now you take it out you see. really the nice and current affairs. a final farewell huge crowds in iran for the burial of general qassam somalis who was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike. hello i'm down in jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up confusion over the future of u.s. troops in iraq the secretary of defense denies plans for withdrawal despite a military letter stating the opposite. side press corps comes down a 4 month suspended sentence to a british woman found guilty of lying about being raped. and a possible showdown in venezuela opposition leaders determined to return to

parliament up being barred from congress. welcome to the program huge crowds have gathered in the iranian city of kut a man for the final funeral procession the general concepts of the mahdi the top military commander was assassinated in the u.s. airstrike in iraq on friday and he'll be laid to rest in his hometown well in response to the killing iran's parliament has now approved a motion designating the u.s. army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations well a short while ago iran's foreign minister said the u.s. had miscalculated by targeting ceremony accusing it of making the world in secure. matter to me don the iranian nation and freedom fighters are mourning this great loss the united states by assassinating a senior iranian general i started a new chapter that will cause them problems the beginning of the end of america's

presence in the region has started they do not respect international law they are attacking iranian history which is a shared heritage to the whole world as well just hours earlier the u.s. secretary of defense was forced to clarify it was not pulling troops out of iraq after the draft letter was leaked indicating that was drool but a top general said it was circulated by the state will be speaking to gabriel elizondo about u.s. troops in iraq in a moment but 1st let's cross live to us a big in the iranian capital asset let's talk 1st about the funeral thousands of iranians have turned out. to pay their final respects tell us what's been happening and the feeling across the country right now. well this is the 3rd day of mourning got some of the money is set to be buried in his hometown of mon now we've seen similar crowds across the country his body arrived 3 days ago yesterday was a funeral and brought in with the supreme leader to look how many led those prayers

we saw in the streets packed with mourners lot of emotion a lot of people are still very angry angry and asking for revenge and similar scenes. at the moment in fact people there were shouting the farsi word for revenge was the thumb and this is what the head of this time of revolutionary guard had to say in response to that. and. our revenge will be harsh in tough be certain because we are telling the enemy we will avenge him if you respond to our revenge will burn that police in love and they themselves know where it is an asset meanwhile the iranian parliament met earlier today in response to the killing of somali tell us a bit more about what came out of that session and any more political reaction.

well the amoa motion is put forward that designates the pentagon and u.s. forces terrorist organizations now this is an amendment from another motion that was passed last year in april that designated centcom the united states military in the middle east and afghanistan as terrorist organization now this is a response to the assassination of the money but we've also had the head of the supreme national security council now what he said is very interesting he said that they have discussed 13 possible scenarios as a retaliation to the united states and he said that it would be a nightmare for them and it says if the american forces don't leave under the feet they would leave in their courses in coffins so some very strong words coming out of iran is the feeling on the street that people do want revenge and that that's been reciprocated in terms of words from politicians and leaders and the government here and now this language is been ratcheted up and it's going to be very difficult

for iran not to have a retaliatory action because that's what's been called on the streets of iran to acid beg there in terre said thank you. for desired is professor of world studies at the university of tehran he believes others will carry forward somalis military agenda. one of the goals that he had was to end the us hegemony in the middle east and as you have seen in the last number of days the iraq a parliament has voted for the american forces to get out of iraq and this is going to be waves of anti american policies he was like many iranians did not have any problem with the american people but they did have problem with the us government in the middle east policies of the us government the support that they give to israelis and the support that they give to the dictators that cause difficulties for the people of this region and i think the legacy is

going to be with the idea that you can serve your country you can protect the borders you can be independent and you may get killed in this manner but the ideas are going to be present for many years to come the people. have been under a kind of a pressure and a segment of society may feel pressured enough to come to the streets or a small segment as we saw in a couple of months ago but people are realizing that there are economic difficulties. important but what is more important is the security of the country and when you hit a general that's his main job was to protect the borders they're going to get upset the assassination was ordered by president trump who had his own ideas of nationalism for him not to realize that this is going to cause iranians to unite and this is going to cause iraqis to unite and it's going to cause iranian people

