and lebanon the demonstrators were holding banners saying get what we salute the protestors in iraq and so the other way around also in iraq they were saying we salute the protesters and love and so when the people i love and saw that the people in iraq are on the streets actually burning trying to burn the iraqi the iranian embassy because they feel that iran is interfering in their affairs and is one of the reasons why it's holding the country back so the people who support hezbollah and lebanon and its fast i'm in this house photo k. if they're doing that well maybe we can also voice our opinion and go in the street and demand you know better. better living for for for us i mean the situation in iraq 11 is 30 not comparable in terms of violence that has seen as iraq has seen but you know there's always this danger that things can cancel out out of control but that finitely there's this link that people see each other especially in the social media age where everything is supposed to do immediately and people can you know send each other pictures of what's happening and they can f

you know occupied post occupation iraq where you know this tiny group of u.s. and iranian backed exiles has you know with u.s. and iranian support created a monopoly on power that the vast majority of the disenfranchised alienated people of iraq have never supported the u.s. who really has completely discredited itself from start to finish it has done nothing that has helped the people of iraq at all you know either before or after the invasion a quarter of an hour into the program we're back in moments keep it here or to international. you know world big orders a lot of things and yours it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. the good news if you like and use the term deep state you are no longer deemed a conspiracy theorist the bad news is very real and powerful. democr

iraq is no stranger to turmoil the country see little peace and even less the belief he since the u.s. led invasion of 2003 mass protests and violence of regulating gulf the state of these though are the worst since the overthrow of saddam hussein 16 years ago 'd. hundreds killed dozens in just one week by live ammunition many 1000. injured amid a heavy crackdown by security forces or the government's deployed special forces imposed curfews and an internet blackout across the whole country but that's just angered crowds even more roads and bridges have been blocked by demonstrators who have also tried to take over buildings both in the capital baghdad and across other cities why is this happening to some these protests address years of grievances corruption unemployment poor public service is there a source of anger across many countries but in iraq things should be different iraq should be thriving the country's oil revenue has exceeded 850000000000 in the post saddam years with production nearly doubling despite the internal strife with iraq estimated to hold almost 10 percent of th

desperation and iraq as protests and violence ripped the country on a scale unseen since the overthrow of saddam hussein. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international. certainly glad to have you with us. general election campaigning in the u.k. got off to a bad tempered start on wednesday with boris johnson launching a series of scathing attacks on the opposition leader the prime minister appealed to the public vote for his conservative party rather than jeremy corbin's labor which he claimed to has failed to take a tough enough line on russia. come with us a government that believes britain should stand in the world or go with generally could be in the labor party who sided with putin when russia poisonings the streets. prime minister there in the grab that years referring to the script poisoning case back in march 28th seen of course russia did get the blame for this consistently denied all the allegations ever since because the prime minister they're bringing up the scandal to basically discredit jeremy corbyn as part of the campaign going forward an

dollars at stake and yet reality for most of the rockies is bleak last year iraq was ranked 168th out of under an 80 by corruption index but for people surviving on a day to day basis that's one of the smallest concerns the world food program reveals more than half of iraqis are at risk of food insecurity with unicef figures last year showing one in 4 children living in poverty so what happened former u.s. defense secretary robert gates stated on a visit to baghdad that a new era was just around the corner more than ever i believe the goal of a secure and stable and democratic iraq is within reach almost 12 years on things couldn't be further from the truth to make sense of post intervention in iraq and where exactly the grievances of lawyer let's speak to nicholas j. davis author of blood on our hands the american invasion and destruction of iraq mr davis thanks so much for joining us today good to have you with us now these protests they've been going on since mid october where they show no sign of slowing down indeed there's been a government crackdown condemned by many organizatio

