A form of protest were in india with the anger against a new controversial citizenship law is getting. Well over one u. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing down after a series of s. Strikes on Iraqi Military bases hosting u. S. Troops the strikes are in retaliation for the assassination of the top iranian come on the cost and so many also washington has now risen to the United Nations reiterating it will act against her on again if necessary a White House Correspondent kimberly how that begins our coverage from washington. With the u. S. And iran edging dangerously close to war President Donald Trump proclaimed that tehran appears to be standing down truck gave no indication that the United States intends to strike back hours after riding in missile attacks on 2 bases used by the u. S. Military in iraq we suffered ok. All of our soldiers are safe. And only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases it was a stark contrast to the president s threats of retaliation without hesitation that have dominated his twitter feed in recent days instead flanked by top advisors and generals trump made a surprising suggestion that members of nato to become much more involved in the middle east process it was an astonishing claim from a president who once called nato obsolete he also encouraged u. S. Partners and allies to abandon the j c p a way an agreement put in place in 2050 and by world powers to live it Irans Nuclear program we must all Work Together toward making a deal with the rain that makes the world a safer and more Peaceful Place however trouble didnt ounds new sanctions would be coming without giving specifics he also left open the possibility of diplomacy speaking directly to irans leaders he insisted the United States desires for iran a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the United States is ready to embrace peace. With all who seek it but missing from the president s speech evidence that the u. S. Killing of iranian general qassam solomonic was justified and necessary to prevent an imminent attack on americans its evidence opposition democrats are demanding from the trumpet ministration also absent a Clear Strategy something the administration has promised to provide in closed door briefings on wednesday to members of congress including Top Republicans iran didnt just taken off ramp it took a u. Turn because they know they have no capability to fight against america at least based on the presentation that was made. It does not meet what i consider to be an imminent threat but if President Trump chooses to respond by sending even more soldiers to the middle east he breaks a Major Campaign promise to pull the United States out of what he once called its for ever wars can really help at aljazeera the white house more but there are limits on the in washington now and actually a few developments on capitol hill as well the war powers act which. Is talking about can you take us through that. Yeah the House Speaker nancy pelosi has said that on thursday she will bring up a war powers resolution and call a vote on it in the house of representatives now what this is is it would limit the trumpet ministrations ability to take unilateral military action against iran. And many politicians particularly democrats were furious that trump took this call for this assassination of solar money without informing congress in advance and so what this resolution would do would would basically limit ability to do that without notifying congress 1st it is important to point out though that after this goes to the house of representatives which are expected to pass the house of representatives on thursday it will then need to be ratified by the senate the senate is dominated by republicans who very much support trumpet have rallied around him and so it seems unlikely that it would to get passed the senate nevertheless its a very strong symbolic statement if nothing else from nancy pelosi trying to rein in trumps ability to take more military action with that also said wednesday the ministration officials briefed both chambers of congress on the intelligence that they said led to this strike against so little money that killed him they say that imminent threat that he posed many lawmakers came out of that closed door intelligence briefing saying they did not hear much evidence to that effect even some republicans that support trump were very critical of the administrations explanation behind closed doors of why they killed so the money listen to what this republican lawmaker mike lee had to say. I had hoped and expected to receive more information outlining the legal factual and moral justification for the attack that was left somewhat unsatisfied on that front which i would add was probably the worst briefing ive seen at least on a military issue in the 9 years ive served in the United States senate. When i found so distressing about that briefing was that one of the messages we received from the briefers was do not debate do not discuss the issue of the appropriateness of further miller military intervention against iran and that if you do you will be emboldening iran and then this lesson gabriel which the white house has written to the United Nations whats in the he has actually letter that was written from the un Us Ambassador to the United Nations this letter came out late on wednesday it said that the u. S. Reserves its right to take more military action against iran should it be necessary it was a long letter but there are 2 quick things in there that really struck me number one is the justification