given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minorities in the world. a stampede kills dozens of mourners at the funeral for the iranian general hossam santa monica his burial plans on monday as now been postponed. and jordan this is not a 0 live from doha also coming up confusion over the future of u.s. troops in iraq the pentagon says a general's letter about withdrawal plans was a mistake. a possible showdown in venezuela the opposition leader is determined to return to after being barred from congress. and they suspended sentence for

a british woman found guilty of lying that she was raped by israeli teenagers in cyprus. the burial of an iranian general assassinated by the u.s. has been postponed after a stampede at his funeral procession more than 30 people have been killed it happened as huge crowds gathered in the city of kut amman to bid a final farewell to general customs in amman and the commander was killed in a u.s. drone strike on friday in iraq low dosage of joins us live now from tehran so a deadly stampede at the solar monny funeral procession what more details are emerging now. we've just been hearing from the head of the country's emergency services who confirmed that 32 people have been killed in this stampede and over 190 injured this comes on a day where thousands of mourners have come out to pay their respects to the late

general who was assassinated on friday in baghdad as himself money he was supposed to be buried just a short time ago in his hometown in care mon which is about a 1000 kilometers away from the capital tehran in central iran this is a small town in cam on province come on city itself this is home to about 820000 people but they were exclusively officials were not expecting the kind of numbers that they have seen the crowds that we see what they're trying to achieve when you see them trying to throw things towards this van that is carrying the coffin of possums to the money there are trying to get a piece of clothing in or a towel or some kind of a cloth to be at touched by the cuff and they believe this will have some kind of a significance for them to own this kind of piece of clothing or a towel of some kind this is why people are trying to get to the coffin that is making its way through the city now the remains of the general came to iran on

saturday from baghdad he was flown to the southern city of and there were funeral ceremonies there and then he made his way to the holy city of mashhad on sunday and then from there he was flown to the capital tehran on monday and then he was taken to the city of last night and now he is taken he was taken to care mont to be finally buried. this is what we have been expecting really the crowds that we've seen all across the country have been very very large in numbers but this stampede of course comes very unexpectedly and now his actual burial has been postponed we don't know when his body will actually be buried now or at the doors of the bar or the interim doors i think of the updated. well in response to the killing iran's parliament has approved a motion designating the us army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations and addressing crowds outside of on his funeral to lead a ron's revolutionary guard has vowed revenge and. our revenge will be

harsh and tough be certain because we are telling the enemy we will avenge him if you respond to our revenge will burn that place in love and they themselves know where it is. desired he is professor of world studies at the university of tehran he believes others will carry forward send him on his 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 iraqi parliament has voted for the american forces to get out of iraq and this is going to be waves of anti-american policies and 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 a kind of pressure and a segment of society may feel pressured enough to come to the city it's 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 this is 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 sort of 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 was on those in washington d.c. he explained why that's a cool so much confusion it was not only that this letter was leaked that's bad enough but that the contents of the letter are apparently incorrect according to the secretary of defense as well so to understand this just look back to this weekend 1st and when the iraqi parliament voted on a non-binding measure to the victim u.s. troops out of iraq that was the 1st thing that donald trump afterward said tweeted out no u.s. troops will not be leaving iraq so that's the context we have here and that's when

this letter came out in the letter was on department of defense letterhead and it was written apparently by a brigadier general that's from the u.s. military in iraq it was written apparently to give to his iraqi military counterparts informing them that the u.s. was pulling out their troops from iraq and listen to what the 1st line or sentence of the letter says it's pretty clear it says in due deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq and as requested by the iraqi parliament and the prime minister combined a joint task force will be reese repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement to goes on a little longer than finishes with the last sentence we respect your sovereign decision to order our departure that is very clear and centrally saying u.s. troops are moving out of iraq after this letter was leaked people were calling up

the pentagon including journalists of course of the like ourselves and they said we don't nothing about this. meanwhile iraq has pushed members of the un security council to condemn saddam on his assassination the killing has led to debate down division at the u.n. and the secretary general went on a good ted is says he's worried about the growing for the us i've been following the recent rise in global tensions with great concern i mean constant contact with living officials around the world and my message is simple and clear stop escalation exist size restraint restart dialogue re new international corporation let us not forget the terrible human suffering caused by war mike hanna has more now from the u.n. . iraq has sent a letter to the president of the security council and the secretary general asking

for the security council to issue a statement condemning the united states for its action iraq says in the letter it stresses that any military operation on iraqi soil without the consent of the iraqi government and without prior coordination is considered as a provocative hostile act that violates the charter of the united nations so iraq wanting at the very least a statement from the u.n. security council but this isn't very likely the council and as on so many other issues deeply divided on this matter the chinese ambassador is saying that he is consulting with other members of the council when asked whether he will call for an urgent meeting the russian ambassador being even more blunt asked whether there was a likelihood of a joint statement from the security council he simply said no so clearly the issue of the security council and dealing with this crisis at the moment very very difficult where the council remains totally disunited. the nato chief has warned

