clipper projects for europe and. eco on w. . this is d w news live from violating the iraqi parliament approves a resolution calling for the and all the us military presence in the country to vote is in reaction to a u.s. drone attack that killed a top iranian general and didn't rocky militia leader no rick has accused the u.s. so violating to the country's sovereignty by carrying out the german strike on its soil. in iran tens of thousands more in the death of cats some sort of money at a funeral in the city of muschamp but while the wrong greens the rest of the world waits to see how the islamic republic might seek to avenge his death with u.s.

president trying to win and if it does america 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 a fire as in there's no way in sight. i'm helena humphrey glad you could join me the iraqi parliament has voted to end the u.s. military presence in the country some 5000 u.s. troops all serving in different regions of iraq and washington says soldiers than more than 4 years ago to help defeat the so-called islamic state now baghdad accuses the u.s. of violating its sovereignty by carrying out a drone strike on its soil the strike killed the wrong. top generals and in iraq

militia need to. say to them well for more let's go to journalist mcgeady in baghdad what are the implications of this vote to end this u.s. led coalition to fight this. well it's complicated and people are still trying to figure out the legal aspects of the decision but as of now it seems like it would be more of a symbolic decision than an immediate expulsion of the 5000 u.s. troops the troops are here in iraq from a 2 dozen letters sent by the iraqi government requesting their present to say isis and. according to the legal agreements of that letter only the prime minister can expel them and right now the current ministers and acting prime minister he resigned from office a few weeks ago only months of protest so it's a new kind of in-between legals that so at the moment it seems like it's sending a strong symbolic message but nothing's going to happen immediately all right so potentially symbolic at least for the time being but overall what would you say

that this decision means for the white of region who could step into the role that the u.s. has played in iraq i mean i think it clearly. iraq is leaning more towards iran now for a long time it was playing a balancing act between u.s. and iran today you know we saw in parliament there were members of parliament chanting yes yes a limb money and you know obviously the prime minister has stated you know this was the flagrant violation of it is already in u.s. iraqi relations or you know a little when they've been in years where does this leave the fight against us. it could if u.s. troops actually do leave that. it could be no much more risky position again. has been making and isis has been making a comeback recently and u.s.

troops played a major role in isis and you know keeping an eye on their operations if they leave it does leave the door open for them to again trying to make or surgeons my dentist putting this decision into perspective for us from baghdad thanks a lot for analysis. when ita u.s. president donald trump warned that his country will strike quote very hard and fast if iran attacks it this off detector on the outer avenge for friday's u.s. a train strike in iraq that killed its top military commander while on sunday tens of 1000 mourned the death of money at a funeral in the city of mashad. the heat. in the arena and city of a vase a tide of people stretches as far as the eye can see mourners paying their respects to their fallen hero general kasem soleimani.

soleimani was the mastermind behind iran's clandestine 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 iranian parliament speaker condemned the u.s. for committing what he called a big crime it was a call russia the 7 action of the u.s. president is considered a military of terrorists of submission of the only thing you want to know that this adventure will have painful consequences for you wish in washington the saber rattling has been just as intense with the u.s. president donald trump threatening on twitter to hit tehran 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. the deal a reference to the hostage crisis at the american embassy that followed the 1979 iranian revolution a key event in the long running conflict between tehran and washington. the latest developments have many people worried that this historic animosity could lead to war in the present americans have staged anti-war protests in several cities. are it's a provocation to war it is a seemly dangerous and us a nation may leave the leadership little room to maneuver putting the country on a collision course with the us me well for more on this let's talk now to europe or to chase winter who covers the middle east right now do you think do they want to see retaliation. well supernanny was very close the supreme leader and one of the

most popular public so we've been seeing huge crowds turn out for the funeral procession in iran how unified is the country behind the riggers in iran it happened walls so the net effect of this is it's created a rally around the flag effect for for the regime at a time that last is essentially create a martyr for iran and the regime indirectly chase chum has warned that the u.s. could hit you know suffering under economic turmoil as have recent protests in which hundreds were killed so you know that even 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. 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 that you get again in a distillation spot or so it's a very. dangerous situation well not point the end i mean what do you think all the countries in the region off thinking about a spike in tension and possibly a regional war 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 concern. the only side that's supported this has been israel which is. was informed about the strike

beforehand and they are also kind of preparing for any backlash from 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 all right to the chase winter thanks a lot thank you and take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world somalia's islamist militant group. attacked an army base in kenya destroying vehicles an aircraft for terrorists have reportedly been killed in the attack the base located in the town of lamo close to the somali border is used by kenyan and u.s. forces. thousands of people have marched in hong kong made the border to protest against traders from mainland china the traders by the free products in hong kong and resell them in china locals say this raises prices in hong kong which has seen

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been raging for months but the last days have been among the worst at least 24 people have now lost their lives and thousands have lost their homes. it's a warning no one ever wants to hear we cannot guarantee your safety at present if you are not able to defend yourself mentally or physically protect yourself or your homes. davies recommended that you leave. thousands of history the ins have been forced to decide stay and defend their homes or leave and lose everything a lot of my neighbors started to defend its property and i didn't study they are evacuated in the war room swarmed so slowly but what the hell things go. this is what many will return

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serious showers are expected for weeks. the tennis world is raising money for those affected by a straight is bushfires but players of forging ahead with preparations for the australian open in 2 weeks time one of the favorites is the foreigners it's a passive greece who took on germany's own often coming out xander that event in brisbane today now the greek you can see here in blue held the upper hand throughout the match but his victory wasn't enough to help his country advance to the next round of the a.t.p. cup team tournament as germany won the deciding doubles match. 6. when american football is best known a pair around the world may have played his last game of 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 already helped the patriots win 6 super bowl championships but he and the club will likely part

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