died of hunger down the path plane just starts trying to take. the be. above. the be. this is the big news coming to live from berlin and iranians gather for the burial for assassinated general cost him so that money. staking place in his home city of care with tens of thousands of people in attendance also in the program uncertainty of the future of u.s. troops stationed in iraq following suit in mani's kidding the u.s.

government says its soldiers real state but elite met by a general suggest they will go and fight. sexual harassment in all workplaces point up find survivors. the crimes of harvey weinstein the full my influential film producer gets underway in new york the allegations against him spock the need to movement this is the 1st case against him to come up before a criminal jury. last france is marking the 1st anniversary of the attack on the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo it was the 1st in a series of islamist attacks in france and provoked a massive security response to look at how it's affected france and how the country has been coping with the radical islamists and.

kind of a warm welcome to you i'm on the. we have some breaking news coming in feel in the last few minutes iranian state television is reporting that at least 35 people have been killed in a stampede at the funeral procession of the iranian general concepts of the money hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the town of k'naan as general is laid to rest he was killed by a u.s. airstrike in the iraqi capital baghdad last 3. on the fallout of gentleman his killing has raised tensions in the region his assassination a schools an outpouring of pub the grief and anger against the u.s. iran says it will seek revenge for the killing. revered in life martyred in death. hundreds of thousands of mourners witnessed the return of general kasim solomon these body to his hometown

of kemah on. after a 3 day state funeral procession across the country this is where his journey ends . solemn money with killed in a u.s. drone strike in neighboring iraq on friday his death is not only provoked an outpouring of grief across the region. but also anger. and we repeat once again all will power is from we tell our enemies that we will retaliate. but if they take another action we will set ablaze the places that they like and feel passionate about. the u.s. is already bracing itself for retaliation paratroopers from the u.s. 82nd airborne division are on their way to the middle east they'll make up part of

the $3000.00 additional troops being sent to the region but tensions with iran have also thrown in the u.s. military presence in iraq into question there was confusion after a leach letter from the u.s. defense department appeared to suggest an imminent withdrawal of american troops from iraq it bore the name of u.s. marine general william seeley but it wasn't signed the pentagon has since clarified saying the letter was a draft in a mistake and there was no decision whatsoever to leave iraq. so him on his death reigniting tensions between this region and to the united states. and for some analysis on nandrolone but not the actual instead she's the middle east expert at essex university welcome firstly what is your assessment of the fallout from general salim on his death and the spy contentions. well i

think that the fall has been pretty terrible we're seeing that tensions between the u.s. and iraq have increased as the iraqi parliament has voted to expel u.s. troops there's all kinds of concerns as what the u.s. is going to do because now they're just trying to decide are they going to completely leave how are they going to manage this departure their concerns that if they leave then there's going to be insecurity in iraq and the rise of the islamic state again and then of course naturally the relationship between iran and the u.s. just keeps getting worse and worse we see iran is more committed than ever to pursue its nuclear program there is absolutely no incentive for them to to not do so because from their standpoint what they see happening is if the u.s. cannot be trusted and if the u.s. is incredibly dangerous they've basically assassinated the 2nd most important person in iran so the equivalent would possibly be iran had taken out the secretary

of defense in the u.s. or something to that equivalent and so we're going to see iran taking bolder action in fact they've even said they're not going to even use proxies anymore whatever they decide to do is going to be directly implicated directly using their own military and so they're going to take more steps that instability in the region that the u.s. meanwhile is sending in more troops into the region does this mean that there is a real danger of a military escalation. you know there is a real danger for military escalation because i don't think that the u.s. has a clear plan about what the consequences would be of this assume any assassination in fact when they put forward the idea towards from the military apparatus didn't think that they would actually that would actually make this decision and they're not prepared as to what to do i think that's why we see all of the chaos in their response whether they decided they want to leave the region or not leave the region

and then they're deciding they're going to put more people here what you can only result is that this is going to lead to an escalation of recruitment of these militias the militias are then going to go after u.s. troops and u.s. servicemen that's going to lead to retaliation and i think in the end not just we're going to see a higher military death toll but we're going to see a higher civilian death toll as well. from essex university thank you very much for that analysis thanks for having me nigella is a nonsense it's regrowing bata fisk and didn't gentle soldiers from iraq i'm not gonna mentary correspondent upon the spot of tell us why has the german government decided to rejoice some of its troops from iraq. i'm rachel we have access to a letter sent by the german ministries of defense and foreign affairs to the german parliament explaining the decision on the key element there is the security concerns that german officials have in particular when it comes to those soldiers

that are stationed in iraq it's important to stress amrita that this is on a temporary basis it's not on a permanent basis and that we're only talking of a small part of germany's troops in iraq that they're going to be moving to 2 neighboring countries in the region to jordan and kuwait about again important to stress on rita that it is something temporary germany is particularly concerned about the security on the one hand as i just explained on the other hand there are also concerns about the political situation and how that will evolve in the next few days and weeks in particular when it comes to the un t.i.'s coalition german officials have been discussing this a lot here in berlin and in fact german foreign minister. had a lot to say on this this is part of what he had to say on this regard. the fact is the troops who are involved in a training mission for example are no longer carrying it aren't comes to according to coalition is entire on the i ask combat mission is also currently on hold. so

