their own story. starts january 27th on d w. this is the news live from berlin the u.s. and iranian presidents trade threats amid worries of war as iran's supreme leader weeps at the funeral of the general assassinated in the u.s. drone strike president rouhani warns president trump don't mess with iran also coming off the trial of former film producer harvey weinstein begins in new york

he's facing charges of rape and sexual assault and they are as 2 new sex crimes charges are filed in los angeles and australians counting the cost of the bushfires and appealing for funds to help save their unique wildlife but the government warns that the danger is not over yet. i'm called aspen welcome to the program amid fears of an arms conflict between their 2 nations the leaders of iran and the united states and gage and a war of words 1st president donald trump threatening to hit as many as 52 iranian targets if iran retaliates for the assassination of general sulaimani and now president hassan rouhani has tweeted back saying quotes never threaten the iranian nation in tehran huge crowds turned out for the funeral of the general and others

killed in the u.s. drone strike. another crowd in coleman saying goodbye to general has sam soleimani the latest stop in an unprecedented funeral tour of iran. earlier in the capital tehran supreme leader ayatollah ali how many weeping over the remains of iran's top military commander. and the man slated to take that post as my old gunny kissing the coffin so in monies assassination is considered a declaration of war by many iranians the generals daughter has promised revenge oh yeah positive are the higher 5 other i know me quite that i don't want families of american soldiers in western asia have witnessed america's humiliation in syria iraq levanon afghanistan yemen and palestine yet they will spend their days waiting

for the death of the children. on the streets of tehran the general's death seems to have united regime critics and hardliners. his blood has given us life and strength. slanted we demand driven it must be military revenge against the americans alone we will avenge the general and exeunt was saying degree and so on good data had those of us in shadows on the american side us president donald trump continued to deliver threats via tweet his latest a simple all caps iran will never have a nuclear weapon. so little over effects ripple through the region trumpets also threatened iran's neighbor iraq its parliament approved a measure to end the presence of u.s. forces in the country while iraq's interim prime minister tried to balance its alliance with the u.s. and iran telling the us ambassador the cooperation was key. there's no

sign yet what form iran's revenge will take but tehran has already announced that it will no longer abide by the 2050 nuclear deal raising the stakes further. well let's go to washington now our d.c. correspondent carla bleicher standing by there carla we're getting conflicting signals about whether the u.s. military is willing to withdraw from iraq after the country's parliament voted unanimously in favor of that what are you hearing now. well there's a letter that appears to have been send by the u.s. military to the iraqi military saying that u.s. troops would be moved out of fact before moving on and the u.s. respects iraq's sovereign decision to order u.s. troops out but right after that letter was released pretty much secretary of defense mark espers said there have been no plans to pull out of iraq and the

joint chiefs of staff chairman said that the letter was only a traffic was a mistake and should never have been since. you know karl as we saw president trump tweeting earlier in all caps the west so that iran will never have a nuclear weapon of course he pulled the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal so how does he plan to achieve that goal well it's hard to see how president trump should still have any control over this after pulling out of the nuclear deal day of the u.s. started this campaign of maximum pressure and imposed a lot of sanctions on iran but those don't really appear to be working and iran has said that it will now and rich. with no restrictions how is all of this new is i mean it just seems to be evolving so quickly how is it being received in the united states. there are 2 sides

the government and of course all the trump supporters are celebrating what they are calling the the end of the appeasement under the obama administration they're saying that the previous administration has been way too soft on iran for way too long but on the other hand you have a lot of people here horrified by what they see as president trump pushing their country to the brink of war with iran. carla bleicher our d.c. correspondent following that story for us thank you very much. i let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world forces under libyan strongman. say they have taken the city of sirte in a rapid advance the coastal city is located midway between the capital tripoli and benghazi which author already controls the advance is a significant gain in offensive against the un backed government in tripoli

ugandan singer turned presidential hopeful bobby wine has been released by police after being detained while driving for a political rally wine is hoping to run for president next year he has been facing harassment from the authorities in uganda. the u.s. territory of puerto rico has been struck by a $5.00 magnitude earthquake that hit off the island southern coast and caused several homes to collapse it was the largest of several quakes to shake the island over the past week no casualties been reported. well the trial of former film producer harvey weinstein has started in new york weinstein is facing charges of rape and sexual solved by 2 women at the same time he faces new charges in los angeles the district attorney there has charged him with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in 2013 weinstein has a night at the newark new york charges and he says any sexual encounters were consensual the disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein arriving at the

