is prohibited by International Law but the president and his but his advisers not backing down from that threat. All right thanks very much. I did your castro with all the latest there from washington but of course has been plenty of International Reaction as well nato has been me saying the head of that alliance warning iran against further violence in provocations after an urgent meeting was held in the alliance has put on hold an Training Mission in iraq as a result of solid moneys that nato is prepared to continue or training and Capacity Building when the situation permits remains strongly committed to the fight against international terrorism. After the meeting today the United States also briefed on the regional situation following recent attacks Coalition Forces in iraq. On the strike against generals for the moment. For years all our laws have expressed concern about 2 wrongs do you stay abroad singer it is in the middle east region. We agree to wrong must never require a Nuclear Weapon we share about irans missile tests. On the United Nations has called for maximum restraint from wild leaders without naming any countries secretary general and head of the terrorist said that tensions were at the highest level in this century. Ive been following the recent rise in global tensions with great concern im in Constant Contact with living around goulds and my message is simple and clear stop escalation exist size maximum restraint restart dialogue re new International Corporation that does not suggests the terrible human suffering caused by war and just some breaking news coming into us now that the u. S. Has submitted a letter to the Iraqi Government saying that they will reap in their forces in the coming days and weeks and that they intend to leave iraq out of respect for iraqi sovereignty of course this after a very significant vote in the Iraqi Parliament which took place on sunday Iraqi Parliament in the vote essentially instructing the government to initiate the process for a withdrawal for the expulsion of foreign troops u. S. Troops from the country there was no specific timeline set out in that vote nor is it the final vote on the matter and also worth mentioning that there were many iraqi lawmakers which boycotted that vote but nonetheless here we have a response from the United States initial report saying that a letter has been submitted saying that they do intend to leave now mike hanna is at the United Nations just airing from terror is there not naming any countries specifically but saying that there really has to be some effort to to deescalate. Yes very careful to avoid naming any countries or pointing any fingers a very brief statement around the minute he came in made the statement and then walked away again declining to take any questions some of the ambassadors were not as reticent to however the Chinese Ambassador attacked the United States very strongly saying that it has violated the basic norms of International Relationships he too called for the escalation of the situation as did indeed the Russian Ambassador who spoke to the media the Russian Ambassador making very clear though the divisions within the Security Council the Chinese Ambassador had confirmed that the letters being received from iran asking for the Security Council to take note of this ongoing crisis but neither the Chinese Ambassador nor the Russian Ambassador would be drawn on whether they would urge of meeting of the Security Council the Russian Ambassador was asked whether there would be a statement from the Security Council he said very bluntly there is no chance of any such statement so the fact that the Security Council in confronting this country crisis or not confronting it is sure far short of holding a session on the matter it cannot even come together or get agreement to issue a statement condemning the ongoing situation thank you very much mike hanna with the latest from the u. N. And theres been also some reaction in Financial Markets we have seen Global Oil Prices surging more than 5 percent since the assassination of our same seller money now at 70. 00 a barrel the price of crude is the highest since september when drones weans to attack Oil Processing facilities in saudi arabia the u. S. Warned over the weekend that iran might retaliate for selling manis death by targeting all facilities in the middle east of course a Prolonged Oil prices could raise the risk of a Global Economic recession. You are with al jazeera live from london any more sobering on the program. Protests across india after a mosque group attacked students and teachers at a Prominent University in the count was killed. And thousands are rallying in liberias capital monrovia with demands of former football a time president george will. We got more wets windy but mild weather pushing into western parts of europe and down into the southeast we got some rather lively showers longer spells of rain here in between it is quiet we are still having missed info problems into the central areas but so the main weather action remains on the side of that heres the next band of cloud thats waiting out into the atlantic and that will push its way further east which as we go throughout the next couple days choose to have a blustery day across Northern Ireland scotland Northern Areas of england pushing across into norway right and some snow pushing for here over the high ground and this rightness no 2 over the high ground for turkey eastern side of the med seeing some very choppy waters go force winds and some very heavy rain pushing in here as well as we go on its way to stay that will snow just where little for the race was sought for still in the mix there still quite into those central pass and cloud and the rain just nothing is white out across england into low countries pushing across a germany and indeed into parts of northern france in areas of africa well generally driving we do of course have that sherry right effect in the far north of libya just pushing across the coastal fringes of egypt as well up towards northern parts of egypt over towards the northwest estates fine dry and warm. But. It is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someones home and mishit you know actually you know. Not in significant numbers that insignificant ideologically to a significant event is a crime against down very significant by dictating to the government and the fact that policy now shall not can see the radicalized series on aljazeera. Oh. Oh. So recap of our top story this hour huge crowds of packed the streets of tehran for the funeral procession of the iranian general hossam still a money Supreme Leader ayatollah ali hominine and the president Hassan Rouhani held prayers at the proceedings