welcome to bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: president trump arrives back in washington and says he's willing to target iranian cultural sites if americans are killed by tehran. in australia, the worst weekend of bushfires yet destroys hundreds of homes. and the prime minister warns the fires could burn for months. masked attackers roam the campus of one of india's most prestigious universities, targeting students opposing the government's new citizenship law. the film awards season begins with the golden globes. we'll have a live update from our correspondent in los angeles.

hello and welcome to bbc news. president trump has arrived back at the white house from his holiday base in florida with a new warning for iran. he's said he's willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for the killing of americans. tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of iran's general soleimani. for its part, tehran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. james robbins has the latest. hundreds of thousands of iranians have been mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders promising revenge. the chants are familiar, including "death to america," but the context has radically changed. the war of words from both sides is intensifying. president trump has now tweeted a new threat of massive retaliation, perhaps disproportionate. earlier, he wrote:

"if iran strikes any americans or american assets, we have targeted 52 iranians sites, some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture, and those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard. is there still risk of attack? of course there is, there is a tremendous risk. we are doing everything we can to make sure we take that down and protect american lives — that is the mission set. iran's most significant action so far is the announcement that it will no long accept any limit on its ability to enrich uranium, which can be used in nuclear weapons. iran officially denies having such a weapons programme, but the country has steadily been moving away from its nuclear deal with key powers since president trump abandoned the agreement in 2018. in the iraqi capital, baghdad, where the general was killed in the american strike, iraq's parliament has expressed its outrage, voting for the removal

of all foreign forces from the country, although the decision is not necessarily binding. iraq's prime minister said the united states had put his country in a difficult position. translation: after the us pulled out of the nuclear agreement with iran, it started to be more tough with iran and the us started adopting a policy of with us or against us, and no option in between. and that's a hard position for iraq to be in. america is busy sending reinforcements to the wider region. in practice, around 5,000 us forces in iraq are unlikely to leave soon, but the us—led coalition has announced a pause in training of iraqi forces and operations against is, or daesh. the whole focus now will be on protecting its bases. tonight, in iran's holy city of mashhad, many thousands more iranians have turned out to mourn as the remains of general soleimani continue a nationwide journey ahead of his burial on tuesday.

fears are growing that a ratcheting up of violence in the region seems far more likely than the emergence of a new path away from violence. james robbins, bbc news. murtaza hussain is national security journalist at the intercept, and he joins us from new york. first of all, let's talk about iraqi, because iraq has been put in a pretty difficult position right now in terms of the feeling it has at its own sovereignty has been put at its own sovereignty has been put at risk here. however, it also has to think about the us and its position there as well. iraqis in a difficult position because it has become effectively a proxy battleground for the conflict between iran and the united states. it is not dissimilar to the position it was in after the 2003 us invasion, but it has become more acute now since the relating of the nuclear deal by the united states,

conflict between the run and the us has been heightened. the air strike that killed general soleimani also killed several iraqi militia members, including a very prominent commander. i think even for those iraqis who are upset or about the iranian presence in their country, this certainly comes across as a brazen disregard of iraqi sovereignty. in terms of sectarian lines in iraq which have been so important, it looks like this killing has actually taken away the differences that different sectors having a rug. to a degree, it is perceived in the sense that even by those who are unsympathetic and hostile to iran, and irani and backed groups in rock, there is a sense of anger that 17 years after the us invasion, the american government carried out air strikes into a government carried out air strikes intoa dab government carried out air strikes

into a dab international airport a p pa re ntly into a dab international airport apparently without consulting the iraqi government. certainly, any nation, regardless of sectarian divisions, would have a broad constituency of people who would object to that. president trump has said that he will be bringing forth sanctions on the iraqi government if you're up goes ahead with threats to remove all us soldiers from its oil. what do you think the response to thatis what do you think the response to that is going to be? such sanctions, if they are imposed on the right, would be devastating for the iraqi economy and the iraqi society. iraq, during the 90s, suffered extremely damaging sanctions in which resulted in massive humanitarian catastrophes. now, the iraqi government is already dealing with multiple prizes related to domestic unrest. if the economic drivers of those crises were compounded by us sanctions, it would put the iraqi

government in a highly difficult position. i think that even the threat of the sanctions my alarm iraqi politicians at the moment. 0k, thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me. let's get some of the day's other news. in venezuela, chaos has erupted in parliament after luis parra, an opposition rival ofjuan guaido, proclaimed himself president of the national assembly without guaido's presence. the opposition also said mr parra was sworn in without votes, a move denounced by the opposition as a parliamentary coup. flooding in the indonesian capital jakarta has now killed 60 people and displaced thousands of others. the country has seen its most intense rainfall for almost a quarter of a century. environmental groups are calling for action, saying it should be a wake—up call to climate change in one of the world's biggest carbon emitters. the centre left challenger zoran milanovic has ousted the incumbent president, kolinda gra bar—kitarovic, in the croatian presidential election. the post is largely ceremonial,

