this is from. world leaders restraint after the u.s. . military come out washington says you don't have the drone strike against. to prevent a future attack the killing marks a dangerous escalation in the arrangements the world braces for retaliation. the

program devastating wildfires force one of the largest evacuations in australia's history of thousands fleeing the flames philandering city forecast a swarm of hot weather i'm strong winds could lead to catastrophic conditions this weekend. flashpoint latin america has uncertainty and demands for change gripped the region look at the wasteful. welcome to the program. we begin with fresh fears of another war in the middle east after a u.s. drone strike killed a top iranian general the attack at baghdad airport in iraq killed senior commander general cast sam a southern monny the head of the country's elite force general solar money was seen as the architect of terrans military operations in the middle east the strike also

killed abu. allah mooned hondius an iraqi paramilitary group leader with close ties to iran iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has warned the united states that he faces hosh retaliation u.s. has ordered its citizens to leave iraq and he's sending thousands of extra troops to the region. i mean rainy and took to the streets of their capital on friday in the 10s of thousands. was they chanted no compromise no surrender fight the us the news of general solomon is killing sparked fury among the protesters who directed their anger at the west. miami let me know you have the same thing they did to us should be done to them and their leader should be killed all of them should be killed. military officials also spoke of revenge for the killing of the man who was widely seen as the 2nd most

powerful figure in iran. and we know your way out the americans should prepare themselves for a slap in the face the americans must know now that after this crime that they have committed they will face no safety or peace anywhere and. this was all that remained of the vehicle carrying the iranian general and the iraqi militia leader after the american missile struck soledad money had just landed at baghdad's airport hundreds was on hand to welcome him both were killed instantly along with at least 5 others the deaths are a major setback for iran and for iraq which loses an important military ally. now the u.s. says the strike was necessary claiming solomon he had been developing plans to attack americans in the region but speaking to cable news in the u.s. secretary of state mark pompei o said washington wants to avoid further conflict with iran because until the body

was plotting. the present spread pretty clear we don't seek war with iran but with the same time we're not going to stand by and watch the iranians escalate and continue to put american lives at risk without responding in a way that disrupts defense deters and creates an opportunity to deescalate the situation. the reaction from tehran was swift and resolute supreme leader ayatollah ali how many issued a statement promising quote strong revenge and ordered 3 days of national mourning he also named a successor to solomon ie the generals former deputy as mail danny the conflict was already escalating before the latest airstrike on thursday 750 american soldiers arrived in kuwait now washington is directing u.s. citizens in iraq to leave the country immediately. well on this with a member saw waves on the iraqi journalist here and he's been tracking this to

welcome i mean. let's start with the whys 1st of all why did the united states target customers sell them on e fill. with looking for that and i think we should be looking for that in washington d.c. i think it is not a strategy kl. talking for selema this time because of his military cup ability or because he's fighting or close to that i think americans in iraq because americans has plenty of chances to targeting him in the last 56 years the last one the last times had been happen in the operation of mosul. has been operating in a more fighting guy as with iraq is what the knowledge of united states and their allies in the whole the region. they they see him they know he's operating there he's giving iraqi back up for fighting is that he said but they did not target

thinking at that time because it was not the time in politic a for that but i've seen changes and why now i change i think trump suffering with many internal problem with the congress with the democrats i think that time and the place in baghdad and molly with. this together. this give more justification to on to be a strong man to prepare himself for the next. in the politic washington d.c. we'll talk about the implications of general solomon his assassination in a moment 1st we'll take a closer look at his significance. as commander of the elite could force of iran's revolutionary guard. money was iran's top general he was also its most recognizable and popular military commander supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei once called

him a living marcher of the revolution so the money joined iran's revolutionary guard after the iranian revolution in 1979 he saw action in the 8 year iran iraq war. in 1908 he became commander of the could force that conducts iran's clandestine and foreign military operations the us considered him a terrorist and blamed his kids force for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers solar money was especially active in iranian operations against rebel groups in syria against the so-called islamic state and supporting shiite militias in iraq over the years you survived a number of scrapes with death including an airplane crash in 2006 and a bombing in damascus in 2012 he was 62 years old when an american missile killed him in baghdad. so i mean. how much of

