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Was revoked in oldest. And lebanon imposes a travel ban on the form of this and chief carlos ghosn after he fled bail in japan. And in sport tennis world number one ashley barty make felonies in a start to the new year party suffering a shock defeat in our opening match at the Brisbane International. Welcomes the news of the fallout from the assassination of custom samadi reaches the u. N. Security council and the u. S. House of representatives in this hour earlier an Iranian Revolutionary guard commander warned that wednesdays missile attack on a base hosting u. S. Troops in iraq is only the start of a retaliation that will continue across the region ali says that irans. Likes what it meant to kill soldiers but to damage the American Military machine iran is dismissing u. S. Calls the negotiators to washington assassinated its top military commander as President Donald Trump appears to be backing away from further military confrontation with iran hes also facing opposition of the home of votes expected in the house of representatives in the coming hours to limit trumps ability to carry out further military action against iran. And these are live pictures from the United Nations Security Council which is holding a debate on upholding the u. N. Charter for International Peace and security the Iranian Foreign minister jobs leave was supposed to be there but the u. S. Refused to give him a visa irans u. N. Ambassador is expected to condemn the killing of general solid body. A White House Correspondent kimberly how could a standing by and so is hardy joe castro whos on capitol hill for more on the upcoming developments in the u. S. But 1st lets go to work for such a bari in tehran. Bring us up to speed with what this revolution regard commander said about this on the topic. Well this was a briefing for the local media during which the head of irans revolutionary guards Aerospace Division explained the attack that they carried out early wednesday morning on to the u. S. Base in ambar province in iraq the general said that this was something the iranians had planned to do in response to the assassination of us and so the money and it was really just a taste of whats to come he said it was critical to point out is the fact that they werent intending to kill u. S. Personnel there are targets were military equipment and facilities that the u. S. House at this base and he said that they were expecting the United States to react militarily they were waiting for it but that never came and it shows the weakness that this president has it was almost as if he was taunting the u. S. President donald trump into a response which never came but lets hear some of more of what he had to say in. What the missile attack conducted against the u. S. Military base in fact it was the beginning of a great moment that god willing will be continued. So whats the feeling there now about the future of iranian u. S. Relations moving forward. Well as one analyst told me he said that with the assassination of us until the money theres a been a new chapter thats come about in not only irans history but the history of the middle east any kind of dialogue or discussion that could have happened between iran and the United States is now very much on likely to take place given the tone the United States has taken since assassinating us and all the money the Supreme Leader the president the foreign minister all high ranking officials within the revolutionary guards have said this attack or that carried out is just the beginning its a slap in the face of the United States that their actual real response is coming in the days and weeks and months ahead so anything the United States does between now and then is unlikely to change their minds the only solution for the iranians at this point is for the u. S. Troops to leave the middle east that is what theyre demanding they are saying that the moneys death can bring about the end to the u. S. Presence in this region and that is the only thing that will satisfy them at this point other than that its very unlikely to see any kind of dialogue being gone non between the 2 countries also jabari reporting live there from terror from many thanks indeed the door so these are live pictures from the house of representatives in washington its expected to vote in the coming hours to restrict President Trumps ability to take military action against iran and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that custom sum of money is killing was provocative and disproportion us all to serious how did you castro is outside the house chambers on capitol hill she joins us now live what are we expecting then today from congress heidi. Pointer and 1st there will be some legislative business to be attended to on the house floor will expect that for at least the next. Half hour and then eventually the members will move on to 2 hours of scheduled debate on this war powers resolution it was a resolution introduced by democrats supported by House Speaker nancy pelosi who has been critical of the Decision Making of the president leading up to the drone strike that killed some sulaimani now things shifted a bit after irans retaliate terry Ballistic Missile strikes on the us space in iraq however were back to the still that he questioned of whether or not the president acted rationally in launching the distro strike that killed the iranian the iranian general what this resolution does is it limits the u. S. Military hostilities involving in toward iran to 30 days unless obtains congressional approval this is expected to pass in the house which is controlled by democrats the question were really looking at is whether any or how Many Republican members sign on to this effort thats there still some uncertainty there because really this debate as democrats will seek to craft it isnt about ending the military hostilities toward iran but rather having congress have its say in its joint power which is under the u. S. Constitution to clear and wage war on a foreign nation now democrats have been saying that trump has been Going Forward with this without Consulting Congress and this would simply give congress a say and there might be some cracks in the Republican Caucus weve heard statements from on the senate side the senate is also scheduled to be considering a similar measure there in coming days but