he would have died of hunger right now. just food stores for nearly 15. this is deja vu news live from berlin outrage of the united states continues a day after an american airstrike kills iran's top general and an iraqi militia leader thousands of mourners join a funeral procession in iraq as tensions in the region so. the region is bracing for iran to fulfill its vows of revenge for the death of general qassam.

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. nick spicer thanks for joining us tensions are high in iraq after an american airstrike killed iran's top military commander and an iraqi militia leader several rockets have fallen on the capital's heavily fortified green zone an air base housing u.s. troops thousands of iraqis have marched in funeral processions to show their grief the prime minister has declared 3 days of national mourning. a massive display of mourning and outrage thousands gathered in karbala to pay

tribute to custom solemn money and the hundreds. it was the 2nd procession of the day to grieve the military leaders earlier on saturday massive crowds turned out in the capital baghdad to pay their respects. to pares assassination at the hands of the u.s. is fueling fears of war on the streets of tehran iranians demanded vengeance for the killing of their powerful and popular commander home. we will avenge our generals. he was not just an individual but a whole country he didn't just kill one person they killed a country. called iranians loved him he was the general of our hearts. i haven't been feeling well since yesterday it's like i've lost my own father the pain i feel won't be quelled until we take revenge. so that 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 trump said his killing was necessary to protect american lives so many was plotting. imminent and citizen her attacks on american diplomats and military personnel we took action last like to stop a war we did not. take action to start a war. with the iranian president hassan rouhani vowed his country will retaliate for the killing as he met with sole monies daughter. mr rouhani when the blood of my father's friends were shed 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 iran has appointed general a smile gandhi to replace all the money will now be responsible for the country's foreign military operations meanwhile the us and its allies are bracing for retaliation from tehran. and for more now we're joined by journalist question again who is covering this story for us in baghdad pesher reports say several missiles hit the iraqi capital a short while ago what more do you know. yes so 2 missile into or green zone one of them hit within the green zone and one of the nearby neighborhood an injured expediential. and then other missiles were aimed at which is an area which was an iraqi military base that also has a u.s. soldier thought it so it appears that these missile attacks were aiming at american

interests and american targets which makes it likely that they were coming from some of the iranian backed militia groups that are angry that. the money and in the hundreds in it certainly sounds possible and if that were true what could this mean for the latest confrontation between the u.s. and iran. i mean shows that the confrontation is ever growing. you know it doesn't speak in the context of the fact that there have been you know other rocket attacks on u.s. interests in the months previous to this but given that this kimi after the death so the money it seems like this is the beginning of. the response that iran has promised for the death it's just not and if the conflict escalates between the u.s. and iran as around his promise and where does that leave baghdad. baghdad is unfortunately a bit trapped in the middle of these 2 countries. baghdad is at the center of

a lot of these conflicts where the many personal aren't and for the u.s. embassy is iraq and so as things continue it seems likely that some of the conflicts will continue to play out in that own lives we were hearing in the reporter earlier tens of thousands of mourners took part in a funeral funeral possessed partly procession earlier today overall though in iraq how are people reacting to the u.s. drone strike. reactions are divided. as we saw today there was mass warning you know for people who were supporters. of the money or no one does he was the leader of a very meijer militia here in iraq in the militia but then though there are other people who were happy when they heard the news so that money was killed many of the protesters in tahrir square have been protesting against corruption in the

government for months now initially you know celebrated the news of the money's death because the leave it in the iranian backed militia groups in baghdad were behind much of the crackdown on protestors that's occurred at the same time though you know protesters have expressed to me that they are afraid that they're going to be stuck in between the u.s. and iran and they're afraid of a war occurring and get on the rockies. and say in general that is kind of the most common attitude ever encountered among iraqis people people are tense people worry about what's going to happen next you know for they're going to be paying the price i suppose work thank you for that reporting live for us from baghdad. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. a bomb attack on a bus has killed 14 civilians mostly students in burkean afonso the bus was taking

