the. realty show. this is t.v. news a lie from berlin president trump warns that america will hit back hard and fast if tehran retaliates to the death of a top military leader iran is holding a series of funeral processions for general qassam so a money 2 days after u.s. airstrikes killed him in baghdad well iran warns the rest of the world waits to see how the islamic republic might seek revenge. the toll from australia's bushfire

catastrophe keeps on rising as does criticism of the government's handling of the crisis we'll get the latest from our correspondent in sydney. very commander on friday mourners have filled the streets of the southwestern iranian city of where the remains of commander test i'm still a money have been returned from iraq meanwhile more u.s. troops headed to the region soldiers and equipment left north carolina for kuwait adding to the hundreds who left earlier this week i in iraq to shiite muslims have marched in funeral processions to show their grief the prime minister has declared 3 days of mourning i mourning and anger on the air as the funeral procession for iran's top general qassim son my money and iraqi commander. arrives at the holy shrine and now. 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 backed out on friday killed sunday money. we 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 since yesterday it's like i've lost my own father the pain or feel won't be gone and so we take revenge in 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 shot at 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 solomon is killing was necessary to protect american lives . solomin he was plotting. eminent and serious 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. to iran has appointed general esmail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for iran's foreign military operations the joining me from tehran is vasu your journalist with the a.f.p. news agency a mere president trump has warned iran the us has already chosen 52 iranian targets what do you make of this is certain any of this very specific number. well 1st of all i don't exactly realize where that number is coming is pointing out to a number of cultural sites and important places in iran that could be anything that could be cultural sense and spawn or she was not exactly sure that was based on reliable in some way in a sense and it's supposed to be mostly symbolic and the interesting point is that already some. decision makers inside iran are saying that if that's supposed to be

$52.00 for that not the symbolic number of tools that were taken during the hostage crisis then we can also bring a number of. those people that were killed in one air was accident that were shot down by u.s. missile so the numbers game is not really the point here the point that most of the shift in the target that. trump and both those inside iran are changing the way they're talking to each other get i mean we want to work show you a live pictures now bring your viewers live pictures of thousands of mourners on the streets in iran where clearly the emotions are high in the meantime u.s. secretary of state mike papantonio claims he wants to deescalate the situation is there any really realistic chance of deescalation. well everyone seems to be looking for the heads you have to fill those that yesterday we. were foreign

minister moments of was that you've got nearly 10 different calls from the different world leaders and at several meetings and you also will hear that a lot of them were calling for the inspiration of the situation a lot of people would want that obviously but i think fly at least a while out there won't be any drop in the situation attention given what's happened and how and they expect that of course for everyone and inside iran of course a lot of people calling for. benj. this has also played into the arms of. those that did not exactly believe that diplomacy would be a way to solve the situation to longstanding engines between iran and the u.s. so at least for the short term we're gonna shearers this things we're hearing right now from inside iran that will be changing. thank you amir have vasil with the a.f.p. news agency appreciate your time thank you. now

to some of the other stories making news around the world authorities in italy say 6 tourists are dead after a car ran into their tour group the incident occurred in a village in the german speaking region of south to roll the victims are believed to be from germany. the death toll has risen sharply in the collapse of a hotel under construction in southern cambodia authorities in the city of cap pulled another dozen bodies from the rubble bringing the total to at least $36.00 they managed to rescue a puppy raising hopes of finding survivors. a bomb attack on a bus has killed 14 civilians mostly students in bikini faso the bus was taking them back to school after a seasonal break 9 people were wounded in the blast that took place in so province near the northern border with mali. the death toll from australia's

catastrophic bushfires has risen to 24 thousands of homes have been destroyed and scientists say that more than half a 1000000000 animals have also perished in the blazes prime minister scott morrison is coming under angry criticism for his handling of the crisis emergency services are hoping cooler temperatures will bring some respite on sunday. another costly and deadly day in this month's long catastrophe. saturday's soaring temperatures and strong winds fans hundreds of blazes across 3 states the source of firefighters powerless to halt the destruction. the flames consumed hundreds of properties leaving local communities shocked. they told us they have. people in the court much their heads in the court of.

steps. that claim the worst bushfires in living memory strain leaders admit they're in and shot territory we can't pretend that they see 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 who have never seen fog before isn't pre-set into. satellite images showed the scale of the far 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. but you know it's a risk that to much we enjoy it might mean a lot of risk by doing a lot of unity or do you know again in the political destroyed that's what i do but

i do you still you know what do you think. government impeding. cooler conditions are expected to give some relief to fighting efforts but officials warn the reprieve won't be enough to get farzana control little lauren put them out now joined by journalist roger maynard in sydney roger i got to tell you this is a picture of sheer devastation thousands of people have already been evacuated do people feel that all is lost. well there are certain people who are remarkably real resilient they have a little stoicism in times of crisis and although it was terrible and a lot of these look old is it barry bridge distraught about what's happened. there they have a reputation for fighting back and i think that's probably going to happen this time as well even though so much damage has been ruled out and so many people have been suffering this result is terrible fires interested me the weather has cooled

a little bit but the temperature has gone down to the mid twenty's so it's given a bit of a reprieve to firefighters and to a people who live in these areas but the immediate danger from this weekend severe weather appears to a halt for the time being and coming days should allow firefighters to contain those fires that continue to blaze and will give a bit of the rest of the people were caught up in these in this zone which is regarded as a disaster. roger we have to talk about the prime minister scott morrison he's come under intense criticism for how he's handled this crisis is he losing the nation's respect. well it has been a difficult week for australians certainly other attacks and the promise of scott morris who is really really been under a lot of pressure from the public at large over his perceived mis and link of this crisis and also questions about his leadership today he's been defending his

actions at a press conference in sydney in particular criticism that he decided to post on social media what appeared to be a political ad to promote his decision to call up 3000 army reserve that didn't go down to world people who thought he was trying to bolster his image and improve his situation and a lot of the think the key is to know of using this emergency emergency to merely boost his own standing here in reply said that was not the case at all he was simply trying to communicate with the people and to merely trying to help those people who really needed it. roger scientists estimate that half a 1000000000 net stats with a b. half a 1000000000 animals have been killed in the bushfires threatening if not already are changing the countries our ecosystem what can you tell us about that. no one can be really sure exactly certain we're talking about millions and millions of the

animals here the the the flames have swept through so many areas of so many such a big area of countryside like so it's kill the kangaroos it's killed cuddly koalas it's go go on us it's and it's called a killer whales one who bird like those iconic species like coke of errors and you know all those parents out there silences into someone told them they do earlier today and it's a they wake up in the morning now and they no longer hear the dawn chorus it's all silent these days and it is terrible because a lot of these animals are not these birds are iconic not only are they unique to australia but a lot of them are endangered anyway so to wipe off wipe out millions of species like this over a period of days is absolutely devastating roger maynard in australia for us thank you so much roger. even as a stray battles with bush fires it's preparing for one of the premier tennis events

of the year the australian open is just over 2 weeks away to that end a clear large crowd in brisbane watched know that you're the ilk of age and read take on south africa's kevin anderson in the inaugural team event of the year djokovic edged his much taller rival in 2 set straight sure serbia advance to the next round of what's called the a.t.p. cup. to ski jumping and marius lin vick claimed a 2nd win in a row at the 4 hills tournament putting himself in 2nd place overall there no region was the last man to jump in innsbrook and despite the difficult wind conditions he scored 253.3 points to edge poland's davidka backi now leads the overall standings with just one event remaining. you're watching news from berlin coming up world stories meets a pioneering teacher in peru for now on behalf of the whole team here thanks for watching us we'll have more news at the top of the hour.

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