A smoke emergency with 4 european cities ranking amongst the most polluted in the world protesters demand their governments take action. And im far in a smile have all the days sport including carlos sands has won the dakar rally the spaniard winning the worlds highest profile off road rally for a 3rd time. Follow our top story today libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar is in greece for talks with the Prime Minister and the foreign minister of greece has criticised its exclusion from a un backed peace conference set to take place on sunday the internationally recognized tripoli government which have to is trying to overthrow recently signed a maritime and military cooperation deal with turkey angering greece Prime Minister attack as has. Threatened to veto any libya agreement at the European Union level because of that maritime deal between turkey and the government in tripoli have to who heads the self declared Libyan National army is scheduled to hold 2 days of talks in athens before flying to the sun based peace summit russia and turkey who support opposite sides in the conflict will both be at that conference when its a good the most important thing now is that after the berlin conference if everything goes as planned and the Security Council supports the conclusions from the conference if the libyan sides do not repeat their own past mistakes and start adding any additional conditions and blaming each other as of now the relationships between them are very strange they dont even want to be in the same rooms let alone speak or meet each other for more now on those talks taking place in athens with her office. In general have to as meeting with because then there is the foreign minister mr bender has told reporters after. He and general have to have agreed that among general have to aims at the peace conference to secure a cease fire and security in his country should be the pursuit of the. A blockade against any other reaching the warring sides a departure of foreign mercenaries that played such a large part in this war and also in a no mint of the maritime jurisdiction agreement reached by rival the government in tripoli with turkey last november that is an agreement greece has taken particular objection to because it infringes upon areas in the mediterranean that greece also sees as its maritime jurisdiction belonging to its eastern a. G. N. Islands and so it wants that agreement and all that is its main concern in these talks but of course it is aligned with its European Union allies and partners in wanting International Law to prevail in libya and an agreement thats acceptable to all sides meanwhile you have to has also contacted russia an effort to gain support from his longtime ally step vasant has the details on that from moscow. The press service of the kremlin has just made public that i have to have send a letter to president putin to reaffirm his willingness to go to moscow again to continue the dialogue the peace talks and he also said mr president my dear friend i wish to express my personal gratitude and appreciation to russia for efforts towards establishing peace and stability in libya and this is all of course very interesting because this latter comes a little over 4 days after have to pretty much embarrass president putin after he left moscow there were peace negotiations going on for more than 7 hours so russia the Prime Minister of the u. S. Backed government in libya had signed this cease fire agreement and have to ask some time until the morning to think about it and then suddenly in the middle of the night left moscow without any signature so this was seen as a failure of course for moscow and for president putin and this letter now seems to be safe face saving operation to make sure that russia is back in the game or the internationally recognized government in tripoli wants catherine tunisia to attend the berlin peace conference on sunday are puerto montt a good one had has more now from tripoli. Foreign ministry in tripoli has sent an official letter to the German Embassy in tripoli requesting that both qatar and tunisia be invited for the talks we know that the government of National Accord is keen to include both countries to achieve some kind of balance facing the other delegation supporting the warlords leave or have to do as you know at least 4 countries supporting the warlord Khalifa Haftar are invited to take part in the berlin talks on sunday including the United Arab Emirates egypt russia and france so by this move the government here in tripoli is trying to achieve balance it says that tunisia is very important to take part in these talks as tunisia not only as a neighboring country and being impacted and affected by the ongoing crisis in libya but it has been also hosting thousands of libyans if you did and as for qatar the government says that qatar has been all supporting the Freedom Revolution in libya since 2011 and the government believes that qatar is a key. Player in the peace talks in berlin while in other stories were following this hour at least one person has been killed 25 others injured in clashes in Iraq Security forces fired tear gas to break up a crowd of demonstrators trying to breach baghdads al Center Grange its closer to a square where thousands have been camped out for months now demanding political change recent clashes forcing authorities to restrict access to the crossing hundreds of people have been killed since mass protests began in october. Well now some news from yemen protesters in the city of thais a calling on the government to do more to