in the town iran. The us president meanwhile is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops that can take iraqi Prime Minister told the u. S. Ambassador to both countries must Work Together to implement troop withdrawal which iraqi politicians voted for in the wake of the assassination. And then nato secretary general again stoltenberg his call for a straight and deescalation saying a new conflict would be in no ones interests meanwhile the u. S. Army there have been just a breaking news developments in the last 10 minutes or so with the u. S. Army telling iraq that it is making preparations to move out of the country as a reposition its forces this stated in a letter to iraqs ministry of defense u. S. Brigadier general Nuclear Court<\/a> e. U. Foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on friday to try and save the deal the us president meanwhile is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops that had taken iraqi Prime Minister<\/a> told the u. S. Ambassador that both countries must Work Together<\/a> to implement the troop withdrawal nato ambassadors of also call for responsible behavior and restraint on all sides but said all members stood firmly behind the United States<\/a> in the middle east as a beggar ports now from to iran. A nation in mourning and tears from the Supreme Leader<\/a> for irans top military general assassinated in the u. S. Drone strike in iraq many a friend of customs for the money lead the Funeral Service<\/a> at the university outside the streets of the capital were packed with the iranians who considered for the money a hero a man who defended his country crowds like this have not been seen since the death of the founder of the republic Ayatollah Khomeini<\/a> 30 years ago so the on his daughter addressed the crowds you know its hard but hardly high i would say anwar photo ha ha today the philosophy and struggle of my father has made the resistance front into a principled and victorious philosophy. So the money and iran have long supported palestinian groups a senior hamas leader Ismail Haniya<\/a> paid his respects you also were here to express our heartfelt condolences to the leader of the Islamic Revolution<\/a> Ayatollah Khomeini<\/a> general solomonic family and the flag bearers of the resistance against the zionist regime and the u. S. The crowds chanted sang and cried the feeling here that this is a moment of change not just a run for the entire region but here for president on the front porch of the fascination of boston for the money would result in people coming and celebration coming out against the political establishment in iran well the number of mourners here i think is the one so that he was greatly mistaken there were a chance of death to america and an expectation that iran must respond he should take revenge the feeling that i had to was the do little its unique i dont have this feeling towards anyone else in Government Hand<\/a> thats not my heart theres no one is valuable as the general a little on some blood with blood residual that whatever since i heard the news ive been crying 100 so weird feeling but at the bottom of our hearts we want revenge revenge revenge but not everyone agrees on what action to take and they are intended political struggles in parliament if roger and before your eyes the best response is to expel us forces from the middle east and make efforts to liberate palestine but the specific response of iran should be hasty and should be well considered an important body called the assembly of experts condemned the killing of said the money and said silence in the face of assassination would make iran weaker they called upon young people to mobilize and prepared to oust American Forces<\/a> from iraq as the world awaits irans response the government here will find it hard to ignore the calls for revenge and when its revenge for a man of course and so the money standing it would appear this Popular Support<\/a> for whatever action may follow assad based aljazeera that run. And i saw a bunch of aid has more now from the capital baghdad on how iraq intends to and show all foreign troops leave the Country Security<\/a> stability and sovereignty and thats what the iraqi Prime Minister<\/a>s office says the relationship between iraq and the United States<\/a> needs to be based upon in this meeting between the Prime Minister<\/a> and the u. S. Ambassador according to the p. M. s office that the issues that were discussed most importantly was of the both sides working together for the vigor of foreign troops in iraq something that the iraqi Prime Minister<\/a> have been emphasizing in the last 24 hours this being the 1st working day of the week hes received hes been receiving phone calls from World Leaders<\/a> from all over the globe he spoke to the country and really he spoke to the german chancellor Angela Merkel<\/a> the british Prime Minister<\/a> the Chinese Ambassador<\/a> and others so the message underlying message here seems to be that of deescalation that of solidarity with iraq because iraq says that it has been a victim of proxy wars being fought on its soil iraq says that the action that was taken on friday by the United States<\/a> is an infringement of its sovereignty and the rules of engagement that it has agreed upon with the United States<\/a> so the iraqi Prime Minister<\/a> making it clear to World Leaders<\/a> that where it stands and also to the United States<\/a> saying that a mechanism now going to be formulated so that of a draw off foreign troops from iraq the soil can begin. Going to bring you more on the International Reaction<\/a> to all these developments in the middle east show in my camera standing by the United Nations<\/a> 1st i want to get to washington d. C. Where castro is following events there for a send now we understand that the House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi has announced a war powers resolution and this would be to tell limit the president s ability to take military action. Thats right that would be in the house of representatives but also in the senate were seeing pending legislation drafted by democrats that say because President Trump<\/a> did not consult congress before taking this action for the military strike that this action may be illegal and these resolutions seek to end the military intervention regarding iran without congressional approval i just spoke with senator ben cardin who is a Senior Member<\/a> of the Senate Foreign<\/a> Affairs Committee<\/a> a former Relations Committee<\/a> and he is one of the cosponsors of this Senate Resolution<\/a> and he says he is very concerned about the thinking that went into President Trump<\/a>s Decision Making<\/a> he says he still has not seen the intelligence which the president has used to justify the strike that killed the iranian general and he says that this all started with trumps decision to pull the u. S. Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal<\/a> which we can the u. S. Position and also isolated the u. S. From allies and that the strike only made things worse take a listen to what he said. It was clearly provocative theres no question that he accelerates the danger between iran and the United States<\/a> from the point of view of a military action we need a diplomatic solution and the president s actions make so much more difficult he based it on the imminent threat we now need to know what that threat was all about and thats i hope that briefing this week will clarify. Meanwhile those whove been hearing from the president in the south donald trump reiterating threats about u. S. Retaliation in the face of a response from iran. Thats right and trumps latest tweet came a few hours ago when in which he said that iran would never acquire a Nuclear Weapon<\/a> and today through his counsellor kelly what and conway the white house doubled down on what trump said over the weekend that if tehran retaliates that the u. S. Would then strike back at up to 52 cultural sites in iran now that has caused a lot of backlash in the United States<\/a> itself with democrats saying that its that amounts to a war crime that it is prohibited by International Law<\/a> but the president and his but his advisers not backing down from that threat. All right thanks very much. I did your castro with all the latest there from washington but of course has been plenty of International Reaction<\/a> as well nato has been me saying the head of that alliance warning iran against further violence in provocations after an urgent meeting was held in the alliance has put on hold an Training Mission<\/a> in iraq as a result of solid moneys that nato is prepared to continue or training and Capacity Building<\/a> when the situation permits remains strongly committed to the fight against international terrorism. After the meeting today the United States<\/a> also briefed on the regional situation following recent attacks Coalition Forces<\/a> in iraq. On the strike against generals for the moment. For years all our laws have expressed concern about 2 wrongs do you stay abroad singer it is in the middle east region. We agree to wrong must never require a Nuclear Weapon<\/a> we share about irans missile tests. On the United Nations<\/a> has called for maximum restraint from wild leaders without naming any countries secretary general and head of the terrorist said that tensions were at the highest level in this century. Ive been following the recent rise in global tensions with great concern im in Constant Contact<\/a> with living around goulds and my message is simple and clear stop escalation exist size maximum restraint restart dialogue re new International Corporation<\/a> that does not suggests the terrible human suffering caused by war and just some breaking news coming into us now that the u. S. Has submitted a letter to the Iraqi Government<\/a> saying that they will reap in their forces in the coming days and weeks and that they intend to leave iraq out of respect for iraqi sovereignty of course this after a very significant vote in the Iraqi Parliament<\/a> which took place on sunday Iraqi Parliament<\/a> in the vote essentially instructing the government to initiate the process for a withdrawal for the expulsion of foreign troops u. S. Troops from the country there was no specific timeline set out in that vote nor is it the final vote on the matter and also worth mentioning that there were many iraqi lawmakers which boycotted that vote but nonetheless here we have a response from the United States<\/a> initial report saying that a letter has been submitted saying that they do intend to leave now mike hanna is at the United Nations<\/a> just airing from terror is there not naming any countries specifically but saying that there really has to be some effort to to deescalate. Yes very careful to avoid naming any countries or pointing any fingers a very brief statement around the minute he came in made the statement and then walked away again declining to take any questions some of the ambassadors were not as reticent to however the Chinese Ambassador<\/a> attacked the United States<\/a> very strongly saying that it has violated the basic norms of International Relationships<\/a> he too called for the escalation of the situation as did indeed the Russian Ambassador<\/a> who spoke to the media the Russian Ambassador<\/a> making very clear though the divisions within the Security Council<\/a> the Chinese Ambassador<\/a> had confirmed that the letters being received from iran asking for the Security Council<\/a> to take note of this ongoing crisis but neither the Chinese Ambassador<\/a> nor the Russian Ambassador<\/a> would be drawn on whether they would urge of meeting of the Security Council<\/a> the Russian Ambassador<\/a> was asked whether there would be a statement from the Security Council<\/a> he said very bluntly there is no chance of any such statement so the fact that the Security Council<\/a> in confronting this country crisis or not confronting it is sure far short of holding a session on the matter it cannot even come together or get agreement to issue a statement condemning the ongoing situation thank you very much mike hanna with the latest from the u. N. And theres been also some reaction in Financial Markets<\/a> we have seen Global Oil Prices<\/a> surging more than 5 percent since the assassination of our same seller money now at 70. 00 a barrel the price of crude is the highest since september when drones weans to attack Oil Processing<\/a> facilities in saudi arabia the u. S. Warned over the weekend that iran might retaliate for selling manis death by targeting all facilities in the middle east of course a Prolonged Oil<\/a> prices could raise the risk of a Global Economic<\/a> recession. You are with al jazeera live from london any more sobering on the program. Protests across india after a mosque group attacked students and teachers at a Prominent University<\/a> in the count was killed. And thousands are rallying in liberias capital monrovia with demands of former football a time president george will. We got more wets windy but mild weather pushing into western parts of europe and down into the southeast we got some rather lively showers longer spells of rain here in between it is quiet we are still having missed info problems into the central areas but so the main weather action remains on the side of that heres the next band of cloud thats waiting out into the atlantic and that will