but the president does play a role in foreign policy, defence and security matters. when confirmed, mr milanovic will have a higher profile than usual, as croatia has just taken over the rotating presidency of the european union for six months. more than $15 million has been raised for the new south wales fire services in australia in just 48 hours as they continue to battle the bushfires. at least 2a people have been killed with thousands forced from their homes. 0n kangaroo island, off the coast of south australia, more than 100,000 hectares have been burnt. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is on the south coast of new south wales, one of the worst—hit regions, and has been talking to victims. look at that road. this bushfire season is like no other in modern australian history.

i mean, this is unprecedented, what we're having here. i mean, the whole country is alight. within half an hour, it was, "get out, it's too late to leave." you know, "you should seek shelter." this is a thousand times worse. this is catastrophic. like, all the fires up the coast are catastrophic. worry etches the faces of those who fled to this hotel from the small town of bundanoon. their homes encircled by two monster fires. the smell of smoke is present even here. by 9:30, i thought i was ok. judy coverdale is one of those who escaped with her life. it was just like a volcanic plume,

just growing and growing, red. so, it's getting closer and closer and at this stage you're thinking, i've got to get out. yes. so then i could hear it. i thought i could hear this large fire. it's a disaster, a national disaster. judy sets out to try to establish if her home's been destroyed. we're going back in to see how far we can get. up ahead, not fog but a thick wall of smoke from the giant fire a few kilometres away. but she hits a police roadblock. can we get near bundanoon? she's told it's too dangerous. they won't let her through. it's unclear if her house is still standing. the prime minister, scott morrison, visited a naval base today, having enlisted the military in this unprecedented emergency. this is the largest single call—out ever of defence force reservists,

working together with our full—time defence forces, to provide a support which this country has never seen before. but missteps, including going on holiday as parts of his nation burned, have smashed public confidence, especially in those who've had to escape the fires. reallyjust makes you angry when i see on the television our prime minister speaking. ijust would prefer that he didn't. nearby, we came across this trailer belonging to ron murdoch, who's 7a. he packed what mattered to him as he escaped the flames. they were handmade in chile... one of many tens of thousands in australia's biggest peacetime mass evacuation. it is, it is my life now, and that's what i was trying to salvage — my life. in a country proud of its biodiversity, forests are stripped bare. and half a billion animals have perished, many littering roads. it is really, really disturbing. that is just such a waste. when will this nightmare end?

heavy rain is not forecast for eight long weeks. let's speak now with geoff cary, associate professor in bushfire science at the australian national university in canberra. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news, professor. first of all, what is your reaction to this yearthe bushfire season? it is devastating and the worst that we have seen in history. yes, no doubt. good afternoon. no doubt this is a very major bushfire season in australia, one of the worst we have experienced since early september, 6 million hectares or 60,000 square kilometres have burnt in bushfires in eastern and southern australia. this is equivalent to a quarter of the landmass of the united kingdom. tragically, 25 lives have been lost

and over 1500 houses, and that number will increase in this bushfire season. fire agency chiefs and other experts were very clear coming into this bushfire season that it was potentially going to be a very dangerous season, and that has turned out to be the case. you area has turned out to be the case. you are a bushfire science expert, correct me if i am wrong, you focus on land management and strategy to prepare forfire season. on land management and strategy to prepare for fire season. what do you think went wrong here in preparation? well, australia has been experiencing a very deep drought, and this has been one of the foundational aspects that has underpinned the major area of burn in this bushfire season. there are four key aspects that need to be considered when determining how much area will burn in landscapes and one is the depth and the severity of the drought, the other is the occurrence of severe bushfire weather. there is the amount of fuel to burn and then of course the rate of ignitions in the landscape. land management is

partly about managing the amount of fuel in the landscape. state agencies for example, new south wales land management agencies have recently wales land management agencies have rece ntly m et wales land management agencies have recently met their targets for prescribed burning in the last prescribed burning in the last prescribed burning in the last prescribed burning season, and have reached about 75% of their targeted prescribed burning over the last four years. so there has been a considerable amount of prescribed burning undertaken. however, governments like the new south wales governments like the new south wales government have just announced that there will be a review into hazard reduction prescribed burning amongst other aspects of land management in response to this bushfire crisis. of course climate change is obviously having an effect on the bushfires as well, hasn't it? it is notjust about how the land is managed. climate with us. australia's climate, the average temperature has increased by one celsius over the last century. we have just. increased by one celsius over the last century. we havejust. 0ur hottest a nd last century. we havejust. 0ur hottest and driest year on record as

