this is coming to you live from berlin. gather for the burial of assassinated general. a huge funeral is taking place in his home city of tens of thousands of people. also in the program.

i'm. in the 4th film logo's trial begins in new york it's the movement. and the role of. the spotlight. to make a ruling in the appeal case of a sea captain who had saved in the mediterranean. good to have you with us. tens of thousands of mourners are gathering for the burial of the iranian general money who was killed by a u.s. . airstrike in baghdad on friday general's body has been returned to his hometown

of commons many saw soleimani as 2nd only to iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei his killing has provoked an outcry against america in the middle east with promises of revenge and retribution. meanwhile germany has announced that it's withdrawing part of its contingent of soldiers from iraq due to rising tensions in the middle east around $130.00 german military personnel have been stationed there to train iraqi soldiers the announcement comes amid confusion over whether the u.s. intends to pull its troops out of iraq u.s. defense department has denied reports that it's planning to withdraw its $5000.00 soldiers hafter a letter by a u.s. general suggested a withdrawal would happen what is sure is that the u.s. is sending troops to other countries in the middle east region in response to threats from iran that it will seek revenge for the assassination of general

solomon the. paratroopers from the u.s. 82nd airborne division packing their bags for the middle east. they're part of the $3000.00 additional american troops being sent to the region reinforcements as the u.s. braces for iran's promised retaliation. in iran the u.s. killing of kasam saleh money the country's top military commander has triggered a massive outpouring of public grief and anger. on the streets of tehran the general's death has united regime critics and hardliners on the need for revenge. his blood has given us life and strength. we demand revenge in must be military revenge against the americans alone we will avenge the general in exactly the same degree yet on good data had hours of us in

fact i don't have those. us president donald trump has warned that revenge will be met with its own harsh response he's drawn condemnation for threatening to target iran's cultural sites a war crime under international law the pentagon is now contradicting the president defense secretary mark s. both saying the military would quote follow the laws of armed conflict in washington the pressure is mounting for the trumpet ministration to justify the assassination. we can and we should learn more about the intelligence and thinking that led to this operation and the plan to defend american personnel and for us in the wake of president trump have promised to keep the united states out of endless wars in the middle east. the president's actions however have seemingly increased the risk that we could be dragged into exactly such

a war. tensions are also across the border in iraq where the u.s. military presence is being called into question. there was confusion after a leaked letter from the u.s. defense department appeared to suggest an imminent withdrawal of american troops it bore the name of u.s. marine general william seeley but wasn't signed. the pentagon has since clarified saying the letter was a draft and a mistake and there was no decision whatsoever to pull out of iraq. i'm joined now here in the studio by iraqi journalist. in our parliamentary studios by a political correspondent thomas sparrow 1st who would benefit from a u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq. iran worked a lot on hard to last decades tool force united states to withdraw from iraq of course iran and particularly the man who worked hard for that even

organized attacking american troops back to 2008 and some of i think iranian officials will be happy to see. the troops withdraw from iraq but there is also some folks in iraq in the shia iraqis would like to see also they are the cause to proxy to cuba they would like also see iraq without the americans what are you hearing from iraq itself what do people there make of all this while the opinion was split into saw it's the most of the shia politicians like to force the government to ask the americans to take their troops outside of the country but we still talking about the kurds they do not like because they think that americans get the backup and also the sunni it's and that's why i think this is looks like different not with it's are all but 3 positions some troops in iraq

ok. the german government has decided to withdraw most of its troops from iraq why. well one probable onset of that is security the security of german soldiers similar to what for example nato already did as well and another probable reason is that germany is awaiting the final decision by the iraqi government on foreign forces in iraq the german government has indicated that it is willing to talk to iraqi counterparts to discuss precisely the future of this and t.i.s. coalition and some that the german government also clearly stated terry is that this is a temporary move this is not a permanent move of german soldiers elsewhere in the region this is simply a temporary move until it knows more what exactly is happening in the region what exactly is going to happen to the on t.i.s. coalition now the u.s. has not made a decision it seems about taking its troops out for sure what do germany's nato

allies make of its unilateral decision to pull troops from iraq while nato already as i said made a similar decision with some of its troops in iraq and again the reason that according to nato was the security of the forces in iraq so i do believe that at the moment not only germany but nato in general sort of waiting to see what exactly is going to happen what decision is going to come from the iraqi government and what the future of the. coalition will look like not only in iraq but also for the international forces that are stationed there ok so we know that at least some troops western troops are coming out of iraq and we know that the parliament in iraq has wants those troops american troops with those troops withdrawing from iraq what is going to happen i think iran will gain more and more influence in baghdad to the iranian will dominate to the. arena in iraq through that