push its way further east which as we go throughout the next couple days choose to have a blustery day across Northern Ireland<\/a> scotland Northern Areas<\/a> of england pushing across into norway right and some snow pushing for here over the high ground and this rightness no 2 over the high ground for turkey eastern side of the med seeing some very choppy waters go force winds and some very heavy rain pushing in here as well as we go on its way to stay that will snow just where little for the race was sought for still in the mix there still quite into those central pass and cloud and the rain just nothing is white out across england into low countries pushing across a germany and indeed into parts of northern france in areas of africa well generally driving we do of course have that sherry right effect in the far north of libya just pushing across the coastal fringes of egypt as well up towards northern parts of egypt over towards the northwest estates fine dry and warm. But. It is murder when you throw a fire bomb into someones home and mishit you know actually you know. Not in significant numbers that insignificant ideologically to a significant event is a crime against down very significant by dictating to the government and the fact that policy now shall not can see the radicalized series on aljazeera. Oh. Oh. So recap of our top story this hour huge crowds of packed the streets of tehran for the funeral procession of the iranian general hossam still a money Supreme Leader<\/a> ayatollah ali hominine and the president Hassan Rouhani<\/a> held prayers at the proceedings in the town iran. The us president meanwhile is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops that can take iraqi Prime Minister<\/a> told the u. S. Ambassador to both countries must Work Together<\/a> to implement troop withdrawal which iraqi politicians voted for in the wake of the assassination. And then nato secretary general again stoltenberg his call for a straight and deescalation saying a new conflict would be in no ones interests meanwhile the u. S. Army there have been just a breaking news developments in the last 10 minutes or so with the u. S. Army telling iraq that it is making preparations to move out of the country as a reposition its forces this stated in a letter to iraqs ministry of defense u. S. Brigadier general William Seeley<\/a> saying that the u. S. Will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks john hendren joins me now from washington for more on this tell us more about the contents of this letter and whether its authenticity has been confirmed. Well this is the letter it has been confirmed by iraqi authorities and they say they have received the letter it was as you said written by Brigadier General<\/a> William Seeley<\/a> whos in charge of the u. S. Task force there in iraq written to Lieutenant General<\/a> abdul amir the head of iraqi forces there and it says. That troops would be repositioning u. S. Troops would be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for Onward Movement<\/a> now there are about 5000. 00 troops remaining in iraq and that is that is paling in comparison to the 177000 troops of the coalition that invaded iraq back in 2003 in the spring 130000 of those troops were americans so this is a very much smaller force in the big question is are they really leaving in fact its not clear President Trump<\/a> said just yesterday that he would not let troops leave u. S. Troops leave iraq unless iraq were to pay the billions and billions of dollars that the u. S. Spent on the ballot airbase there north of baghdad so it is an intriguing question as to what exactly this means were seeking clarification from the pentagon we have not heard back from them but this letter purports to say that the u. S. Troops will be leaving is that a formality it could be and the reason for that is that the Iraqi Parliament<\/a> yesterday took a formal action requiring the u. S. To leave that was a nonbinding vote but it could be that the pentagon feels obligated to respond to that and we are waiting to hear from them on exactly what will happen follow this but you can bet that President Trump<\/a> will be bringing this up in the coming days and as you say President Trump<\/a> off to that vote lashed out saying that that would be sanctions imposed on iraq if American Ship<\/a> troops were expelled but only on the hand this could be pops phonetically advantageous for him. Thats right well he of course did run on pulling the u. S. Out of foreign wars he went on though to say yesterday that that he wouldnt leave iraq without the billions in payments untold billions for that air base and he went on to say that not only would there be sanctions with those those sanctions would make the iranian sanctions pale in comparison it was a very Severe Threat<\/a> it would be i think unthinkable for the president today to turn around and say ok were leaving so this letter does seem like a formality the u. S. Military is obligated to respond that was a nonbinding vote but you can bet there will be a lot of diplomatic talk between the 2 countries and perhaps some undiplomatic talk from the president of the United States<\/a> thank you very much i will continue to stay across developments around that story john hendren in washington thanks for now because were following other news as well today and in libya forces loyal to her after saying that they seized the strategic coastal city of sirte from the u. N. Recognize government city is situated on libyas coast and is the dividing line between half does Libyan National<\/a> army and the government of National Accord<\/a> based around 450 kilometers away in tripoli the citys port and military camps in the south was seized it comes as turkey is preparing to deploy troops to help shore up the government in tripoli. Has more from tripoli. Forces have taken control of several parts of the city including the poorest and the city center thats also along with the military camps in the Southern City<\/a> fighting is still going on until now according to military sources in the area and they say that they take all what happened after a certain detachment inside the city that was belonging to the Government Forces<\/a> that changed position just because the our affiliate to the photogenic tribe thats tribe of the warlord believe or have to now the city of sirte it is very strategic as it is very close to the oil fields and oil ports in central libya and specially close to the coast were getting also news from military sources in misrata the rescinding troops. To repeal the health of forces that tag now in on the stories were following closely today in phil mogul Harvey Weinstein<\/a> has been charged with further sex