a blow is this for iran i think. he's one of the main figures for the iranian operation outside the border outside iraq and i think he is a legend inside iraq iran and also some wealthy iraqis i think the question about the act of iran will be in the way that it's. thinks will change after his targets and i think the day to day is big different from to morrow for the iranian i think. the decision will be fast fast as we think they would react in the way that will be not in the huge war i think the reaction of iranian will be within iraq directly with american soldiers on the border and really because of because it has vowed hosh revenge and we heard today

from one of the main militia councils that they've already decided what they're going to do. to be honest i will not go for the expectation that iran will be directly confronting with the american true. because if they do they know very well they're going to be the loser because the firepower of your state's in the region i think they are going to have a proxy war the reaction will be mostly in iraq we should not forget we are talking about 10000 american soldiers already in iraq. they are bases in iraq from iranians and also from proxies. we should not forget that a couple bullets if you were writing hold of the region in lebanon in yemen we remember the attack of feel oil fields in saudi arabia that could cause also

a significant painful for the market for the devil or delivering coffee oil in the baucus increases or no direct confrontation but lots of proxy skirmishes but if i can put it out exactly with the exception i think they will keep the frontline in lebanon with hezbollah cold enough because it is another level of the conflict they will keep it as much as possible far away from their reaction. just in iraq because for i think tell us about reactions to this in the region there obviously there are people like israel who are glad to say this who else has been speaking well i talk with many people for example in the area in iraq that is there is 2 parts in iraq some of them are quite happy because they think that mr saleh money was responsible for does of devastating of iraqi politics and he was the king

of may cover off some politicians in iraq and he's mixing chem business with iraq. but the majority of the people that i talk with them they think that mr saleh money was the main figure and the the 1st person to be giving them. back up fighting is them into state in mosul. they they believe that he is still one of. i think tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the back that there is a huge gathering of calling for a gathering force of mr skilling money. on this and i think we will going to see some footage coming from baghdad to morrow with thousands of people who told you thanks for joining us i mean i'm sorry thank you very much for let's talk about the wider regional reaction on the u.s. drone strike has drawn a variety of responses russia is critical it has warned that this step by

washington could have grave consequences for regional peace and stability in our view such actions do not contribute to the finding of solutions to the complicated problems that have accumulated in the middle east now here's a tweet from germany's foreign minister heiko must the us military operation father to series of dangerous provocations by iran however this action has not made it easy to reduce tensions because i want to say that further escalation which could set the whole region on fire must be prevented. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has backed the killing saying just as israel has the right of self-defense united states has exactly the same right as some sort of money is responsible for the death of american citizens and many other innocent people. well tonight are some of the other stories making news around the world a man with a knife has gone on the rampage in the pocket a suburb of paris stopping several people before running away police officers

chased and shot him dead one of the stabbing victims has been confirmed dead 2 others are injured. police in turkey have detained 7 people for questioning over the columns gun case a turkish private jet company has admitted that one of its employees helped him flee japan from happening on one of the planes before but mr chapman had been awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges when he jumped bail and escaped. base 4 people are dead after a hotel collapsed in town podia 16 old more have been rescued from the problem the search is continuing for other survivors the hotel came down during construction. building industry has been booming and is plagued by safety problems. that's well straight away deadly wildfires are probably one of them not just evacuations the country has ever seen more than 200 blazes a burning across the heavily populated states afic toria new south wales the fires

have already killed 19 people above and thousands of homes officials say conditions are expected to worsen this weekend. for the nightmarish scenes like this have driven some people to the sea where they're now being evacuated. many roads are impassable and water is sometimes the only solution the decision is wrenching to survival but at a price a home he may have lost. meanwhile the government is coming under harsh criticism from both the public and some emergency service workers for not providing enough relief or doing so too late or both but now there's no middle ground the weather forecast for the next few days is even worse the call for. a major evacuation for parts of the torah and you south wales it's loud and clear. this is