the safety of our soldiers who are there is our highest priority let's turn our we're checking them out on a daily basis i have so far taken every precaution to ensure the safety of our soldiers on the ground. so the security as we heard from the foreign minister of germany off the soldiers is most important and as you said almost the german contingent in iraq is small and the draw is temporary but what message does this majority send at the time of such high tension in the region. it is important to understand the bigger picture here if you read carefully that letter by german officials it is clear that they have 2 priorities in mind one is the stability of iraq something of german officials particularly worried about and 2nd the un t.i.'s coalition which as you know is a direct threat as well the i.a.s. to the e.u. and to germany it's something that german officials are particularly concerned about as well as how they can still continue to call the islamic state in the

region if the situation continues to change in iraq so these 2 elements remain particularly important for germany and for the e.u. as a whole and that's why german officials will also be having various discussions not only with iraqi officials in fact germany sending a high ranking delegation to baghdad for consultations but they're also having discussions with other european leaders as well and let's not forget that anglo-american herself will be traveling to russia at the weekend to have discussions with that emir put in there also on this issue so a lot of talk a lot of discussions on this issue that for germany is becoming very important indeed to do the obvious political correspondent thank you very much. to other news now and the trial of finn to do so harvey weinstein has talked to the new york and weinstein is facing charges of rape and sexual assault brought by 2 women at the same time he faces new challenges in. 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 encounter 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 an august 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 want staying on that most serious charge remains anonymous the other is former production assistant who alleges the pulp fiction producer 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 to testify if 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 hours later 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 a finished process that could take up to 2 months. let me now being the operative to some of the stories making news around the wild a court in cyprus is given a british teenager a 4 month suspended sentence after convicting all falsely accusing 12 israeli tourists of rape but her lawyers say her trial was full of investigatory and legal

mistakes and that their client. 16 people including 2 german tourists have died in a bus crash in southern peru look at willis' said the bus collided with 8 other vehicles and then overturned at least 40 people injured. firefighters in australia taking advantage of milder weather to reinforce containment lines against wildfires that have been burning for months in some parts of the country temperatures are expected to rise again later this week. now it's 5 years to the day since islamist terrorists went on a deadly rampage against journalists at the french magazine called. a remembrance is underway in paris to mark the anniversary tred staffers at the satirical magazine were killed and many were injured the so-called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack which was the 1st of

a series of incidents that shook france to its core committed mostly by french born extremists. january 7th to $10.15 in paris in front of headquarters terrorists targeted a newspaper which have published kyra catches of the prophet mohammed it took less than 2 minutes for them to shoot their 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 tarzan's of french people took to the streets to share their grief the leaders from all over the world gathered in paris bowing to never give way to terrorism everyone was shyly. newspaper itself nearly bankrupt before the attack became an overnight global sensation and was even published now the languages.

in france to politically incorrect after an criticized magazine met with unprecedented public support. for you to look at that line we've been here since 815 this morning for us this is a statement of political at. the present that's very important to show solidarity for freedom of expression of those for sure i think this day will go down in history and that she tackles a major blow to freedom of the press in france but beyond that the slaughter of those journalists revealed that the country was prepared to answer terrorist threats for the next 2 years france would leave in a state of emergency chasms more military personnel and police officers part of the so-called. were deployed granted special powers to tackle terrorism. but more attacks followed including the november 2015 battle on the sac here 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 the slime exchanged. 5 years on france is still on alert for new terror attacks while the survivors of the challis editor's shooting continue to share direct can someday misaka. and that report by little correspondent emmanuelle chaz she joins me now in the studio welcome you yourself are french what are your memories of that event 5 years ago today. the 1st memory that council minus absolute shock upon finding out about the attack i found out about it on watching to. quiet streets you know those fires that we hear the very beginning of the report that has been a real shock and also as

a french person i grew up with drawings of cadre of. those are some of the agenda is to have been killed in the attacks obviously dad came as a total shock and also disbelief i would say because here cumin life has been taken because of the ideas that were conveyed by those journalists and the sheer brutality of the attack it lasted less than 2 minutes to jihadist killed those 12 people in less than 2 minutes so really the shock of that day remains a country today and there was shock across the nation and across europe on the day has to be the legacy to that event 5 years ago has anything been learned from what happened that day well what has been learned that day unfortunately is that friends was indeed very ill prepared to answer terrorists as terror is that came from within because most jihadists were born in france actually now we found out that most people who committed such attacks were already under civilians but weren't