indicated earlier, eastern australia is in the depths of a very significant drought, we have had very low winter rainfall amounts over the last three years and this has accumulated to give us very deep drought in the landscape. we have run landscape fire models over the last couple of decades looking at various climate change scenarios, and irrespective of what scenario with increased temperatures we run with increased temperatures we run with those landscape fire models, they produce increases of area burnt. around 20 years ago and we rana burnt. around 20 years ago and we ran a landscape fire model with a two degrees increase in average temperature which resulted in a doubling of area burnt in the results of the model. australia is just experienced it warmest year on record with a 1.5 degrees temperature above the long—term climate average measures from 1960 to 1990. the results we are seeing in the current bushfire season are not incompatible with the

projections made from early work on climate change and bushfires. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: more than two years after the first public allegations against him, the trial of hollywood mogul harvey weinstein is set to begin. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established.

teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: iran says it will no longer abide by limits on its uranium enrichment, abandoning its central commitment under the international nuclear deal reached in 2015. australia's prime minister,who's been criticised for his slow response to the country's bushfire crisis, has warned the blazes could last for many months to come. police have been called to restore order at one of india's most prestigious universities, in the capital, delhi. about 20 students are said

to have been injured at the javaharlal nehru university, leading to at least seven being taken to hospital. the indian home minister has ordered an enquiry. rhodri davies reports. this masked mob is wielding poles and sticks at one of india's leading universities. witnesses say that more than 50 people entered the campus at the jawaharlal nehru university in the capital, delhi, leaving results like this. i've been bleeding. i'm not even in a condition to talk. but the motives are unclear. the students union she represents alleges activists from the right—wing body, the abvp, that's linked to india's ruling party, the bjp, carried out the attack. while the abvp accuses leftists of aggression against its members.

translation: today, the way in which left has attacked teachers and students and members of abvp linked to bjp is a very shameful incident. several victims are in hospital and police and protesters are at the university gates. as demonstrators massed outside, the education minister has called on students to maintain peace on campus. protests have recently been held at the university over the bjp's controversial new citizenship law. whether or not that's connected, this latest incident will do nothing to ease the discord. the trial of the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, on charges of sexual assault, begins in new york on monday more than two years after the allegations against him emerged. the proceedings relate to just two of his accusers — allegations of sexual misconduct

have been made against him by more than 80 women. he has pleaded not guilty, as nick bryant reports from new york. if hollywood were to stage the trial of harvey weinstein, maybe it would look something like this. the once all—powerful movie mogul looking feeble and using a walking frame as he appeared at a manhattan court house in december ahead of his criminal trial. weinstein has been charged with raping a woman in a new york hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulting another woman in 2006. he has repeatedly denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. just because a woman makes a claim does not mean that it is true and just because mr weinstein is accused of a crime does not mean he is guilty. some of the biggest names in hollywood have accused him of harassment and assault — angelina jolie, gwyneth paltrow and ashleyjudd among them.

i really hope that justice is served. writerjasmine loee is also one of the silence breakers who has accused weinstein of sexual assault. cases are sometimes hard to prove. her fear is he could be acquitted. i would be really afraid if he is not held accountable. and i think a lot of silence breakers will be, and just, you know, survivors in general. it will hurt. it will hurt to know that we have been hurt and that nothing would happen. so, i hope the court does the right thing. the fall of harvey weinstein didn't only upend hollywood. it spawned a global metoo movement on the streets, in the workplace, and online. one that ignited a conversation about consent, equal pay and toxic masculine team, one that demonstrated the magnitude of the sexual harassment problem around the world. this must be very humiliating, mr weinstein?

mr weinstein, this must be very humiliating for you ? far from being ashamed after being arrested and charged, harvey weinstein has bragged about being a champion of women. he told a new york tabloid ahead of his trial he has long been a trailblazer who promoted female film—makers — a boast victims have found sickening. harvey weinstein has apparently told friends he is planning a post—trial comeback but that seems delusional, given the number of women who have accused him of sexual assault. the charges in his trial relate to just two of his accusers and, if found guilty, he could face the rest of his life in prison. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. the golden globe awards are under way in hollywood. seen as the ceremony that marks the start of film award season, the globes are the second—most important date in the calendar, but certainly the rowdiest. ricky gervais is hosting again as cast and crew of the big screen blockbusters hope to bag prizes and build momentum ahead of the all—importa nt 0scars next month.

