this is deja vu news a live from berlin president warns that america will hit back hard and fast if tehran retaliate for the death of a top military leader iran is holding a series of funeral processions for general custom stolen money 2 days after u.s. airstrike killed him in baghdad well iran mourns the rest of the world waits to see how the islamic republic might seek revenge. the toll from australia's bushfires keeps on rising as does criticism of the government's handling of the crisis look at the latest from our correspondent in sydney.

i'm michael oke who welcome to the program for president trump is warning the u.s. will strike back harder than ever if it is attacked iran has vowed revenge for a u.s. drone strike that killed its top military commander on friday mourners have filled the streets of the southwestern iranian city of where the remains of commander testim solomonic have been returned from iraq meanwhile more u.s. troops headed to the region soldiers in equipment left north carolina for kuwait adding to the hundreds who left earlier this week in iraq to shiite muslims have marched in funeral processions to show their grief the 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 soleimani. who will avenge your generous death he was not just an individual but a whole country they did not just kill one person they killed the country. that are 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 in turkoman a very silly 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. 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 have claimed that solomon is killing was necessary to protect american lives. 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 amir hub bossier journalist with the a.f.p. news agency i mean president trump has warned iran the u.s. has already chosen 52 iranian targets what do you make of this is certain end of this very specific number. well of 1st of all i don't exactly realize were that numbers comments is pointing out to a number of cultural slights and important places in iran that could be anything that could be cultural sites in spawn or she was an anomaly that be sure that it's based on reliable info 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 a u.s. missile so the numbers game is not really the point here the point that most of the shift in the turks that. trump and both those inside iran are changing the way they're talking to each other 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. foreign minister moments of what's that you've got nearly 10 different calls from the different board leaders and had several meetings and we also did 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 now there won't be any drop in the situation and tension given what's

happened and how unexpected force for everyone and inside iran of course a lot of people are calling for revenge and this has also played into the hands of . those that did not exactly believe diplomacy would be a way to solve the situation the longstanding tensions between iran and the u.s. so at least for the short term we're going to hear the things we're hearing right now from inside iran that what the changing. thank you amir have asked you with the a.f.p. news agency appreciate your time. 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 a role the victims are believed to be german in croatia voters are going to the

polls in the 2nd round of the presidential election the vote is a runoff between former prime ministers or in milan of a social democrat and a concerted conservative incumbent president kalinda that. 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 did manage to rescue a puppy raising hopes of also finding survivors. a bomb attack on a bus has killed 14 civilians mostly students in burkina faso the bus was taking them back to school following a seasonal break 9 people were wounded in the blast that took place and so who wins 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 blaze it's prime minister scott morrison is under 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. powerless to halt the destruction. the flames consumed hundreds of properties leaving local communities shocked. they told us they have to. pay for the court much that they have in the court of. all they say as i say have gone. steps to people. that claim the worst bushfires in

living memory destroying 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 the extent and spread of the far as the speed at which they're going the way in which they're attacking communities have never seen fog the full is unprecedented. satellite images show the scale of the far as long as the southeast 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 has faced intense criticism for his response to the disaster. but you know it's a risk to tell much we enjoy it much you know a lot of risk by doing a lot of unity new hampshire milligan and the local destroyer but what i do what i do you go in order to you. government meeting. 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 and put them out the israeli city of tel aviv has been struck by deadly flash flooding after a massive downpour the waters were so fast that 2 people drowned after being caught in an elevator another band had a narrow escape after he became trapped in his flooded basement apartment police managed to save his life by prying open a metal gate and pulling him to safety through a window parts of israel have seen record rainfall over the past week. even as all straight. even as australia battles with bushfires 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 large crowd and brits been watching know the yoke of it in red take on south africa's kevin anderson in the inaugural team event of the. edges much taller rival

in 2 sets to ensure serbia advance to the next round of what's called the empty cup . to steve jumping and marius lin vick claimed a 2nd win in a row at the weeklong 4 hills tournament putting himself in 2nd place overall the norwegian was the last man to jump in and despite the difficult wind conditions he scored over 253 points to edge poland's david cook backi. leads the overall standings with just one event remaining. in football in this league title contenders boucher dortmund have arrived at their winter training camp in southern spain dortmund's newest player erling holland was among those jetting off to monday but the 20000000 euros signing didn't join the rest of his team mates in training due to

a slight injury or to play 3 friendly matches in spain the 1st on tuesday against belgian side standard yes. i am more for sports fans a limp big and paralympic games are already on the horizon in 2021 german athlete to keep an eye on is printer erm good bensusan she was recently named athlete of the year in germany thanks to her record breaking achievements in 2019 having won 3 silver medals at the last paralympic games in rio she's pushing to go one better this year. racing into 20. 20 m. got bensusan is one of germany's top medal hopes for the tokyo paralympics sprinter was originally destined to be a top hurdler before an accident during a warm up routine changed her life. it was the hurdle and then i hit it with my leg

and then it hit the ground and then i fell forward and one tiny went backwards and then i just looked at my leg and i started to scream bensusan now uses a special boot to help her run in spite of the severe nerve damage she suffered that day and it's helping her reach our full potential of the 2019 world championships bensusan won gold in the 10200 meter events successes that vindicate the south african born star's decision to move to her mother's homeland germany i couldn't speak the language at all i only thought here and. even though my mom is hot german or half german it was a very big adaption culture learning the different ways how the german do things i think german really. african heart the jewel challenges of dealing with a traumatic injury and a new country have tested bensusan but she says she wouldn't change a thing the fighting and all the crying and everything that i made through and all

the downfalls and i'm in the down. my entire struggle that overcame that's a lot more work than any middle would have been. in god bensusan has fought back from the brink to become a 1st class sprinter now 2020 offers her the chance to capital career with paralympic gold. so how much would you pay for a nice fresh piece of tuna a japanese sushi thai con tycoon just handed over the equivalent of $1600000.00 euros for a complete tuna at the traditional new york auction at tokyo's to use to fish market it's the 2nd highest price a tuna has ever fence and this is the fish in question yes there it is a stew 176 kilogram blue fin caught in the waters off northern japan the successful bidder was cool yoshi camorra the owner of a renowned sushi restaurant chain he also bought fish that set the record

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