when paul came over the scene from cameroon to berlin starts october fourth on d w . this is d w news live from berlin gunmen target iran is military elite dozens are dead and scores more wounded after an attack on a parade in the country's southwest with many believed revolutionary guard soldiers are among the dead iran's military has found to retaliate also coming up a german wildfire sparked weeks ago by

a military task rages on with the flames now threatening some one thousand residents of german defense officials are facing a storm of criticism. and one of the world's biggest parties october fest is in full swing here in germany will show you some of the fun from opening day in munich. thanks for joining us i'm marian and steen. iran's government is vowing a crushing response to an attack on a military parade dozens of people were killed and many more wounded when gunmen opened fire on crowds the attack took place in the country's southwest in the city of all those close to iran's border with iraq many of the victims were members of

iran's elite revolutionary guard. both sunni arab separatists and so-called islamic state have claimed responsibility for the attack. members of iran's elite forces taking cover dignitaries and civilians fleeing for their lives as gunmen opened fire on a military parade and was the soldiers were marching in one of the countrywide annual parades marking the start of iran's eight year war with iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. when the shooting started. we suddenly realized that some armed people wearing fake military uniforms started attacking our comrades from behind the viewing platform then they opened fire on women and children they were aimlessly shooting with no target. members of iran's

revolutionary guards officials watching from a stand and civilians were among those killed. it's the bloodiest assault to strike the country in recent years as iran's foreign minister was quick to point his finger at a u.s. ally in the region and threatened to retaliate. he tweeted iran holds regional tera sponsors and the us masters accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives. later both the so-called islamic state and a sunni arab nationalist movement claimed responsibility for the attack the night that gave evidence iran has blamed its arch rival saudi arabia for funding arab separatist groups in the past the bloodshed is a huge shock for the country and likely to raise tensions in an already tumultuous region. for more on the story we're joined now by saeed come ali dacre he's

the iran correspondent for britain's guardian newspaper of hello to you save so we're hearing conflicting claims of responsibility for the attack iran is blaming u.s. allies in the region what do they mean by this man earlier this morning a spokesperson for the separatist group a mob nationalist group spoke to a number of exams and it was enough playing that they were behind the times to talk about it was wrong today. and later our news agency was your initial news agency of islamic state isis claimed responsibility as well there is no i mean it's not obvious at this point that there's any links between the two groups or islamic state exploiting the situation just to claim responsibility anyway. this point is too early to say where are we now know what are islamic state was involved or not

but iran has been critical as you mentioned in the report to blame the super tuesday blamed regional these regional rivals especially in a specific with saudi arabia for funding some of these groups. all right so what what more can you actually tell us about these sunni arab separatist just how serious a force are they. i was in southwest iran is is home to iran's arab minority it's. in the past months there's been recurring protests have been happening over environmental challenges economy grievances so it's terminus time in the iran's west western iran and these groups have been active for many years and iran has many for many years accused saudi arabia and other. you know gulf arab countries of of helping them militarily

and financially. but it comes at a very critical time you know iran and saudi arabia are both involved in various conflicts in the region in syria for example in yemen and they are the opposite sides of each in all of these conflicts so it comes at a very critical time i think both for iran and for the middle east well the iranian government was very quick to say that they're going to respond with with a crushing response but just what are they likely to do. i mean it's difficult to say what options they have. there was as i mentioned conflicts in the original or both sides are involved so there are what this means is that there's going to be an escalation probably in the tensions within iran and its rivals in the region i mean most of these conflicts are proxy wars you know you don't have a direct conflict between along the saudi arabia and iran of the share a border what is happening is that there's

a number of proxy wars in syria as i mentioned in yemen where example there is i mean there's there's a series in there around forty up without a doubt. between him and and probably usually do sort of tension in the short so and consequences in other parts of the region that's why you know things like peace in a terrorist attack in the wrong kind can have reverberations and not a part of the middle east st kamali day don and iran correspondent for london's guardian newspaper many thanks for all your in science and now to some of the other stories making news around the world the death toll following the ferry accident on lake victoria in tanzania has risen to two hundred and nine the boat capsized on thursday state media says the ferry was overloaded two days after the disaster regency workers rescued a survivor who was found in a pocket of air. thousands of people have rallied in cities across russia against

planned increases in the country's pension age the proposed change would raise the retirement age for men from sixty to sixty five and from fifty five to sixty for women anger over the reform plans have heard president vladimir putin's approval rating. pope francis is in lithuania the first stop on his four day tour of the baltic states he's also due to visit lafayette and is tony am the pope is there to mark the one hundredth anniversary of their independence after world war one of the three nations only lithuania is majority catholic. well here in germany defense minister or the funder lion has been visiting a northwestern region that's being menaced by a wildfire that her own military started firefighters near the dutch border are still struggling to contain the blaze near mepham in the m.

