the roads in progress. the w talk costs the you watching the news coming to live from berlin to explosions, hit a cemetery in iran, state media saying 20 people have been killed and thousands wounded during a memorial service for a senior general assassinated by the us in 2020. was coming up on the show, the killing of a top, a mazda official in beirut, sparks fears at the war and gaza will spread lebanese state media, se, and is really drones tried to kill the groups of deputy political leader. and the death toll from earthquakes in japan, at klein's to at least 64 rescue as

a racing against time to find survivors with dozens of people who need to still be trumped under collapse. tilting the i'm clear, richardson, thank you very much for joining us. we're beginning with some breaking news from iran where state media say at least 20 people have been killed in 2 explosions near the grave of a round top commander cost him slowly money, and several people were also reported wounded in a stampede that followed the blasts and the south eastern city of caroline warners had gathered at a ceremony to mark 4 years since the money was killed in a us room strike in iraq. i like to get straight across to a rash as easy as a story. and i, clemson university, has written a biography of solely money for the very latest,

a rush. good to see you. this is very much a developing story and details. just coming in. can you tell us what you know about what is happening there? when the blast happen initially, um, the official recruiting cameron's may or said that it might have been a explosion of a gas canisters effects some who is human account's been pumped? is the initial claim that no one has been injured, but as quickly changed? all said deputy governor general of carmel and the province where the attack, the blast occurred, said that this was a terrorist attack, although he used a curious one munition because he said, you don't know the reason, but it was a terrorist attack. and also the correspondence for testing news agencies just this paid a state agency affiliated b to b i r g c is melisha. that sort of money was a part of this correspondence for this agency has said that the number of the weekends unfortunately, can be more than 60 people that actually although you said sort of can be and

didn't confirm. so i know what higher done deputy governor general of the problems that came on has yet really commented on this in iran, and we'd have to wait for that to confirm that it was indeed a terrorist attack of any sorts or, or an, or an explosion. i mean, it wouldn't be clear why. i mean, the, of course it would be many, many reasons that 2 targets. and so the money is an memorial. yeah. tell us more about that and him as a figure what, what would the possible significance of an attack would be at the anniversary of his death? the only money was get killed 4 years ago to the se, uh, as ordered by that president trump, at the time us the co conducted to the strikes and you know, he's kidding, has all eyes as always. so the anniversary of the kidding on january 3rd has always been a important occasion. so the money was the head of a very grand coalition that included has belong 11 on who is in yemen,

homeless and palace in his love to hide in any am saying palestine. um and also the syrian government. and together they, they, they conduct what they call them, access of resistance, um, which we sure the did before send and sort of had many enemies. and of course, many high leaders of, of these groups have been assassinated before it many times as sometimes by us. sometimes by israel and also meet the ranking and sort of general as have been killed. but this seems to be the type of course that be not only with the very high cvn and casualty, but it's not clear. and it's not clear if any sort of hired i think or me drinking i or just the general was targeted or to it's not nothing like that as an important i think you would have been reported probably already had it happen. um, so it's not clear why, you know, sort of any outside forces like to try to get the memorial in between, you know, or new civilians would be attending in cameron and symmetry. so this adds more to

this sort of mysterious i mention of this. and then, you know, we basically don't know anything further. i the more rush. thank you so much for helping pain to fuller picture here. that's a rush is easy with clemson university to let's, let's 11 on now where the killing of a top mazda official and base route is raising fears that the is wrong cause a war could spread the militant groups a deputy political leader. so they are re and 6 others were killed in the strike on an apartment building 11 on state run news agency. so the attack was carried out by israel b as really government for its parts has stopped short of confirming that it was behind the strike. the often most of it, at least striking the hearts of lebanon. one of how mazda is most senior, if it goes, was killed by an explosion in this apartment building in the suburbs of a root cellar already was deputy to have masses, politically, to it smells kind of yeah. and the found of the groups minute to wing the all cars,

some brigades, how mazda is designated as a terrorist group by the us on to you, among others. and valerie was on a us terrorist list. he had spent years in his reading the prisons, at the time of his death, ruby was living in lebanon as have must. his key liaison with the lebanese militant group has blah i'll re also headed up how must his presence in the occupied westbank and his hometown with ramallah palestinians in the west bank held a general strike following the news of his death, a young resolved. i know for your in today we're on strike, discharge of them and probably because yesterday the hero and lead a lot of rudy was mounted. but he is a good son of palestine. god who sacrificed himself for the palestinian cause. any

number such how do i sleep new? israel has not claimed responsibility for the strike. officials generally do not call internal operations outside of israel and the palestinian territories bought his rarely officials had previously vowed to hunt down how mosley does whatever they off. no more quick for lebanon, destroy icon baby to scene is a violation of its territory. the lebanese prime minister called it an attempt to pull his country into israel's will with how mouse has him all the fulton that has blah, and israel had been exchanging near daily 5 or longer. lebanese is rarely buddha, since the ball began. this strikes deepened, lebanese territory has raised concerns of a major retaliation from hezbollah. that would see the will spread full out across the israel's nose, and buddha, to speak to the of these correspondent tanya kramer. joining me now from jerusalem, tanya, as well as neither confirmed nor denied that they are behind this attack,