new york supreme court the 67 year old continues to use a walking frame as a result of the noticed car accident for which the police report details no injuries the film producer will face 5 charges brought by 2 women including one of rape the woman who accuses weinstein on that most serious charge remains anonymous the other is former production assistant who alleges the pope friction produce of forcibly performed all rule 6 on. both of my clients in this case. have been very brave very courageous because they're willing to testify under oath to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help them god 6 women in total should yield to testify he found guilty on all charges one sting could spend the rest of his life in jail and we're going to continue to press on and remind everyone that in this great country you are innocent until proven guilty it was lighter on the other side of the country the los angeles county district attorney

announced yet more criminal charges relating to a different matter good morning i'm here today to announce that my office has charged harvey weinstein with sexually assaulting 2 women in los angeles county once the defendant's case is completed in new york we expect him to appear in a courtroom in los angeles county to face these charges the 67 year old sickened with justice will come after proceedings in new york a finished process that could take up to 2 months. our let's get more i'm joined now by correspondent pablo foley l yes he's covering that trial for us at the courthouse in new york pablo this is really the trial that many people have been waiting for i mean just walk us through what's the significance of harvey weinstein finally facing a judge. that's right karl there's obviously a huge amount of interest as well in this trial we saw today there was

a huge number of international media also advocates from the me too movement were out here because let's not forget that this the 1st allegations against harvey weinstein a peerage were reported on over 2 years ago so we're here we are almost over to be years later we saw harvey weinstein walk into the courthouse behind me very dramatic scenes there using a walking frame to go inside and you know were also there were so many iraqis ations against him but we have to with the times of the fact that this trial is just focusing on 2 women it was mentioned in the report there and bought some very serious charges indeed a rape and also a predatory sexual assault which could result if convicted in harvey weinstein being sent to prison for life now the prosecution also are very keen to bring in as witnesses some of the other women who have made accusations against harvey

weinstein for sexual assault because they want to build a case showing that his behavior is something that's not isolated to these 2 women but in fact is something that stretched back over many many years now harvey weinstein's defense on the other hand to saying that. he is not guilty and any sexual act with these women was consensual and of course to new charges filed against him as well in los angeles. that trial in new york city thank you very much australia's government has pledged the equivalent of a 1000000 and a half u.s. dollars to help communities ravaged by the devastating bushfires which have been raging for months now but prime minister scott morrison warned that the fires would continue burning for months to come at least $24.00 people have died and thousands of lost their homes. returning to the rubble

a break in the weather is giving some bushfire victims a chance to reflect on what they've lost. or everything's just gone we've got nothing to memorise. right before the shovel or something in the shade or something but that's about all that but we do have edibles. so we've just got to be thankful for the videos are still emerging from the recent days of devastation this one from an air force plane trying to deliver supplies to trapped residents it was forced to turn back. here what was once a skiing resort in the snowy mountains is now a charred wasteland. similar scenes abound across australia is fire ravaged southeast and while cooler temperatures and some light showers are providing sprinkles of relief wealth already is worn worse may be said come. we can't be complacent. a last until at least the end of march and even with the conditions

could be on that time the fires are still burning the fires are still burning and they'll be burning for months to come after facing heavy criticism the government now says it will commit billions of dollars to the relief efforts but more helping hands are still needed animal rescue shelters caring for injured wildlife seeking donations. this rich country is now fighting to save its natural treasures. all right sports now and the 4 hills ski jumping tournament has ended on the slopes of bishops' often in austria david poland winded of the final day as the overall leader even though he hadn't won on any of the 1st 3 hills but he dominated the final proceedings to come away with the tournaments. on the man's large hill in bishop's home karl geiger of

germany jumping 2nd to last took the lead in the day's events with a jump of 136 meters that was after going $140.00 on his 1st effort. then the man who started the day with the 4 hills lead david kuo backi soared 140.5 meters after a jump of 143 earlier in the day and that sealed the 4 hills title for the 29 year old pole. i'm skied took home the coveted golden eagle for the very 1st time and he was flanked on the podium by 4 hills runner up modest lynn vic of norway and guy guy who finished 2nd on the day and 3rd overall. and a reminder of the top story that we're following for you at this hour iran's leader ayatollah khamenei has led the prayers of the funeral of general qassam sort of

money and others killed by u.s. drone strike on fighting as an enemy of the iran has forced president trump will never fret the iranian thanks. for watching the news from berlin coming up next on news africa with christine stay tuned for that i'm carl kasell i'll be back with more news shortly it's watching. this issue when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. it was hard. even got white hair. this gets me and they took me to. say you want to know their story.

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