this is d.w. news live from berlin and anger at the united states is growing a dying off turn american is dr kills iran's top general and in iraq a militia leader thousands of mourners join a funeral procession in iraq while tension shoots or in the region government surprising themselves for a response from iran it's valid to avenge the death of general custom soleimani. the death toll rises to $24.00 as a strategist bushfires right john full cost is $1.00 of more scorching temperatures

and high winds that could push the inferno are closer to populated areas. plus a product that will have green campaigners all in is because up with the finish scientists are using living organisms to create biotech hedge funds which they hope in the future all of sustainable sounds. great welcome to the shari tensions are high in iraq after an american air strike killed iran's top military commander and an iraqi militia leader several rockets have fallen on the heavily fortified green zone in the capital baghdad as well as on an air base housing u.s. troops thousands of iraqis of mostyn funeral processions to share their grief the prime minister prime minister has declared 3 days of national mourning. was morning

in anger on the air as the funeral procession for iran's top general cassim celeb money and iraqi commander. arrives at the holy shrine and not just thousands have come to pay their respects here in iraq. on the streets of tehran to hear iranians demanded vengeance after a u.s. strike in baghdad on friday killed sunday money. will avenge your generous death he was not just an individual get a whole country they did not just kill one person they killed the country. and our all iranians loved him he was the general of our hearts i have been feeling well says just today it's like i've lost my own father the pain i feel won't be gone and so we take revenge and turkoman of it soleimani 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. and the revenge for his death seems already to have started on saturday a rocket fell inside baghdad's heavily fortified green zone near the u.s. embassy another on an air base housing u.s. troops. it comes after iranian president hassan rouhani vowed during a meeting with stolen money still to that his country will retaliate. 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 meanwhile u.s. president trump warned that the u.s. is ready to respond should iran strike any americans or american assets trump has repeatedly claimed that the money's killing was necessary to protect american lives . selami was plotting. eminent and sinister 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. to iran has appointed general ismail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the well will iran take revenge and in what form earlier i spoke with the w.'s iran expect to face a topper. 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 a 2 week response he might lose face but if his response is too excessive then he risks a full war and by that. poem maybe and keeping the islamic republic to life as his main goal always. is a top of their world european countries are watching with concern as events unfold in the middle east germany has troops stationed in iraq as part of international if it's to combat the so-called islamic state then mission is restricted to education and training but that work has now stopped following the u. u.s. air strike on friday. iraqi soldiers learning the skills to rebuild their country

the german military has now holton its training programs the situation too dangerous for instructors germany has around 400 soldiers stationed in iraq and jordan as part of its parliament approved auntie's let me state mission now lawmakers are starting to question the mandate. he had sluggo on 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 pasta so high. 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. in iraq to simply abandon iraq to the chaos of militia groups and hostile foreign states would be fundamentally rome

because right now for a withdrawal are driven either by a lack of knowledge or a lack of responsibility in this loser's cut off and on total complete behind 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 this. it's entirely possible that the americans both 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 alliance and spill the end of this german outpost in iraq. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a bomb attack on abbas has killed 14 people mostly students in booking a foster the bus was taking them back to school after the holidays 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 and injuring 2 others before he was killed by police of the same anti-terrorism prosecutors are now taking over the investigation. and found thousands of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of madrid they oppose the way acting spanish 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. well the death toll from australia's catastrophic bushfires has risen to 24 while thousands of properties have been destroyed in the blazes prime minister scott morrison is common to heavy criticism for his handling

of the crisis a response he's due on sunday with cooler temperatures offering a chance to regroup. another costly and deadly day in this month's long catastrophe. saturday's soaring temperatures and strong winds fent hundreds of blazes across 3 states exhausted firefighters powerless to halt the destruction. the flames consumed hundreds of properties leaving local communities short. they told us they hear. people in the court much their heads in the court of. all they say as he had gone. battling the worst bushfires in living memory a strain leaders admit they're in uncharted territory we can't pretend that this is something we've experienced before it's not because the weather activity we're

saying they stand and spread at the far as the speed at which they're going the way in which they're attacking communities you've never seen far before is unprecedented. satellite images show the scale of the fire as long as south east coast the severity of the crisis has prompted prime minister scott morrison to mobilize up to 3000 military reservists to assist exhausted volunteer firefighters marson is faced intense criticism for his response to the disaster his latest move to draw public rebuke from a top far official he said he only found out from media reports it took us some time yesterday to understand what the announcement was what it meant i was disappointed and i was frustrated in the middle of what was one of our worst day ever on record cooler conditions are expected to give some relief to firefighting efforts but officials warn the reprieve won't be enough to get fires under control let alone put them out. well the israeli city of tel aviv was struck by a deadly flash flooding on saturday after

a massive downpour the waters rose. 2 people drowned after being caught in an elevator and other man how the after he became trapped in his flooded basement apartment police managed to save his life by prising open a metal guys and pulling him to safety through a window parts of his rival have seen a record rainfall over the past week. thank. you tennis in 20 twenties 1st grand slam the australian open is just over 2 weeks away and to that end a large crowd in brisbane watched novak djokovic cheering red to take on south africa's kevin anderson inaugural team event. edged his much taller rival in 2 sets to ensure that serbia advance to the next round of what's called the 80 feet . in ski jumping. claimed a 2nd win in a row at the 4 hills taught him and putting himself in 2nd place over roll the

norwegian was the last man to jump in broken just bought the difficult conditions he scored 200 $53.00 points to edge poland's david to backi about steen now leads the overall standings we've just one event remaining. in football believe. contenders brissie adult men have arrived at their winter training camp in southern spain documents newest play elling holland was among those jetting off to mob iowa but the 20000000 euros signing didn't join the rest of his team mates in training due to a slight injury dortmund to play 3 friendly matches in spain the 1st one she was di against belgian side has done. well scientists all around the world are thinking of ways to help save the environment. finding sustainable replacements for plastic is cain and these

finished researches have done just that by creating head fire ins 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 elec tronics at the v.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 polymers. but form kerry of course 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 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 groaned replacing most of the plastic in products like this with bio engineered alternatives is at least a small step towards a more sustainable future. you're watching the w. news from berlin coming up our magazine shows shift to living in the digital age looks at the great fire wall of china is more on d.w. dot com and you can follow us that teresa i d

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