offenses as his trial on separate allegations is about to get under way the movie producers pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting 2 women including rape and predatory Sexual Assault<\/a> if found guilty he could face life in prison the case is just one of several against weinstein after dozens of women accused him of Sexual Misconduct<\/a> spanning decades while of course in new york he was charged with further sex crime charges by prosecutors in los angeles they say there could be yet more charges to come in all 8 women came forward to report that they were sexually assaulted by the defendant in Los Angeles County<\/a> 3 of those alleged crimes took place outside of the statute of limitations and for that reason we have declined to file charges in those 3 cases. We continue to investigate allegations involving 3 other women to determine if additional criminal charges will be filed. And now to australia where firefighters are taking advantage of cooler temperatures and rain as they continue to battle more than 140. 00 bushfires. Plane was prevented from landing to help evacuate thousands of people trapped in the town of my laputa 500 on which is east of melbourne and authorities are warning there is no room for complacency with temperatures expected to rise again by thursday federal government says its willing to pay whatever it takes to help communities recover dedicating some 1400000000. 00 on monday. Jessica washington is in batemans bay on the New South Wales<\/a> coast and says the cost of the wildfires is mounting. This part of New South Wales<\/a> is usually so picturesque that it draws thousands of visitors every year but it has been completely transformed by this bushfire season crews have been battling heat wave conditions for days but after days of bad news this finally a bit of good news cooler conditions and even some rain theres also some good news coming in from the federal government whove just pledged at least 1400000000 u. S. Dollars to help Communities Just<\/a> like this one with their bushfire recovery to die we agreed that we would support the National Bushfire<\/a> recovery i can see by stablish National Bushfire<\/a> Recovery Fund<\/a> which will be administered by that agency led by mr culver the commonwealth is committing an additional an initial 2000000000. 00 over the next 2 calendar year starting right now to support all of the efforts of recovery right across the country the Bushfire Relief Fund<\/a> will focus on roads infrastructure and of course houses some communities have been almost completely destroyed this bushfire season spending for the relief fund hasnt been capped recognizing that australia is longest bushfire merge and sea is also likely to be its most expensive. Police in india are investigating how last men stormed one of the countrys most prestigious universities on sunday protests have been held following the incident never a university in delhi but it comes as demonstrations against a controversial new citizenship will continue at similar institutions in the south of the country students came out in support of the victims while in the north people gathered in solidarity with the alleged culprits more than 30 people were injured in sundays attack by assailants on with sticks and some shouting Death Threats<\/a> has been blamed on the Students Union<\/a> which is closely linked to the ruling party Prime Minister<\/a> narendra modi. Is at university in new delhi and says the students dont feel safe anymore. The policemen are present here in numbers today sunday evening when some of the students and teachers here were under attack they took their time to enter the University One<\/a> must also get clearance from the security guards so the students who were beaten up are asking why the security guards just careless or was the administration of the university complicit in the attack that took place on sunday evening about 50 people including women wearing mosques holding on drawers in their hands when from one also to another they beat up students as well as some teachers and threatened the students as well at the moment about 20 people students and some teachers are receiving treatment at a hospital in new delhi now the students who were beaten up allege that the group that beat them up one gangster bought part of the a which is a Students Union<\/a> affiliated with the Hindu Nationalist Party<\/a> to the party the whole minister of the country who comes from that party has ordered an inquiry and several ministers in the current government have started in this university have condemned the violence but the students here dont feel safe anymore many of them have left their hostels and gone back home or to their friends as houses to stay there the big question that people. Are now asking is because theres a sense of disbelief and panic that how could such an attack take place our students now not see inside their hostels the students of this university have been protesting against the controversial citizenship law and more recently also against the proposed fee hike in the u. S. A special representative for venezuela Elliott Abrams<\/a> says washington is looking additional sanctions to put pressure on the venezuelan government it comes after chaotic scenes in the country yesterday as the government of president Nicolas Maduro<\/a> forcibly installed its preferred candidate for head of congress on troops in blocs opposition politician including from entering parliament ahead of the vote luis perez who was recently expelled over corruption allegations has been handed the post below program and. Its not just that they have prevented the lawmakers from entering the assembly they did not allow the president because they violated the rights of all venezuelans what you saw yesterday is what youve been seeing for years of persecution kidnappings wrist and take over of the assembly. At least 5 soldiers have been killed in mali after a roadside bomb hit an army convoy it happened in other toner in the south of the country body has been struggling to contain rebel groups have killed more than 140 soldiers since september thousands of french troops stationed in the to help contain the mounting violence there well now police in uganda have detained the musician and political activist bobby wine he was prevented from holding his 1st Public Campaign<\/a> event as a president ial hopeful for next years elections despite the event being authorized by the authorities at least i take gas to disperse is of course his as they gathered outside the capital kampala why it has been calling for the retirement of longtime president yoweri in the 70. Theres more on everything right here al jazeera dot com you can stay across