and then the question and i will. remove. this is developing news live from berlin out rights intensifies at the united states a day after an american airstrike kills iran's top general and in the rocky military leader thousands of mourners joined a funeral procession in iraq while tensions soar in the region governments are bracing themselves for a response from iran it's valid to avenge the death of general qassim stolen money

also coming up. calls up to $3000.00 army reservists as the bushfire threat escalates with smoke turning dying into night for cause there's a warning of more scorching temperatures and high winds that could push the inferno closer to populated areas. i'm jarred trade welcome to the sorry tensions are high in iraq after an american air strike killed iran's top military commander and in the rocky military leader several rockets have fallen on the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad as well as on an air base housing u.s. troops thousands of iraqis of marched in funeral processions to show de grace and the prime minister has declared 3 days of national mourning. the

a massive display of mourning and outrage thousands gathered in karbala to pay tribute to kasim salaam money and the hyundai says. 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 pairs 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 is your generals death he was not just an individual but a whole country they did not just kill one person they killed the country. loved him he lost the general of our hearts i have been feuding role since yesterday it's like a lost my own father the pain

a few won't be gone and so we take revenge. on a big. man he 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 senator 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. 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

don't you worry about that iran has appointed general a smile gunny to replace all 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. for more on this story we're joined in the studio by d.w. reported today is a top and in washington by the use stefan siemens. reports say that several missiles have full and near the u.s. embassy in baghdad are u.s. troops in danger at all. i would say not immediate danger because of course the u.s. troops are on high alert for the last 48 hours that means their kind of intensive painting something like this to happen perhaps and are decently prepared you would think so however before this backdrop of the u.s.

taking out custom soleimani this is of course. very special in the sense that it is having a psychological impact on troops perhaps and on societies in iraq and people in iraq who are now seeing that. maybe not iranian retaliation 3 has already started against the u.s. presence in iraq for example u.s. personnel in iraq and in the region but that some kind of action is taking against the presence of u.s. military in iraq as you know let me just mention this briefly $2800.00 troops are now on the way as we speak on route towards the region and that would when they arrive then make the total number to 3500 u.s. military servicemen in the region. so today's the let's go around has promised revenge for the strike what form of revenge do you think you could take well we might have already gotten an impression of how this revenge could look like with the missiles and back because of course targeting americans in the region soldiers

and civilians is an option for wind shear and whether that is by iran itself or its allies in the region one group in iraq has now already warned iraqi soldiers to stay away from u.s. bases from tomorrow on so we could see more of that of course another possibility is attacking u.s. allies in the region so i think it's not a coincidence that saudi arabia for example is calling for restraint right now and another option always on the table is closing the strait of hormuz the international trade route in iran spec yard but iran's supreme leader is carefully weighing his options right now because if he is taking a 2 week response he might lose face but if his response is too excessive then he risks a full war and by that his poem maybe and keeping the islamic republic alive is this main goal always sort of just a case of wait and see i guess over these next few weeks stefan will go back to

your president trump says he ordered the strike on friday to prevent a war can we expect to see any declassified intelligence about what exactly the threat was. it is possible but i wouldn't count on it of course the democrats want the president to release more information because they're highly suspicious on the over the timing of the order to eliminate customs so in money there is perhaps the suspicion that this was done also out of a political calculus to get some distraction on the ongoing impeachment process let's not forget that this is still going on here in washington d.c. and next week will actively go on so when congress and senate up was back in town however the american public i think is not expecting the white house to be forthcoming in giving more details from the intelligence community or the military

on what this specific threat was the white house already said and they would probably leave it by this that there was an ongoing and imminent threat is the story money was involved with and they had to take defensive action by eliminating him. ok today is that tehran has already announced a replacement for customs of the money what do we know about him not that much interesting leave because a lot customs on the money was very much in the spotlight as a leader of the quds force this his successor and. yet there's also his follow me a deputy general ismail khan the. very media shy from what we know the only thing we know is that he's 62 that he fought as a soldier in the war against iraq and that he joined the revolution ago it's only on so he's very similar money who was a close friend of his so it's not very likely that iran's policy in the region will change very much under him to today's

