this is deja news live from berlin outrage at the united states continues a day after an american airstrike kills arad's top general and an iraqi militia. thousands of mourners giora join a funeral procession in iraq as tensions in the region solor countries are bracing for a read to fulfill its vows of revenge for the death of gen kasem so they were. also coming up australia calls up 3000 reservists to help deal with devastating wildfires as smoke turns day into night forecasters warn of more scorching

temperatures and high winds that could push the inferno closer to populated areas. spicer thanks for joining us. the american airstrike that killed iran's top military commander and an iraqi militia leader has sparked outrage in both countries thousands of people marched in a funeral procession to show their grief the iraqi prime minister has declared 3 days of national mourning the region is now on edge and iran says it will retaliate . mourners filled the streets in baghdad iraq is the 1st to hold funeral processions for the 5 iraqis and 5 iranians killed by a u.s. airstrike on friday many aren't. dressed in black waving iraqi flags and militia

members are out in force showing their loyalty to the 2 key figures killed in friday's attack iraq's. deputy commander of an iran backed coalition of militias and general qassam soleimani the head of iran's elite military unit and iran's most important military commander. iranian president hassan rouhani visited the family of soul money chris daughter asked the president to avenge her father mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were said he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my father's blood. they will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood don't you worry about that. keeps on the money was the mastermind behind iran's military engagement in the middle east for the last 2 decades and a close ally of iran supreme leader. u.s.

president donald trump says the strike was necessary to prevent what he called imminent and sinister attacks on americans we took action last like to stop a war we did not take action to start a war i have deep respect for the iranian people they are a remarkable people with an incredible heritage an unlimited potential. we do not seek regime change however the iranian regime's aggression in the region including the use of proxy fighters to destabilize its neighbors must stand it must stand now . solmonese blamed for attacks that killed thousands of people across the region but many in iran say his death amounts to a declaration of war as angry militia members in iraq and iran chant anti-american slogans and swear vengeance for the deaths of their leaders the u.s.

is a devising its citizens in iraq to leave immediately. and for more now on the situation we're joined by journalist pesher mcginn who is covering the story for us in baghdad this just in we have reports that several missiles have hit the iraqi capital what exactly is happening where you are. so there were 2 rockets fired towards the green zone one actually the green zone which is the heavily fortified area where the u.s. embassy. other government and international buildings and one of the rockets outside it's like it missed and 30 injured 6 people there were also other rockets fired in towards. balad which also hosts a military base with both iraqi and u.s. soldiers so it seems like we're starting to see the reactions that were promised for the death of the money. do you think it's reasonable to assume that this is

part of the revenge that around process i think i mean it's i think it's reasonable you know we don't know as of yet who exactly was behind the attacks that we you know that it was the targets were so what it is that this is part of the possible escalation that people have been fearing i would suppose. i mean it is at the same time you know we should keep in mind that this isn't the 1st time the rockets fired at you know american interests and american or even the green zone you know running back militias have been firing rockets fairly regularly over the past few months but you know we'll see how things develop and if the the amount of rockets not the modifier aren't easy towards american targets is it fair to say that the fault line in this conflict in the united states and iran kind of runs through baghdad in a certain sense. i mean right now many of

the events are happening about. you know baghdad. the center for people around the region to me and also it happens you please we're both iranian and u.s. interests are very directly at you know clashing with each other. is that are you know just one last question i mean we've seen tens of thousands of people walking in a funeral processions today overall how are people in iraq and in baghdad reacting to the u.s. drone strike. reactions are divided you know some people like the protesters here squared have been protesting against the iraqi government the periphery months now were actually very happy to hear of the months death but it seems i'm really worried that iraq we get the battlefield for iran and no less and then other people of course as we saw them were actually were very angry are still very angry and you know many of these people are either supporters

of some of the militia groups or just people who are angry and also seeing rocky sovereignty by leaving again. ok thank you for that such a good reporting live for us from baghdad time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. indonesian authorities have been delivering supplies by helicopter after floods killed $53.00 people in the region around the capital jakarta it's rancho rains that started on new year's eve unleashed deadly flash floods and landslides tens of thousands of people are still unable to return to their homes. thousands of mostly right wing protesters have taken to the streets of the spanish capital madrid they oppose the way acting prime minister pedro sanchez has handled the catalonia separatists issue sanchez says he's open to dialogue in a bid to end political deadlock and form a new leftist government. austria's green party has formally backed

