this is deja vu news lar from berlin iran's supreme leader returns to his attack on the united states ayatollah ali khamenei tells a big crowd at friday prayers in tehran that president trump wants to push a poisoned dagger into iran's trust also coming up from flames to floods australia struggles to cope with a downpour after weeks of catastrophic bushfires and more rain is forecast for the

coming days. germany's diplomatic efforts in libya yield a potential breakthrough rebel commander how lethal huffed are says he will attend the berlin conference this weekend and he's committed himself in principle to a cease fire. and the 2nd half of the wonderfully good season kicks off later with a handful of teams near the top of the table looking to dethrone the defending champions bull look after chances. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has said that donald trump support for the iranian people is a pretense at friday prayers in tehran he accused the u.s. president of wanting to push a poisoned dagger into the country's trust he also called iran's airstrikes against the u.s. interest allegations. for the killing of gen cousin solomon e

a day of got. after weeks of national trauma thousands turned out to see iran's supreme leader in a rare show of strength the main cheered chanted as ali how many railed against iran's enemies. a spokesman for the wicked governments of america keep saying that we are standing with the iranian people you are lying if you do stand with the iranian people it is because you want to stick your poisoned dagger into the chest of the iranian nation you haven't been able to do that so far and you won't be able to do a damn thing. his intervention comes after the country's top military commander was killed by u.s. forces earlier this month triggering a nationwide outpouring of grief and a tragic stampede which saw scores killed. then came what iran said was an

accidental dining of a passenger jet killing all 176 people on board. angry protests engulfed the capital. yet the ayatollah lamented the crash but said iran was being manipulated. some people follow and guided by american televisions an english radio try to portray this incident in such a way that the deaths of these 2 masses would be forgotten him or general you. i mean message haired loud and clear by president rouhani who sat among the washer perceive the ayatollahs presence underscores the crisis as the last time he delivered friday prayers in 2012 amid a standoff over its nuclear weapons program. for more on the story we have

a senior journalist with us from arabic thanks for joining us thank you for having me the last time that the supreme leader spoke at friday prayers was in 2012 why do you think he chose this but speak now and what do you think of what he said. actually coming a appeared after 80 years simply because he has to he has to address all the pressure we're talking about international pressure and also the mystic pressure i would concentrate more on the domestic pressure because it's more important for coming i think in my own opinion i mean there's anger or the winning. of a passenger plane there's also anger over economic canonical situation and u.s. sanctions there's anger over killing cars and so they money there's a lot of anger there so basically he's stepping in of that eighty's to say i'm still in i'm still they had because there were speculations about his health and also in order to say let's unite all together against the enemy the enemy now it's

not only the. u.s. but also it's the european union the europeans to to also there's another message for the west what they call the west it's not we don't underestimate us it's true that we had so many bad luck lately but also we can hit anytime and then he would when we want we're still strong don't underestimate iran i think this is was the me is the main message for the international pressure ok so came across with a very strong message we saw those images of the protests in iran do you think this is going to be enough to take the pressure off the supreme leader i will explain it very simply and then you will understand exactly how it works in iran basically it's the supreme leader he has the main power in iran the supreme leader is elected by something called assembly of experts under this umbrella comes for example the president and also members of the parliament some feel for experts that appointed by something called the guardian council the guardian. whose members are appointed

by the supreme leader so now you can understand a little bit the power is is totally in the hands of the supreme leader which has come in and he has the last say when it comes to military actions he has the last say when it comes to political decisions and also it can only call decisions and visibly some protesters that they ask for him to step down based on some big force from iran they are now most of them they are in jail activists and also protesters so i don't think that's going to happen accused now it's not going to happen in my opinion there are tensions in iran what can the supreme leader at this dude at this point to have to ease those tensions especially ahead of elections in iran in february basically iran is it's not playing it very hard there think it's marquis one comes to politics if i want to talk about the nuclear deal for example there are threatening european troops through there threatening american troops also true but also that opening the door for any negotiation now based on which terms i have