fund region it was sparked nearly three weeks ago by military rocket tests underly and has already apologized on behalf of the country's military local officials are considering evacuating some one thousand people from the area. daily a correspondent on a reg is in the town of staal for and where residents have been advised they need to be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice i spoke to her earlier and asked how something like this could happen as a result of a german military test. well this is the million dollar question in fact this is what everyone is now asking at the moment and this is also why the public prosecutor's office in the nearby city of us now brooke has opened an investigation into a potential negligent arson just a short while ago where i'm standing right now defense minister ursula from the lion was visiting also taking pretty much the same questions from residents and local authorities asking how could this be how could this be that the bundeswehr

the german military under your literate leadership has caused such a disaster with seemingly not such good means to handle it. but apart from that apology that from the line has issued both yesterday and today to local authorities saying that this incident should never have happened the way he did they are unfortunately very few solutions at the moment and even fewer answers. and that was done a reg of reporting earlier from this side of that blaze in northwest germany. all right some sports news now and boxing world heavyweight champion anthony joshua is on a mission to defend his title when he takes on a russian as alexander povetkin at london's wembley stadium on saturday with an unblemished professional record joshua's seen by many as the best in his weight division but the twenty eight year old is up against an opponent with

a pedigree of his own. no matter the challenger anthony joshua is always boxing boxoffice his last two fights in wales sold out now a stand off on home turf in north london against russia's alexander project ken is slated to attract a crowd of eighty thousand easy to see why josh was on beaten in twenty one contests as a professional fighter but the world heavyweight champion knows he'll be in for a tough fight against an opponent some eleven kilograms might are. going to be quick you're going to do but i saw those issues of the shot with my feet. put that kid in a two thousand and four olympic gold medalist says he's in a much better place than he was five years ago when he lost a vote in the eclipse cohen front of a home crowd in moscow. your mobile screwup of one thing i can see is that when i

fought klitschko i was much weaker and in much worse shape than i am no. what if i'm slow be sure mischief. put that kid is known for throwing killer punch us. but joshua has a strategy up his sleeve always look at this way they're strong to the head just take him out sort of body this job is it a boy he gets to the head sooner or later they fall. on the physical struggle by the knowledge of what's so i'll be able to compare what with josh was four titles on the line the fight has certainly caught the imagination of boxing fans on top of the sellout crowd the fight is expected to set a new pay per view record. when as they go soccer now and a late goal from christian pulls it has given ten members of dortmund a one one draw at hoffenheim high flying heads of berlin gladbach while braman won

three two it work in another thrilling game promoted nuremberg be it had. over and freiburg won their first game of the season evolves borg byron are taking on shark all right now on friday stuttgart and fortuna disallowed or was scoreless on sunday laver couzin whose minds and rb live seek visit to frankfurt. well the world's largest beer festival october fest is now officially underway here in germany in the bavarian capital munich some seven million liters of brew are expected to flow at the two week celebration the event attracts revelers from all over the world most of whom wouldn't think to show up for the party without the proper attire. i. o's after this he cries it's topped in english the start of the one hundred eighty fifth october fast as announced by munich. and those tradition demands he's joined

by the various state premier. and there's no shortage of pomp and ceremony at the start of the festival both inside. and outside the beer tents. an estimated six million locals and tourists are expected to descend on munich for the festivities which run for sixteen days and for many they have only one thing on their mind. and very rarely to get a ten in trick all day lots of beer lots of luck. hopefully this year there won't be any problems it would be nice to see the hill over there not used as a toilet i just want a festival to be quiet and peaceful. and to ensure that peace and quiet some six hundred police officers and hundreds of stewards will keep order at the fenced off

fairgrounds. once inside revelers can enjoy some tasty german sausages. and did i mention the beer. october fest runs until october seventh. and you're up to date now on the israeli back again at the top of the hour omarion at instinct thanks for watching. we make up over three quarters of the under that to. the surface of the pacific. they want to shape the continent's future it's part of it enjoying some stars as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent plan for africa.