and also we should not forget the threat of. state we should. think about the sleep cells in iraq and also in syria and iraq is not capable till now to control all history to the special they also the this is a country i think the situation will go in the radical away and the radicals will gain more and more influence in back that so you see a potential resurgence of us in iraq exactly because the. coalition is still operating in iraq and also is he the only still getting some reports of balls targeting some. fighters in the does a between seat and iraq i think is still iraq military need to back up a need to also that's training and we have thank you very much journalist amir most

and clinical correspondent tom aspera thank you both the trial of film producer harvey weinstein has started in new york weinstein is facing charges of rape and sexual assault brought by 2 women at the same time he paces new charges in los angeles the district attorney there has charged him with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another on consecutive nights in 2013 weinstein has denied the new york charges 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 in august car accident for which the police report details no injuries to film producer will face 5 charges brought by 2 women including one of ripe the woman who accuses want staying on that most serious charge remains anonymous the other is from a production assistant who alleges the pope fiction produce

a forcibly performed on real 6. 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 weinstein 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 now is light 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 sick and

die with justice will come after proceedings in new york of finished a process that could take up to 2 months. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in paris trade unions and business groups are set to meet with ministers for new talks on president maccollins pension reforms transport workers across the country have been on strike for the past months i agree of proposals to create a uniform pension system. 16 people including 2 german tourists have died in a bus crash in southern peru local police say the bus collided with 8 other vehicles and then overturned at least 40 people were injured. boeing's grounded 737 max model may have problems that go beyond software the new york times says there are concerns that on board wiring could calls a short circuit the potential design flaw may also affect other models including those now in service. milder weather it all straight is allowing firefighters there

to reinforce containment lines against wildfires fires that have been ravaging parts of the country for months but the respite from the searing heat is only temporary as temperatures are expected to soar again later this week the fall in temperatures has allowed some australians to count the cost of the wildfires so far . returning to the rubble a break in the weather is giving some bushfire victims a chance to reflect on what they have lost. everything is just gone we've got nothing to memorise. maybe for the shovel or something in the shade or something but that's about all lead but we do have edibles. so we've just got to be thankful for the videos the still emerging from the recent days of devastation this

one from an air force plane trying to deliver supplies to trucks residents it was forced to turn back. here what was once a skiing resort in the snowy mountains is now achad wasteland. similar scenes abound across australia's fire ravaged southeast and while cooler temperatures and some light showers are providing sprinkles of relief both already is worn worse maybe should come or we can't be complacent the last until at least the end of march and even with the conditions on that time the fires are still burning the fire is still burning and they'll be burning for months to come off the 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. he helped save migrants in the mediterranean sea now he's facing 810000 euro fine for failing to properly register his ship today a course in malta is set to hand out a long awaited ruling in the case of klaus peta captain of the charity migrant rescue ship lifeline in june $2800.00 lifeline rescued over $230.00 migrants off the libyan coast but the ship was stuck at sea for days as several countries refused to allow it and tree fall to finally gave information to gawk after a number of e.u. countries promised to take in some of the migrants crossing the mediterranean remains incredibly risky last year almost 1300 people are known to have died while attempting to cross the mediterranean. in june $2800.00 more than $230.00 refugees drifted in a rubber boat off the coast of libya before and the lifeline found them the captain

wanted to save lives but felt that everywhere he looked obstacles were in his path italy and malta refused to allow his ship to die for days. the way people are treated around here makes me want to cry people talk about trump and mexico and a small but i have the impression that europe is no better. only after several other e.u. states announced that they would take an migrants did open a harbor. the refugees were finally safe but the lifeline was confiscated and a new odyssey began for captain. he had to stand trial charged with not properly registering the lifeline which sailed under the dutch flank. right sense that's absurd. and you can clearly read your. book. i don't know all the dutch authorities deny this. and this is in my opinion.

impossible. in maine 2019 the court imposed a fine of 10000 euros. in appeal the case has been repeatedly postponed. regardless of the outcome isn't willing to give up last september he sailed the eleonora under the german flag and brought more than 100 people to italy separate proceedings are underway there. well joining me now in the studio is ruben noid about he's a spokesperson of the german charity and migrant rescue organization sea watch thanks for being with us this morning there are some rescue charities see legal cases like this one as designed specifically to make it more difficult to rescue migrants at sea what do you make of this particular case involving close pay to does this pretty obvious to the same ship was sailing in an od of malta frequently

with the very same registration for more than a year and the authorities had full knowledge about that and never made a problem out of the registration of the ship only when they poured in people rescued at sea they came up with this case so it's pretty obvious that this is designed only to criminalize sea rescue and it's a scandal that the kurds of a country that have a government entangled in the murder of the charter list are not using their energy to investigate all that is corruption and the cases they could and instead criminalize people that just to rescue people out of maritime distress critics say that organizations like yours actually encourage migrants to get onto small unsafe boats in the mediterranean because they know you'll pick them up what do you say to that 1st of all it is serious proven wrong by several scientific studies and also it's against any logic i mean when we started with the sea watch fund of every 1st german civil sea rescue vessel in the same week we departed in hamburg and we had

