died of hunger i'm not going to down. just food stores for nearly 50. this is developing news live from berlin donald trump says the u.s. is prepared for iranian retaliation after he ordered the assassination of iran's top military commander the us president says he's country was acting in self-defense when it carried out the drone strike against general qassam solomonic in baghdad the killing mocks a dangerous escalation of tensions between the 2 countries and in the region.

and devastating wildfires force one of the largest evacuations in australia's history tens of thousands flee the flames by land and seen 3000 military reserves of coal the doctor's full cost to warn of potentially catastrophic conditions this weekend. also coming up a victory for a u.k. court rules that the lifestyle is a protected philosophical belief under british law paving the way through deacon's to suit you saying have a very sweet fair employers. come to the program we begin with fresh fears of another war in the middle east after a new u.s. strike targeted on iran backed militia north of baghdad. it comes less than 24

hours after a drone strike killed a top the rayney in general a short while ago u.s. president donald trump defended the attack at baghdad airport in iraq that killed general customs of the money he was the head of iran's elite could force and was seen as the architect of tehran's military operations in the middle east this drug also killed. honda's an iraqi paramilitary group leader we've close ties to iran meanwhile iran's u.n. ambassador has told c.n.n. that chord the response for military action is a military action the u.s. has ordered its citizens to leave iraq and it's also sending thousands of extra troops to the region. the iranians took to the streets of the capital on friday in the 10s of thousands of you was and they chanted no compromise no surrender fight the us the news of general salim money's

killing sparked fury among the protesters who directed their anger at the west. and why yes let me tell 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 that 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 soul of 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. the u.s. says the strike was necessary claiming soleimani had been developing plans to attack americans in the region president donald trump said he was not seeking a major conflict with iran was all in may he has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago. we took action last like just stop a war. we did not. take action just start a war. 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 desoto money the general's former deputy as male ghani the conflict was

already escalating before the latest is drawing on thursday 750 american soldiers arrived in kuwait now washington is directing u.s. citizens in iraq to leave the country immediately. well we're joined now from washington by zoli assistant professor of middle east studies at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies welcome to day w. you've written a book based on many years of research on iran's revolutionary guards and based on that use argued in the new york times that so the money's death changes nothing for iran that it wants it the region regime back in the region why not. well i think one thing that's important to understand is that the revolutionary guard leadership structure is one that was created based on fighting in the run iraq war in the 1980 s. and what iraq was back heavily by the united states in the west so iraq had to perfect a symmetrical warfare and what that meant on the battlefield was that there was

a ad hoc leadership structure developed and that's something that has continued to this day so although so then when he was extremely important and his death is very significant he is not the only one within the rebels mary barra who has connections and deep ties to iranian backed iraqi and lebanese shiite groups in the region. you sort of saying that the structure is sort of de centralized which is kind of made the revolutionary guards more resilient is that what you kind of getting out. yeah i mean what i'm saying is that he you know it's not like he's the only person that and with him gone and that the way that he's depicted in western media is that he was the main person who had all of these connections across the region and while he definitely had very deep connections across the region he's not the only person that did i mean his deputy who was just now to you know earlier this today as

selected to be the new commander of the floods force he also has very deep relations all throughout the region including in pakistan and afghanistan as well so what i'm saying is that the revolutionary guard whether in the structure that they implement with in iran or outside of the bronze borders what they do is that they allow multiple folks within their groups to have the ability to make crucial decision making. to make crucial decisions and to make strategic decisions within what the guards are going to be doing in the region and within iran now iran is vowing posture events just quickly if you could what could iranian retaliation look like. well there are couple of things that we know about iran's actions in the region based on its history one is that. its importance to iran is this survival of the islamic republic so most report

importance to the political leaders of the country is not to do something irrational that is number one number 2 is that it will take its time to respond to this it's not going to respond immediately it will take its time and as both the foreign minister says as well as the president of iran as well as other leading officials in iran they will respond when they deem it's fit so that they do that because again they have perfected and more of a symmetrical warfare in which the way that that functions and succeeds is you don't know when the attack is coming. back especially from johns hopkins university thank you very much field time thank you for having me. well australia's deadly wildfires have prompted one of the largest evacuations in the country's history more than 200 blazes a burning across the heavily populated states a victorian new south wales the fires have already killed 19 people 3000 military