a coalition deal to govern with the country's conservatives at a congress and sulzberger party members discuss contentious issues putting a ban on headscarves in schools until the age of 14 the greens approval of the coalition deal now paves the way for a new government to be sworn in next week. protesters have clashed with police in the chilean capital santiago it was the 1st demonstration of the year against the government of sebastian pinera $26.00 people have been killed in violence that began in october over an increase in subway fares. australia has called up 3000 military reservists to help firefighters battling blazes for weeks now more than 200 fires are burning across the heavily populated states of victoria and new south wales the scorched areas cover more land than the size of belgium human death toll now stands at 23 along with hundreds of millions of animals high

temperatures and strong winds show no sign of letting up. australia's west wildfire season on record looks set to become a whole lot worse saturday even hasa temperatures and more strong winds to much of the country finding hundreds of blazes already burning out of control you. know what that is all still. very large part of your yard to me it's probably chinese getting a deal lot of pressure on all. the resources more than 100000 people were told to leave their homes across 3 states whilst there was still chance to get away not everyone managed on kangaroo island 2 people died after a blaze broke containment lines and overtook that call australia's prime minister says the fire crisis has reached a new level and has. ordered 3000 army reservists to help sky one of the far as is

stretching resources on the ground and they are clearly communities that need additional help and in response to that we must move forward 1st as a commonwealth particularly with the work of our defense forces and then integrate with the logical operations that are in place in those like you communities the announcement comes weeks after intense and bruising criticism for the prime minister who has so far insisted that managing the fires was a matter for individual states and rural fire service is alone fire services that have been stretched to the limit the australian navy has also been deployed to help evacuate fire affected coastal areas these people were rescued from mala qusayr in the state of victoria where a mega blaze forced 4000 people to flee to the waterfront on new year's eve they're safe and now a smoke from the fire is once again tense day into night. a

judge in britain has ruled that veganism qualifies as a protected philosophical belief under british law paving the way for vegans to sue their employers if they feel they are a target of discrimination the ongoing case involves london resident jordie because of me china says he was fired from his job at a charity because of his strict adherence to a vegan lifestyle and that of course means rejecting all consumption of animal products the charity denied this saying he was fired for gross misconduct cases still pending but the judges recognition of veganism as a protected belief is a 1st in british law. well i'm truly happy. to. be so stupid but i was very confident that i would. pretty quickly here in. the beginnings of these people some people and when you look at my life and these lines of these unethical we can you gauge feet. as the climate crisis grows many

different groups are exploring ways to mitigate its impacts on the environment and that includes cutting back on the use of plastic but what can replace it a team of scientists in finland that's trying to find out. yes the term bio based economy has been a catchphrase for decades now but products have remained few and far between especially in the area of electronics at the v t t technical research center in finland the scientists decided to demonstrate how far the field has come with the sort of biotech headphones unlike plastic the materials and now more sourced not from fossil resources but from living organisms . using our by reactors we can produce lots of different molecules polymers. but form care because we can make for example synthetic spider silk or by a plastic precursors or even by

a polymers. the headphones prototype is made from 6 different biotech materials they include a bio plastic produced by yeast a leather substitute made from a fungus and a bio synthetic sound transmission element derived from that synthetic spider silk the researchers designed the headphones to try to raise awareness for greener production processes. with thought it was a great opportunity to combine the for materials in no one had done it before actually to being with us different microbes to into the development of electronic devices of course the electrical components inside the bio based headphones still have to be made of conventional materials but as we work on ways to leave oil in the ground replacing most of the plastic in products like this with bio engineered alternatives is at least a small step towards a more sustainable future. to ski jumping and marius lin that has claimed

a 2nd win in a row at the 4 hills turn it putting himself in 2nd place overall the norwegian was the last man to jump in and spoke and despite the difficult wind conditions he scored $253.00 points to edge poland's david combats he now leads the overall standings with just one vent remaining. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you tens of thousands of mourners have taken part in a funeral procession in iraq for the iranian at the general off custom so that nanny who was killed in a u.s. airstrike region is bracing for iran to fulfill its files of revenge for the attack . and you're of course watching news live from berlin up next our doc film series focuses on lebanon on more news at the top of the hour don't forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on our web site at c.w. dot com thanks for joining us. on

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