this is bbc world news. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: rockets land near the us embassy in the iraqi capital — just hours after thousands across the countryjoined a funeral procession for assassinated iranian general qasem soleimani. australia suffers one of the worst bushfire days of the season as temperatures nudge 50 celsius and strong winds whip up the flames. this is what the firefighters are dreading, because it fans these blazes, making them unstoppable, but it also spreads those embers, making the fire behaviour quite unpredictable. the death toll from

the new year's day flooding