and iraqi people to iraq to unite because they have a common enemy now it is very for the shuffle. well the future of u.s. troops in iraq has been in question since the silly money killing in the past few hours has brought more confusion a letter by u.s. general was leaked to iraqi media saying u.s. forces would soon be repositioning but the u.s. sector defense then denied it well gable is on the joins us live now from washington d.c. games it's hard to believe that a letter of such importance was leaked mistakenly and officials that we've seen have been scrambling to limit the damage this has been a pretty bad week for the pentagon isn't it. yeah it's been a terrible week for the pentagon not only that this letter was leaked but the contents of the letter as well were very unclear let's just back up a minute so you can get a full sense of how important this was and why it caused such a firestorm of course over the weekend the iraqi parliament voted to potentially remove american troops from iraq and

a non-binding vote in parliament later after that vote president trump tweeted out messages saying that the u.s. would not leave iraq and that if we were if the u.s. was forced out of iraq he that he would level sanctions against iraq so there is that back and forth a little bit that confusion but then it was on monday that this letter came out it was a letter that was it was written apparently or had the name of the general for the u.s. by the from the u.s. military base in iraq it was onst department of defense letterhead and the 1st sentence says this and listen closely because it seems pretty clear the 1st sentence says in due deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq and at the requested and at the requested by the iraqi parliament and the prime minister combined a joint task force will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement and then there's

a couple other sentences and then at the end it says we respect your sovereignty and decision to order our departure that letter was written apparently to this american generals counterpart and their iraqi military there in baghdad and so that set off this firestorm assuming that the u.s. was pulling their troops out of iraq that caused all sorts of confusion at the pentagon the secretary of defense met with reporters and said no that was just a draft of a letter that was mistakingly leaked to the media he said we are not planning to pull out of iraq a quarter. to the secretary of defense he said we're just repositioning some troops there and that's what the intention of this letter was but boy it sure didn't seem like it from the way it was written but the pentagon really had to had to clean up what was really a self-inflicted wound there that caused all sorts of confusion unnecessarily yeah dave meanwhile president trump has come under increasing criticism over his threats

to attack iran's cultural sites and even his defense secretary marcus the seems to be contradicting him. yeah esper had to clean up not only this with the letter but also had to contradict the president on this issue over the weekend president trump saying on 2 separate occasions once in a tweet once when he was speaking to journalists on air force one saying that he would consider striking cultural sites in iran and if it in a military strike and that caused all sorts of raised eyebrows and questions because that's against international law and could be considered a war crime to target cultural sites during armed conflict then again on monday when esper was meeting with journalists the secretary defense off camera us that's why we don't have video of this a journalist asked him is that true with the pentagon target cultural sites in iran and he would only responded if we go to war with iran he said we will follow all

the laws of armed conflict the journalist and asked him does that mean the trump was wrong that you will not target cultural sites he said we will follow all the laws of armed conflict period repeating the exact same 4 words before and then moved on so clearly that the secretary of defense contradicting the president of the united states there clearly it was a it was something that they didn't see eye to eye on there because the president is mentioning that twice over the weekend that could be considered a war crime and of course the pentagon that's something they clearly don't want to be associated with so you're seeing all sorts of confusion in washington over the last 24 to 48 hours and a lot of it is confusion that is generated by either the pentagon or mistakes or something that we've seen and having to clarify a lot of things right so gable is on the in washington d.c. thank you. well the nato chief has warned iran against further violence and provocations off an urgent meeting in belgium stoltenberg says

a new conflict is in nobody's interest night and maintains a 500 person strong training mission in iraq for the fight against eisel but it suspended that sort of monies death need to is prepared to continue or training and capacity building when the situation permits for years all our lives have expressed concern about iran's destabilizing activities in the wider middle east region. we agreed iran must never require a nuclear weapon we shared concern about iran's missile tests. well it's also to come here not just here including protests across india after a mosque group attacked students and teachers in a prominent university in the capital mara stay with us.