we heard from 2 republican senators yesterday who said they were outraged after receiving the intelligence briefing. Regarding the strike that killed 2 emani and those 2 senators have said that they will support this very similar measure which is in the senate which again what to limit the president s ability to continue with military strikes regarding and any run on Less Congress also signs on. How does this how does your cost reporting live from capitol hill lets sample the mood in the oval office serious White House Correspondent complete help that is with us now kimberly hows the president reacting to this to paint congress today. Well not surprisingly the president s angry about it in fact he as he often does has taken to twitter in the Early Morning hours this day no exception the president writing about whats taking place in the house of representatives the debate right now heres what he had to say hope that all House Republicans will vote against crazy nancy pelosi as war powers resolution also remember her speed in rushing getting the pietschmann hoax voted on and done well she never said the articles to the senate just another democrat fraud president ial harassment that last word especially is astonishing adrian because its important to remember that the white house does not have more power or less power than congress they are coequal branches of government it is an obligation under the u. S. Constitution for this debate to take place when there is military action so that the president cannot sort of run amok if you will and exert more power than has been granted to him by the u. S. Constitution for the president to push back and say this is president ial harassment is not surprising but certainly it should be noted that this is 100 percent legal under u. S. Law in fact it is mandated for the u. S. Congress to have this discussion that is taking place right now the Vice President is also pushing back kimberly. Yet pushing back has cast her mentioned there were those briefings by the Administration Top officials in the president S Security Team Briefing Members of congress and why they felt that there was an imminent threat to americans and there was a need to kill general silvani but the arguments have not been sitting well not just with democrats but with members of the president s own Republican Party they say they did not make a good argument that there was no case for imminence or justification and that is something that the Vice President is pushing back on saying look at we cant show you all the evidence you just have to trust us. If we were to share all of the intelligence and in fact some of the most compelling evidence that the kasam solomonic was preparing an eminent attack against American Forces and american personnel also represents some of the most sensitive intelligence that we have it could compromise those sources and methods so look even in the mind of that is specter i have tremendous respect for senator mike lee i recognize hes had a difference of opinion with our administration over self defense measures the president authorized in yemen will walk on those debates Going Forward but i can assure your viewers that those of us that have seen all the evidence that saw the evidence in real time know that President Trump made the right decision to take because some solomonic off the battlefield americas safer the world is getting our kids have heard this kind of an argument before those assurances do not sit well with the American Public and many members of Congress Says he alluded there has been very vocal youll remember the u. S. Invasion of iraq in 2003 where once again americans were told to trust the intelligence that there were weapons of mass destruction and thats why the u. S. Needed to invade only to find out later that that intelligence was flawed White House Correspondent kelly how could reporting live from washington many thanks Kimberly Joseph is an associate professor of Political Science at texas and m. University and hes with me now in the studio welcome what do you make of that language from President Trump president ial harassment president ial rassmann its not a legal term its not a constitutional term i dont remember it being a part of the nations discourse before President Trump took Office Although hes referred to it frequently certainly hes been in a constant state of conflict with democrats and some members of his own party so on the one hand its not surprising for him to resort to that as the. Debate over around unfolds. But on the other hand it sort of seems like something thats unique to him it is extraordinary language that for president to use is that i mean do you think do you think that is where the you know hes one of a branch of the executive that has that holds equal power to the congress. Throughout his time as a political figure in the United States President Trump has sort of shown that he is maybe. Not sensitive to the sort of particulars of the structure of american Constitutional Government and occasionally he has sort of bent his behavior to fall within those limits other times he has continued to press against them but it certainly is extraordinary for him to reject congresss constitutional legal roles and in sharing the authority with him over National Defense so what happens if Congress Goes against him today over the hows he going to react to that as you might imagine of course President Trump is unlikely to react well and of course there are also legitimate questions about congress ability to enforce the war powers resolution and exactly how president s of any party might respond to to efforts to limit the use of military force through this channel what sort of thing at the Congress Looking to limit that what would go what could they actually put into law. Under the war powers act they can impose essentially impose a time limit on the use of military force for particular objectives they could also use their budgetary power to limit spending funds to pursue particular objectives or in particular places or as part of particular missions so congress has a variety of tools both through law and the war powers act and under the constitution through its budgetary powers to attempt to rein in President Trump and if something nor is it can he had nor is i mean in principle of course president s are supposed to respect Congress Decision but again historically