arrested for lack of means by the french government so really the preparation of the government is what came to of course since then the government deployed to something that operation which we talk talk about in the report it includes more than 10000 soldiers being deployed 5000 more police officers being deployed on side but sadly as you've as we've seen over the past year in france it doesn't prevent the attacks and the latest edition of do is also be political it says new census ships' new dictatorships and it talks about the editor talks about a rising intolerance in france what kind of intolerance is he talking about you have those editorial sais that catchy tunes nowadays in france i'm really tolerated and that freedom of expression is no longer what it was an. the freedom of expression that challis has. has always been a paper which was which showed a lot of irreverence that that's the trademark of the newspaper against islam being

beat against catalyses and there's no specific target members of the government are regularly targeted by charley but that is that has become less and less tolerated and not only by phone and by fanatics but also by the general public which is nowadays often fed up with that irreverence riot in london charles thank you very much for those insights on that story the 5th anniversary of the attack on shirley in france. and the captain of a migrant rescue ship has been cleared of feeling to properly register the vessel a court in malta has ruled now klaus peter rice helped save more than 230 refugees from the mediterranean back in june 2018 he faced 810000 euro fine over claims that the ship was incorrectly registered but today the court ruled he would not have to pay. in june 2018 more than 230 refugees drifted on

a rubber boat off the coast of libya before the lifeline found. the captain wanted to save lives but felt that everywhere he looked obstacles were in his past. refused to allow his ship to dock for days. the way people are treated around here makes me want to cry people talk about trump and mexico and his war but i have the impression that europe is no better. only after several other e.u. states announced that they would take in some of the migrants to open the harbor. the refugees were finally safe but the lifeline was confiscated and a new odyssey began for captain irish. he was charged with not properly veges string the lifeline which sailed under a dutch flag an accusation that harsh that was absurd. after a court imposed the 10000 euro fine in may 2019 lodged an appeal

now he has finally been vindicated the court and the letter acquitting the captain but a battle isn't over another ship captain by him was seized by italian authorities last september after he had rescued 100 people from the sea separate proceedings are underway there. we turn to the philippines in the town of my ravi which is struggling to recover from an offensive against islamist militants by government forces almost 400000 people out to abandon my avi because of the fighting the offensive marked a huge change in the lives of children from the conflict zone almost a 3rd of what obvious a recent 70 schools had been destroyed or damaged but efforts are now underway to get displaced kids back to school. how how is on their way to class she is one of the lucky ones most of her peers and able to go to school.

nearly 3 years after bloody fighting between islamic militants and government troops east parts of morocco we still resemble a ghost town. power power and her family lived through the worst of the violence down couple fighting the bullets were flying inside the house my folks up we used to lie on the floors they were hitting all over the place i was afraid. the 13 year old and her family eventually fled they still live in temporary shelter 10 of them in a tiny hut very good so i ate because i am minus 2 all right but going back to school has given power power chance to move on. our part of 5 capturing the conflict i was afraid that i might never go back to school because many schools got hit at school now hung up on the question the school gives me an opportunity to learn and improve

myself and my garden more like i was. almost half of paul power as classmates have been displaced like her with the help of aid organization save the children they can now attend classes at a local elementary school. we are providing them probably learning space in high school basically the best possible requirement for the students so that they will be able to immediately kick start their classes despite there is. conflict topping. the power power and over 500 other children displaced by the conflict who are now able to get an education here it's a safe haven that might help heal the wounds of the recent conflict. does fortnight on the spectacular fall hill ski jumping to in a month which is ended on the slopes of bishops who often in austria daveed qubad

ski of poland went into the final day as well as the overall leader even though he hadn't won any of the 1st 3 heads and he dominated the fun of the seedings to come away with the tournament's crown. 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. dan the man who started the day with the 4 hills lead david cook but ski 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. ski took home the coveted golden eagle for the very 1st time he was flanked on the podium by 4 hills runner up modest lynn vic of norway and geiger who finished 2nd on the day and 3rd

overall. millions of altar of christians around the world have been observing christmas eve they use the julian calendar meaning this is christmas week for the orthodox christian faith the day it also marks a holiday of every fanie rich is celebrated in some best and christian churches as 3 kings day. this is news and these are our top stories iranian state t.v. is reporting 35 people have been killed in a stampede at a funeral procession thousands of gathered for the burial of general qassam silly money killed in a us drone strike on friday the. top hollywood producer harvey weinstein has gone on trial in new york freezing counts of rape and sexual assault he has denied the charges as a trial began to new sex crime charges were brought against him in los angeles.

the captain of a refugee rescue ship or successfully appealed against 810000 euro fine for failing to register the vessel properly morty's court ruled in favor of klaus peter rice he brought more than 230 rescued refugees to morta in 2018. a court in cyprus has given a british teenager a 4 month suspended sentence after convicting of falsely accusing 12 israeli tourists of rape but a lawyer says her trial was full of legal and other mistakes and that their client will appeal. this is the news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter news or you can visit our website did dot com. coming up next on business news and look at u.s. companies how they're ramping up their defenses amid barneys about an iranian cyber

attack we find out more from a cyber security expert. i want to leave you with some stunning pictures from china and you know i suspect in the city of homs millions of tourists visit the site of the country's northernmost commons to see ice sculptures on display during the month long festival thank you very much for company and see you again later.

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