no idea we have to wait and see how the negotiation behind the scenes that are going to be but also don't forget we're not talking about only. confrontation military confrontation we're talking about also side but tax when it comes between iran and also the u.s. he's concentrating the supreme did indeed there is concentrating on the mystic. opinion now this is why we saw him today and also his opening another door for diplomacy when it comes to the worst the u.s. and also the a little piano so we're not expecting something's going to happen before the elections in iran soon aren't the matter any from do you arabic thank you for sharing your analysis with us thank you for having me. let's brief you know on some other stories in the news ukraine's prime minister all that's a hunch outlook has submitted his resignation and a facebook post he said he had offered his resignation to president followed him or so then ski and the move comes days it comes days after one shot it was caught on tape saying the president knows nothing about the economy and shadow says the

recording had been doctored. more than 1200 migrants got through a police barrier on the border with guatemala trying to join hundreds of others heading for the u.s. press agency staff reported hundreds of people passing through a police cordon without going through a migration protocol. china's economy grew last year by 6 point one percent its slowest rate in almost 3 decades it's been hit by trade tensions with the u.s. and weak consumer demand at home this week beijing and washington signed a pact that will reduce tariffs on u.s. imports of chinese goods. now to australia which after weeks of devastating bushfires is now having to cope with flash floods heavy downpours in the east have dampened down the bushfires for now but with more rain forecast for the coming days australians are finding themselves moving from one weather driven crisis to another i from flames to

flash floods just a week ago stuff of this nature part we're protecting their animals from oncoming bushfires now they're having to deal with another extreme there's the drying it was also said absolutely inadequate. never go to the what's coming in the park a wall of water. stuff rushed koalas to safety. back. well for creatures more used to the wet it was more about keeping them in their place. heavy rain has for. and across new south wales one of the states worst affected by bushfires in the state capital sydney residents were remembering how to use an umbrella the orange hair use that had taken over the city's skyline now cloudy grey. we need

a bit of rain in order to help the 5 specially just how dry it was part of the day and i think it will help with behaves as this push everything so there is a lot of study in many many months we've only got about 4 days of writing in the last 4 months. and let run of only children. well and truly the little stuff very well. for many in the country the wet weather has brought relief and joy. more a case of slighting than singing in the rain. that rain has helped the north of the raging bushfires but it does bring with it another set of danger is with the land so dry and vegetation burnt away water just bounces off the ground . as firefighters here are well aware changing weather doesn't automatically mean changing fortunes. now to what looks like

a breakthrough in efforts to secure a truce in the civil war in libya german foreign minister heikal mosse has announced that the powerful rebel leader. has agreed in principle to abide by a cease fire the country and its backers are split between 2 rival governments one of those governments is based in tripoli that is the seat of the un back to government of fires also raj the other is in top work which is the base of the libyan national army which is led by general huffed are a germany and the european union are pushing for stability in libya to help stem the flow of migrants who are making the journey across the mediterranean but it is a multilevel conflict and there are no easy solutions. oh oh. strongman general highly for have wants tripoli. together with his libyan national army he hopes to capture the country's capital

and take full control of this oil rich nation. and it's partly because of oil that russia and turkey have waded in on either side of this conflict with turkey behind fires alsa raja's un backed government and russia supporting have to . moscow has denied reports it sent a messenger is to reinforce the general's fighters but on thursday turkey confirmed it had started deploying troops to help in tripoli despite a un arms embargo. with libya's so unstable the fear of resurgent islamist terror has worried many european countries but other factors mean the e.u. is split over its alliances. officially the tripoli based government has the backing of europe including germany but italy has openly supported general have to

who it sees as crucial in stemming the flow of migrants across the mediterranean and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has pushed towards with the e.u. sufficient line there are claims it's given covert military help to general hafta earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite the many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems determined to pursue its mediation role. but even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks long and bumpy. let's get some analysis on this story now we have with us he's the managing director of global strap that's an international security and geopolitical risk consultancy firm over thank you very much for joining us here in studio 1st of all this question do you think there will actually abide by this cease fire. starve the