reserves of being cold up with officials expecting conditions to worsen this weekend. for the start up nightmare 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 you 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 is loud and clear. this is this is i ferocious far that is still out there and the conditions are

going to be very difficult to contain that in the mix 24 to 40 i denounce that's why the evacuation messages are so incredibly important these prize already sky. has been cleared on many occasions now and president particularly for this time of year in the length of the for a season and the absence of the dowsing right in the college just 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. judge in the u.k. has ruled that veganism qualifies as a protected philosophical belief. under british law having the wife of egan's to sue their employers if they feel they've been the target of discrimination the ongoing case involves london resident jordie custom made custom each on up all the

claims he was fired from his job at a charity because of his strict adherence to a vegan lifestyle rejecting all consumption of animal products the charity denied the assange he was fired for gross misconduct the case is still pending but in judges recognition of reagan is a massive protective but protected belief is a fish in british law. so it's a ruling that could have repercussions across the u.k. and elsewhere in the studio to talk through the day tallis is to report i mean as if hi amy and so this is potentially between full vacancy in the u.k. tell us exactly what did the judge rule he was use of the case isn't closed but what he has ruled has been potentially groundbreaking let's take a look 1st at what the actual what the plaintiffs the man at the center of this case the vegan what he claimed so he's claimed that he was fired because of his beliefs his strongly held beliefs and veganism and that these believes should be protected under u.k. law and what the judge didn't say yet is whether or not he was fired because it was

believed what he did say was that those believes that this strong humans 2 of you can live should be protected from any kind of employer misconduct and that's for the reason that he that's an impact has an impact on his lifestyle there's a strong believe in that it's a valid belief in a democratic society ok ok so does this mean that you can ism is a legally protected belief in the u.k. well not quite yet because this isn't an employment tribunal so it's not legally binding precedent but future court cases could look to this for president when they're deciding later case imagine there's been probably quite a bit of reaction to these sort of people saying well let's start with john the view going to the senate. this case he was overjoyed because it turns into a kind of campaign he crowd sourced to fund for his trial so let's take a look at what he said. dreamily happened obviously one of these were because you know it's hard to have it so soon but i was very confident that i would be. pretty

quickly here and that because definitely you need to these are people some people and when you look at my life and anybody else he's my that is unethical even you will see that. happen and there will be to any criticism full well some people are comparing this to similar cases this is not the 1st time in the past couple of weeks that protected beliefs in the u.k. have come under scrutiny just a few weeks ago woman was fired up she she tweeted that she didn't believe transgender women are actual women and she lost her court case so let's take a look at what conservative journalist toby young tweeted she said that so i think of the going ism is of a lot of those offical believe protected by the equality act but believing in the biological reality of sex is not i don't think is going to do the job of clarifying what the leaves are and are protected by the equality act needs to be amended and then we have another tweet from an activist jessica taylor she tweeted i support

veganism but if you're going to rule in cases that something as obscure as veganism is protected as a religious philosophical belief and she went on to say that she believes feminism should be protected as a philosophical belief so of course this is probably what's going to come out of the case that people with very deeply held beliefs that affect their lifestyle that they could argue belong in a democratic society should be protected of course veganism has won a victory today but we'll see what the future brings exactly right i mean yes if thank you thank you. now you may have heard of the famous pamplona bull run in spain well a small town in peru rings in the new year in a similarly hair raising style every year festival goers literally throw themselves into a battle with bulls but you wouldn't call it bullfighting instead it's the people that are on the receiving end as the stampeding stea goes on the rampage chasing them and tossing them around like rag dolls not surprisingly several revelers were

injured in this yearly tradition that of course isn't for the fainthearted. you're watching the news from berlin coming up more from peru a report on a brave teacher breaking with tradition of late to see cock up in the world stories for now on behalf of the whole team here thanks for watching. 50 years of religions for peace. from many different things working together toward a common goal.