starts january 27th on d w. i am. this is d w news live from london a day of mourning in iran for the top military commander killed in a u.s. airstrike the procession with the remains of casts and saddam on 8 has arrived in the city of my shot while iran greece the rest of the world waits to see how the islamic republic might seek to avenge his death with u.s. president donald trump warning if it does the u.s.

will hit back hard. on 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 some. time humphrey glad you could join us he was president a donald trump has warned that his country will strike very hard and fast if iran attacks it attacked iran has vowed revenge for friday's u.s. drone strike in iraq that killed its top military commander now on sunday there remains a fast and that's the money were returned to the iranian border city of juarez they were met by huge crowds of mourners the 1st stop on a tour of the country. in

the iranian city of us a tide of people stretches as far as the eye can see. mourners paying their respects to their full and heroes general custom soleimani. so lemony was the mastermind behind iran's kind of stein military operations in the middle east and a close ally of iran's supreme leader his assassination is considered a declaration of war 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. to fall rush the subjection of the u.s. president is considered a military after of terrorists of submission of 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. for the enemies there to this day and the latest developments have many people worried that the historic animosity between the 2 countries could lead to a goal and the president. it's prompted americans to stage peace protests and several cities it's a provocation to war it is simply dangerous and anybody who was please as this is insane know it this is. 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. well for more on this let's talk now to your 4 to chase winter who covers the middle east chase we've been seeing huge crowds turnout for the funeral procession in iran how unified is the country behind the regime right now do you think do they want to see retaliate. well supernanny was very close to the supreme leader and one of the most popular public figures in iran according to polls so the net effect of this is it's created a rally around the flag effect for for the regime at a time that it has you know suffering under economic turmoil. recent protests in which hundreds were killed so you know that the u.s. is essentially create a martyr for iran and the regime indirectly and chase

has warned that the u.s. could hit 52 targets in iran talking back to 979 symbolically i mean how seriously are those threats being taken in the region. i think of the threats need to be taken seriously but it highlights the danger of escalation spiral trump war having having said that publicly now. will be forced to respond if iran threatens u.s. interests or military facilities that in turn will trigger a very strong robust response from from iran and you know you get again and escalation spiral and possibly a regional war so it's a very. dangerous situation alone not point the end i mean what do you think all the countries in the region all thinking about this spike in tension between the u.s. and iran are they writing themselves to some kind of action. all countries in the

region and the you know u.s. allies were basically guard not informed about this beforehand. they've called for restraint but at this point i mean all sides do do more than issue border point . calls for restraint or you know concern. the only side that's supported this has been israel which is. was informed about the strike beforehand and they're also kind of preparing for any backlash from. groups and in gaza or hezbollah in lebanon or iranian proxies in syria in case you know there's a larger can flag aeration there and iran chooses to respond right to the chase winter thanks a lot fink you when i say look now at some of the other stories making news around the walt thousands of people have marched in hong kong many of the border to

voice that protest against traders from mainland china and other trade is free products in hong kong they resell them in china locals say this raises prices hong kong has seen more than 6 months of anti government demonstrations. the death toll has risen sharply off to a collapse of a hotel on the construction in a south and southern cambodia authorities in the city of cat pulled 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. spanish prime minister peter sanchez has failed to get parliamentary backing for his new leftist government and a 1st vote he failed to win the required absolute majority vote sanchez is expected to get the required simple majority needed it in a 2nd run round of voting on tuesday. in

a croatia vote is that going to the polls in the 2nd round of a presidential election there now the vote is a runoff between a former prime minister's about a 1000000 ovechkin is a social democrat and the conservative incumbent candidate call in the federal rich . story is bushfires are being described as a national catastrophe and just take a look at these orange guys behind me they would tend orange from those high levels of smoke and then consider that these images are from australia told in fact they're from or in new zealand now that are some 2000 kilometers away at least 24 people have died in the blazes thousands of lost their homes and experts now calculate that more than half a 1000000000 animals have also been killed while the australian prime minister scott morrison he is facing strong criticism for his handling of the crisis emergency services are hoping that cooler temperatures will bring some rest fight on sunday but it's not expected to last. 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. hallways as i see it on. the steps of. battling the worst bushfires in living memory a strain leaders admit there in one shot 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 who have never seen fog the full is

unprecedented. satellite images show 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 has faced intense criticism for his response to the disaster. would mean a lot to greece that's how much we enjoy it much you know a lot of risk by doing a lot of unity new hampshire. and the people are destroyed that's what i do but i do you still in order to fix government anything. cooler conditions are expected to give some relief to fighting efforts but officials warn the reprieve won't be enough to get farzana control the law and put them out. well the tennis world is acknowledging and raising money for those affected by australia's bushfire crisis but plays off forging ahead with preparations for the

australian open in $2.00 weeks' time one of the favorites is a 21 year old stephanus it's a passive greece who took on germany's own up and coming 22 year old alex on his bed of in brisbane today the greek in blue how the upper hand throughout the match and helps his country maintain hope to dancing in the inaugural a.t.p. cup team told. americans it was best known a player 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 to patrick's win 6 super bowl championships but he and the club will likely now part ways. of a sports fans the olympic and paralympic games are already well on the horizon for 2021 german athletes keep an eye on the sprint to god bensusan she was recently

named para 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 2020 m. god bensusan is one of germany's top medal hopes for the tokyo paralympics sprinter was originally destined to be a top handler before an accident during a warm up routine changed her life. it was the hurdle and that i had with my the leg and then it hit the ground and then i fell forward in my own tiny wind backwards and there is 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 star's decision to move to her mother's homeland germany i

couldn't speak the language at all i only thought learning to hear and. even though my mom is hot german or half german it was a very big adaption learning the culture learning the different ways how the german do things i think germany lady with true african heart the dual 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 there overcame that's winning a lot more work than any other big middle would have been then 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. or from one amazing woman to another the oldest person in the world has reached

a new milestone kate at 10 africa celebrated her 100 and 17th birthday cakes with friends and family in her nursing home in japan not an echo was confirmed as the oldest living person last year she was born in 1903 that is the year that the right or others flew the 1st ever powered played. a happy birthday to her from all of us here at g.w. a reminder now of the top stories that we're following for you. the remains of iranian in general just some sort of money have reached the arabian city mashad to the 2nd stop on a nationwide funeral tour set to end on the cheap state side money was killed. by u.s. drone strike in fact out on friday. and the toll from australia's bushfires has risen to 24 lives lost in some 2 sounds and 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. to washington delphine's large from but in our next shift in living aid the digital age looking at china's the great firewall for now on behalf of the whole team hey thanks for watching on heaven i am free if you. are with him it's simple all morning on your mobile and free to shop d w e learning course you can speak german from a to z. . in the life of climate change. there soon.