from developing prevented iraq from having a successful political democracy people in iraq today are protesting against the sectarian regime you are not protesting against that from an ideological perspective they're protesting against that from an institutional perspective they're fed up by being governed as sunni's shias kurds they want to be they want to be governed in an equal way as iraqis were through a government that focuses on providing them the right education infrastructure security glower your thoughts on this the iraqi public fed up with sectarian politics and looking for a leader that can unite the country who could this leader be any if not this sectarian based political system then what replaces it. well they will never find a leader who's beyond that we never had those father figures in iraq but remember iraq is ethno religiously diverse different sects this could have been a richness of the community and the country could have been good for politics community as well as economy however the decades of division polarization and dictatorship brought us here this far an

presence in iraq. are there plans to set strengthen the security of the u.s. embassy in iraq? tell me where that stands. >> this is something i spent a great deal of time on, actually. iraq, in particular. i don't want to get into the details of how we came to discussions. i think the security at the embassy is adequate. actually, better than adequate. >> sufficient for the return of personnel? to enable the resumption? >> to accomplish the mission, yeah. we've got a number of diplomats we think is appropriate and i can brief you about this in another setting, but we are committed to the mission. >> i would like to do that, if we can arrange that had finally, on the topic of iran and syria. you said if we curtail our presence, it would be more difficult to prevent effectively the land bridge asked about earlier. did i understand you correctly, and you say if we curtail our presence the way we are doing, beyond what we are doing? what were you referring to? >> as ambassador jeffrey said during i believe his testimony to you. our presence is a stabilizing force and to the degree

and we begin in iraq where prime minister addle of the math he says he will resign in the face of growing protests against his government's ability who took charge last year says he will submit his resignation to parliament's protesters who have been calling for political change in iraq have begun celebrating more than 400 people have died in 2 months of anti government protests well it's a lot is an assessment scum suggest shortly after iraq's top shia cleric ayatollah ali sistani condemned the use of lethal force against protesters and cold for change in the other ship saying. the parliament from which this current government is drawn is asked to reconsider its choice in this regard. and to act according to iraq's interest and preserve the blood evidence children to prevent the country from slipping into violence chaos and destruction we confirm again that attacks against peaceful protesters are forbidden as well as them being prevented from having the right to demand reforms we also confirm that attacking private and public property is forbidden and that property should not be left to

troops dying in iraq as a result of improvised explosive devices all that was needed was a simple swap of patrol vehicles and given that were responsible for over 60 percent of all american losses in the country between 20032008 surely the pentagon would have been interested the response was more of. an automated response. he's not obeying our instructions he's he's gone off the reservation as we often say. and we've got to stop him from doing that and just as it took gail 7 years to restore his reputation it took just a few months to discredit peter van buren raising 24 years of loyal diplomatic service from poor and found himself on the wrong side of the table when he shed light on state department mismanagement i'm waste in iraq what happens when you're thrown out of the government and blacklisted that you lose your security clearance and it's very difficult to find a grown up job in washington you have to step down a few levels to find a place where they don't care enough about your background to even look into why you washed up there the list of nameless faceless and unrecognized

in these uprisings these protests you know hong kong well i've been on catalonia chile for example iraq for example i could go on with an endless almost a list there are a lot of people who think that these movements and these protests have something in common that they overlap. that they have something in common i stick with that do you agree. well they do have something in common actually more than one thing maybe firstly it's led by young people and it's leaderless i mean in all those places we have now or most of those places we have not seen protests led by leaders or led by people who are telling those young people to demonstrate to go on the streets and to demand each one maybe are demanding different things but they're all on the streets and be wanting the political elite to listen to their demands but yet they're all young they all want better future for themselves and they're not following any leader and the unrest is spreading in the arab world too reminiscent of the arab spring nearly a decade ago to what extent do you see this is something new and different possibly somethi