them back to school following a seasonal break 9 people were also wounded in the blast that took place in syria province near the country's northern border with mali. french authorities are now treating friday's stabbing spree in a paris suburb as a terrorist attack 22 year old man had attacked pedestrians with a knife killing one person and injuring 2 others before he was killed by police on the scene as the terrorism prosecutors are now taking over the investigation. 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 separatist issue sanchez says he is open to dialogue in a bid to end political deadlock and to form a new leftist government. 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 the 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 brought even hotter temperatures and more strong winds to much of the country fanning hundreds of blazes already burning out of control to . i'm sure. you have a somewhat challenging putting a lot of pressure on. more than 100000 people were told to leave their homes across 3 states plus they have a still chance to get away not everyone managed on kangaroo island 2 people died

after a blaze broke containment lines and over took 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 fires is stretching resources on the ground and there 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 was so far insisted that managing the files 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 allah qusayr in

the state of victoria where a mega blaze forced 4000 people to flee to the waterfront on new year's eve best safe and now a smoke from the fi is once again tense day into night. and those bushfires are also having a devastating impact on us truly as wildlife apologists are warning that the months long blazes are pushing several species to the brink of extinction. joins me know in the in the studio what is the extent of the damage i mean when you look at these numbers it's actually shocking an estimated half a 1000000000 animals have been killed so far by these fires and of course australia is a continent known for these unique plants and animals many of them native only to the island many of them also iconic and we want to talk about one of those animals a particular because. they've really become a symbol of the toll that these fires are taking australia's wildlife i mean before the bushfires their population in the wild was already estimated to be as low as

around $80000.00 as you can see i mean they're really being hit hard by these fires these are images of quality that have been rescued from the flames one of their largest homes is actually nick near new south wales as one of the states is you know being hit very hard by these bushfires and according to the country's environment minister almost a 3rd of the qual as they are may have been killed in the disaster that's as many as 8000 koalas now here's the problem koalas are slow moving animals but i didn't know this their usual defense mechanism is climbing up higher in a tree and normally that would be ok for for a normal sized bushfire these are not normal sized bushfires right so that defense is not working for many of these animals that means that they are need of assistance and we're seeing a lot of good samaritans kind of taking care of koalas and even going to the rescue you may have seen this video nick earlier this is from a few days ago a koala bear so thirsty it approached this cyclists near adelaide climbed onto his

bike and started drinking water other people have risked their lives to save qualis this is a hunter who has so far taken 9 of them out of these burned areas brought them to a nearby animal shelter one of the biggest worries now for koalas and other animals is of course habit. have we heard 6000000 hectares i mean it's hard to put that in perspective we call it bigger than belgium the area that's been burned so far and habitat very important for animals like these there are fires in a lot of different parts of australia but i understand there's one particular area that conservationists are worried about yeah it's called kangaroo island it's in in south australia we saw in the piece how devastated that area is it's actually really is 3rd largest island it's pretty large there's many rare species that live there they don't live anywhere else that's what people are worried about the fires there have been described as virtually unstoppable the entire island is under threat right now and one of the animals that conservationists are worried about is called the kid i've never heard of the kid and this is what it looks like it is

maybe kind of a smaller version of a porcupine or a hedgehog you see it here they're already endangered they can normally survive a fire but you see here we circled it their spines can melt if they don't get far enough down in the earth they like to burrow underground these fires so intense that melting the spines off of these animals just one of many species of course under threat there the bigger picture here nick is that ecologist are predicting that these bushfires will lead to the extinction of several species in australia plants as well of course there's no way to know the expense of the devastation till the fires end and there's no sign of the fire stopping anytime soon ok so this is not just a story about people it's affecting us as well and yeah ok. thanks for that. in football but in this league a title contenders bobo's adult men have arrived at their winter training camp in southern spain dorman's newest player erling holland was among those jetting off to marbella the 20000000 euro signing didn't join the rest of his team mates in

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