more than 1000 people drawn. at the mediterranean sea they can barely have waited for a ship to come so it's against the logic we are a reaction to a problem we react to the fact that people were drowning at the mediterranean sea so if the reaction we cannot be to source of the problem was the very same argument you could abolish the mountain rescue in the swiss alps because it's the same thing people voluntary bring themselves into danger because they are waiting for the rescue or the hoping to be rescued ok so if we would follow that logic then we could also abolish the rescue and this is obviously it's a nickel and unmoral what do you think the european union should be doing to show that organizations like yours don't have to go out there and rescue people european union should take a very easy decision and this is do we want to human rights we have an eloquent

situation or do we not want them because human rights of worth nothing if they are not full if human rights only valid for people with a european passport they are no human rights and so this decision has to be taken by the european union with all its consequences meaning to accept human rights also for those people that are escaping to war in libya and that are risking their lives in this tiny boats and that means we have to find a safe and legal path ways for them and obviously we have to stop the criminalization of rescue at sea really knowing about a spokesperson for the german charity and migrant rescue organization see watch thank you very much for being with us thanks a lot. you are watching news still to come. here. the 1st woman in europe to be trained as a cantore we meet sophia pollack of age and see how she's dealing with

a role in judaism usually reserved for men. but 1st it's been 5 years now since islam is terrorists went on a deadly rampage against journalists at the satirical french magazine called charlie hebdo a remembrance is set for later today in paris to mark the anniversary the so-called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack the 1st of a series of related incidents shook france to its core. january 7th to $10.15 in paris in front of those headquarters terrorists targeted a newspaper which caught publish kyra catches of the prophet mohammed it took less than 2 minutes for them to shoot dead 12 people and injure another 11 it was defense of a series of deadly attacks that lasted for 2 days. in the aftermath of the killing

townsend's of friends people took to just trees to be green leaders from all over did well it's got it in paris bowing to never gave way to terrorism everyone was challis. newspaper itself nearly bankrupt before the attack became an overnight global sensation and was even published now the languages. in france to politically incorrect often criticized the magazine met was unprecedented public support. for you to look at that line we've been here since 815 this morning for us this is a statement a political act. so there's a very important to show solidarity for freedom of expression the leader of those for sure i think this day will go down in history and that the attack was a major blow to freedom of the press in france but beyond that the slaughter of journalists revealed that a country was prepared to answer terrorist threats put in next 2 years france would

leave in a state of emergency chasms more military personnel and police officers part of his so-called. were deployed and granted special powers to tackle terrorism. but more attacks followed including a november 2015 battle on the soccer where 130 people died. the following year a nice dozens were killed when a truck drove into a crowd on bastille day. those attacks were claimed by factions of d.c.i. mixtape. 5 years on france is still on alert for new terror attacks while the survivors of the challis after shooting continue to share direct cancer. in judaism the cantar is a person who sings and lives as synagogues congregation and prayer the roles almost

always filled by a man sophia folk of it is leading the way and changing that she is the 1st woman in europe trained as a. 'd loose. lives with her family in paris but she's frequently on the move visiting different synagogues to help lead prayers this time she's headed to the country where she grew to germany. should be paying a special visit to the jewish community in the city of freiburg. talk of its new from a young age that she wanted to be a cantor. ruth. women are not usually allowed to lead songful prayer in orthodox synagogue such as this one. female cantors are accepted in more liberal communities

but here she is only allowed to lead prayer at a special service for women normally men and women here pray separately with the women in the back. yard of her. unit is the community's official counter. who. talmud says the voice of a woman could distract men and prevent them from concentrating on their prayers. they'd hear the beauty of the woman's voice and perhaps see her beauty and they wouldn't see god. for now as one of the very few female cantors here in europe something she hopes will change. them. the annual consumer electronics show is underway in las vegas in the u.s.

and there are plenty of gadgets on display south korean carmakers and u.s. ride sharing service announced they are teaming up to develop electric flying cars the company's presented an animation of their flying taxi at the show vehicles of this kind are being billed as the answer to urban congestion technological and regulatory barriers mean they are unlikely to be market ready for several years to come. before we go just time to show you these pictures from china there of the annual ice festival in the city of harbin millions of tourists visit the site in the country's northernmost province to see the ice sculptures on display during the month long festival.

before we go just reminder of the main story we're following for you here today on the news thousands of iranians are marching are gathering rather in the city of qom on for the burial of the assassinated general custom solar money. you're watching it on the news from berlin coming up next close up the current affairs documentary we've got more news for you at the top of the hour i'm terry martin thanks for being with us.

friday's future minus 30 celsius at the german kona research station the scientists want to send a message moved there on the frontline of climate change research we take a look at their findings. disappearing ice climate

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