and desperation in iraq has protests and violence gripped the country on a scout unseen since the overthrow of saddam hussein. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron it's great to have you with us and our top story general election campaigning in the u.k. is called off to a bad tempered start this wednesday with boris johnson launching a series of scathing attacks on the opposition leader the prime minister appealed to the public to vote for his conservative party rather than jeremy corbin's labor which he claimed has failed to take a tough enough line on russia. to come with us government believes britain should stand in the world with your or we could be in the labor party who sided with putin when russia did kill usually the streets. prime minister there in the grab that you use referring to the script poisoning case back in march 28th seed of course russia did get the blame for this consistently denied all the allegations ever since because the prime minister there brain. going up this scandal to basically discredit jeremy corbyn as part of the

iraq you authorities are holding talks on constitutional amendments and they don't go in violence and the country around $260.00 people are believed to have been killed there since anti-government demonstrations started a month ago protesters are demanding a major overhaul of the political system which was established after the u.s. led invasion back in 2003 ati's daniel hawkins it's been delving deeper. iraq is no stranger to turmoil the country's seen little piece and even less the billet since the us led invasion of 2003 mass protests and violence of regulating gulf the state of these though are the worst since the overthrow of saddam hussein 16 years ago 'd. hundreds killed dozens in just one week by live ammunition many thousands injured amid a heavy crackdown by security forces or the government's deployed special forces imposed curfews and an internet blackout across the whole country but that's just angered crowds even more roads and bridges have been blocked by demonstrators who have also tried to take over buildings both in the capital baghdad and across other cities why is

iraq in the last couple of weeks has boiled over with hundreds killed. it was reported two weeks ago that solar money had gone to baghdad to read the riot act to the iraqi president to say this has to stop. it hasn't stopped. we have to look at it locally. i don't give a lot of credit to pressure brought by the united states. annalisa? it looks like the kind of strategy of iran is not going according to plan. we talked about what is happening in iraq, which is an extraordinary bloodbath, and what is happening in lebanon, what is happening in their owi'i lebanon, what is happening in their own courtyard. it looks like this kind of authoritarianism enforced with extremely ruthless and brutal methods. it's not going to be accepted by people any more in the middle east. ithink accepted by people any more in the middle east. i think it is a big time for the west to start really to ta ke time for the west to start really to take on iran for what they have been doing in yemen. we are talking about an extraordinary ruthless and bloody strategy in the middle east

demonstrations in iraq the biggest since the fall of saddam hussein. a car bomb kills 13 in the syrian border towns recently taken by turkish backed forces. champions for a 3rd time south africa beat england to win the rugby world cup. i want to thank you 1st to chile where antigovernment protesters of voicing their anger against begin a president sebastian pinera this was the same in the capital santiago less than an hour ago police fired tear gas and used water cannon at demonstrators people angry about low income for public health care and the growing income gap between the rich and the poor let's go straight to our latin america editor of the sea and human live at the scene in the capital we saw those images last hour there lucier of tear gas and water cannon being used what's it like now. it's still happening stan just a few minutes ago you can see that there's nobody behind me now because everybody just ran there about their recruiting verging about 75 meters in front of me now but people have been protests that have been playing cat and mouse no

and and personnel of iraq in particular. and then to come to that discussion the security at the embassy is adequate. actually better than adequate. >> that is sufficient for the return of personnel. >> and then to accomplish the mission. >> that we have a number of diplomats we feel is appropriate and we can talk about this in another setting but. >> i would like to do that. >> so if we curtail our presence it would be more difficult to prevent effectively of what is asked of us. so to curtail the presence beyond what we are doing. >> but as ambassador jeffrey said, our presence is a stabilizing force to the degree we are present for the right things to happen in syria. >> are you confident the current strategy effectively prevents iran for establishing that land bridge cracks. >> and with the us efforts to spread that iranian influence in syria and iraq in lebanon. >> it is a work in progress. in iraq right now so it is based on the iranian overreach. and those throughout the region or the shiite nationalist are pushing ba