view is it london will have not seen very much blue sky over the last few weeks it seems certain the cloud coming in from the atlantic and covering the british isles and then it has to a scandinavia has produced some pretty high temperatures 30 factors when the it goes over the high ground and warms up and a lot of clouds bringing just a little bit of rain to france to germany to low countries beyond that is now settle down is it's cloudy quat in central europe the end is for reflects the correct temp shift this time of the year and persistent fog has been a problem less so now but gray skies are still the thing and that's not physically active weather for most of this european plane apart this encroaching cloud unsponsored right in the active stuff is down the bottom right hand corner has produced flooding of the last few days all the way down through the levantine coast and here's the reason this is a secular nation has strong winds all the way down here across crete and then

hitting the leavened that they levant and something turkey the blue is rain clearly some snow up in the high ground in turkey but if you come south of that we're looking really now all of north africa there's virtually nothing going on from the point of view of clouds and rain there is a bit of a breeze still bahamas and but even that's not so strong. for. the new album the stress tests whether online you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every level or layer further further into the jail or if you join a sunset the entry has. to start from day one whether again you're in detention or you're incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a voice before there are states that support a rush coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour huge crowds have gathered in the iranian city of kut amman where general customs in amman is being laid to rest the top military commander was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in iraq on friday is sunday mani's hometown in response to the killing iran's parliament has approved the motion designating the us army and the pentagon as terrorist groups speaking just a short while ago iran's foreign minister says the u.s. miscalculated by targeting santa monica. and the u.s. defense secretary marcus has had to clarify that there's been no decision to pull troops out of iraq that's after a draft letter by a top general was according to the military mistakenly circulated.

meanwhile iraq is a worried about what tensions between iran and the us will mean for them many fear sanctions by president trump could see a return to the hardships of the saddam era some of holton has more now from the capital. an uneasy mood has settled over baghdad scarred by decades of intermittent war people in iraq's capital know the eerie suspense that precedes one in coffee shops old and young alike who worry about being caught in the middle as the u.s. and iran threaten further escalation of the. we don't want the battle to come to our country they want to start a war they want to settle accounts but we are the ones who lose young men lose money lose infrastructure we won't benefit from this. people here are still in shock over the u.s. strike that assassinated iranian general qassam soleimani near baghdad airport drawing threats of retaliation from iran and its allies in iraq. adding insult to

injury president donald trump threatened on sunday to impose far reaching sanctions on iraq if the iraqi government responded by expelling u.s. troops for such authority brings back painful memories from the saddam era when the u.n. security council imposed a crippling trade embargo. for us as young people we've lived through the sanctions during our childhood we don't want to face the same thing again we want to build the country. instead the country now risks sliding backwards the unfolding crisis between the u.s. and iran has shifted attention away from iraq's months long protest movement demanding far reaching political reform and an end to iranian interference in iraq . assisting nation demonstrators have been attacked at least twice by pro iranian crowds their worst fear however is losing their cause. people are afraid they are

afraid of a strike that happened and they fear that something will happen inside to rear to these demonstrations demonstrators are divided over the parliament's non-binding the session on sunday to expel foreign troops some support the motion calling the u.s. strike a violation of iraqi sovereignty and we want iraq to be an independent country a country thinks and decides and makes its own decisions without any intervention by outside forces while others see the presence of american troops as a necessary counterbalance to raney an influence on of the. i am against the parliament's decision to expel the troops give me an alternative for the american troops who will protect me an alternative to protect these people that all parties the militias even i have a party to protect me or i will die kurdish and sunni parties boycotted some this parliament vote carried by the main shia blocs it's a sign that iraq's leadership is once again split along sectarian lines. rather

than united by national interest as the visions within iraq to deepen over how the government should respond to the escalating crisis between the u.s. and iran many iraqis are worried that they will once again be dragged into a war they did not see their demands for a better future are now overshadowed by fear and not too distant memories of conflict and hardship. and you know i'll just. moving on to some other news now a court in cyprus has handed a 4 month suspended sentence to a british woman convicted of lying about being raped it means she can now return home to the u.k. woman says she was gang raped by 12 israeli teenagers in july 1 of the holiday she says she was forced to retract or accusation because she was on a duress from persistent questioning and didn't present a really challenge on us live now from the rules of the judge has handed down this 4 months sentence suspended for 3 years what does that mean and what more can you

