grandmama there you go it's all about their new primary job join me to meet the germans on the w. post. this is the w. news a lawyer from buying now a day of mourning in iran for a top military commander killed in a u.s. airstrike the 1st session with the remains of cars and asylum money has arrived in the city of mashad but while iran grieves the rest of the world waits to see how the islamic republic might seek to avenge his death with president trump warning if

it does the u.s. will hit back hard. and the toll from australia's bushfires keeps on rising as does criticism of the government's handling of the crisis at least 24 people have died in the fires and there's no way in sight. i'm going to humphrey glad you could join us u.s. president has warned that his country will strike very hard and fast if iran attacks it take ron has vowed revenge for friday's u.s. drone strike in iraq that killed its top military commander when on sunday the remains of costs and the sort of money were returned to the iranian border city of advise they were met by huge crowds of mourners on the 1st stop of a tour of the country. the move

was in the iranian city of us a tide of people stretches as far as the eye can see mourners paying their respects to their fallen heroes general custer emslie money. selling money was the mastermind behind iran's kind of stein military operations in the middle east and a close ally of iran supreme leader his assassination is considered a declaration of wool by many iranians. both ordinary citizens and those in power. in tehran lawmakers chanted death to america and the parliament speaker condemned the u.s. for committing what he labeled a big crime. for all russia the 7th action of the u.s. president is considered a military after terrorists solution the only thing you want to know that this adventure will have painful consequences for you. there was also say the rattling

in washington with u.s. president donald trump threatening on twitter to hit iran hard and fast in the event of any iranian retaliation. if iran strikes any americans or american assets he tweeted we have targeted 52 iranian sites representing the 52 american hostages taken by iran many years ago it's a reference to the hostage crisis at the american embassy that followed the 1979 iranian revolution the event that 10 tehran and washington into arch enemies. are. enemies there to this day and the latest developments have many people worried that the historic animosity between the 2 countries could lead to will and the president. it's prompted americans to stage peace protests in several cities it's a provocation to war it is extremely dangerous and anybody who wants peace has this and up and say no at this time oh. as pacifists protest

more u.s. soldiers are leaving for the middle east donald trump has said 3 and a half 1000 extra troops would be sent to the region. are let's talk to g.w. or 4 to chase winter now who covers the middle east to chase within seeing some huge crowds turn out for the funeral procession in iran how unified is the country behind the regime right now and do they want to see retaliation. i mean according to polls university maryland poll for example he's the most popular figure in public figures in iran so i mean it's his sort of martyrdom in their words right has basically created a story of her murder. and they rally around the flag effect and so. if anything this is some ways hope that the dream in iran as far as retaliation i mean a retaliation is going to come at

a time and place of iran's choosing my not my sort of be immediate they're going to play their cards try to play their cards well diplomatically politically before i think that they take any major drastic for television and as you mention of course they are in that period of mourning right now we've been taking a look at live pictures of mashad in the east of the country as they await that funeral procession there meanwhile the u.s. president trump has been warning that america could hit 52 in iran how seriously do you think those threats are being taken. i think our starts are being taken seriously i mean the iranian regime is worries about you know regime survival in the end and so you know they don't want you know a whole bunch of. airstrikes on 52 targets in their country on the other hand i mean they're going to like i said before i mean i think we're going to play their cards a little. they're going to escalate and they're going to copulate and manner 1st

are going to see it probably in iraq politically. by boosting getting kicking the u.s. troops out of the country through the iraqi parliament with their. allies. so on and that they're taking it seriously but i do want to point out i mean this is the danger here is an escalation spiral right because. iran going to tally now trumpets put himself in a position publicly that he's going to respond in a harsh manner again so this could provoke. you know a major war because iran would respond to strikes on the homeland in a very very harsh manner across the entire region absolutely and as you mentioned i mean there are so many moving parts in mesa proxies for example and all not point i mean what do you think all the countries in the region off thinking about the spike in tension between the u.s. and iran because i mean ultimately it could affect them right. i mean no country in the region. was informed about this beforehand so i think they're