a top thank you and stiffen seaman's in washington thank you to. time to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world and a bomb attack on a boss has killed 14 civilians mostly students in book enough the boss was taking them back to school full owing a seasonable a seasonal break 9 people were injured in the blast that took place in serene province near the country's northern border with mali. french authorities are treating friday's stabbing spree in a paris suburb as a terrorist attack a 22 year old man had attacked pedestrians with a knife killing one person injuring 2 others before he was killed by police at the same anti-terrorism prosecutors are now taking over the investigation. i also tree is green party is formally back to coalition deal to govern with the country's conservatives at a congress insults book party members discuss contentious issues including

a ban on headscarves in schools into the into legal age of 14 the greens approval of the coalition deal paves the way for a new government to be sworn in next week. 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 catalonian separatist issue sanchez says he's open to dialogue in a bid to end political deadlock and form a new leftist government. and indonesian authorities have been delivering supplies by helicopter to floods killed 53 people in the region around the capital jakarta. that started on new year's eve on latest deadly flash floods and landslides tens of thousands of people are still on i should return to their arms. thanks well australia house called up 3000 army reservists to help firefighters have been

battling bushfires for wakes more than 200 bligh's of burning across the heavy populated heavily populated states of victoria and new south wales the scorched areas cover an area larger than belgium the human death toll now stands at $23.00 along with hundreds of millions of animals and high temperatures and strong winds showing no sign of letting up. safe now and far from the flames these people were evacuated with their pets bringing only essential belongings the australian navy rescued them from. in the state of victoria videos posted on social media showed the mega blaze there on new year's eve the fire has forced thousands of people to take refuge on the coast. it's quite scary we were aware of the 3 dangers there in the refuge center most of

the time and we slept on the big cypress not because we thought that was the safest place in the big sandstorm came in we got swept aside and we were made to watch a refugee center where we could see outsiders as bright red hair where we could see and then the smoke was coming into the building and people start to get up in the us about that. this weekend hotter temperatures and more strong winds found hundreds of blazes already burning out of control. they told us they have to. fight with the court martial of peers in the court or go. always as a severe cold. script. more than 100000 people were told to evacuate their homes across 3 states whilst they were still time to get away. not everyone managed on kangaroo island 2 people died as a blaze broke containment lines and envelops that call australia's prime minister

says the wildfire crisis has reached a new level he's ordered 3000 army reservists to help. the sky all of the fawaz 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 local operations that are in place in those like all communities the move comes after weeks of intense criticism of the prime minister so far he's insisted that managing the fires was a massive for individual states and rural fire service is unknown fire services that are already stretched to the limit. well is as even australia battles with bushfires it's preparing for one of the premie at tennis events of the year the australian open is just over 2 weeks away and to that end allowed a large crowd embrace been watched novak djokovic she even read take on south

africa's kevin anderson in the inaugural team event of the year djokovic edged his much taller rival in 2 sets to ensure that serbia advance to the next round of what's called the 80 p. cup. but to ski jumping and marius lindsay claimed a 2nd win in a row at the 4 hills tony meant putting him in 2nd place over roll the no wage and was the last man to jump and broke and despite the difficult wind conditions he scored 253.3 points to edge poland's david backi the box can now leads the overall standing with one just one event remaining. and lastly not to tell a v.m. it was struck by deadly flash flooding on saturday after a massive down pull the waters rose sorry for 2 people drowned after being caught in an elevator another man had a narrow escape after he became trapped in his flooded basement apartment place

managed to save his life by prising open and mitchell guys and pulling him to safety through a window pots of israel have seen record rainfall over the past week. you're watching news from berlin coming up we look at weather minsk death squads of dr been murdered 3 fellow russian politicians trying to use a guard so now on behalf of the whole team thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind this war. discover new haven. in the 360 degree. to explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 368 get kidnapped now. i'm not laughing at that

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