you know sects close this it is across tribes all of these things so what's happening now in iraq. is an evidence that people there are fed up of you know our site or in interventions and i think they also see that how much this outsider and outside intervention has corrupted the political atmosphere more and more and it creates a political elite which is more corrupted more related to the outsiders rather than to the interest of the people and this kind of level of anger increasing increased rapidly in the last few years with the with the expansion of you know corruption and poverty and the need and the lack of infrastructure and the services which the government unfortunately has failed to deliver to its own people the visitors there are against both they are against they recognize or not because there is the assumption that this government is very weak it's actually rely on outsiders and more important they are upset of their arc of the iranian intervention or enter. business in iraq and they see that this kind of intervention is not helping iraqis it's actually create contribut

that was the latest from iraq. thousands of people have marched in paris and nearly 70 cities across france to condemn violence against women. the marches come at the end of nearly three months of consultations with the government which campaigners hope will produce a set of measures against domestic violence. more than 100 women are believed to have been killed by their spouses in france so far this year. those protesting say they want to have their voices heard. translation: the government must do something to help us. we get punched, we get humiliated, insulted, raped, he had, and this must stop. the government must really listen to us. the police must. the courts must listen to us, because we are hardly heard. ronan tesoriere is a reporter at the french newspaper le parisien — and he was at the march in paris today. the french society needs some changes about this issue, this social issue. 130 inch seven women have died this year, since the beginning of the year —— 130 inch seven. the march was the symbol

on out is iraq. yes. but you know. somebody like. the taliban says it's holding preliminary discussions with the united states to restart peace talks as president trump visits troops stationed in afghanistan. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up sudan's transitional government approves a law to dissolve alba she is party delivering on a key demand of the protest movement. taking action against climate change a new round of global protests kickoff ahead of the un climate conference plus. and it will still be. we talked ugandan pop star turned opposition m.p. bobby one who's seeking the country's top job. informal talks have resumed between the afghan taliban and u.s. officials the taliban has told al-jazeera some preliminary meetings have taken place here in doha and could pave the way for the resumption of formal peace talks president trump canceled negotiations in september following the death of a u.s. soldier but on the short trip to afghanistan he told american troops he believes the taliban is willing to strike a dea

the protestersant a new iraq, want a new iraq, a country that that works for them. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. nuala: i got to speak to an iraqi specialist to have been following the grassroots protest movement in iraq f some years . i askedhat the new iraq would look like. the youth are leading the prest movement, and they want a neiraq in the sense that they want an iraq that is not ruled by kleptocratic and corrupt leaders who support foreign interests and not the iraqi people's interests. nuala: so why aren't theyg callr elections, for example, instead of is push embassy, which we can talk about en mt?wo e d the near future? >> those protesting have lost faith in the electoral system. they have voted eagerly in the past, but in theatest election, the participation rate was very low, 40% or l we're still not certain. thmoatiore aarct ttear an upcoming election would meant the recycling, so to spe, of the same facsathesmee nuala: so hba: sohee efcty cainr thdiss olution of the parliament and the current government. they want a new election, one that is free

you actually went to iraq. to verify theraq veracity of the documents, to visit many of the sitites on the ground, to retrace the steps of irani and spies. particularly, to map out the irani and were against isis behind-the-scenes as it is happening in 2014-2015. especially northern iraq of the iranian presence. at the time iran had a better reputation. it was helping iraqi kurds fight isis. it then there was a fallout over the independence. now there is a bitter legacy of the irani and presence there and the training and weapons and intelligence support they provided is mostly washed over by the role they play in forming the central iraqi government and crushing kurdish independence. the traces are still there but the political landscape has changed and continues to change as the time goes on. amy: at the same time your stories have come out, cnn is reporting that a top iraqi military chief says isis is coming back strong. >> this is the unfortunate legacy that isis would defeat militarily but many of the same