david willis is our correspondent in los angeles. david, first of all, bring us up—to—date on what prizes have been given out so far. what big names have been winning? well, we are about halfway through this 77th golden globes, and there have been awards so far for russell crowe, for phoebe waller—bridge, four quentin tarantino, and a lifetime achievement award for ellen degeneres. also the dark south korean drama or comedy, parasite was named best foreign language film. it remains to be seen whether this will bea remains to be seen whether this will be a breakout tonight for the streaming service netflix. it has picked up 3a nominations going into these golden globes, including one for marriage story, which got a total of six nominations. it stars adam driver and scarlett joha nsson,

a very grim tale of the split up of two people and the impact that has on their son. that had six nominations going into these awards. second only to that is the martin scorcese epic, the irishman, which stars al pacino and robert de niro. a lot of hints and thoughts that martin scorsese will be victorious tonight when we get around to the best director category. and just behind that, with four nominations, the two popes, starring jonathan pryce and anthony hopkins playing the parts of pope benedict and frances respectively. netflix really has come of age over the last six yea rs. has come of age over the last six years. it's ironic, perhaps, that the golden globes is being broadcast on nbc, an old—style, if you like, terrestrial television network and

yet there are no nominations for any programmes from any of those major tv networks, cbs, abc, nbc. a sign perhaps of how the landscape has changed to. very briefly, these are important because they give us a taste of what the oscars will have in store next month. they do. they are very different to the oscars. they mirrored the oscars last year, but by and large they tend to diverge. the 0scars are decided by the nearly 9000 members of the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences, the golden globes 88 members of the hollywood foreign press association. 0k, david, thank you very much indeed. plenty more on our website, as always. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcmaryam. lots more news coming up injust a few minutes' time, including the headlines. stay with us on bbc news.

bye— bye. hello. red sky for some on sunday night but not a huge amount of delight for the shepherds or indeed the rest of us for the weather over the next few days. quite a turbulent spell with the potential for disruption from notjust heavy rain at times but more especially or severe gales, particularly to the north and west. it will bring with it, during the next few days, some very mild conditions before things turn chillier later in the week. first spell of turbulent weather comes from this area of low pressure, it's to the south of iceland. heavy snow here. but gales and heavy rain push to the west of ireland by the end of the night. most, though into the morning rush hour, cloudy, a few spots of rain or drizzle and frost free. but through the morning rush hour itself, northern ireland, some heavy bursts of rain and gale force winds, spreading across scotland from mid—morning onwards. not too much rain in the east. as for wales and western england, it's really from lunchtime onwards we will see that heavy rain before sunshine returns to the west later on.

it's to the north and west where we'll see the strongest of the winds, potential for gales, maybe 50 mile—per—hour gusts or more for some. not quite as windy for east anglia and the south—east. but the breeze will pick up by the end of the afternoon and into the evening rush hour we will see this band of narrower but quite heavy rain spread its way eastwards. it does mean we finish the day in south—west england, wales, and northern england with a greater potential for some sunshine. a few showers in northern england, and we'll see a few showers in northern scotland, northern ireland, maybe wintry over the tops of the scottish mountains. and temperatures drop away a little bit through the afternoon but not as windy for the evening rush hour as it will have been for the morning one. and then as we go into the evening, that rain spreads across east anglia and the south—east, clear skies for a time, a brief dip in temperature. could rule out a touch of frost and there but temperatures rise later as more wet and windy weather spreads its way in from the west. and that's this area of low pressure. our next one, which is a deeper bigger area of low pressure, that means the winds are stronger, extent further away from the centre, which will still be around iceland, producing snow here, but for us dragging in exceptionally mild airfrom the mid atlantic,

rocketing temperatures from what will have been a chilly start for some in the south—east. here though it should stay dry and bright through much of the day. it's northern england, scotland, northern ireland, outbreaks of rain at times, the biggest disruption could come from the winds. widespread gales, strongest the winds north and west of scotland, 75—80 mile—per—hour gusts not out of the question. those winds coming over from the mid atlantic and will bring some exceptionally mild weather to the north—east of higher ground, so north—east wales, the north of northern ireland, and to the north—east of scotland we could see 15—16 degrees. that milder air swept away as we go through the night and into wednesday morning. a chillier start on wednesday morning with a touch of frost around. rain returns from the south—west later. more wet and windy weather around on thursday before a quieter end but a colder end to the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has stressed that he is willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for any future killing of americans by tehran. the iranian government has vowed retaliation following the us assassination of general qasem soleimani. rockets exploded near the us embassy in baghdad on sunday night. australia's prime minister has warned that the bushfires in the south—east of the country could last for many months. the overall death toll has climbed to 2a and hundreds more properties have been destroyed. light rain and lower temperatures made little difference in the two worst affected states. india's home minister has ordered an inquiry after a masked gang attacked students and teachers at a prestigious university in the capital, delhi. the students' union blamed a group affiliated to the governing bjp for the violence. now on bbc news, another chance to see a remarkable