iran against further violence and provocations after an emergency meeting in belgium stoltenberg says the new conflict is in no one's interest nato many times a 500 person strong training mission in iraq for the fight against i saw it but it's suspended that after saddam and his death you need to is prepared to continue your training and capacity building when the situation permits for years all our lives have expressed concern about iran do you stay abroad singer to it is in the wider middle east region. we agreed iran must never require a nuclear weapon we shared concern about iran's missile tests now a british woman convicted of lying about being raped by a group of israeli teenagers in cyprus has received a suspended prison sentence she plans to appeal against the 4 month term in july of the woman told police 12 teenagers had gang raped her while she was nala day she later retracted her story but says she was forced to do so by the police and didn't

have a lawyer the case led to protests in britain and a call for tourists to boycott the island up to 00 a challenge explains what's next in the case. 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 translated to already 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 she she looked very upset about that shook her head slowly in the courtroom but her fight goes on she is although she is now free to go she is 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 it has political undertones as well there are people that the way that this

court case was handled was to do with cyprus trying to safeguard its time with with israel there are a whole host of things bubbling around and different accusations and defenses being given but yes the did the legal team here her legal team asserted that while she was being questioned she wasn't given a lawyer while she was in even given to a translator that this was. a kind of a whole host of violations of the of the way that this should go through the courts and she had been turned from someone who should be given support and being listened to into someone who was then made a criminal japanese prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for the wife of the foreman isaan boss colace now and carol lin is wanted for giving false testimony in court last april she's currently in lebanon with a husband who skipped bail in japan last week he was awaiting trial for multiple

counts of financial misconduct charges he denies insisted his family had nothing to do with his escape. break here al-jazeera when we come back protests across india after a massive group attack students and teachers at a prominent university in the capital. we'll tell you why thousands rallied in liberia's capital monrovia more on that status. hello was about to get fairly stormy in the sea of japan this cloud this rushing out of china here you get a bit of a cold to it that suggests there's something going on and there is indeed something going on it's talking at warm air from the south the temperature in tokyo 17 degrees well above where it should be but in tucked into the cold has come out of the continent which of course is cold this winter now and that says reason lot of

wind and rain a whole lot moving across honshu lesser holkar to the snow but only some of the high ground is not widespread snow by any means and these behind quiet weather beijing at 5 and some at 5 also a bit above where it should be but quietening weather means the air quality is going to drop once again at all goes offshore leaving a northerly breeze eventually doing the temperature down in tokyo but not immediately $815.00 in tokyo you'll notice further south in china as a line of rain light rain for shanghai back towards you 9 sas that is to read simply was 21 degrees in hong kong not necessarily entirely blue skies are a shower too is possible and that's true elsewhere it's in a surprising part of india north-east monsoon middle of winter you would expect to see these blue showers but they are they are rifting slowly eastwards over the next couple of days far fewer showers where you might expect.

when the news breaks today the current government has lost trust to people they can't do anything because the protesters are. needs to win people to be heard voices what work will represent the law of shorts for opponents of rex it's troika of the conservatives al-jazeera has teams on the ground it now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create a competent and credible government to bring new moon documentaries and light moves on air and online. old. cold. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera the burial of the rainy and

general kassam sum of money has been perspiring after more than 30 people were killed in a stampede during his funeral procession. he was assassinated in the u.s. drone strike in baghdad on friday. and iran's parliament has approved a motion designating the u.s. army in the pentagon as terrorist groups iran's foreign minister says the u.s. miscalculated by targeting. a british woman convicted of lying about being raped by a group of israeli teenagers in cyprus has received a suspended prison term she plans to appeal against the center's. forces loyal to the libyan general hurley for have to have reached the center of search that's a coastal city east of the capital tripoli and also sees the nearby air base one of the biggest military installations or certain strategically important to have tiles months long offensive to seize the capital when libya's u.n. recognized government is based correspondent had explains why it is so important in

general have to ask campaign to seize tripoli. it's very close to the oil fields and oil terminals in the central coast of libya now it's also the birth town or the hometown of gadhafi and he was killed by the 17th of february of illusionary in that city into an 11 it was also taken control in 2015 until it was liberated from eisel by the government forces in december 2016 now the government forces in the city of misrata say that the hour cindy green for cement to a great west of city of the city to recapture the city. now iraqis are worried about what tensions between iran and the us will mean for them many fear that sanctions threatened by president trump could see a return to the hardships of the saddam era. and an easy 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 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 . since all the money is as a single 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 that 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 they're 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 choose their demands for a better future are now overshadowed by fear and not to distant memories of

conflict and hardship. you know i'll just there are. protests have been held across india 2 days off the mosque men and women broke into a university and beat up students and teachers students affiliated with the governing b j p are accused of carrying out the attack but they deny being involved campuses have been at the forefront of protest over a controversial citizenship nor explains. 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 massed men armed with roots and sticks stormed the jawaharlal nehru university campus in new delhi attacking students and staff. rival leftist and white wings 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 a huge shock because harry already know each university an ear and there's a group of about $5060.00 young men aung. with their faces covered and mary calmly getting her ready for an attack. i spent my entire life on the gamble i've never seen anything so the 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. then to vacation of people who are 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 to students and campuses across india came together in solidarity but some turned violent in kolkata protesters from another top university faced off with b.g.p. activists and the police. that had we come to. i mean by looking for new neighbors the fear. i cannot even imagine that i felt 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.