track record is not very good i mean we've seen courts try to be the main deal brokered between siraj the un backed government and after are. even were after a communique of a cease fire of an agreement nothing happened because both sides didn't sign and so we have to make sure that after all when it comes to berlin we'll actually sign the piece of paper along with raj but at the same time. no inkling to basically have a ceasefire is winning on the ground more than before because of the how of the russians of mercenaries that putin has sent about 2000 people from wagner but at the same time as you've seen turkey's becoming extremely involved in sending also this week 2000 syrian mercenaries so we have the risk of

a major escalation between extremely motivated and well trained people who could have a bloodbath in tripoli and that's why the international community is trying to put an end to this what about the peace conference this weekend here in berlin a lot of people are saying this is such a multi layered conflict the fact that all these sides are coming together to a table to speak including general have to are is in itself a victory and how do you see this it has to happen in the past i mean the french and the italians were extremely successful to put gold of people around the table but when it came to action nothing happened so yes it's going to be a p.r. coup to say look everybody's coming to berlin but at the same time on the ground things are extremely fluid and also you have on both sides patrons are giving the orders we know that in moscow the ceasefire didn't get signed between often because egypt was pushing for after not sign it was

a big setback for puts in that it didn't happen because he's he's playing both sides russia is playing both sides they're edging their bets at the same time here in berlin the fact that. america is now getting involved is the 3rd actor if you will within the e.u. that is pushing for this i don't think she'll have a miracle recipe that the call or the italians tried earlier we hear that german foreign minister say that if developments in libya are allowed to continue then libya will become the next syria and nobody wants that to happen. what is at stake on the ground here what are we talking about libya is much more complicated than syria if it can be but it is it is much more dangerous and it has a much closer tie to europe so it's a triple layer risk the 1st one being that this war goes on protracted for another 10 years and it's

a proxy war so you it's basically world war 3 by proxy in libya because on one side you have egypt the u.a.e. saudi arabia friends and russia on the other side you have qatar turkey and russia . the u.s. was involved at one point in 2016 to get rid of islamic state so the 2nd risk is islamic state using this opportunity of the fighting between surat and after are to come in and regroup and we've had information this week that about assad and fighters from islamic state in need to leave syria settled in libya ok so they want to rekindle islamic state there ok so definitely a lot at stake there ali breaking time managing director of global strategy so much for joining us here as are you. and the libyan ceasefire talks take place here in berlin on sunday and we will of course be there to bring you all of the latest developments we're watching the news still to come on our show the 2nd half of the

going to see the season kicks off later with a handful of genes in the top of the table looking to dethrone the defending champions we will assess their chances. but 1st some more news from around the world now impeachment proceedings against u.s. president trump have begun with america's top justice sworn in to preside over the trial senators pledge to deliver impartial justice it is only the 3rd impeachment trial in u.s. history trump is accused of abusing his office when he pressured ukraine to investigate his democratic rival joe biden. a 2nd person has died from a mysterious virus in the central chinese city of new han at least 41 people have become ill with pneumonia linked to the virus which is from the same family as the deadly sars pathogen authorities say a local seafood market is at the center of the outbreak. japan has been marking the 25th anniversary of a deadly 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit the city of kobe the 1995 quake and

suing fire killed more than 6000 people and destroyed 7000 homes many of the deaths were blamed on the failure to contain the fire sooner. and swedish climate activists gratitude has joined environmental protesters on the march in switzerland took part in the rally in lausanne alongside hundreds of people ahead of next week's world economic forum in the swiss resort of davos. the city shell's is africa's smallest a country it's been struggling to strike a balance between tourism the mainstay of its economy and sustainability this is shell's wants to protect its environment because that's why the tourists keep coming but the rising number of visitors is also damaging the environment. with pristine white sand beaches and abundant wildlife it's no wonder that the 115 islands of the seychelles are a draw for foreign tourists mostly from europe in fact 384000 people came to the

islands in $21001.00 that's 4 times the country's population so the question at hand for officials now is how many visitors are too many visitors tourism in general is increasing and that is of concern to conservationists like myself the sustainable developers like myself who find that b.v. we are reaching a point which exports over tourism it's not just a matter of well intentioned leaders at about 450 square kilometers the seychelles is the smallest country in africa half of that area has protected status including to unesco world heritage sites officials say preserving the environment now it will make sure that the tourism industry stays strong. and does not really destroy. what we did. for us to get the water to.