iraq. more questions for the white house over ukraine the state department is forced to release documents that show trump's lawyer was in close contact with the secretary of state. and our intake of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up dozens killed and dozens more feared missing after landslides sweep away villages in western kenya. u.s. vice president mike pence makes an unannounced visit to iraq to reassure kurdish allies 2 months after the u.s. pullout from syria. and tribal trouble in sudan's red sea state as a curfew fails to calm tensions. oh the u.s. state department has released records related to its dealings with ukraine they were made public after a lawsuit by an ethics watchdog the documents confirmed multiple contacts between ukraine sector state. and president all trumps personal lawyer rudy giuliani it supports testament at the impeachment inquiry that senior officials were in the loop on efforts to pressure kids into investigating trump's presidential rival jo

as you know, iran is storing ballistic missiles in iraq. iraq is not able to exert its sovereignty and push back. this is a real problem. and will remain a problem for some time until iraq can exert sovereignty. >> thank you very much. and i'm sure that my next question has probably been mentioned and discussed prior to my being here. obviously the -- taking out al baghdadi was a huge victory. just a horrific, horrible individual. the head of probably the most despicable organization that we've seen in a long time. i want to commend the president and all those that worked with him in flish have accomplishing this. principally, our men and women in uniform who took the action to end this horrible persons time on this earth. can you ensure isis does not re-establish itself under -- on a new caliphate especially in syria under a new leader? what are the administrations plans at this point and ensuring that that doesn't happen? >> thank you, congressman. that's a top priority for the administration, the fight against isis. the prevention of res

we approached iraq's most senior shia cleric, grand ayatollah al-sistani. he declined to be interviewed, but replied in a statement. "if the practices are happening in the way you are saying, then we condn them unreservedly. temporary marriage is notd allo a tool to sell sex in a way that belittles the dignity and humanity of won." he said the abuses we'd seen were happening "because the authorities were not enforcing the law." we approached the iraqi government on multiple occasions to ask them why they weren't crackingown on abusive pleasure marriages, but they declined to provide anyone for interview.ok a man told "frontline," "if won don't go to the police with their comaints against clerics, it's difficult for the authorities to act." ♪ ma but fo young women across iraq, the's no hope of justice. rusul is still working for the cleric. she feels she has no choice. >> rusul (dramatized): ♪ >> sama? (laughs) sama. i made this film for you. ♪ sama. i need you to understand what we are fighting for. >> go to pbs.org/frontline for more reporting from o

i couldn't even begin at this moment to suggest how to deal with iraq. >> iraq is an interesting case, because iranians have gotten a lot of power in iraq. but the iranians are not well liked in iraq. americans often make the mistake of thinking that somehow they are close to the iranians. they forget that eight years of iran-iraq war with thousands of people killed, the foot mostlys in iraq, were the shea. they never changed sides and went against their own government. when i served in iraq after our invasion, you could -- it was not good for you if you were an asqi politician to be seen too close to the iranians. now, there is a lot of pushback and the iranians do best in iraq when the country is unstable, because then they can work the different power centers for their own interests. they have always had the risk that a stable iraq will be a threat to iran again, as it was all the way back to the eighth century. it is not a new thing. keep reminding you that things are not very new. right now, they have a hard time. i think one could say that things one should not do are much clear

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they blame iran for interfering in iraq's affairs.th protesters want a new iraq, want a new iraq, a country that that works for them. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. nuala: i goto speak to an iraqi specialist to have been following the grassroots protest movement in iraq f some years . i asked what the newrawould look like. the youth are leading the a new iraq in the sense that they want an iraq that is not ruled by kleptocratic and corrupt leaders who support foreign interests and not the 'raqi people's interests. nuala: so why a't they calling for elections, for example, instead of this push back against the iranian embassy, which we can talk about d a moment? woat be enough if there were another set of elections in the near future? >> those protesting have lost fah in the electoral syste they have voted eagerly in the past, but in the latest election, the participation rate was very low, 40% or lower, we're still not certain. the demonstrations are a clear rejection of the sysm at large because the protesters know that an upcoming election would mean the recycling, so to speak, of the