president s of both parties have insisted that they have unique Constitutional Authority as commander in chief. If and have tried to but congresss authority and also President Trump seems uniquely predisposed to try to push those limits have always constructive a thanks dangers of taking life now out at the u. N. Security council which is holding a debate on the upholding the u. N. Charter for International Peace and security secretary general antonio terraces speaking thats listening from the African Union including through its silence the in the Guns Initiative and its agenda 26 the city the opinion continues to provide strong support across our agenda and at the same time we are working to strengthen ties with all other regional organizations among them of course is the association of Southeast Asian nations asean so ably chair these years by these Councils President vietnam excellencies through it says 30 the council as of that did its work based on the changing nature of conflicts and they announced the multilateral cooperation in peace and security peacekeeping is not mentioned in the charter but it is certainly rooted in the ideals and the people my eyes is the kind of collective action for peace that the charter in visit today someone of a 1000 un peacekeepers protect civilians and promote peace in several of the most troubled regions of the worlds Un Peacekeeping remains a vital and Cost Effective investment in global peace and security but effective peacekeeping requires Strong International supports the action for peacekeeping initiatives this is our shared commitment to make our peacekeeping missions stronger safer and fit for the future finally mr president as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of United Nations i wish to direct the special message to this council the privilege of membership here is vital responsibilities to uphold the charter standards and values but equally in preventing and the dressing conflicts. Present and past these agreements must not be an obstacle to action on todays lefts we must avoid double standards but also perceptions of double standards must not be an excuse for no standards at all war is never enough its a bull it is a matter of choice and often it is the product of easy miscalculations and peace too is never in every table it is the product of hard work and we must never take it for granted. At this time when global folks lines risk exploding we must return to fundamental principles we must return to the framework that has kept us together we must come home to the un charter strengthening our commitment to that resilient theyre possible and visionary documents and thus are the very notion of International Cooperation itself remains the most effective way to collectively face the global challenges of these grave moments and the decade before us the charter compels us to do everything in our power to save people from the scores of war and injustice as we face new sets but also new york petunias for a better world that is the work that must define the 75 cent versity ears and i think you u. N. Secretary general and 3 of the terrorists speaking at the start of that Security Council debate on upholding the u. N. Charter for International Peace and security lets get the thoughts of our serious diplomatic editor james base at the u. N. Right now war is never inevitable the secretary general said it is a choice. Absolutely he also said that turbulence is on the rise around the world and trust among nations is in decline a pretty grim speech from the secretary general about the Current Situation let me just explain to you what this debate is all about is about this document the u. N. Charter which was signed almost 75 years ago in San Francisco this is the governing document of the United Nations is also a key document in International Law and now this is being discussed because the president the Security Council vietnam decided to discuss it well before the little recent developments concerning the u. S. And iran but it now becomes much much more important let me just explain to you why adrian in the last 24 hours weve had letters from the united from the United States this is from the u. S. Ambassador justifying their recent actions we had a letter from iran justifying its attack on u. S. Bases and they both say that acting within the u. N. Charter article 51 the right to selfdefense so theres a very interesting symmetry today of the news as its happening on capitol hill youve got a question marks i think over the legality of what President Trump has done in terms of domestic u. S. Law the focus here at the u. N. At exactly the same time is on International Law and whether what the u. S. And iran have done is legal irans foreign minister wanted to be there for this debate he isnt james why. No hes not here because hes not being given a visa and this is controversial im sure youre going to hear the Iranian Ambassador will be speaking in his place raise it you may well hear it from other Security Council members because remember the u. N. Is an International Body the u. S. Just happens to be the host and under the host country agreement which was what what came into force when the u. N. 1st had its headquarters here in new york was a deal that people from all countries should be allowed to speak at the United Nations so very very controversial and im sure some of the countries that speak here are going to be mentioning mary Mary Robinson from that group of international. States women and men called the elders are speaking now after her succession of Different Countries will be speaking this is a big Security Council meeting i can tell you adrian we got 111 speakers they might not even get it all done in one day our diplomatic as james bay is reporting live from the u. N. James many thanks indeed turkeys foreign minister says that he doesnt want to see iraq become a war zone for foreign powers cover son who is in baghdad and offered support to iraqi president bottom sali as well as caretaker Prime Minister are all of the lucky he says that iran and the United States must respect iraqs sovereignty and its 2 key does not wish to see iraq turn into a bettle field for foreign powers iraq has its own difficulties and problems iraq is combating terrorism and here is the organizations like p. K. K. And i still iraq is also addressing a very critical task which is the rebuilding of