this is deja vu news live from berlin and over 50 people die in a stampede at the funeral of the assassinated iranian general kasam solo mommy the 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 security magazine's charlie abdo it was the 1st in a series of terrorist attack acts in france and it provoked a massive security response. i'm of course in malta rules in favor of

a ship's captain who rescued migrants from the mediterranean we salmon the role of charities in helping migrants trying to reach europe. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the stampede at the funeral of the assassinated general kasam sola mommy has claimed at least 56 lives according to iran's state media hundreds of thousands had 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 soul the money has now because. they were here to say good bye to a military command they called their own 7 instead they lost their own law. lives

caught up in a stampede as hundreds of thousands of mourners descended on cameron. yard this is the home town of kasim saloon my 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 i am was 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. are

almost all those involved in this crime who are with the pentagon and the u.s. military are counted as terrorists 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 says the unsigned letter was a draft and a mistake and there was no decision to leave the country. the white house says that in life so let mind he was considered a danger to america in death many and now wondering whether he has become an even greater threat. joins now by middle east analyst. and i thought i'd like to begin by talking about the stampede reports now say that more than 50 people have died where the authority is 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 warned the united states to prepare for a dark day of revenge what possible scenarios do you see. the scenarios are or 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 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 the 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's 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 saying same mines in iran that we also know that any sort of revenge can actually worsen the escalation to extend to an extent that nobody really wants i'm not 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 hand we really know that u.s. president trump seeks to withdraw from the region and if there was one consistent point during his electoral campaign it was that he wants to end all those useless wars 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 it's difficult to make to really make sense

of the u.s. goals and the u.s. strategy at the current lead but we can see that and i mix in iraq that are actually going towards the willingness to oust the u.s. from iraq middle east analysts i've been to about of i thank you. my pleasure and it's time to look at some other stories making news around the world socialist leader pedro sanchez has been confirmed banished prime minister after a narrow parliamentary vote his 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. . puerto rico's governor has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes in the u.s. territory the most powerful tremor with a magnitude of 6.4 hit early on tuesday at least one person has been confirmed dead and at least 8 others injured. in west africa opposition protesters have taken to

the streets of the canadian capital kanaka re for the 2nd consecutive day they are concerned about rumors that the president also condé 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 has been 5 years to the day since islamist terrorists went on a rampage against journalists at the french a satirical magazine charlie of joe 12 people died in that attack for which the so-called islamic say claimed responsibility it was the 1st of a series of deadly incidents over the next few years committed mostly by french foreign 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 charlie a doe's 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 shelley became a global sign of solidarity the magazine nearly 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. there's a very important to show solidarity for freedom of expression of those for the attack was a major blow to press freedom and france but beyond that the killing of shelley of those 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 buttock long concert hall where $130.00 people died. the following year a nice dozens were killed. when a truck driver rammed into a crowded bus still doing both attacks 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 a life. well the captain of the refugee rescue ship a lifeline has been cleared of charges that he failed to properly register his vessel class peter rice helped save more than $230.00 refugees from the mediterranean in june of 2018 he faced 810000 euro fine in malta over claims that the ship was incorrectly registered but a court has now ruled that he does not have to pay. in june 2018 more than $230.00 refugees drifted on a rubber boat off the coast of libya before the lifeline found them the captain wanted to save lives but felt that everywhere he looked obstacles were in his path its 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 wall but i

have the impression that europe is no better. only off to several other e.u. states announced that they would take in some of the migrants didn't open the harbor. the refugees were finally safe but the lifeline was confiscated and a new order see began for kept on the ice 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 launched an appeal. now he has finally been vindicated the court and valetta 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 on the way that. oh no. and in sports news now norwegians and

station erlang holland has revealed why he turned down bigger clubs to sign for brosius dortmund the striker is one of the hottest prospects in football and speaking for the 1st time about his transfer he said he felt he was a good match with the german club. bolling holand is the team's freshest face dortmund hope he's the man to lift them up the been this league table. based or off competition from manchester united and you ventures to land the prolific striker and hall and was impressed with how dormant wooed him they just went direct and said we need you up at front than. we would like your playing style and we want. and i like how. they spoke to me and then that's what triggered we just felt. good match the 19 year old norwegian cost 20000000

euros from austrian side are the salt spoke he's been one of the most talked about players this season and for good reason scoring 28 goals in 22 games so far as a rate of one every 52 minutes as far as his new teammates are concerned could be the missing piece of the puzzle. that long of a kind it's been a while since we've had a strike like him indoors it's always been positive as someone who's not just big but also fast and technically strong so he brings something different for sure because we. don't mind a well known for developing talented young players hallen fits into that category it's now for him to live up to the hype. you're watching t.v. news coming up next in business africa fashion designers in mali are stressing their stuff combining local textile traditions the latest fashion trends. that and more coming up with care hard you're watching need of the news from berlin

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