and explore fascinating world heritage sites. world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. this is g.w. news live from berlin anger at the united states is growing a die off turn american is dry killed iran's top general and in the rocky militia leader thousands of mourners join a funeral procession in iraq while tensions soar in the region governments are bracing themselves for a response from iran its value to avenge the death in general custom soleimani.

and the death toll rises to $24.00 as a strategy is bushfire is right john the full cost is $1.00 of more school shooting temperatures and high winds that could push the incursion are closer to populated areas. plus a product that will have green campaigners only years we catch up with the finnish scientists who will using living organisms to create bio take headphones which they hope of the future of sustainable sound. i'm jarred great welcome to the shari tensions are high in iraq after an american as strike killed iran top military command and in iraq a militia lida 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 modest in funeral processions to show you their grief

. meantime 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 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 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. we love them george generals death he was not just an individual but

a whole country they did not just kill one person they killed the country. and only during his love to him he lost the general of our hearts i haven't been feeling well 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. 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 cities terror 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 gandhi 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. well u.s. president donald trump has warned iran that the consequences would be die if it retaliated i have a general so the money is killing trump said the u.s. was targeting $52.00 specific sites in iran here's some of what he tweeted a little bit earlier. he writes let these serve as a warning that if we run strikes any americans or american assets iran itself will

be hit very fast and very hot the usa wants no more threats well will iran take revenge and in what form earlier i spoke with a d w z iran expert 10 days a top. 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 revenge here and whether that is by iran itself or its allies in the region one group in iraq is now already warned the 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 specky art but iran's supreme leader is carefully

weighing his options right now because if he's taking on too weak response he might lose face but if his response is too excessive then he risks a full war and by that his poem may be and keeping the islamic republic to life is his main goal always the days of top of their well european countries are watching with concern as events unfold unfold in the middle east germany has troops stationed in iraq as part of international efforts to combat the so-called islamic state their mission is restricted to education and training but that work has now stopped following the u.s. air strike on friday. iraqi soldiers learning the skills to rebuild a country the german military has now holds at its training programs the situation too dangerous for instructors germany has around $400.00 soldiers stationed in iraq and jordan as part of its parliament approved and he's let me state mission now

lawmakers are starting to question the mandate. he had sluggo or the security situation and especially the political situation in iraq has now changed dramatically so i think it's irresponsible to simply cling to this mandate from the pastas. but others say training and assistance to iraqi soldiers is needed now more than ever conservatives in berlin say putting a permanent end to the mandate and pulling german troops out would send the wrong signal to baghdad. to simply abandon iraq to the chaos of militia groups and hostile foreign states would be fundamentally wrong because right now for a withdrawal are driven either by a lack of knowledge or a lack of responsibility on can this loses cut off on for. complete hine germany's military deployments to the middle east have always been contentious issues at home analysts say the future in the region will depend on the next move

of the united states the story. it's entirely possible that the americans will pull out in the not too distant future leaving the german troops unprotected and then we'll have to discuss the monday monday. a u.s. withdrawal would likely unravel the entire n.t. or as a lion's den spill the end of this german outpost in iraq. when out to some of the other stories making news around the world today a bomb attack on a boss has killed 14 people mostly students in brooklyn a. virus was taking them back to schools following a seasonable a seasonal break 9 people were wounded in the blast that took place in surreal 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 and injuring 2 others before he was killed by police at the scene antiterrorism prosecutors and now taking over the investigation. austria's green party is formally back to coalition deal to govern with the country's conservatives at a congress in salzburg party members just contentious issues including a ban on headscarves in schools until the i just 14 the greens approval of the coalition deal paved 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 issues sanchez says he's open to dialogue in a bid to end political deadlock and form a new leftist government. we'll cold up 3000

army reservists to help firefighters they've been battling bushfires for weeks more than 200 blazes of burning across the heavily populated states of victoria and new south wales the scorched areas cover an area then build the human death toll now stands at 2324 along with hundreds of millions of animals and high temperatures and strong winds show 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 molecule in the state's victoria videos posted on social media show the mega blaze there on new year's eve the fire has forced thousands of people to take refuge on the coast. but it's quite scary that we were very aware of the superior dangers there in the

wreckage center most of the time and we slept on the bridge past not because we thought that was a site as bison a big sandstorm came in we got swept aside and we were made to watch the refugee center where we could see outsiders as bright red hair where we could say and then the smoke was coming into the building and people start to get a bit nervous about that. this weekend hotter temperatures and more strong winds found hundreds of blazes already burning out of control. they were able to extort us they have. people in the court much the hairs in the court of the. hallways as i say have gone. to for. 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 conquering 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. 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 large corporations that are in place in those local 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 alone fire services that are already stretched to the limit well the israeli city of tel aviv was struck by deadly flash flooding on saturday after a massive downpour the waters rose sorry fos that 2 people drowned after being

courting an elevator another man had an hour a sky after he became frightened he's by the basement apartment place managed to save his life by prising open and mitchell guys and pulling into society through a window are part of israel have seen record rainfall over the past week. well scientists across the globe are thinking of ways to help save the environment on our overheating planet finding sustainable replacements for plastic is king and they finished researches have done just that by creating headphones with a green twist. to shade the idea of a green economy has been around for decades no but sustainable products have remained few and far between especially in electronics. at the v t t technical research center of finland researchers decided to demonstrate how far the field has come with a set of biotech headphones unlike with plastic the materials in these were sourced

not from fossil fuels but from living organisms. using our directors we can produce lots of different molecules columnaris. that form care because we can make for example saying that expired a seal or by a plastic precursors or even by a polymer is. the headphones prototype is made from 6 different biotech materials these include a bio plastic produced by yeast a leather substitute made from a fungus and a by a synthetic sun transmission element derived from that synthetic spider silk the researchers designed the headphones to raise awareness of greener production processes. with thought it was a great opportunity to combine differ materials in no one had done it before actually to me know there's different microbes to into the development of electronic devices. of course the electrical components inside the headphones still

have to be made of conventional materials but as we work on ways to leave all in the grow and replacing most of the plastic in products like this with bio engineered alternatives is at least a small step towards a more sustainable future. up next we'll look at whether minsky death squads abducted and murdered 3 fellow russian politicians 20 years ago. on behalf of the whole news team here thanks for watching. news day it is poor girls took it over now live i'm sure that it was a 0. in support of. what's a big part of our oversight. you know what.

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