the country aljazeera said im carcillo in istanbul explains why the turkish government is so focused on deescalation. Turkey it has stepped up to play a meditation role between mainly the United States and iran this is what they have set out loudly and the purpose of the visit by foreign minister job shoulder to iraq is also again for this meditation let me 1st state that turkey always supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of neighboring countries mainly iraq syria and iran because also they have some kurdish communities and the output Kurdistan Workers Party are also active in those countries thats why turkey believes that the neighbors are territorial integrity and so very nitty is also the same for itself and turkey and iraq has both economic relations and political cooperation they have from time to time they come together especially for combating terrorism issues Like Fighting against eisel and p k k is a very important issue but this visit was specific with the top 2 the escalate the current tension between iran and the United States and thats why a foreign minister childish all the sub of turkey welcomed the role its a really positive statements by both the us President Donald Trump last night and from the iranian side turkey says it is committed to. Commit to to help iraq in its recall instruction. As the rest of the days news the u. N. Envoy to libya has welcomed calls for turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday to support opposing sides in the conflict moscow barracks libyan wars Khalifa Haftar its forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april and turkey has begun deploying troops to support the un recognized government based in the capital the e. U. Has warned libya could become a 2nd syria if a ceasefire isnt reached soon or Khalifa Haftar has held talks with the. Italys Prime Minister has a pick contest in rome as part of a separate diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the conflict in libya italy has urged the e. U. To increase its efforts to stabilize the situation its concerned about the proximity of libya to the italian island of sicily and the number of people who attempts to flee the violence. At least 20 soldiers have been killed in an attack in northeastern Nigeria Military sources say that members of an armed group stormed the town of mangano in borno state on tuesday evening some people had to flee their homes for safety there are fears of further casualties this is the latest in a surge of attacks across west africa so whole region the Un Special Envoy to west africa has warned the Security Council that violence inside health is at an unprecedented level of number of People Killed during attacks in bakita faso mali. Jumped from 770 in 2016 to more than 4000 last year aquino faso is one of the hardest hit countries where the death toll increased from 80 in 2016 to more than 1800 in 2019 the humanitarian cost is also growing the u. N. Estimates that the violence has displaced half a 1000000 people a 10 fold increase in 3 years. Ukraine has declared a national day of mourning after a ukrainian commercial jet crashed in iran killing all 176. 00 passengers and crew on board buying 737 went down just after takeoff from tehran hours after iran fired missiles at u. S. Forces in iraq canadas Prime Minister says that his country will be part of the investigation 63. 00 of those killed were canadian citizens aljazeera floorboard madly reports. Friends family colleagues coming together in grief. These were the 9 crew members of the Crane International airline who was supposed to land this tumbling a wednesday just the same and its a real its a tragedy for the whole world for ukraine and every one of us this is a grief which is difficult to express in words. Ukraines president vladimir the landscape join the he says ukrainian investigators are helping to rein in the stars hes to find out why the boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran airport. I will speak with irans president to step up cooperation with ukraine to establish the truth im appealing to the International Community especially to canada to take part in the investigation. Most of the passages were iranian. As well as more than 60 canadians in toronto and elsewhere in canada there were more candles more flowers and pictures of those who had been killed it means a shock to me as well as the Iranian Community and the world that the best partner i mean just think about the lives that were lost and this was so i necessary canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his country will make sure theres a proper investigation our government will continue to work closely with its partners to ensure that this crash is thoroughly investigated canadians have questions and they deserve answers video on social media appears to show the boeing 7372801 fire before it crashed in a city suburb. Emergency crews on the ground work to recover evidence from deborah that was scattered for several columbuss ukraine is canceled flights who iran and says it expects to see a transcription of the black box cockpit recording the airline says the plane was one of its best and the pilots among its most experienced its a major setback for boeing which is struggled to regain trust after the grounding of a 737 max aircraft following 2 fatal ackroyd within 5 months. There were Many National board as people gathering grief around the world investigators who want to find out why the flight with 176 passengers and crew never reached its destination lure about a manly aljazeera a taliban commander has been killed in an Afghan Government operation with u. S. S. Support according to the ministry of defense that happened in the district of Herat Province late on wednesday the government says that its investigating reports of civilian casualties a group of diplomats from 15 nations is on a 2 day visit to indian administered kashmir its the 1st time the foreign diplomats have been invited by the Indian Government to assess the situation after new delhi revoked the regions autonomy last august of 0 sahara raman reports now from the indian capital. A 2 day visit by a delegation of diplomats based here in india has begun in kashmir they consist according to the indian media of those such as the United States ambassador and diplomats from africa and latin america they have been insistent that they did not