and yet netanyahu has promised to go after anyone behind the october 7th, a tax. why do you think we haven't seen a query or a statement from israel regarding it's alleged involvement here? well, that's right. i mean these ro is ready. officials have a need, as you said, you know, i to confirm that israel would be involved in the clinic of to so rudy. and they have been very tight lipped about what happened in b route. but the media here are reporting that also. um, um the many of the cabinet members and also members of the can instead of the is really problem and have been told no to publicly talk about their a successful operation. but there has been no official confirmation on that. and there's some speculation that this also should have no, to further inflamed the tensions, but of course it comes off to, you know,

the political leadership is also the military leadership here. they have set a time and time again that they would go off to the her most leadership, not just uh, in garza of to yeah, yes. and while the most of the day and goals are but also those that are living abroad after the october 7 terror attacks and how concerned are is really citizens that, that this could lead to an even worse security situation for them. well i think there is a lot of concern. uh um, uh, quinn of what, what would be the rate of what will be the reaction or from us but also of his below. uh, this happened uh what is considered a strong hold of his below uh, in uh, southern b route and his statement uh, by the uh, his blog, a group. i said that they would not let that go unpunished, or they're calling it to serious, sold on living on. but at the moment it seems to be a bit of

a waiting time because we don't know how such a response would look like. hospitalized certainly also to look um as in a dilemma, because they also have to consider the domestic situation in liberal non meals or to do you live. a nice prime minister saying that live on him should not be dragged into the war between uh israel and homos and garza. but of course this comes on the back to of, of heightened tensions between israel and his fuller. i'm at the is what it's northern border be seen in the past couple of weeks has been a lot of cost for defying a lot of rockets coming in also uh its road and also a talking in the south of living liberal known. but it has been somewhat contained, but in the past couple of days and weeks that had been a sense that there would be, could be an escalation at the same time with concerns is varies as well. a couple

of days and weeks that had been a sense that there would be a could be an escalation at the same time with concerns is varies as well is what would happen to potential negotiations. a between in direct negotiations between is around and time off through the media to cut to when it comes to the hostages to is really hostages that are still being held in gaza. this will be now much more harder to get them free. tanya, thank you so much for that update. it's tanya kramer in jerusalem. take a quick look now what some other stories making news around the world. the head of the world health organization has condemned an attack on the palestinian red, crescent building and gaza were displaced. people had been sheltering to address gabriel's describe the strikes on the hospital as on considerable 5 people including a baby were reported killed in the us. donald trump is appealed to ruling, removing him from the presidential primary ballot in the state of maine. last week,

the former president was banned from running by main top election official over his role in the january 6th assault on the us capital to japan. now, where safety officials have begun an investigation into the cause of tuesday's collision between 2 planes at tokyo, canada airports, a passenger plane carrying nearly 400 people, struck a smaller coast guard plain. during the landing of the inquiry will be assisted by a vision investigators from france where the craft airbus was made and also from the u. k. where the plains rolls royce engines were manufactured. japan's prime minister of mucus sheet us as the country has reached a critical point as rescuers are racing to find survivors of the powerful earthquake that struck on new year's day. and the dozens of after shocks that followed. the death toll has now risen at 264 and they were fears that heavy rains predicted by forecast record hamper rescue efforts. quake triggered

fires, houses tend to rustle roads, destroyed the optima of japan's powerful new year's day of quake, which with significant of the sharks, full cost is still ongoing. these dramatic satellites images show the devastation before and after the quake hit. now is rescue a search for survivors full of cost, land slides and heavy rain could have put that rack thoughts. japan's prime minister underlying the sense of urgency. you seem to have say good by, you and you. it's being 40 hours since the quite a side shuttle. it's a race against time. to rescue victims, we must like and we are at a crucial stage comes to us. he is doubling the number of military personnel and the pulling more rescue dogs to assist. thousands of those who have survived the

quake. and now without attic, tricity and volta. some have made the way to evacuation sends ispa shelter with stories of that road deal. but the garbage i'm gonna have to must go to my house is flattened, you content to it. so i'm here with my wife sleeping together in a huddled while talking to others and encouraging each other people. that's the situation now, don't go there with schools of people dads and many fed trapped under collapsed housing. this is a natural disaster that is still unfolding. and we are going to try to leave you with a piece of good news. after decades of poaching pushed them to near extinction mountain gorillas, and rwanda are making a comeback. the fragments were one of the world's most endangered species and in 2008, it was estimated. there were fewer than $700.00 mountain girls left in the wilds.

10 years later, that number has doubled and population has been growing steadily since then. anti poaching patrols are helping the guerrillas thriving their reinforce habitats. but the teams who look after them are warning if they do still need constant protection from pushing disease and human conflict in the region. i am not seeing his update on our i'm claire richardson in berlin when he, thanks for watching the vacation as an applicant, do they have good was i, when i told me that they don't have violence do this, and we go say colson tissue today, because then they go to that who set up for us love a new meal with horrible on that otherwise. so not because the.