all the latest developments around iraq and the reaction in iran but you can also watch us on life streaming there as well. So just a recap of our breaking news story this hour the u. S. Army has told iraq that its preparing to move out of the country in a less it to iraqs ministry of defense u. S. Brigadier general William Seeley<\/a> says the u. S. Will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks he says they are doing so in jus deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq. Meanwhile huge crowds of the streets in tehran for the funeral procession of the iranian general us im still a money Supreme Leader<\/a> ayatollah ali hama nyan the president has said rouhani helped present the proceedings in teheran soliman he was killed in a u. S. Drone strike early on friday crowds mourned his death which has sparked condemnation from leaders who fear tensions in the region could escalate dramatically said begg is intact iran many commentators have said that they have never seen so many people 30 years since the funeral of the founder of this limit republic to the home of the people who are caring for that cause the current pictures of course and for the money people chanted and sang and some people even cried now this is the 2nd day of mourning the act of the 3 days of mourning the coffin was then taken to go home and to more route taken to come on where gazans to the money is expected to be buried theres been International Reaction<\/a> as well to these fast moving away events speaking author emergency nato meeting about the drone strike the secretary general stoltenberg called for straight and the escalation he said nato allies stand behind the United States<\/a> in the middle east but a new conflict would be in no ones interests. And were also following stories elsewhere in libya forces loyal to her to say theyve seized the strategic coastal city of sirte from the un recognized government city is situated on libyas coast and is the dividing line between half his Libyan National<\/a> army and the government of National Accord<\/a> which is based about 400 kilometers away in the capital tripoli it comes as turkey is preparing to deploy troops help shore up the government in tripoli and then the u. S. A special representative for venezuela Elliott Abrams<\/a> says that washington is looking at dish and sanctions to put pressure on the government in venezuela it comes after chaotic scenes in the country yesterday as the government of president Nicolas Maduro<\/a> forcibly installed its preferred candidate ahead of Congress Went<\/a> to one east is next. The un published the most comprehensive study of life on. They found 1000000 species face extinction has more than 12 percent of known life on. One truck to destroy the much Oil Infrastructure<\/a> of which all well depends the report identifies the 5 main drivers of this big logical crisis fast the way we use and abuse all politics was always says 75 percent of the land and 10 as a Marine Environment<\/a> have been severely altered by human activity exploitation of species through over fishing and hunting Climate Change<\/a> caused by a Greenhouse Gas<\/a> emissions pollution and finally the hof it creaked on local ecosystems by invasive species. Who are supposed to say the decline can be slowed even stopped in some cases but to do that we must transform our relationship with. They are the voiceless and vulnerable forced to work against their will millions of people are condemned to lives of slavery he didnt remote areas behind factory walls and in brick kilns where abuse is common to solid food it would still go on but theyre law there you are married again youve got a village now the fight against slavery is going into space were able to say to the local n. G. O. S here is a brick kiln that we believe has. Its. Slave labor 101. 00 east explores how technology is giving slavery no where to hide. Heard her at the end of the. The fight against slavery has a new whip and. Who. Owns 2 sides in the corner never good. Is a lawyer working for volunteers for social justice vs j a local n. G. O. S fighting to free families from slavery and said another one if it be that recorded. Over 30 years the s. J. Has freed thousands of people in northern india from slavery. Today they going to a raid at taco bricks. The kilns distinctive footprints can be seen clearly from space using state of the art Satellite Technology<\/a>. What we can feed the fiction naif. Typical of 50 to kill a cow dr doreen boyd is an associate professor of earth at the university of nottingham and she points out the telltale signs of slave labor. What were looking at full. Building typically you know a family will be living and. Returned to. You can feed the smoke from the chimney that shows the food that has been active can on both of labor being use all of the fitting. And i thought it would be perhaps the prevalence of flavor weight activity bonded labor for example happening in the film to. Look at the nuts on the food there girl you know. Im going to go into. This is to me 1st. Its. A Cover Congress<\/a> im going to give it. Ok going to. Let it go to. Not a diplomatic yeah but if were going. To hear it known or heard in this new in fact. Hammad and hes wife to did the abundant work is at the. About the end i mean and if its a mother or mother its a mother given that about an hour. And a. Half and. This is a very sobering talk about modern slavery kevin bales is one of the worlds leading experts on modern slavery whole families are in slave to do this work to pack the mud cut the mud make it into bricks and the very dangerous work of firing the bricks as well so i had spent several months in brick kilns and i had worked out very precisely the exact economics of the brick business and particularly the slave based brick business and that was important to understand where were these bricks going when they were being produced how did slave holders make a profit we still however even after all that were good was done i had no idea of how many recounts there were where they all were and so forth. He decided to fight slavery by joining forces with fellow academics like dr stuart monash im an observation specialist so using imagery from all beach around the planet its a social science just came to see it was only. Its great that weve got this interest you focused on this observation. Would you be able to see slavery. And so we said we dont know what the slavery looked like and for us at the stage it was completely new and i showed some satellite images that i had found of slavery spaces i showed them. Pictures that i had taken on the grounds of people in slavery in those same spaces and begin to say why dont we do at least the pilot test