this is deja news live from berlin the iraqi parliament approved a resolution calling for the government to expel the u.s. military from the country. the most comes in reaction to a u.s. drone attack that killed a top iranian general and an iraqi. lawmakers accuse the u.s. of violating the country's sovereignty by carrying out the drone strike on its soil . or read it tens of thousands mourn the death of cason soleimani at a funeral in the city. while the iranians green the rest of the world waits to see

how the islamic republic might avenge his death and an american drone strike the u.s. president told trump is warning that if it does the u.s. will hit back hard. and the toll from australia's bushfires keeps on rising as criticism of the government's handling of the crisis grows at least 24 people have died in the fires and there's no end in sight. thanks for joining us. the iraqi parliament has voted to end the u.s. military presence in the country some 5000 u.s. troops are serving in different regions of iraq washington sent soldiers there more than 4 years ago to help defeat the so-called islamic state now the baghdad government accuses the u.s. of violating its sovereignty by carrying out a drone strike on its soil

a strike killed iran's top general and an iraqi militia leader and u.s. led coalition says it's pausing operations. and for more on this let's go to journalist pressure to get in baghdad what are the implications of this vote and the u.s. led coalition's presence in iraq well it looks like you don't have any immediate effects. there is it legal situation the u.s. forces are in iraq as a result of that it does letter from the iraqi government that was back in the. state and technically it certainly doesn't have to expel them. and minister in the current and mr isn't acting prime minister after 3 months of protests in iraq and he resigned from office and. he doesn't have these already to expel troops. so right now it seems like they were very symbolic and it was something that's

going to result in immediate expulsion of u.s. forces but at the same time extinction gesture well if it is a symbolic gesture what implications might that have for the wider region. well i mean it shows definitely that iraq u.s. is relationship is western and has been in years and if you know this continues and the iraqi convention does decide to expel the u.s. forces that will leave huge gap in the many years iraq has been going to pull between the u.s. and iran and if u.s. leaves. iran in greater position to influence an art it has been it also has it got early be other actors in the region to commend saudi countries. you know very least be leaning more towards iran. we hear that just in the past few hours nato has suspended its training missions with iraqi soldiers will that hurt the fight

against isis yeah definitely i mean isis has already started making a comeback in the past few weeks in greater and. rural areas and you know the u.s. forces and the need of forces played a large role in the fight against isis so they are no longer operating with training iraqi forces if they're no longer here hoping and you know variations. in that look in the mid terms of numbers are just ok journalist question my good reporting from baghdad thanks so much. earlier u.s. president donald trump warned that his country will strike very hard and fast if iran retaliates tehran vowed revenge for friday's u.s. drone strike in iraq that killed its top military commander on sunday tens of thousands mourn the death of some soleimani out a funeral. we feel the heat.

in the iranian 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 so probably right the 7 action of the u.s. president is considered a military act of terrorism and the only thing you want to know that this aventure will have painful consequences for you. 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. deal a reference to the hostage crisis at the american embassy that followed the 1979 a rainy and 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. dangerous and anybody who wants peace. say no. but the widespread outrage in iran

over soleimani sasa nation may leave the leadership little room to maneuver putting the country on a collision course with the us me and joining me now from tehran is a journalist with the news agency thanks for joining us as we just saw a lot of grief and anger in iran over. death is that likely to strengthen the country's leaders. well. there's difficulty in law sauron calls who vengeance like iraq right now and it's not exactly was threatening the leadership mostly while unifying the people you want the flag set that people are certainly very fond lustful in one year's. turnouts in the ceremonies they are an indication and one has to really be attention to the fact that all in one ear was. a rather you could say

able to go figure in so doing what you really dabbled in science you know on politics therefore he was rather loved by the people and does one of course has that this assassination time of course has given him even more people inside iran and might enable the leadership to young girls who are in a decision is going to make in response to that it was speaking of responses what are the chances of tehran feeding washington's car not to escalate here's expressionist secretary of state mike compare or retaliate any chance there are well it's i think it's rather you could say ridiculous for us to expect unknown was hans. that we just relational allegation and remarks today and yesterday will be here in the white decision makers inside iran show that iran does seem to be. willing to war and if we remember the year in foreign ministry today said that

there are good here security council in there on a shrine to find a way that would also make enemy of the gret the same they did and at the same time would not bring iran to war so what is that going to do what does that mean if you don't mind how do you go to war but have a sort of military response and what is that one of the or the options or the. the thing is what do you expect as a response is not necessarily a military response for instance the vote today in iraq's parliament and if the u.s. plan it just doesn't leave iraq that would be a serious blow to the u.s. and it will not exactly a military conflict in a sense year when for around without linking any war into play and that might be the option they had in mind of course it's been rather silly will in what decision makers have said today a special in the parliament and i think that could be an option that could be an

option to make the u.s. regret what it did and just to bring us down to the domestic politics level for a moment is the american strike going to give a little breathing room to the iranian leadership which has been struggling with the economic sanctions with their economic situation and american sanctions do you think well i wouldn't exactly be sure about the breathing room but of course it does change the narrative some. because for instance the nation attempt has somehow sidelined the nuclear issue which is congress in a few days and this has changed the overall perspective inside iran right now and of course what they iran decides to do will very much. show where ms was decide. determine what's going to happen in the next few days ok or squire and there have asked ente around thanks so much for that. thank you.

and there are some of the other stories making news around the world. militant group has attacked an army base in kenya destroying vehicles. for terrorists have reportedly been killed in the attack the base located in the town of move close to the somali border is used by kenyan and u.s. forces. thousands of people have marched in hong kong near the border to protest against traders from mainland china the traders. in hong kong and resell them in china locals say this raises prices in hong kong which has seen more than 6 months of protests over chinese influence in the territory. spanish prime minister has failed to get parliamentary backing for his new leftist government in a 1st vote he didn't secure the absolute majority but sanchez is expected to get the required simple majority in a 2nd round of voting on tuesday. australia's

bushfires are being described as a national catastrophe take a look at the. orange from the smoke and consider this is from australia at all but from auckland in new zealand it's 2000 kilometers away. the fires have been raging for months but the last days have been among the worst at least 24 people have lost their lives and thousands have lost their homes. it's a warning no one ever wants to hear. if you. particular. gayeties. thousands of australians have been forced to decide stay and defend their homes or

leave and lose everything a lot of my neighbors. defamed property and i didn't study it back before i did. the world swarmed so slowly. let's go. this is what many will return to over a 1000 homes have been destroyed in recent days. the by animals of the silent victims burned in their paddocks and on the roadside. experts say over half a 1000000000 animals have been killed those that have survived a burn down to their skins. now the army reserve has been called up to help the relief efforts this is the largest single. of the defense force reservists working together with the full time

defense forces to provide support which this country has never seen before mr prime minister is fighting political fires after being criticized for his handling of the crisis. for more scorching days or for cost the only thing that can stop the blazes is rain and no serious showers are expected for weeks. the tennis world is raising money for those affected by australia's bushfires the players are forging ahead with preparations for the australian open in 2 weeks one of the favorites is stefano city of greece who took on germany's own up and comer alex on instead of in brisbane today the greek 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 tournaments as germany won the deciding doubles match. and you're of course watching news live from berlin coming up next world stories

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