want to guided tour of kashmir since article 370 that gave the region its autonomy was removed in the middle of last year and they did want to meet former chief ministers searchers who were musty. And for a dollar who at the moment continue to be under house arrest now of course the only pictures that are emerging from the region on this visit is a convoy from the airport taking these diplomats to a military base where they will then meet apparently members of Civil Society and other politicians a select group of domestic journalists have been invited by the Indian Government to cover the event but those that dont quite see eye to eye domestically with the Indian Government have not been invited is expected that we will get comment from these diplomats when they come back to the capital new delhi but what is most interesting is that the representatives of the European Union are not in attendance they cited it was too short notice to go and that we will wait to see whether they are invited on to further trip in the future. Were going to weather update next he already has an evacuation orders in parts of australia more wholesome and windy weather is full cost threatening to found bush but a burning out of control. The motions from the highest struggle to scrape through to the semifinals of the a. C. P. Cup and city from be here with the rest of the sports a little later. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast all the rain has already started here in parts of the gulf is going to continue as we go towards friday and possibly even saturday get even harder in some locations 1st of all on friday conditions and doha do get better we may have some lingering showers on friday morning but most of the heavy rain will be pushing over here towards the east so were talking the emirates as well as the northern part of oman southern iran also scenes of very heavy rain but we do think it is going to be on saturday that we do see the heaviest rain across much of this area localized flooding could be a big problem so were watching this very very carefully as we head into the weekend tempter wise though temperatures are coming down were going to sing only see 18 degrees here on saturday riyadh at 14 but as we go towards sunday expect to see doha come down to about 16 as expected high well for the know the part of africa it is going to be the rain as well as the winds here across much of egypt over the next few days also parts of libya algeria youll see some rate of rain showers as well they will be light temps are wise it is going to be in the mid teens across much of the region and for cairo finally the rain ends on saturday with a temperature of about 17 degrees and for south africa the rain continues for you johannesburg expect to see some rain showers and you forecast we do expect to see attempt to come down to about 24. 00 degrees. Old. Dizzier explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how why will raise influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil rights and not. Just 8 miles over the barrel to oppress the revenue we can continue to make rolls to be defense but what i mean by that about malcolm x. And Martin Luther king face to face on 00. In a 2 part series. On video observes the lives of 2 children. Over 20 years. Where insights into circumstances that shaped lives. In a rapidly changing world. 20 years of mean starts with blood and land to build a story on how to 0. Hello again this is the news from aljazeera a very upset again here in the headlines a senior Iranian Revolutionary guard commander is warning that irans recent attack in iraq is only the start of its retaliate. Ali says that the strike was meant to damage the American Military machine. The u. S. House of representatives as to placing a bill that would limit President Donald Trumps ability to attack iran from Just Announced the move and called on republicans to vote against it. But a group of diplomats from 15 nations on a 2 day visit to indian administered kashmir its the 1st time the foreign diplomats have been invited to assess the situation after new delhi revoked the regions autonomy last august. Lebanon has imposed a travel ban on the form of this on boss cosco after he was summoned over into paul read the notice got his wanted by japan after he skipped bail last month and fled to lebanon is accused of financial misconduct from his time at nyssa but the noise any wrongdoing of his arizona honda reports from beirut. Former nissan and renault chief carlos gone jumped bail and fled from japan over a week ago on thursday lebannon state prosecutor summoned him for questioning for the 1st time it follows an interpol notice issued by japan seeking his arrest on charges of financial misconduct prosecutors have banned gone from traveling and are waiting for japanese authorities to hand over his file before deciding whether he violated lebanese laws and should face trial here lebanon and japan. I dont have an extradition treaty carlos gone maybe an International Fugitive but the lebanese authorities dont seem to be treating him as a criminal suspect his lawyer says go on is very comfortable with lebanons judicial system the businessman has said he is ready to face trial but in what he called a fair system and in any of his home countries lebanon france or brazil gone arrived in lebanon over a week ago and had not been seen in public until he held a press conference on wednesday it is important for me to emphasize that im not the above the law and i welcome the opportunity for the truth to come out and to have my name indicated and my reputation restored i did not escape justice i fled injustice. Persecution political persecution gone had been detained a number of times in japan and was under strict house arrest when he fled he says he did so because he didnt believe he would get a fair trial he also says he was detained in harsh conditions and denied access to lawyers japans judicial system has been criticized by human Rights Groups japanese officials were quick to react to gones claims that he was a victim of a conspiracy and a coup well when you have none of defendant guns claims can justify the fact that he fled japan illegally if he has his own views on each individual case then he should present concrete evidence to back them up and to make his own claims in court in japan i strongly urge defendant going to ask for the judgment