this is the deputy news live from berlin and over 50 people die in a stampede at the funeral of the assassinated wrong in general because some salami stampede occurred as huge crowds of mourners gathered for the funeral procession to the burial of some of the money is now taking place. also coming up france marking the 5th anniversary of the attack on the the trickle magazine charlie hebdo it was the 1st in a series of terrorist attacks in france and provoked a massive security response.

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the stampede at the funeral of the assassinated general kasam solo mani has claimed more than 50 lives according to iran's state media hundreds of thousands have gathered in the city of care mon to pay their last respects to the general who was killed in a u.s. drone strike after days of ceremonies and processions the burial of solo money has now because. they were here to say goodbye to a military command they called their own. instead they lost their own lives caught up in a stampede as hundreds of thousands of mourners descended on cameron. i am you are this is the hometown of kassam slim i any the general killed by a u.s.

military drone last friday. after a 3 day state funeral procession his journey has come to an end am the following the stampede iran's later smarter is being buried. but for iranians their anger over the killing of their national hero lives on. was shouting death to america iranian lawmakers have been quick to pass a law declaring those involved insulin my niece death as terrorists. i mean they're all men all those involved in this crime who are with the pentagon and the u.s. military are counted as terrorists who shot more u.s. troops already on their way to the middle east but tensions with iran have also

thrown the u.s. military presence in iraq into question there was confusion after a leaked letter from the u.s. defense department appear to suggest an imminent withdrawal of american troops from iraq the pentagon say the letter was a draft and a mistake and there was no decision to leave the country. the white house says that in life so my knee was considered a danger to america. in death many and now wondering whether he has become an even greater threat. and we are joined now by middle east analyst by from bonn and i bet i'd like to begin by talking about the stampede reports now say that more than 50 people have died were the authorities unprepared to manage such crowds. possibly and i think if you if we as we have been following the coverage of the of

the gathering since 2 days ago this was i guess unavoidable the masses and actually also the his tyria of the mourners eventually led to this catastrophe and yes i guess there was a certain level of unpreparedness of how to handle such crowds. iran in the meantime has has warns the united states to prepare for a dark day of revenge what possible scenarios do you see. this in areas are are different obviously i mean what we would we have to expect is some sort of retaliation in the region where iranian troops or iranian backed militias in the region attack the u.s. presence there is also a long term revenge and that is basically the continuity of iran's policy to try to oust the u.s. from the direct neighborhood and these 2 forms of revenge can obviously feed into each other you mentioned the region is that where you believe tehran might take its

revenge for the killing of fellow money. yeah i mean the way that i follow the discourse in iran and the discussions and the debates the focus will be in the neighboring region i don't share the concerns that europe might be a playground or a theater for this so i think the iranians will go after u.s. interests in the region meantime we have many calls to deescalate the tension how do you see the current and the potential role of u.s. and iranian allies in this regard. i'm afraid that the european statement yesterday which was very and one sided in which it only called iran for restraint and fell short of criticizing the u.s. for any role in the escalation between the 2 will undermine the european role in this because the iranians will not see europe as being a credible mediator at the same time i think there are still sane sane minds in

iran that will also know that any sort of revenge can actually worsen the escalation to extend to an extent that nobody really wants i love and in the meantime we have conflicting signals from washington but we do have the u.s. sending more troops to the middle east how do you see this military presence this increased military presence impacting the situation. it's a bit difficult to make sense of the u.s. posture there on the one who injury really know that u.s. president trump seeks to withdraw from the region and if there was one consistent point during his electoral complain it was that he wants to end all those years this war's then we hear about additional troops is it just mentioned we saw this letter which seems to be not the real one or if so there were a fake one that they want to leave iraq and it's difficult to make to really make sense of the u.s. goals and the u.s. strategy or the current leave but we can see dynamics in iraq that are actually

going to wards the willingness to oust the u.s. from iraq middle east analyst about to buy thank you pleasure. to get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world socialist leader pedro sanchez has been confirmed a spanish prime minister after a now parliamentary vote is a victory was secured when a small regional party agreed to abstain sanchez will now head up a minority left wing government spain's 1st coalition since it made the transition to democracy in the mid 1970 s. . in west africa opposition protesters have taken to the streets of the canadian capital concrete for the 2nd consecutive day they are concerned about the rumors that the president plans to amend the constitution to stay in office for a 3rd term on monday 12 people were injured in clashes between protesters and the president's supporters. it's 5 years to the day since islamist terrorists went on