venezuela's opposition leader is planning to return to palma 2 days after soldiers physically blocked him from seeking reelection as the speaker both won by his rival a dissident deputy backed by the madeira government have pledged to lead the next parliamentary session a last american editor of the sentiment reports and. the headline reads congress wakes to 2 speakers of the house in a country which already has 2 men claiming the presidency that is williams are understandably confused and frustrated when you think you know muslim but as the saying gars we lift 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 was 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 door 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 trades 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 of wides all we're looking at additional sanctions

personal sanctions economic sanctions that we think will bring more pressure yet on the really. quite tall 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. at least 30 people are confirmed have been killed in a bomb attack in northeast nigeria on monday explosion was carried out on a bridge in borno state near the border with cameroon many people were injured there's been no claim of responsibility but the armed group boko haram has been active in the area for more than 10 years. thousands of people have been out on the streets in liberia demonstrating over the poor state of the economy they're accusing president george way of failing to act while costs continue to skyrocket

and people savings vanish but it was supposed to from a capital monrovia. a tense standoff between protesters and liberian security forces after demonstrators try to march to the office of the president. the police have been asked to stop. so the demonstrators broke into a song and dance asking the president to quit office. those also a small group of government supporters but the police quickly stepped in to disperse them because they had no permit to hold a counter protest. organizers were hoping for a large and to government gathering but the massive police presence proved an effective deterrent if you say people should be happy in your right to protest you cannot intimidate them the message had been sent to do that even if his few number like rwanda. is send a message and what is the message. chanting. on the web

is behind on. the crowds of this demonstration was nowhere near the numbers seen in june 29th but their message remains the same they want an end to what corruption to stop economic decline and for the president to publicly declare us that the constitution did not make it mandatory for him to do so. many liberians are disappointed that their elected representatives failed to stand up to the prospect to stop the excesses they are protesting against that opinion shared by some parliamentarians. of. this. president against. from the people the government for its part says it has resolved many of the grievances of the protestors and blames i just it just for stirring up trouble. president george will may have

survived a 3rd major protest of his 2 year old governor but. what's not clear is if protesters will once again take to the streets as promised if the government fails to meet their demands. 100 degrees how does iraq what worldview. the south korean president says there's a desperate need for better relations with north korea in his near speech moon j.n. call for new talks and kim jong un he wants kim to visit seoul but cooperation between the countries which are technically still at war a stalled in recent months u.s. led denuclearization talks are also on hold last week kim said he'd soon reveal a new strategic weapon. for talks in a time of deadlock in u.s. north korea talks and we are even concerned about a step backward and enter korean relations we are in desperate need of practical ways to improve into korean cooperation. and former u.s. national security adviser john bolton says he's prepared to testify in the senate

impeachment trial of donald trump bolton could provide the firsthand account of events central to the case against the president the senate is set to decide whether trump will be removed from office of the allegations he pressured ukraine's president to investigate his political rival joe biden. by time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the burial of the iranian general qassam cinema has been postponed after more than 30 people were killed in a stampede during his funeral procession the commander was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in the iraqi capital baghdad on friday and in response to the killing iran's parliament is. through demotion designating the u.s. army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations and addressing crowds at somalis funeral the leader of iran's revolutionary guard has valve revenge. 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. and the u.s. defense secretary marcus has had to parrot fire 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 for a british woman convicted of lying about being raped by a group of israeli teenagers in cyprus has received a suspended prison sentence she plans to appeal against the 4 month term. japanese prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the wife of the former miss on boss colace going carol go in is wanted for giving false testimony in court last april she's currently in lebanon with her husband who skipped bail in japan last week he was awaiting trial for multiple counts of financial misconduct charges that he

denies he says that his family had nothing to do with his escape forces loyal to the libyan general he for have to have reached the center of sirte that's a coastal city east of the capital tripoli and also sees the nearby al qaida to be a airbase one of the largest military installations surtees strategically important to have to months long offensive to seize tripoli where libya's u.n. recognized government has braced for as well as opposition leaders planning to return to parliament 2 days after soldiers blocked him from seeking reelection as speaker both quite oh and his rival a dissident deputy backed by the majority government a pledge to leave the next parliamentary session. so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera the inside story such a bustle shweta.

with intrigue. growing fallout over the killing of the bonds top military iraq's parliament votes were expelled foreign troops now president trump is threatening sanctions against baghdad so what will this mean for the u.s. presence in iraq and what consequences for the wider region this is inside so. cohen welcome to the program for the back to the middle east is grappling with the united states assassination of costs and some in monny in an extraordinary session on sunday iraq.