edge appends fair court within japans fair trial system. Gone is believed to have arrived in beirut on a private jet by in istanbul airport video has been aired by media in turkey purporting to be Security Camera footage showing him being transferred by vehicle to a 2nd jet turkish authorities have made arrests japanese Officials Say they will try to bring gone back but they may have few options gone is a man who has friends in high places and is believed to enjoy political cover and that. I am proud to be. And lebanon is the only country in the world that stood by my side the businessman turned fugitive appears confident and in his words hes preparing for a long stay in lebanon. Beirut the use chief negotiator says that it wont be possible to conclude a comprehensive agreement on the future relationship between the u. K. And europe in just a year Michel Barnier is few is at odds with that of britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson whos withdrawal bill is being debated right now in parliament and will pass before the brings a deadline of january 31st after that theyll be a year long transition period the 2 sides have to come up with a deal on the future relationship in that time simply cannot expect to agree on every single aspect of this partnership and. We can do our best house or promise to. Do a bore ok. Stewart or we have to translate the political will in terms but we have to reach an agreement on what i could do better sick agreement for trade up goods i was there as paul brown and london has more on what mr bonny said. I think it cant be done in the sense that it cant all be done in the time scale but what both sides the british and the europeans appear to be moving closer towards is the idea that they can prioritize the most important elements all of a future trading arrangement and get that done within the 11 month time scale while leaving some of the more nitty gritty aspects of this for some future date after december 2020 i mean Michel Barnier speech that in stock erm echoes what was said here in london on wednesday by the European Commission president us live on the leon who met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and at the same time as she poured out compliments on the british side and on the relationship between the e. U. And the u. K. Saying the bonds were unbreakable that they would always be a friendship between the e. U. And u. K. She warned that the timescale was in her words very very tight and that they had to prioritize going to show you some live pictures now from paris unions in france of call for more nationwide strikes against president emanuel micros pension reform plans the demonstrations are underway in paris right now at a protest of course because in travel disruptions for over a month now the go see asians between the government of transport unions are set to continue on friday. After 7 months of unrest in hong kong people in taiwan are beginning to take notice hundreds of prodemocracy protesters have fled to the island since the demonstrations in hong kong began and taiwans president ial election this weekend is seen as a referendum on beijings increasing influence there scott hyder reports from taipei. Tony chung shuttles between hong kong and taiwan to capital taipei every month hes part of a growing support system for protestors looking to flee hong kong because theyre worried about their safety or fear going to jail the 18 year old is also a prodemocracy protesters the chain on Presbyterian Church in taipei has opened its doors to fleeing protesters always and we. See what china has done to suppress us in hong kong could possibly happen to taiwan we hope that for the sake of protecting its own democracy taiwan can extend a helping hand to hong kong theres a need more than 200 protesters have come to taiwan but they live in a legal limbo holding only temporary visas for the Pro Independence ruling party here in taiwan the d. P. P. Has seen a surge in support since the protests began in hong kong many view this weekends election as a referendum on taiwans relationship with Mainland China one of the protesters who left hong kong for taiwan sees his future hinge on the Election Results hes already been arrested by Hong Kong Police and was one of the protesters who stormed into the Legislative Council back in july and. Whether i will stay in taiwan may depend on what the outcome of the president ial election is judging from his statements the Opposition Party came t. Appears to have labor does a nice from hong kong as violent riots as that is a very unfriendly gesture to us. The chief Presbyterian Church has helped the dissidents from Mainland China for years but nothing like the numbers of young protesters coming over from hong kong. Equipped as i say its very clear that the one country 2 systems formula in hong kong is a complete failure which i think serves as a wake up call to people in taiwan this provides an opportunity for us to have a basic grasp all reevaluate what china has pledged stephen vows to keep up his prodemocracy fight if the movement succeeds hell return but for now hes going to attend university here to better equip himself to speak out for hong kong even if hes not there its got harder aljazeera taipei in southeastern australia firefighters and residents are preparing for the return of dangerous weather conditions that could make bush files more intense new warnings that evacuation notices have been issued urging People Living in high risk areas to leave 27 people have died since the fires began in September Jessica washington reports. From the coast to the mountains fires have burned through an area larger than south korea thousands of houses have been destroyed businesses disrupted and dozens of lives lost the Blue Mountains in the west of sydney a unesco World Heritage site has been hit particularly hard in the neighboring region of penrith its almost impossible for people to avoid breathing in bushfires smoke and more than once this summer and earth has become the hottest place on earth so we can ignore the fact that you know temperatures are going to take ridiculous levels and. They are at a point where weve never seen them before weve never had time to divide 50 degrees in my lifetime so. As a kid weve never experienced 50 degrees having a strategy as severe drought has worsened the bushfire season which arrived weeks earlier