why ferocious fog that is still out there and the conditions are going to be very difficult to contain that in the next 24 to 48 hours that's why the evacuation messages are so incredibly important these far as i would a sky. has been set on many occasions now and president particularly for this time of year in the length of the faucet ism and the absence of the dancing right in ecologists at the university of sydney fear the death toll includes hundreds of millions of animals the places have destroyed more than $1300.00 homes and scorched more than 5 and a half 1000000 hectares an area far greater than the netherlands. have a tense of climate change is mounting in the world's highest mountains and the mali is rising temperatures have been rapid and the lack of snow on the rights of glacial ice retreats is a real climbers emergency. a 1000000000 people downstream who depend on himalayan snow melt a war zone. india's pindar

a glacier. one of many in the himalayas losing snow mass at an alarming right. swami diamond on a hindu yogi has lived here for most of his life. he's seen firsthand the impact of global warming. not hermeticum say should be 10 feet of snow here in november but there's not even a foot right now it wants no for months maybe at the end of december or in a mid january. over the past 40 years between dari glacier has retreated more than 2 and a half kilometers. and glaciology experts say there's no sign of it slowing down. the glaciers melt in summers and accumulate snow in winters but due to climate change or global warming are some a period is extended and the winter season is shrinking. it means the snowfall

period is shorter and the melting period is longer. and that's happening to more than $10000.00 glaciers across the himalayas it's also disturbing the mountain ecosystem as the ice recedes you feel and use your. imagination and you. can. do as we said the changes happening in glaciers are putting pressure on the biodiversity in that topography and in that climate the we're going to do. you have a new species have started showing up here last year there was a mosquito and a bad bug new creatures a popping up there are leeches and at the riverside snakes have been found 20 to 30 years ago these species were not here. in. the himalayan glaciers stretch for 2 and a half 1000 kilometers a. process like it's going to face another year of

a rest a wave of protests broke out across the continent last year affecting countries from a chill aid to colombia venezuela remains embroiled in a political and economic crisis a year ago opposition leader one guy who claimed the presidency from nicolas maduro it was accused of election fraud and dictatorial rule despite massive anti-government protests and more than 50 countries backing quite oh president maduro has clung to power. oil rich venezuela was once south america's wealthiest economy so what went wrong well decades of mismanagement interrupt and corruption have taken their toll and there's the price of oil plummeted in 2014 the economy went into freefall since then inflation has reached unprecedented levels more than 39000 percent growth at nearly minus 27 percent and food and medicine shortages are let a deadly clashes between protesters and police millions of venezuelans fled the

country many of them today bring colombia. let's go to the venezuelan capital caracas where we find d.w. . welcome. hyperinflation let's start very quickly in the economy what's being done to tackle it. looks like we've got the technical problems. in fact while we try and sort that out well i will have. a report. it's supposed to give venezuelans more purchasing power the latest hike in the minimum wage means workers will receive $150000.00 in cash they also get another $150000.00 in food stamps each month sounds like a lot to me but what can you actually buy with it i gave these 3 bottles of water

and 2 bread rolls cost more than a quarter of the monthly wage of the study. 300000 is not enough to buy anything with but when you factor in transportation food bills and recreational activities you just don't have enough. i thought i could ask. and that's about a. good look at that particular beef cost $60000.00 bodies and a bus ticket now costs 2000 everything is way too expensive and the minimum wage is not enough. when i don't have answers on how. i went shopping in caracas to put the new minimum wage to the test myself i bought some groceries 417-0000. that's more than the minimum wage for just a few items but i still have most of the food stamps left so i bought some onions. from through russia. and cheese. i bought 18 eggs