which we did on the sugar bones unesco World Heritage<\/a> site in bangladesh looking at. Fish processing camps that use child slaves and in that short pilot we just covered far ive known process in camps and cheers to where the 2 can launch into you really ought to do something about it. Following the success of the pilot study they turned their attention to one of the biggest uses of slave labor in india according to antislavery international. And the reason we thought it with the book its surely due to the number of. The number of people that work in the film for they tend to be working under forced labor so if we can actually map where these are how more people than we could face if we focused on another type of flavor of activity. The slavery from space projects brings together earth observation scientists geographies social scientists engineers and Computer Specialists<\/a> they watching 4000 miles from the raid unfolding at the brick kiln. Its estimated that up to 23000000 people are held in debt bondage in india and a 3rd of the children working for up to 9 hours a day. Of the. Chandra gotti has 4 children aged between 9. 20 they all work at the brick kiln with her to try and make their minimum quota of bricks. The younger 2 often work at night so they can sometimes go to school during the day to get a better job. In the treasury. B. S. J. Suspects 14 adults and. 10 children being forced to work as slaves here including pommelled cooma and his family as i was the day i did it and you saw what i had done i got there. Going a man. Takes a hard. Ive been talk i dont. Get it theres not a bum to get a. Good mother. To straighten out a lot of practice but ill fire. Him the 1st. Time i think that some of the guys theyre going to write to the man in red is chandran sing a jemhadar contract he brings the labor is from the villages in pradesh to the kilns journeyman youre going to get the. Job at boncelles that ever were going to put anybody but. The taliban and we can learn again youre going to go away you know it was harder to be able to go about them going to target to know and you gave me will you meaning in combating. The person if the dog got to be so theres a legacy about it were told by someone there to support. Somebody to. Go to the living place today and you solve all our problems questions from last time im not there i have youre not really going. Out of principle with. The them im not one of those it was not my. Commands to put. It past. The part of the company if it was. Not this letter never got to be. Favored by the minute but im going to and then i will get some. Brick kiln arnis have a legal responsibility to make sure that children go to school instead of working in the kill. We dont need it again i need it back pain aint got it yeah yeah got that money that i got it i got that i got he got but not me got any and i dont have any these is serious accusations against the kiln. He finally arrives at the kiln with a politician framed for the 1st. Woman to come to her. And so i work a. Trigger theyre coming up im going to do it and then both of. Them back in a 3 minute. Round of them. Tell them about this ive been through this. Morning are that. Theyre not going to determine things better under oath to tell you to use their mother or. Indian national law requires that kiln owners have contracts with their work is that they paid fairly and the records are kept of their payments. They hated b. S. J. Jai seeing wants to make sure the owner of the kiln has hes paperwork in order. And theyre going for the required. Of us in the us. But in the middle of. These day brings legal cases against employers who use slave labor and reports them to authorities they try to get certificates from the employers that prove that bonded work is that i dont owe any money. And there. Are. No not only the important is. Your home is not. Without vs js intervention chandra about his family could be enslaved for life when she or her husband died. Is that children can be compelled to continue the bondage that they they had a. Basic i get basic painting. As it were and that it. Will be up by saying a bit painting eldo but good about it but how do you know. What to peggy i need to drag you need to go home but indicate that i was wrong. Ensuring their freedom is not that simple the matter still has to be hurting course like. The adults in 10 children ascent to pack theyve belongings into 2 trucks. With their future uncertain their families are taken to the District Court<\/a>house. Satellites have long been used to map environmental change but using them to track slavery is new. So id say you could split them into 2 groups weve got the traditional soft light stuff have been put up by space agencies for many many years going back to the early end of the sixtys 970 s. When nothing to do began. And thats the sort of the the modest resolution satellites. Then you have a 2nd group of sensors coming more from the private sector. A big trend there is to go to microsoft life so. Much much smaller Faster Development<\/a> times and you can have many on one moon. That we live we want you to pinpoint. Alva killed i know this with more about them then we need to look at Something Like<\/a> that if this is kind of evolution they. Couldnt they may she is absolutely amazing the detail you can feel incredible each one of the pitfalls and the symmetry and the meta white we need to choose the right technology and the wifes life in which way for how to kill a pet but. Equally important is the number of times a satellite passes over the same location the more often it does the more the sites can be monitored it lights going around the earth and the earth spins beneath it and you would cover the entire earth typically in Something Like<\/a> a month so to go back to an image of the same spot again itll be a month later and so you can have monthly snapshots of the suspected site if you put the 2nd satellite 180 degrees apart and they orbit like that and you can go twice as often a century with a radar satellite weve got to revisit round about 6 days a moment so its a real improvement if you put a constellation of satellites in place to massively increases the revisit time so you get to revisit time down to a day or or so. A museum or to live there and theres a little. The work is awaiting at the District Court<\/a> house theyre tired and hungry. Its. Smugglers or. The courts will decide the fate of. His wife and daughter along with the other families tomorrow. If the owner of the kiln can provide records of their payments and a license theyll be taken back to his skills. In the. Specially in the brick and said. No way to convert a migrant there wifeless he had their free fists here and on the other