end nearly 4 years of conflict a crowd formed in ties citys Freedom Square demanding an end to fighting Southern Region is on the front line of yemens conflict in a struggled with famine and poverty pro iran who see rebels in saudi u. A. E. Backed fighters are battling for control of the city irans Supreme Leader says European Countries cannot be trusted in negotiations over the 2015 nuclear deal. Made the comments during friday pres its the 1st time he has let the sun into iran in 80 is a setback has more now from the iranian capital. The days events began with the customary flag and the chants of death to america as thousands of faithful flock to friday prayers to hear this Supreme LeaderAyatollah Khomeini speak the last time he did this was in 2012 in the midst of the arab spring now the spiritual and political leader of iran turned its focus to the United States and europe with the europeans having triggered the dispute because of the 2050 nuclear deal and referred to iran to the United Nations where you got to be on germany france and the evil government of the u. K. Responded to their threat after the u. S. Withdrawal from the nuclear deal i said i dont trust them and that theyre american servants and clients of these countries will to bring the iranian nation to its knees and the u. S. Which is your most couldnt do anything let alone you who are smaller we can pull in the negotiations with those a steel hand in a building glove they cannot be trusted we have no problem with talks but not with the us. But domestically the country has seen protests against fuel price rises and in the last week condemnation of the downing of the ukrainian press indigent after it left the fraud with the loss of 176 lives the message one of regret and condolence hopes will die will be more the plane crash was a bitter accident but through a whole lot next month iran has parliamentary elections polls show that the turnout could be very low an obvious concern for the legitimacy of the political system here in iran better than as hes firing as hes made my dear brothers and sisters my d. N. A. Should have iran in the presence of the iranian people is the most important factor of this president says power many places one of the most important goals is the election as. The cessation of military commander general qassam so the money by the United States had resulted in a wave of support throughout iran but that changed when its military shut down the Ukrainian AirlineAyatollah Khamenei decided to speak at a time when the country is experiencing intense pressure externally and domestic this. Was about rallying support calling the situation and getting iranians to face up to the challenges that the coming months and years this country may face. The her own. United states meanwhile is sanctioning one of the Iranian Revolutionary guards brigadier generals for his involvement in a violent crackdown on protesters in november at least 300 people were killed when nationwide protests erupted over the rise in fuel prices the United States is listing i. R. G. C. Brigadier general husain shove or poor. Under section 7031 c. Visa sanctions general shop or committed gross violations of human rights against protesters in musher shar he oversaw the massacre of 148 helpless iranians in the mush our region last november general shot a poor was in command of units responsible for the violent crackdown and lethal repression around musher shar well in all the stories were following turkish president russia type one is accused the Syrian Government of breaking a ceasefire agreement and killing 20 people in the opposition held province of idlib the deal came into effect last sunday but the violence has continued pushing more people from their homes and protest as to the streets shot at betis reports. The ceasefire deal was short lived in a loop syrias last opposition on play. Brokered by turkey and russia it came into effect on sunday. This was filmed on thursday it shows a russian jet in the Syrian Army Pounding opposition positions they say they were provoked. But the. Military operations resolved on southeastern front after the insurgents violated the truce and targeted humanitarian corridors. The insurgents a rebels aligned with the Syrian Opposition the last fighters in a war that began nearly 9 years ago is supported by turkey president responded to the escalation after friday prayers. Unfortunately this is clear proof that the Syrian Regime is not abiding by the steps that we took regarding the ceasefire and the excuse is always ready this is the excuse terrorist organizations are doing this or that these are all lies. You are living in this province a 3000000 people its the last Opposition Strongholds with little recourse they sing of the suffering heart full of not for fear. This is as much a protest as a funeral they say despite the ceasefire 2 bombs killed their friends here on wednesday. And in the shadows 350000 syrians who fled their homes since early december like a harsh the found shelter in mosques across the province and that then we have no one on a bit knocked on the door in the morning and took us with him myself and my younger brother he pushed us here as we were living on relief aid. Life is stark here in the winter many refugees seem to just building carcasses the snow he. Looked at the identity of the father from the how does it all how little we are waiting for someone to have mercy on us come to help us here we committed no crime to be punished this way no one is looking at us and mercy my husband and son the both disabled our life is destroyed this