in iraq 340 people have been killed in widespread protests in baghdad and southern iraq. pens spoke to iraq's prime minister about the issue. >> not much happens in southern iraq without iran having something to do with it. we will talk about that and more with general bob scales coming up in just a minute. thank you very much. kristen: a new warning from health official involving romain lettuce grown in salinas, california. the cdc says this lettuce could be the source of at least 40 recent e. coli related illnesses in 16 states. officials believe this is tied to previous outbreaks including the one from last thanksgiving. watch what you put in your shalit -- salad over thanksgiving break. joe biden is trying to rally support in iowa where he is lagging in the polls. allison barber is following has campaign and moves from one cornfield to what appears to be another cornfield in iowa. >> reporter: biden has been behind in two consecutive holes in iowa but in spite of that he is not worried. he is in iowa today, so are we. stick with us. .. everyone uses their phone differ

and britain wanted to attack iraq with their support of a u.n. resolution when the u.s. struggled to get support the country's national security agency aspiration tillage is to try and win over 6 uncommitted nations on the security council and agent edgy c h q catherine gun received the directive but didn't agree eventually she had it sent to britain's observer newspaper which then revealed the plan on march 4th 2003. that caused the scandal in britain and beyond. simply understand i'm not going to comment on the operations of our security services but i do say this we act in accordance with the mystic and international law and we act in the best interests of this country and all security services are a vital part of the protection of this country a couple of weeks later the americans british and other coalition forces that decided to attack iraq without the backing of a resolution after giving vader saddam hussein and ultimatum. at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to france people and to defend the wor

today countless iraqis including shiites which exist both in iraq and iran are protesting in iraq against iranian influence, these documents show exactly how iran created, cultivated and force that influence iraq's politics, society, economics and religious institutions through money, strong-arming, assassinations, terror and all the rest. shannon: let's look at those major breakthroughs in the leaked documents, we can pull those up on the screen as you were referencing was among them, iran actually countering us influence in iraq, iraqis who worked for the cia became iranian assets. to run embedded itself in iraq a political and military affairs among some of the other things you mentioned. >> this is a full-court press by the islamic republic of iraq starting in 2003 to control] means dominate that state from the bottom up. with the document shows, it was a full-court intelligence force. shannon: in terms of our national security and efforts we are making at home, what signal does this send to us? >> this proves that iraq is still worth fighting for but that is going to be even more cha

and because they think that's iraq now facing a new republic of iraq after the invasion it's a new iran you're thinking people calling to fighting against the corruption and also against the influence from from outside specially from iraq so they're calling it would seem for a wholesale renewal of the entire political class is that realistic in fact it is difficult nowadays to arrive their demands because it's still it is a good step that the government or the other of the mehdi decide to resign but in the end of the day we are talking about the whole political system in iraq which is facing a lot of corruption and also mismanagement. i think in the next weeks will be very important tool to find a solution for whole this problem since it seems it is 16 years and is there any notion that you have or a name that is being circulated for a new prime minister or are we there yet well there is some names have been put on the table but i think it is not realistic not to talk about the person it's model important to talk about the process who is going to be the next i think the protesters or in

- doctors in iraq. brent: authorities in iraq are trying to limit internet access, so we really don't know what is going on, do we? >> that's right. we saw this start as a social media van. -- social media ban. i spoke to a group that confirmed the iraqi government has gone one step further, essentially shutting down the internet in much of the country. that has been going on for about two days now. this could or maybe even should be a cause for real concern. we have seen plenty of places internet access is one of the most important weapons protesters have these days and more than that, it allows for broadcast potential violations, so by blocking internet access, they are trying to -- brent: shutdown the movement. as always, thank you. there are signs of de-escalation in chile after two weeks of demonstrations. authorities say the number of people taking to the streets has fallen. at least 18 people have been killed, thousands injured since protests began, sparked by the increases in the price for metro