that the u. N. Ambassador the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Gave for the strike killing so the money was basically a series of threats by iran against the United States and she laid out several dating back to july of last year but nowhere in there did it point to any evidence of sort of money being an imminent threat to the u. S. As trump has said also the letter ins with the ambassador saying that the u. S. Remains open to diplomacy with iran however when he ran top diplomat Mohammad Javad zarif applied for a visa to come to the u. S. On thursday to attend a u. N. Security Council Meeting the u. S. Rejected his visa so he will not be here for that thank you for all is up there. In washington. In an interview with al jazeera irans ambassador to the United Nations said teherans next move will depend on the actions of the United States iran is not interested in war iran is not interested in a scale ation of tension in the region i mean increasing the tension in the region will not be in the interest of nobody so iran definitely would like to have to have peace stablish in the neighborhood and the 1st ingredient for peace in their in the region is that we move all of of the forces American Forces from our reach. More from us now in teheran with the reaction that. President rouhani has had some strong words for the United States he said the United States should know if they commit another crime even if it is a threat that they would receive a Decisive Action from the armed forces also weve had. Many speaking in the rare live broadcast you see there recorded and then put out on state t. V. But had to live broadcast to speaking to followers he said that yesterdays missile attack was a slap in the face for the United States but military action alone wasnt enough and that the u. S. Presence in the region needed to end but weve also had a response to what do the nato secretary general secretary general who condemned irans missile strikes against u. S. Forces devolves raef the foreign minister said that those those attacks were an eagle and he said that the nato had done nothing in the region except for destruction and instability but also the Foreign Office spokesman has said that the nato had become a tool to justify u. S. U. S. Crimes and terrorism so were still having some very Strong Language come out from iran despite donald trump saying. That iran is standing down iran also released video footage showing them assembling the missiles and those missile strikes and again trying to appease Public Opinion here people have been out in the streets over the last few days asking for revenge over the assassination of qassam so the money and we go further afield as well john a hole in london for us telling us how donald trump used his speech to give nato powers a dressing down as well. Remember donald trump has a fairly checkered history with nato once calling it obsolete now apparently supporting it but frequently railing against its members calling them to take on a greater share of the burden a greater share of the cost for their own defense and the collective coffers of nato now i think he will see nato alongside european powers as having disappointed the administration might compose the secretary of state said as much and failing to full throated lee support the actions last week against person solomonic. An opportunity i think in this address to give everyone a sort of dressing down here a bit of naming and shaming and in nato is case presumably as i said to take up some of the burden in iraq opening the door for the u. S. Possibly to draw down its forces there something we know donald trump is keen to do and something of course that we also know that the Iraqi Parliament at least is keen for him to do Robert Hunter is a former United States ambassador to nato to athens and he is not expecting more in the military alliance. Several countries have been involved anyway the british and the french are been engaged in syria and iran and a number of allies in iraq and we have to remember that after 911 the attacks on the United States 1718 years ago every single hour i sent troops so with the nato forces in afghanistan because people were worried america might worry about afghanistan and not be concerned about about nato in europe so i suspect given what mr stoltenberg said the nato secretary general and half a sentence today there will be an effort to get a bit more nato engagement in the middle east but frankly i dont expect to see it happen in the u. S. Mr trump has ironclad positive statements about the United States loves nato the United States is firmly committed to nato which so far hes not been willing to do nato works to a great extent because virtually all the allies are on the same page they were during the cold war and even today with a couple of outliers turkey being the most important there are certain common ideas common his history common traditions none of that exists in the middle east youre never going to get all of those countries working together certainly not if youre not prepared to include israel as many of them are and certainly not if you dont find a way to depressurize relations with iran and again get iran and gauge. Now in addition to all of this 3 rockets are reported to fall in inside baghdads heavily fortified green zone caused a fire as well the area which houses Iraqi Government buildings and Foreign Missions no reports of it. To other news and talk in russia has called for a cease fire in libya and they wanted implemented by the sunday i dont think an shortly after a lot of me put in that