than normal and those fires have become political just months ago Scott Morrison won the election in a landslide appealing to voters who were concerned about their personal finances but the scale and scope of this bushfire season has made many ordinary straley and realize the personal cost of an environmental catastrophe experts say politicians are now facing increasing pressure with many people blaming Climate Change and demanding action the situation is trying to quite considerably certainly Coalition Governments are caught Climate Policy issues have been brought into question big fossum so. Part of how the conditions have arisen has become the key question of people really interested in the government has been reluctant to make the connection between Climate Change and the fires now the Prime Minister says there is a link but the government isnt prepared to reconsider the countrys reliance on fossil fuels this push by season is far from over and so too is the political impact jessica washington aljazeera sydney australia. Front as well as main opposition leaders says that the country isnt ready for parliamentary elections won by the president Nicolas Maduro for using force to stay in power is spoken to latin america and as you see in him and in the capital caracas. First theres a dictatorship in venezuela and yes i underestimated the malice the ability to inflict damage of maintaining power through force control assassinations cooption blackmail all at the expense of peace in venezuela. The government has a very obvious strategy its recognising a former opposition deputy as. Meant speaker of the house and they will very soon recognise that assembly and. Appoint we are. A Little Council and then call for Parliament Actions what is going to be your strategy. I want to clarify that in venezuela there are no 2 parliaments there is one Parliament One thats confronting a dictatorship that uses the military to take control of the legislature on tuesday we were able to overcome the obstacles and the dictatorship will do what it always does whether you like it or not they will say there will be parliamentary elections this year its in the constitution so what would you do but. This pressure demand take to the streets because the solution is not to hand over the parliament to them elections have to be a real solution not a placebo a small selection as a placebo not a realistic approximation to a solution or an alternative but rather we could validate a dictatorship that would be very grave for venezuelans an election requires conditions minimum conditions like in chile in a referendum against pinochet there were minimum conditions today we have not a single condition in fact its worse than in may of 2018 talk about a group of deputies that have been paid off. By the government what evidence do you have that thats happened. In the next few days we will present some of the evidence that evidence includes testimony of some deputies that were approached with bribes like Jose Hernandez who was offered 700000. 00 to vote against me many others it testified for example yesterday julio cesar rares a deputy from brewarrina state was threatened that if he voted for me they would invade his familys land in that agricultural region and thats exactly what happened yesterday. And you have said that the most that the key element here is the support of the venezuelan people youve asked again for them to come out on to the streets to fight to struggle but how are you going to convince them to do that. To believe that this time it will be any different than it was a year ago because theres clearly. Disappointment in their leaders. I dont have to convince them all venezuelans want change i didnt convince them in 2007 in 281417 or 19 it is venezuelans who are fighting for their freedom and yes i will lead this process responsibly to find a solution over and again we have shown firmness on the streets strength and determination to change and confronted a dictatorship. More than 61000 people have been forcibly disappeared in mexico since the mid 1960 s. Thats 50 percent more than previous government estimates the government is accused of failing repeatedly to tackle organized crime homan reports from sena low. The beginning of another day for isabel looking for his son garcia shes turned a home into the headquarters of the search for him and others in similar lower mexico. This is a father and son these ones are brothers that had disappeared this one is my son across the country there are many more disappeared 61000 by the governments new estimate victims of rival criminal groups and even authorities every weekend isabel and other women whove joined together and called themselves subway head as well reus sniffer dogs go out to look for them. Treat tools to check for bodies under the soil. We sniff to see if its got any strange smell. When you find a body and you smell it it burns itself into your mind youll never confuse that smell with any other they say theyve had to carry out the search by themselves let the muzzle say of the last 2 years my life have been passed off it for me my life just flipped 360 degrees since they took my son and it turned me into a search and Human Rights Defender ive become a place woman loyal friends a question others in different parts of the country have told us the same theyve had to do it all alone groups of volunteers like this one have sprung up all across mexico over the last decade and they exist they say not because they want to but because authorities themselves are interested in looking for their lost loved ones. The administration of president Lopez Obrador has changed the tone admitting mexico has got a huge problem and setting up a commission to help find the disappeared that many say on the ground little changed meanwhile as the country suffers record levels of violence its a sure bet that more a going missing and so the warrior sniffer dogs continue searching even as they break for lunch another terrible story emerges in the middle that is here they had him for 3 days tied up and tortured and they left him to die alone its almost too much to say this is the look we have much i cant go on but they do go on as anyone would if their son or daughter had vanished and they were the only hope of finding them john home and how does it or similar. Just ahead here on the news in sports irans footballers suffer a setback