military announced the troops would be dispatched to southern iraq to restore order. anti-government demonstrations have been raging in iraq since early october with protesters accusing the government of corruption and demanding a complete overhaul of the country's political system since the unrest began at least $350.00 people have been killed and thousands wounded. political analysts say the only way for the government to find a solution is by pushing for reform. to issue a new electorial law for the best of the people to hold early elections off to be rocky parliament dissolves itself and the government resigns but many protesters say much more needs to be done day after day the demonstrators that we speak with be they in baghdad or other cities tell us they don't feel the government is taking their demands seriously they say that no matter the risk they will continue to come out and press for the rights and opportunities they say they deserve. but that dozens of yemenis have been welcomed back home from jail in saudi arabia as part of a prisoner swap 128 men were

and last night we could hear protesters chanting "victory to iraq" and "iran out of iraq". they believe, not unreasonably, that iran is interfering in iraq's internal affars. and that it's supporting the current government. here's our middle east correspondent martin patience. now that is significant. iran has widespread influence in iraq for religious and cultural reasons, it also controls powerful militias that operate in iraq and many of the protesters blame not only their government, but iran as well for the economic problems in that country. more than 350 protestors have died during the protests of the last two months. a lot of the protestors are young and they're angry because the government hasn't delivered on promises made a year ago when it took office, to tackle unemployment, corruption, and poor public services. here's martin patience again. the reality is that young iraqis feel like they have no stake in their country, and what we are likely to see is the demonstrations continuing until the protests say the government is completely overhauled and annexed policie

in iraq protesters who say security forces are shooting at them with lawyers bullets it's a group crackdown as the battle of the bridges in baghdad continues and indeed you special coverage marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we look back at the historic football match that took place just after the border reopened fans from east berlin were able to travel to the west for the 1st time in 3 decades. i'm wearing gone off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world well we begin tonight taking sides over the paris climate accord chinese president xi jinping and his french counterpart emanuel have issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for the paris climate deal speaking in beijing today president said the. cooperation between europe and china on reducing emissions will be decisive this follows the trump administration beginning the formal process to withdraw all the united states from that agreement president she and the kong describing the deal which was signed back in 2015 as now being a reversal. on appeal that equal to the ship

protests turned to celebrations in iraq as the prime minister announces plans to resign as far as weeks of deadly rallies against the government. are nandan the top stories from europe including police shoot dead a suspected knife attacker on london bridge several people were injured in what detectives are treating as a terrorist incident. and in the murder investigation that sent shock waves through motors government the prime minister could be next to resign. india's economy slows time as new figures are released we'll look at the impacts on the most vulnerable. install premier league team arsenal how far their manager owner emery the spaniard lives with the team enduring their worst run of results. we will look ahead to who could replace him. or we begin this news hour in iraq where weeks of deadly and see government protests may be a bites to force major political change prime minister. has announced he intends to resign. charge last year says he will submit his resignation letter to parliament soon protesters who've been calling for political. change in iraq or out on the streets i

more chaos in iraq security forces opened fire on crowds in the south as anti-government protests intensified. 13 years after the worst disaster in british sporting history a former police chief was found not guilty of the deaths of $95.00 football. donald trump has announced peace talks have resumed with the afghan taliban the news came as the u.s. president made a surprise visit to afghanistan's background airbase where he met president ashraf ghani and u.s. soldiers stationed in september declared top of the taliban dead after a deal was reached in principle to pull u.s. troops in afghanistan. the taliban wants to make a deal we'll see if they want to make a deal is going to be a real deal but we'll see but they want to make a deal and then they want to make you feel his you're doing a great job that's the only news that i want to make of you so i want to thank you and i want to thank the afghan soldiers. and jordan joins us live now from washington d.c. ross so this is president trump's 1st trip to afghanistan how significant is it and what more they have to say them well donald trump als