was meant to be temporary now the cease fire has broken the queue. Dallas which is 0. It with the news out live from london while still ahead families with nothing left to lose hope for a Better Future outside guatemala. Flying over an erupting crater we joined the 1st Helicopter Mission of the devastating volcano. And in sport the striker who had to be on his toes to accept a gift from the goalkeeper carol have. In store. Now u. S. President donald trump has announced his defense team for the upcoming impeachment trial this includes Kenneth Starr the prosecutor in the failed impeachment of bill clinton 22 years ago and celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz who has represented Jeffrey Epstein o. J. Simpson Roman Polanski and mike tyson the trial will be led by white House Counsel parts of polonia and trumps lawyer. The Legal Process was set in motion in the senate on thursday ok but i was on those following events for us from washington and these new additions to trumps legal team are prominent household names there in the u. S. Whats the reaction been. Yeah i think theres a lot of people that are looking at this and saying bad boy trump is putting on nothing to chance here hes bringing in the best legal minds that he thinks he has access to because clearly hes taking this very very seriously i mean these are celebrity lawyers that are very well known in washington and really throughout the United StatesAlan Dershowitz a long time Harvard Law School professor considered one of the best legal minds in the country when it comes to constitutional law interestingly enough hes a democrat that actually a voted for Hillary Clinton in the last election he says but hes come out very vocal in support of trump saying that in his view this is unconstitutional this legal impeachment against donald trump and then its being done in in proper ways and thats why hes caught Donald Trumps attention and also dershowitz has been on t. V. A lot hes a legal analyst here and so hes used to being in the media spotlight and you also of course have Kenneth Starr who is somewhat being brought out of retirement in the late ninetys as you mentioned he was the special counsel prosecuting then president bill clinton during his impeachment trial in the late ninetys so youve got 2 of the best legal minds in the United States when it comes to the impeachment and constitutional law and these are 2 people that are now going to be defending donald trump so i think what youre getting here is a sense that donald trump is taking this very very seriously and he wants people who have been doing this before know constitutional law but also to people they very much are used to being in the media spotlight this isnt just a senate trial is it we know the president is up for reelection and this is going to be an important part of the campaign. It most definitely is this is going to be a very critical moment in the campaign because this is the 1st time weve ever had an impeachment in the senate its only the 2nd time in history an impeachment is gone of the senate but this time what makes it so critical and so important and so different like nothing weve ever seen before is because its happening in an Election Year the key number here is 20 the jury in this trial is going to be the 100 u. S. Senators that will ultimately decide this trial the key number 20 because in order for trump to be convicted and taken out of office theres need to be 2 thirds of the senators of that vote to convict him right now there are 53 republicans in the senate 45 democrats so you do some quick math that would mean that 20 republicans need to switch basically and vote to to convict trump in order for him to be taken out of office it looks unlikely at this point but its basically down to a numbers game 20 is the key number thats the number of republicans that would need to vote to convict trump in order to for him to be removed from office now a big week coming up thank you very much. In washington a caravan of almost 3000 people is heading north through guatemala toward the Mexican Border with the aim of reaching the United States most people are escaping extreme poverty and Gang Violence in honduras but its not likely theyll ever get the chance to step on u. S. Soil as john home and now reports from Guatemala City. A caravan of more than 2700 home brewed and hoping to get to the u. S. Its one of several that have set out from honduras since 2018 carrying many seeking to escape violence in extreme poverty i was among also men where i meet is a coffee grower is traveling with his youngest son he says theyve no choice and then one day you know i have big debts and one douras that i just cant pay because your work doesnt pay enough to support even yourself. This woman says her nephews were killed over christmas and shes left so they cant get her son to shes too scared to let us film her face only you are. Losing a son would hit me more than anything else with already made the decision even if they dont let us pass we cant go back. To now at the cost of then we could run to shelter in Guatemala City is safe and have medical care food and a place to sleep even if it is only under the top pulled in that 5. 00 of them out of the center direct through setting up he expected more than a 1000 i asked how they were going to fit me one up they have to know what else are we going to do we have to work miracles here thats the situation were in those in the caravan would be more miracles heading north mexico under pressure from u. S. President donald trump has said it wont let them through those who