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you. this is the do use 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 school governments are bracing for a response from the rent as if it as opposed to avenge the death of general some
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sort of money. also coming up a stray leader calls up 3000 reservists to help deal with devastating wildfires a smoke turned state tonight forecasters warn of more scorching temperatures and high winds that could push the inferno inferno closer to populated areas. i'm next peiser 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 and 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. the
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a massive display of mourning and outrage thousands gathered in karbala to pay tribute to custom solemn money and. 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. who we love then joined generals death he was not just an individual get a whole country they did not just kill one person they killed the country. that. loved him he lost the general of our hearts i have been feeling well to exist today it's like of lost my own father the pain i feel won't be gone and so we take
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revenge. on a big. money was the mastermind behind iran's military engagement in the middle east for the last 2 decades and a close ally of iran's supreme leader. u.s. president trump said his killing was necessary to protect american lives so many was plotting. imminent and citizen terror attacks on american diplomats and military personnel we took action last like just stop a war. we did not. take action to start a war. iranian president hassan rouhani vowed his country would strike back against the u.s. as he met with solmonese 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
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don't you worry about that iran has appointed general a smile gunny to replace the money will now be responsible for the country's foreign military operations meanwhile the u.s. and its allies are bracing for retaliation from tehran. and for more on this we're joined in the studio now by d.w. reporter theresa tropper who reports frequently from iran and in washington by deed that devious strafe and seaman stephanie to start with you reports say missiles have fallen near the u.s. embassy and on an american base are u.s. troops in danger is that the perception there. i would say no because the u.s. troops or since yesterday or the day in the day before on high alert now as soon as always when a rocket lands close to where troops or an embassy is located that is of course not not dangerous however it is to be assumed that the u.s.
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government as well as the troops the military the u.s. military in iraq. is dissipating something like this it is absolutely not uncommon that this happens is actually in the green zone once and while they are rocket landings reported here and then a couple of months but of course that is significant the backdrop is significant that this comes just hours after a huge morning place in iraq as well as in terror on and after a day after the u.s. took action against custom still a month so this has definitely a larger and more. impactful psychological effect and of course it is it fits into the. you know the threat of revenge i turn to you trees that what kind of revenge do you think could be contemplated is likely more than a couple of rocket attacks yeah i mean we might have already gotten an impression could look like because of course the techs against u.s. soldiers or civilians in the region are no option and either by to run itself or by
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one of its allies in the region for example one ally and iraq a group has no war in iraq he told us to stay away from us at bases from tomorrow on so we might see more of that of course and another option on the table always is an attack against u.s. allies in the region i don't think it's a coincidence for example that countries like saudi arabia calling for restraint and a 3rd option that's always on the table for iran is closing the strait of hormuz which is an international trade would a very important one in its backyard so we might see acts of retaliation all across the middle east but of course iran's supreme leader on the hominy is can. considering his options now because with a weak response he risks losing face but with an excessive response he risks a war and ultimately maybe losing power and the survival of the islamic republic is always his main goal right difficult decisions ahead for all sides. to turn to you
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again the secretary of state my full pay was actually talking about the need for a deescalation what does he mean by that. yeah that's a good question. in practice this means that the secretary of state from peo is making a lot of phone calls all weekend long today to allies as well as other countries in the region but all 'd over the world so europe of course nato exactly partners and of the united states and is sure those that the action taken by the united states was a defensive one. again square that circle it was an action of course eliminating custom still a month that way but on the other hand that was the purpose was defensive as the president said to avoid a bigger conflict war and now we'll see how this turns out and how this plays out there are reports right now that the trumpet ministrations actually talking to members of congress and saying that they are expecting or are fearful off
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a significant effort by iran within the next 2 weeks and they are discussions within informs our circles apparently in the intelligence community as well as in the military and the u.s. military. effort to try to assess if iran is not even. able to reach significantly within the next few days so as you can see the escalation effort from the u.s. via the state department via secretary pompei oh suring allies and countries like lebanon that the u.s. does not seek any conflict real conflict regime change in iran or anything like this on the other hand the desperate effort to assess where we are and how risky this is going to be for the united states troops and personnel in the world in the region specifically given the current situation is i think it's fair to say as you have been the americans are trying to present this as a defensive measure and the president as we heard the report was talking about some kind of imminent threat there's going to be a new leader of the you know. body that. so many was
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heading is he likely to give up on all the plans that he was working on. no that's not very likely we don't know that much about which i know is not a gun yet we know he is 62 years old we know he suffered as a soldier in the iraq war and that he became a member of the revolutionary guards and the quotes for specifically at this very time that he much like. himself they were close friends as well but it was not in mine he was always very visible as the face of the coots for is especially in the past few years and his successor remained in the shadows most of the time he said to be media shy. so we don't know that much about him but it's very unlikely because he's so similar to son in money that anything will change there ok just quickly going to turn is defending and we're talking about iranian outrage and public support for revenge state and united states public reaction what
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has it been. on the political side democrats are not really impressed they want to have more information what triggered this attack what triggered the president trying to decide now right now to go. and give the go for this for this action giving that impeachment scenario is still out on the life here in washington and even more so a life next week and the public well there is silence overwhelmingly silence because people are trying to figure out how this is going to impact them however there were some demonstrations in new york and in washington d.c. from some groups who are trying to press the president to stop all of those actions ok stephen simmons washington three's a trucker in the studio it for then thanks bill. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world french authorities are now treating friday's
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stabbing spree in a paris suburb as a terrorist attack a 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 antiterrorism prosecutors are now taking over the investigation. thousands of anti-government 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's open to dialogue in a bid to end political deadlock and form a new government. austria's green party has formally back to coalition deal to govern with the country's conservatives at a congress in salzburg party members discussed contentious issues including a ban on headscarves in schools until the age of 14 the greens approval of a coalition deal now paves the way for a new government to be sworn in next week. a stranger has called up
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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 and 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 the way. of your. public charney putting a lot of pressure on. more than 100000 people were told to leave
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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 on the reservists to help sky one of the fires 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 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
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evacuate fire affected coastal areas these people were rescued from allah qusayr in the states 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 fi is once again tense day into night. and we turn to football now and bundesliga title contenders both dortmund have arrived at their winter training camp in southern spain dortmund's newest player earlier holland was among those jetting off to marbella but the 20000000 euros signing didn't join the rest of his team mates in training due to a slight injury and will play 3 friendly matches while in spain with the 1st taking place against belgian side stand on the edge on tuesday. to ski jumping and man whose lynn vic claimed a 2nd win in a row at the 4 hills turn meant putting himself in 2nd place overall the norwegian
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was the last man to jump in innsbruck and despite the difficult wind conditions he scored 253.3 points to edge poland's david kuo backi baskin now leads the overall standings with just one event remaining. you are watching to be news from berlin coming up next shift living in the digital age thanks for watching. living. your link to news from africa and the world story link to exceptional stories and discussions from news of easy town wow with safety deputed comes here to join us on facebook. for. climate change. pseudonyms.
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