in their bid to qualify for the olympics. With. The all. But i got to talk sport has far adrian thank you so much russia have reached the semifinals of tenniss a. T. P. Cup in australia but their top player Daniele Medvedev could face punishment after twice striking the chair in anger. It was my. Fault but you cant let this to be. Medvedev escaping with a point penalty after this meltdown last years u. S. Open runner opted to go on to win his match against argentinas diego schwartzman. Oh so australia are on a collision course with rafa nadal spain and Great Britain were on their way to causing an upside to this quarter final when dan evans beat alex dimon are in the 2nd singles match this high this court 11 dimon are teamed up with nick curios to win the deciding doubles on a super tie break which was decided by a line call. The home team will play spain if the doll and co come through their quarter final against belgium on friday. Youll become head out there right now of course you know about the past records as i have. But i know he just gets pretty down itself really easily and i decide to make because it is much like that especially after that unbelievable things before me i just came up short so i just tried results energy as i could and that was probably the most stressful thought i covered quite a lot. Of death we have to be to read once about. Tennis world number one ashley barty has made a losing start to the new year french open champion suffered a shock to feet in her opening match of the Brisbane International playing in front of her home crowd the australian was beaten in straight sets by world number 53 Jennifer Brady brady was coming off the back of a win over Maria Sharapova but this was the americans 1st ever win over a top 10 player already will look to pick up some form at next weeks Adelaide International before moving on to the 1st grand slam of 2020 the Australian Open starts on january the 20th. Japans nearly as hawke is also true to the last state of the world number 4 needed 3 sets to beat sophia cannon of the United States the 1st set to come back in cannon 676361 its now her 2nd 3 set match in a row. Well the Australian Open is making contingency plans to play matches on indoor courts of smoke from bushfires the facts the tournaments meanwhile a struggling cricket is trying to arrange a match in aid to fight help firefighters test captain tim payne and bowler nathan lyon visited devastated areas in New South Wales on thursday he surprised firefighters whove been battling the blazes that have near that have destroyed nearly 2000 homes in the state to come down and see some of the devastation and see the saws of the 4 that have come through places like this is the absolutely more blowing and you realise the bribery and just just the flood of bribery of. 4 men and women that have come out here to to troll inside laws inside Properties Pane and i believe with the Boston Celtics playoff charge hit a bump in the road when they came up against the San Antonio Spurs at 5 back from 22 points down in the 1st quarter jason tatum getting them within 9 here but that dunk. Should pay you to play the celtics are men a camel walker then felt he should have had a foul called and was ejected for arguing with the official spurs easy 2122299 when sam and tony are 8 in the west boston state 3rd in the east. Carlos sens has extended his overall lead of the dakar rally sainz became the 1st repeat stage winner at this years event which is being held in saudi arabia the 2 time dakar and world reli champion is now almost 6 minutes clear at the top of the standings. Well syrias footballers have taken a small step towards qualification for this years tokyos olympics they had been to nail down to katherine their asian under 23. 00 Championship Group match a competition doubling as an olympic qualifier but they grabbed a last gasp equaliser in their group the match in bangkok all around were playing defending champions is back stan lee rainie and not helping their cause with this early miss ali should jari with a moment to forget the match finished in a 11 draw. Now if they do get to tokyo the players will be sleeping on these cardboard beds olympic organizers are installing eco friendly furniture in the athletes village frames are good for any size of competitor as long as they weigh less than 200 kilograms. And that is all your sport for now back to you photo many thanks dude thats it so these are but ill be back in just a bit to update you with the all todays news. Frank assessments the one good thing about these bush bars is that you really wipe them out the politics of Climate Change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school boys on d a boat aside him and his astonishingly patronize ing indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware of youth about still against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on aljazeera. Violence is power. Tools is the political wild card the consummately shapes world order the structure that is defended the tool cost. The edge with the support of the people fall through the crushing of their will. People in power exposes the use and abuse of power around the world. On ill just see. You leave displaced children in this refugee camp the latest victims of the unending sectarian violence in Central African republic among them are survivors of unspeakable violence 10 year olds his mother is dead her father is gone killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors this is the least you home an overcrowded refugee camp of 23000. This is al jazeera the u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking live in washington d. C. Right now incoming President Trumps war policy lets listen in. A president s now a member of congress putting forth a resolution of this week last week in our view the president the administration conducted provocative disproportionate air strike against iran which endangered americans and did so without Consulting Congress when i was informed of this. Attack at that initiation and took responsibility for it. Over the weekend i said why did you not consult with congress well we held it in closely with held and close close you know you have a responsibility to consult with congress and we held it close to what whoever close means as you see there has been criticism from the republican about the briefing that would that was