trust those that are in the people feel very much. like you or you. feel. you know the places efforts to achieve balance doesn't mean tourism in the seychelles is going to come screeching to a stop any time soon officials know that the industry accounts for over a quarter of jobs on the islands the government says a survey on tourism and sustainability is set to begin soon. all right football now the german bundesliga is back after its mid-season break macht 18 kicks off later today and 18 teams will be in action over the next 3 days as top clubs battle for the championship and relegation strugglers are fighting to stay in the league and of course you'll be able to catch highlights of these matches right here on to all across the weekends. but let's get a preview of what is in store for us we have chris harrington from sports with us

hi chris so the 2nd half of the fun to think of season tell us who is kicking things off today but we have 2 teams each side features a new coach we have shelter being close by david wagner hosting glaad brucia much english coach by marco rose and now these 2 sides have been quite competitive this season schulte last season were nearly relegated somewhat of a revival under their new head coach and the gloves even now did i'm glad i had the top of the table for a handful of weeks but then they started slipping towards the 2nd half of the end of the 1st half of the season and you know they dropped a bit in the standings they only trail number one team leipsic by 2 points but this game the 1st matchup ended scoreless and we have some sound from both coaches let's take a listen and see what they think about tonight. we don't really care that we're facing glop back home friday i think it's cool a fixture has been picked to reopen the season as it indicates that both teams have

done well so far. but we want to keep playing the same way regardless of who we face. if. you just resolutely stick to our game off style in order to be as our best so nobly on top i say what i want to come to us is i think it's great that it's so close in the table especially as we're up become like spec to be a tight title race and in my social to it it's because i'm a tight title race cress who do you think can come out in top of them but i think a. mob money goes on the defending champions byron munich they have the death you know stars that are roster 11 dogs as long as he's healthy they could you know add some pieces at the back to help out you know the 180 bola tang's you know him by a minute but we have a look at the table right now sumi it's very tight at the top only 2 points separate now we look at leipsic you know obviously the highly mind doing wonders a season only a 2 point advantage over

a glass then 2 more points separate glad environment now we have a 2 teams level on 30 points but men. out slightly. due to goal difference but you know as you can see the title is a for grabs but you know it looked like this last season it looked like dortmund were the runaway you know winners of the men as they go but then slowly through the backdoor by came in and took what was there and i think something similar will happen this is all right so what other games do you think we should keep an eye on this weekend well you know one of the big transfers this winter window was alan holland you know alan holland was a big office of producer at red bull salzburg his former club now if they're playing alberg when and see if he's going to be the next 11 dosti like marco royce is referring him to you know the captain adornment that's one big fixture and then we have the leaders of the block right now rb leipzig rb live 6 against you know in

berlin you know in berlin who have some. prized a few teams you know win or lose you know life that really only need one point to keep it competitive and keep their spot at the top a lot of good action and of course you know byron munich you know will be an action is well so a lot of football gets popcorn ready that's right we'll have coverage of that all weekend here on duty thank you so much chris arrington ok. now the 2020 tokyo summer olympics start in july and organizers have started installing the 5 interlocking rings that symbolize the event the olympic rings that will be used in tokyo 2020 were transported on a barge at the iconic rings are over 15 meters tall and they'll be officially inaugurated at a ceremony next week at marine park in tokyo bay it will host marathon swimming and triathlon events at this year's games it's. a reminder now of our top story here on g.w. iran's supreme leader has returned to his attack on the u.s.

ayatollah ali khamenei told a crowd at friday prayers in tehran the president trump wanted to push a poison dagger into ron's trance he also called iran's airstrikes against u.s. troops in baghdad a day of god. coming up next on news asia counting the cost of india's lavish marriage ceremonies a wedding and explains why couples are scaling back on their big day. when young romance meets harsh reality you look at the growing problem with chain marriages and they pop. and why hong kong teachers are being blamed for their students' activism. and the responder's you will have those stories coming up for you but before we go we've got some especial pictures from china 20 panda cubs bred in captivity at the country's one long giant panda research base of these cubs are all between 4 and 7 months old that's according to chinese state television

a total of 32 pandas have been born and bred in the center and 21000.

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