tell us. when i was back in july when this young woman went to the police here in cyprus saying that she had been gang raped by 12 israelis. from that moment she was initially a victim then through this process she got turned essentially in to a criminal she's been convicted now of lying to the courts the court says that she made this thing up now for the 1st time since she came over to cyprus at least 6 months ago she can go home she can go home to pick up university krrish is due to start. this september. the 4 month sentence takes into account the month that she's already been in detention here in cyprus in prison and it's in another 3 months but because it's suspended that essentially means she is free to go if there are any further offenses then it might turn into

a custody deal sentence i was in the courtroom as this was being read out. over the shouts of her supporters down on the streets it was quite hard to hear what was going on the judge reading quite loudly and in greek she was having this translates into an english at the bit where the judge was saying that the 12 israelis had had their rights taken away from them and their liberty deprived chief she looked very upset about that shook her head slowly at the moment when she heard the sentence was being given and that she could essentially go home she turned around to her supporters and gave a kind of sad smile in the courtroom but her fight goes on she is although she is now free to go she's going to pursue this in the supremum court of cyprus still saying that she is a victim not a criminal and if that doesn't work she's going to go to the human rights courts in europe. and this has been an extremely controversial case from the outset the victim saying she was forced to retract. denied legal representation.

absolutely i mean it could it cuts right to the hearts of the hold me to movements it has political undertones as well there are people who've asserted to the way that this court case was handled was to do with cyprus trying to safeguard its time i as with with israel there are a whole host of things bubbling around and different accusations and defenses being given but yes the legal team here her legal team asserted that while she was being questioned she wasn't given a lawyer while she wasn't even given a translator that this was. of kind of a whole host of violations of the the way that this shoots go through the courts and she had been turned from someone who should be given supports and been listened

to into someone who was then made a criminal and she has a lot of support out say there is ready activists who come here separate activists and people supporting the road cross the world as well or to really challenge they empower women inside us and we thank you at least 30 people have been killed by a bomb in northeast nigeria it exploded on a bridge in the market town of gambaro in borno state no groups claimed responsibility for the attack but both herat muslim based in the area the last 10 years forces loyal to libyan general honey for have to have reached the center of sirte that's a coastal city east of the capital and also sees the nearby. base of the biggest military installations certain strategically important to have to months on the fence and to seize tripoli where libya's u.n. recognize government is based and he's allied to a rival administration in eastern libya. the been protests across india 2 days after mosque men and women broke into a prominent university and beat up students and teachers students affiliated with

the governing b.j. are accused of carrying out their tackler they deny this campuses have been at the forefront of protests over a controversial citizenship no record up to express. a warning from these protest is mostly students to india's hindu nationalists that violence will not keep them from the streets. but will only strengthen their resolve. on sunday masked men armed with roots and sticks stormed the jawaharlal nehru university campus in new delhi attacking students and staff. rival leftist and white with student groups have been sparring over a hike in university accommodation fees for weeks but too many sundays brazen attack in one of india's leading universities is unprecedented when i read that i was huge. area already know each university. and there's

a group of about $5060.00 young men on. their faces covered and their economy getting her ready for and. i spent my entire life on the gamble i've never seen anything so. protesters are accusing a student union linked to prime minister during their more these ruling party a party it has denied the accusations police blamed for not doing enough to stop the assault say they are investigating what happened. back. into vacation of people who were participating in the clashes all possible methods of identification are being invoked we're also keeping an eye on the messages videos and pictures circulating on. social media students and campuses across india came together in solidarity. some turned violent in kolkata protesters from

another top university faced off with b.g.p. activists and the police. this. badly come do i mean by learn from your neighbors or do you. i cannot even imagine that i felt so safe when i was studying in college and what i'll be giving to our students. it's the latest in a series of crackdowns against students in recent weeks over india's controversial citizenship law which many say discriminates against muslims. this attack seems to be only uniting them further against the government. on to 0. then as well as opposition leaders planning to return to parliament 2 days after soldiers physically blocked him from seeking reelection as speaker both one guy though and his rival a dissident deputy backed by the majeure a government have pledged to lead the next parliamentary session