440000 body bags and there was just enough left to buy a drink. if i'm through go i can make these groceries last for me for a month but for a family it's not very much and i'm not including a lot of protein in these groceries nor personal hygiene products and for an overall monthly salary it's not enough to cover public transport or public services like water electricity gas and telephone services so for a family it's not very much. now with more and more of my state he needs and tasks being handled by computer but let's stick codes a skill that's both practical and my. both magic learning to code from an 8 year old boy well you know. even here i don't know the makes it seem like child's play this budding developer is so good at programming he teaches it online his channel has over 1000000 views. beat ajo learn to coding when he was

just 5 years old now he can fix bugs and lead much older students step by step through an apple coding app called swift playground this. was all i have to pass all of the levels in order to teach otherwise if i can't really spell it out when recording the lessons how would that be ok louder than this. dad so hung taut beat of the code that's made him an online sensation but wants to keep his son down to earth. i've told him you haven't done anything remarkable. you've only recorded a few valuers and the content taught is not so extraordinary just the basics in programming that. parents without a computing background can send their kids to classes like this and demand is booming china's i.t.

education market is expected to be worth $4800000000.00 euros by next year the push for kid friendly curriculum comes from a chinese state which wants to develop a new generation of ai and robotic experts like coding whiz. and make china a dominant force in the world's cyber future. or in the future i hope to use code based on the chinese language so we can write and do more in this computing language. is already leading the way. his advice to his fans coding is a long term challenge so start learning now. of the germans or that was hit by a fast moving fire over the new year has partly really opened people have been expressing their grief for their preferences and dozens of animals including several privates were killed

a woman and her 2 adult daughters turn themselves in after the blaze police say very admit the lighting i'm deleting sokol sky lanterns which of course have started the fire for free apparently unaware that the mountains are illegal throughout the country. in sports liverpool are now unbeaten for 365 days in the english premier league following a 2 nil win over sheffield united last season they finished runners up one of the champions league in june and club world cup in december and the current of premier league campaign in europe and cops side sit top of the table with a 13 point gap to 2nd place drawing just a single guy of. the strain in tennis star nick kiryas has announced that he'll donates $200.00 australian dollars for every ac hits in january to help the people affected by the country's bushfires 24 year old hails

from the capital canberra which has experienced its worst air quality of a record as a result of the fires kill you also earlier called on tennis australia to host a fundraising exhibition for the organisation's chief executive confirming that plans are being made. this is dave news these are our top stories iran has vowed harsh retaliation for a u.s. drone strike at baghdad international airport that killed a top iranian general seems so madi commanded iran's elite force and was seen as the architect of to transmit acho regimes in the region at maidstone fears of further escalation the un is calling for maximum restraint. mass evacuations of 5 survivors have been under way in australia temperatures are expected to top of 48 degrees celsius in the country's southeast. police in turkey have detained people for questioning over the cost gun case

a turkish private jet firm has admitted that mr go and fled japan from lebanon on one of its planes before madison chairman jumped bail and escaped ahead of a trial on financial misconduct charges. on germany's clapham south reopened following a 5 it killed dozens of animals including 8 apes police say a woman on a 2 adult daughters have admitted to biting i'm releasing skylon since that are thought to have started the blaze. this is data news from above it for more followers on twitter news of his our website w dot com. i don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download from google play from the op still a good luck system or the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any break ups to possibly installing the way site you see out of it up to send us photos and videos almost up. a bit stay on g.w.

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every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their home nearly 71000000 people have been forcibly displaced. the consequences have been disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises around the world you know. what a good thing i didn't go to university to kill people that say i don't want to have my boss come to me and tell me to kill someone having in many and if i don't they'll kill me. for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad it's about boring about scares me the most about this state i seem to rise is that someday we won't even see the resounding no. but what will become of those

who stay behind it's a way my husband went to peru because of the crisis and. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger. let us run out of town the. displaced starts journalist 15 on don't. go. hello everybody and welcome to the latest edition of eco africa i'm now outside the should extraordinary guest nigeria it's nice to have you with us we have a lot of new reports from europe and africa on things people are doing to tackle the environmental issues facing them and with me of course is michael present from uganda.