region type of one to inaugurate a pipeline in istanbul support and set off. The leaders of turkey and russia use the opening of a major gas pipeline to highlight improve through elations between the 2 countries but destroyed turks stream project that offers an alternative route for russian gas to be delivered to europe via turkey was overshadowed by events elsewhere the s. S. A nation of an Iranian Military commander by the u. S. And a missile attack on u. S. Bases by iran both strikes taking place in iraq have raised tensions in the region. No one is the strength to pay the further price is the right to put the whole region especially iraq into a new circle of fire for the sake of their own interests turkey will do all possible not to load the region to redraw in blood and tears flooding may put and sat by overcoming their differences turkey and russia are given a good example. Solution we are living in a very difficult time in our region we are facing it its a situation that can fuel tensions but russia and turkey are showing a very different example. But their body language at a meeting earlier in the day made it clear not all is good between the 2 leaders. Behind the smiles and handshakes they are saying differences between the 2 nations that they are russia on opposing sides of the war so we are. Pressing. Both nations confronting face to face of. Turkey has accused russian mercenaries of fighting alongside Khalifa Haftar who has launched an offensive on the libyan capital tripoli after a meeting in istanbul put an end to one urged all parties involved in the war in libya to commit to a cease fire starting on january the 12th so a Peace Process can take place but for the syrian city of it lip there was no such call hundreds of thousands of syrians have been displaced in the past 2 weeks alone after russian and syrian troops increase their operations in the last rebel held province while the turkish president has raised concerns about the influx of refugees he did not get a commitment from put in to stop the fighting there stop fasten aljazeera istanbul. Well update the headlines in just a moment and then warnings that the strain is pushed by a crisis is about to get its even worse. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecasts were here across the eastern med of course were still watching that area of low pressure moving very slowly bring a lot of rain winds across much of the area the temperatures are also quite low across this area below average were talking Single Digits here in jerusalem as well as damascus things will get a little bit better by the time we get to friday and the temperatures will start to ease their way back up also were going to be watching the rain here across the gulf and on thursday rain should be pushing across parts of the lower gulf were going to be seeing that push cross qatar over here towards the u. A. E. As well so far also for dubai expect to see those waves showers and they could be heavy at times here in doha a 3 day forecast looks like this were going to be seeing those winds still a problem over the next few days but were also going to be seeing the showers as well by the time we get toward saturday though most of thats out of the area and were going to be seeing a high of only about 18 degrees overnight could be down to about 12 degrees here and then down across parts of Southern Africa it is going to be the rain that we can be watching over the next few days really not affecting cape town a little bit more over here towards the east as well as up here towards the north and for johannesburg it could be quite heavy at times we do expect to see the heavy rain again such make its way a little bit more towards the east but for madagascar it is going to be showers pertwee to the north with a temperature of 25. 00. More than 10 years after the Global Financial crisis youve taken home more than 480000000. 00 your company is now bankrupt our economy is in a state of crisis of a very. Basic question is is there a 1000000 lost that is in the u. S. Alone. Is held responsible i will be fabulously wealthy and i will not pay any price for it thank the lord the man who still live on aljazeera. We move. The world. Headlines on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing down but still promised he would impose further economic sanctions on tehran trouble speaking the wrong launched more than a dozen missiles and air bases in iraq which host u. S. Forces 3 rockets meanwhile the fallen inside baghdads heavily fortified green zone they caused a fire but no casualties. This is of course the area which houses government buildings and Foreign Missions. Of the targeted killing of iran in general qassam so the money by u. S. Forces will be debated in a u. N. Security Council Session on thursday irans foreign minister says he was scheduled to attend but the u. S. Has not actually granted him a visa kristen salumi spoke to legal scholars ahead of the briefing. The United Nations came to existence after world war 2 with the stated goal of eliminating Armed Conflict and the suffering it brings under its charter assassinations on foreign soil are prohibited with narrow exceptions for selfdefense when it comes to the killing of iranian general salaam monny International Law experts say the argument that he was planning an imminent attack put forth by the United States falls short that selfdefense exception is very narrow its really aimed for emergency situations not situations where other kinds of steps could be taken to prevent a conflict from escalating but this isnt the 1st u. S. Administ