a latin america editor on the scene human reports not us. the headline reads congress wakes to 2 speakers of the house in a country which already has 2 men claiming the presidency but is whalen's are understandably confused and frustrated and years ago our muslim but as the saying gars we left as if we were lost in space. on sending national guardsmen prevented opposition majority leader one by law and other deputies from entering parliament to initiate the year's session as the constitution stipulates. in his place the pro-government minority swore in a speaker and deputy recently expelled from his opposition party that wasn't the end of it this is the headquarters of the opposition newspaper. whose auditorium was used on sunday night. by the opposition to elect and swearin. but in a few hours why though will attempt to return to the real congress building

accompanied by some 100 opposition deputies to challenge the man who he says is usurping his rightful place ironically we spiral continues to insist that he's a legitimate government opponent if. this is a parliament that continues to raise the flag of democracy this is an opposition that represents an alternative to those in power. but given that he was chosen by the government that supplied sell. their traits is now corrupt and there is only one national assembly the other vote was a cruel assault on congress with the complicity of the dictatorship washington has rushed to reconfirm its support and why the all we're looking at additional sanctions personal sanctions economic sanctions that we think will bring more pressure yet on the really fine but quite ball has clearly lost momentum and

support since he declared himself interim president a year ago promising to usher in the gene change how this latest chapter in the power struggle plays out is anyone's guess you see in human al-jazeera. hong kong's chief executive says she'll work with beijing's new envoy to put the city back on the right path after months of protests carry lambs but just days after the chinese government appointed new or human being to head its liaison office the unexpected move was widely seen as a sign the beijing's frustration with his predecessor's handling of the crisis protests erupted in june over a controversial extradition bill the legislation was later scrapped but protesters widen their demands calling for greater political freedoms. communities in australia and states where bushfires are still burning have been experiencing cooler temperatures but hotter weather is expected to return later in the week thousands of homes have been destroyed in the fire as at least 25 people have died since september and in sydney the funeral has taken place of

a volunteer firefighter who was killed last month when the tree fell on his truck and died along with another volunteer geoff colleagues formed a guard of honor as the funeral procession asked. ok time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera huge crowds have gathered in the iranian city of kut a model of general qassam so the money is being laid to rest the top military commander was assassinated in the u.s. drone strike in iraq on friday the man is still in mani's hometown when in response to the killing iran's parliament has approved a motion designating the us army and the pentagon as terrorist groups speaking a short time ago iran's foreign minister says the u.s. miscalculated by targeting somali matters to me. the iranian nation and freedom fighters are mourning this great loss the united states by

assassinating a senior iranian general has started a new chapter that will cause them problems the beginning of the end of america's presence in the region has started they do not respect international law they are attacking iranian history which is a shared heritage to the whole world the u.s. defense secretary had to clarify that there's been no decision to pull troops out of iraq that's off to a draw off a letter by a top general was mistakenly circulated it said u.s. forces were moving on as a sign of respect to iraq's parliament which recently passed a motion to expel foreign forces. at least 30 people have been killed by a bomb in northeast nigeria it exploded on a bridge in the market town of gambaro in borno state no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but boko haram is based in the area the last 10 years forces loyal to libyan general ali for have to reach the center of the coastal city east of the capital of also sees the nearby al qaida be

a base one of the largest military installations searches to teach be important to have 2 months now offensive to seize tripoli when libya's u.n. recognized government is based is allowed to arrival administration in eastern libya a court in cyprus has handed a 4 month suspended sentence to a british woman convicted of lying about being raped it means you can now return to the u.k. says she was right but told israeli teenagers in july she says she was forced to retract her accusation because she was under duress from police questioning and didn't have a lawyer present communities in australian states where bushfires are still burning have been experiencing cooler temperatures but hotter weather is expected to return later in the week well those are the headlines the news continues here on al jazeera off of the stream stage and that's what. he's notorious for creation fake passports the. one i want. to forge. if you

reveal the secrets of the drug war now to be. in the stream today. protests the country's controversial new citizenship law we will take a look at the debate surrounding the citizenship amendment act you can be part of the conversation as well on twitter at. ringback i am an actor writer and activist but most importantly a human voice and you are in the street. protests says across india are continuing their fight against a new citizenship law that excludes muslim immigrants and stuck in fear of break to add to muslim discrimination in the country the citizenship at past polly.