a little shock israel was informed beforehand. you know you see the saudis who are obviously worried about being drawn into this. issue in response you know responses try to deescalate. turkey as well another regional player you know the u.a.e. as well which would be on you know on the front lines also worried so they all want to try to deescalate the situation and i just think that shows a little bit how the united states is doing in this pretty much alone right and that's a that's dangerous right chase when tangled up in your reporting kind of the middle east thanks a lot thank you. let's take a look now some of the other stories making news around the world out this hour thousands of people have marched in hong kong need a border to voice their protest against traders from mainland china the trade is by duty free products in hong kong and resell them in china locals say this raises

prices hong kong has seen in more than 6 months of anti-government demonstrations. the death toll has risen sharply in after the collapse of a hotel under construction in southern cambodia or forty's in the city of quetta pulled out another dozen bodies from the rubble bringing the total to at least 36 they did manage to rescue a puppy raising hopes of finding more survivors. authorities in italy say 6 young people believed to be german tourists are dead after the driver of a car ran into them at high speed in the german speaking region of south sure all another 11 are injured media reports say that the driver is a local resident who was intoxicated. in croatia voters are going to the polls in the 2nd round of the presidential election the vote is a runoff between former prime minister is that a 1000000 or virtue is a social democrat and the conservative incumbent in that good of

a key total bitch. in australia's bushfires are being described as a national catastrophe and just take a look at these orange guys behind me now they've been turned all range literally from the smoke and now consider this they're not actually in australia at all they are over all cleaned in new zealand that's 2000 kilometers away at least 24 people have tragically died in the blazes thousands have lost their homes and experts now calculate that more than hoff a 1000000000 animals have also been killed or prime minister scott morrison is facing strong criticism for his handling of the crisis emergency services are hoping that cooler temperatures will bring some rough spite on sunday but it's not expected to last. another. costly and deadly day in this month's long catastrophe. saturday 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 to. live with the court much that they have in the core of what. all they say as i see it on. the steps. 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 way saying they extend and spread of the file is the speed at which they're going the way in which they're attacking communities who have never seen fog before all is unprecedented in. satellite images showed the scale of the fire 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 is faced intense criticism for his response to the disaster.

but you know it's a risk to tell much we enjoy my you know a lot of risk by doing a lot of unity new hampshire. and the local destroyed that's what i do but i do you still more than i do you fix government anything. cooler conditions are expected to give some relief to fire fighting efforts but officials warn the reprieve won't be enough to get farzana control let alone put them out. american football's best known of player may around the world may have played his last game quarterback tom brady was unable to rally his team to victory in the 1st round of the n.f.l. playoffs brady's new england patriots loss to the tennessee titans brady helped the patricks win 6 super bowl championships but he and the club like a part ways. now for sports fans the olympic and paralympic games are already on

the horizon a 2021 german athlete to keep an eye on sprint to god and susan she was recently named fleet of the year in germany thanks to have a record breaking achievement 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 2020 m. god 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 woman protein changed her life. it was the hurdle and that i hit it with my the leg and then it hit the ground and then i fell forward and mine tiny went backwards and there was a slip of my leg and i started to scream and susan 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 stars decision to move to her mother's homeland germany i couldn't speak the language at all i only thought then and here and. even though my mom is hot german or half german it was still a very big adaption culture learning the different ways how the german do things i think. german relating to 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 all the crying and everything that i made through and all the downfalls and i'm in the down. struggle that overcame that's winning a lot more work than any of the 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. we oldest person in the world has reached a new milestone taina tanaka has celebrated her 178th 17th birthday she get that right eating cakes with friends and family in her nursing home in japan now 10 africa was confirmed as the oldest living person last year she was born in 1903 the year that the wright brothers flew the 1st ever power play. and i'm going to have the top story that we're following for you the remains of iranian general customers out of money and have reached the iranian a city of the 2nd stop on a nationwide if you will to what was said to end on tuesday so the money was killed by u.s. drone strike in fact dad on friday. and the toll from australia's bushfires has risen to 224 lives lost and some 2000 homes destroyed criticism of the government's

handling of the crisis is growing as hundreds of fires remain out of control in the states of victoria and new south wales. you're watching news from but in a quarter a location meets a man who says he saw death squads to treat politicians in minsk 20 years ago now on behalf of the whole team. thanks for your company i'll be back at the top of the hour we won't see it at. i'm secure that the i work that hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here any more than was injured that. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were alliances. what's your story.

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