a rampage against journalists at the french satirical magazine charlie ept 012 people died in that attack for which the so-called islamic state claimed responsibility it was the 1st of a series of deadly incidents over the next few years committed mostly by french born extremists. remembering the horrific events of 5 years ago. family members and callings of the victims marked the occasion with an emotional ceremony in paris among them some of the magazine staff members who were injured in the attack. on january 7th 2015 in front of shelley and doze headquarters in paris. terrorists targeted the magazine after it published caricature is of the prophet mohammed it took less than 2 minutes for them to shoot dead 12 people and injure

another 11 this was the 1st of a series of deadly attacks that lasted 2 days. in the aftermath of the killing thousands took to the streets to share their grief world leaders gathered in paris vowing never to give way to terrorism. the phrase just so we shall be i am shining became a global sign of solidarity the magazine bankrupt before the attack gain public support around the world. well you know if you look at this line we've been here since as this morning making a political statement. it's a very very important to show solidarity for freedom of expression those for the attack was a major blow to press freedom and france but beyond that the killing of shelley of doe's journalists revealed that the country was ill prepared to respond to terrorist threats for the next 2 years france remained in a state of emergency thousands more military personnel and police officers were

deployed to tackle terrorism. but more attacks followed including the november 2015 attack on the bottle klunk concert hall where $130.00 people died. the following year and nice dozens were killed. when a truck driver rammed into a crowd and. both attempts were claimed by factions of the so-called islamic state . 5 years later france is still on alert for terror attacks when the survivors try to keep the memory of the victims in line. and we are joined now by a french journalist living in paris welcome to the program and thank you for joining us we understand that you were working in the same building on the same floor as charlie abdo on that day of the attack how do you remember that day 5

years ago. where that arrived maybe 2 or 3 minutes just after the terrorist escaped the building arrive a bit late this morning and my colleagues were in the office and i arrived by the street and. i was one of the 1st on the on the scene. with all the people in the street and then inside the charlie newsroom we discovered or. basically the consequences of the attack and that it was really a nightmare. trying to identify people will life be trying to do our best with some colleagues of popular in my former agency to have the survivors and to do everything we can even if we were not doctors and move waiting for 4 for the doctors or for emergency units to try to talk to some people to identify those was 2 of them to do everything we can to the survivors see you you really experience

this this firsthand and back then we know that the millions of people in france and abroad they rallied around the slogans as just the sharlee or i am charley it was a sign of solidarity with the free press with what you know you guys have gone through there how do you feel that sentiment now 5 years on do you feel like the solidarity is as strong as it once was. yes there is still so there it's here i think in france and all over the world regarding what happened to to charlie and what happened to all the journalists in all the news room but. of course it was right after the attack you were seeing for millions of people joining in the streets showing their sorry their it's. showing how they wanted to protect press freedom and i think that this puritan what we call the just

a shoddy. spirit is still there is. if we need to to to rethink everyday how much press freedom is extremely important and i do think that in that period were you when we have a lot of people don't trust anymore in journalism anymore in news organization we have to remember that people journalist work for their jobs work you for making sure people get access to information we need to remember that journalists could be extremely dangerous and journalists are working for the public interest and you take an action actually in order to achieve that aim in the wake of this attack e.u. founded a journalist network it's called for been stories tell us about how it's connected to your experience of the attack. i was doing investigative documentary for for 20 years for 4 french or international networks and i was used to feeling balance all around the world i was used to see some

terrible things around me but i was not used to see that. on environment in paris in my building were used to go every day at work so that they change or a lot of things in my life and from that day i decided to do my best to keep the stories alive what what i can do as a journalist to continue the record fascinated reporters and if we continue the work of assassinated reporters we can sell as a poor for signal to enemies of the free press that even if you try to kill the messenger you will never kill the mrs h. so that's why i created forbidden stories which is an international consortium of investigative journalists all around the world and both were there we are considering the work of our society reporters with with a lot of talented reporters there are savvy thank you so much for joining us on this summer anniversary 5 years on from the charley of doe attack to tell us about your efforts and your experience on that day we appreciate it. you're watching do

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