i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up more chaos in iraq security forces opened fire on crowds and the south as anti-government protests intensify. sudan approves a logical bleakly dismantle any trace of former president omar al bashir or sheen. and the death toll rises to at least 46 in albania as deadly earthquake as new tremors are reported. as president has announced peace talks have resume with the afghan taliban the news came during a surprise visit to afghanistan's air base where he met with president. and u.s. soldiers stationed there as more. the u.s. commander in chief celebrates thanksgiving with troops a dog room air base in afghanistan a tradition going back to the start of the conflict against the taliban in 2001 but after 18 years it's a war washington is struggling to finish and donald trump says he's lies in the hands of the taliban the taliban wants to make a deal we'll see if they want to make a deal it's going to be a real deal but we'll see but they want to make a deal and they only want to make a deal because you're doing a great job the chi

iraq's prime minister urges an end to violence on both sides it's demonstrators say why they won't back down what i'm going to do after what you wish there was no jobs. in the whistleblower in the impeachment probe into the u.s. president offers to front up to questioning from republicans. and fortune closer bonds one country is proving a stumbling block to the big asia pacific trading pact. protesters on both sides of the political divide in lebanon have been turning out for mass rallies arjan numbers in beirut have called for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite and the political system which is split along sectarian lines the protests began last month and already forced the prime minister saad hariri to hand in his resignation a general strike has been called for monday and hauteur has more from the protests in beirut. anti-political established protesters are back to close roads they believe that this is the only way to maintain the pressure on the ruling elite to resign a few days ago they agreed to leave the streets after the prime minister saw those how do you as submitted his

on november 6th if i'm not mistaken whereby he said you know iraq and lebanon iraq is a lebanese are sick of iranian influence the americans you know with everything going on in iraq and also in lebanon they only see the through the prism of anti iranian ism on t.v. you know anti iranian policies are of video anti iranian rhetoric and i think that the protesters begin in iraq are already living on should be aware of that should be aware that the americans are trying to take advantage of what is happening in order to settle scores of geopolitical schools with their rival iran. appreciate time my guest this hour is risk journalist style monitor contributor thank you. rally to raise awareness of violence against women in paris today has be mobbed by clashes. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. several women from a feminist group called nemesis collective joined in with the march they holding placards that said 52 percent of rapists are immigrants is a figure that was taken in the 2014 survey the movement criticizes lax migration policies in france saying that women suff

war and violent jihad governor as your iraq war vote anticipated did we light the match. well evolved anticipated did we light the match. well even vice president cheney after the 1st gulf war in the ninety's said the reason we didn't go into and vice president cheney after the 1st gulf war in the ninety's said the reason we didn't go into after pushing him out of kuwait pushing pushing saddam hussein out of kuwait the reason we didn't go after pushing him out of kuwait pushing pushing saddam hussein out of kuwait the reason we didn't go further into baghdad and take down saddam hussein was vice president cheney himself said further into baghdad and take down saddam hussein was vice president cheney himself said back in the ninety's we didn't want the kurds in the sunni and the shia all in a mess and fighting each other in the ninety's we didn't want the kurds in the sunni and the shia all in a mess and fighting each other and now that's exactly what happens when you say did we light a match or course we lit a match either and now that's exactly what happens when you say

iraq struggles to contain anti-government anger more than 30 killed amidst a new day of protests. welcome back from saturday prisoners dozens of yemenis flown home amid hopes of progress towards ending the 5 year war. unarmed taylor in london with the top stories from europe including the french president says member states to seriously consider the future of nato as he hosts a sector general in stoltenberg in paris and the devastating crash which killed $95.00 football fans 30 years ago the former british police chief in charge of the match is found not guilty of manslaughter. in sport brazilian teams the bank are now targeting success of the club world cup in qatar the rio sorry that lifting the league trophy just days after becoming south american champions. iraqi security forces have opened fire on crowds in a southern city as anti-government protests there worse and at least $29.00 people are reported dead after the protests in nasiriyah and another 3 deaths in the jar for the army earlier dispatched around to see the provinces for the instructions to restore order. i'd say t