there in the brick kiln owners they are asked to finish and i did very i would of. Course to shoot tape if you threw you. Know 2 children had been found. And their employer does not bring them in when reduced. You should be charged. Particle their life and liberty but. The law of the paper today if. They do not when you try to. Get a cause. Or on the next day outside the courthouse the families awaiting for the verdict sitting in the same spot under the tree their faces being decided inside without any input from them on the beach the wooden but still it says it lets out the bell at the sound of a johnny im not going. To be danny is out of a live in and then it got a lot of value. These are often Migrant Workers<\/a> are often of a different ethnicity or even religious group theyre not voters theyre not really of interest to people in power above police that the lead on this is almost always with nongovernmental organizations in geos human rights groups. In future its hope satellite images can be used as evidence to help workers prove their case theyre often fighting against local corruption. And apple i think this could be very powerful in legal procedure proceedings and in court cases not least because its not just about being able to prove specific cases of enslavement but also by demonstrating patterns of exploitation and enslavement and this does that. The brick belt covers a vast one and a half 1000000 kilometers stretching across India Pakistan<\/a> nepal china and bangladesh it encompasses hundreds of thousands of kills and keeps millions in debt bondage. The area covered by what we call a brick though its huge theres no way from the ground you can count the. Mapping the brick belts will give the 1st hard data about the numbers and location of killed. But even with modern Satellite Technology<\/a> its a massive task. Speeding up the mapping process is vital for the nottingham teens to cover the entire area. Doreen boy has never been to the brick belt and hadnt heard of modern slavery until a few years ago now her focus is the United Nations<\/a> goal of eliminating slavery by 2030. Machine learning is the digital key that will unlock the data to help reach that target is she learning the thought of that of Artificial Intelligence<\/a> and what were doing that if were training the computer our who have them in the computer to under found what to put looks like in an image so we give the algorithm take nonpoor of different types of carry on from different picture as shown from different location and by each iteration the out with them will. Fly. Trying to. You let it leak all over the images that we havent seen before and it will faithfully be. 95 percent to the 5th with him in this location and maybe some identify him that will tell if slaves we its happening if. Anybody is. Listening. At the courtroom and. Jai seeing from vs jay and the owners of the brick kiln have been in and out of the court room all day. In the dark up there in the system or in their papers in many different and american interests. If the Court Decides<\/a> in their favor theyll be granted a city if it could have released a key document proving that they bonded labor is and did not owe the contract to any money. They have been made and thats what they name it runneth on they want that. In their home state it would help predict the s. J. Holds village meetings to help workers understand their rights and prevent future in slave meant but for some its too late. For the lot. Of the loop of. Baba and his wife xan a big grin slaves with a family of 12 even though theyve escaped and returned home to pradesh theyre not free and theyve been the government. Will be nearly. All going to me to be going to. Im going to get mad about. That or do things. Without the official release it if it could given by of course the bonded labor is in never free from a debt and have little hope of ever being paid any money. And his family will paid nothing in the 3 years they worked at the kiln. Back home and they still being pursued for their alleged debts. On the market was. Going to be on their loving economy that got a bill or. Order book from the owner of. The mine to go down the road but there you go. As they dont have to release it if it hit the owner has filed a legal case against them claiming they owe him the equivalent of 2000. 00. I mean im. Finally back at the courts 2 of the vs j. Workers have news for. Them not for. The greater good for the good. Cause. Its good news and a win for these workers. Theyre all officially free from slavery and dont owe the kill no net any money. Oh snap net check and i bought a 2nd man who could see im not buying the gun equipment up at about me theyre estimating. Theres more good news to come the release it if it gets granted by the court entitle them to state benefits which could change their whole future. Theres a provision in that bonded labor law that says if you have just been liberated from slavery you can have an immediate cash payment not a very large but enough to make sure that you. Have food clothing and shelter so that if you tried to run away from all your possessions run away from the place where you were working say a brick youll at least be able to feed yourself house your family and so forth. Its 9 pm official photos and needed for the paperwork after that the families will be on their way home with some money in their pockets. This 2nd part of that grant is a much larger payment and the wonderful thing about that is that its geared to being a nuff to get you on your feet economically and ive been a happily surprised and very pleased when ive seen how many of these x. Slave families have built very solid businesses of all sorts. Wa. So as far as satellite dates are concerned theres an open skies policy so the soft lights see everything no nation can turn them off and so does nothing any nation can do about it if you just. Fighting slavery from space is becoming more and more effective as satellites multiplied and costs decrease. Now i think our dream is it would be able to put up our own satellite to have our own antislavery satellite in space that we can use 24 sevenths to look for people in slavery and to help get them free that would be a very powerful very beautiful thing. Its midnight at the train station in her shy people and the families are in boxing on their long journey. Back to their villages it was to predation and to relatives they hadnt seen for over 3 years Space Age Technology<\/a> and slavery dont often go hand in hand to this use that satellite imagery is a real breakthrough in tackling one of the worlds hidden secrets freeing many more people from the curtis of modern slavery. 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