but everyone has the right. everyone has the right to say. this is state of the news live from berlin iran's supreme leader gets out of the united states leaving friday prayers for the 1st time since 2012 i have tala ali come and eat dismissed president trump as a clown who wants to push a poisoned dagger into iran's back also on the program. both of libya's rival leaders as well as many world leaders are to attend a major peace summit in berlin this weekend hoping to secure

a lasting cease fire in libya after years of conflict. i'm still going to welcome to the program iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has denounced the united states and urged iranians to unite behind the government in a rare appearance at friday prayers he dismissed us president trump as a clown adding that his support for the iranian people is a pretense i have also defended iran's military after it admitted shooting down a ukrainian passenger jet by mistake. after weeks of national trauma thousands turned out to see iran's supreme leader in a rare show of strength the main cheered and chanted as ali how many railed against iran's enemies. these american

clowns who falsely and despicably say that we are standing with the iranian people and say they can see who the iranian people. are the few hundreds of people who insulted the pitcher of our martyred and honorable general custom seller money are they the iranian people. all rather are the iranian people the millions who showed themselves on the streets. of his intervention comes after the country's top military commander was killed by u.s. forces air later this month triggering a nationwide outpouring of grief and a tragic stampede which saw scores killed. then came what iran said was an accidental drowning of a passenger jet killing all 176 people on board. angry protests engulfed the capital.

young. men to the crash but said iran was being manipulated. some people followed guided by american televisions and english radio you try to portray this incident in such a way that the deaths of these 2 martyrs would be forgotten your mojo you your. i mean a should hared loud and clear by president rouhani who sat among the washed. the ayatollahs presents underscores the crisis of the last time he delivered friday prayers in 2012 amid a standoff over its nuclear weapons program. more on this and from me from d.w. so welcome david let's start with that final point the significance of the

ayatollah leading friday prayers today what should we read into that actually says the whole event was was to present an image of forward and unity basically almost 45 minutes i mean a speech was full of political images for the inside more than the outside for the inside he was saying let's be united as you know iranians in order to be stronger let's be united as iranians against international pressure against american sanctions let's be united more because we have but a mentally elections in february and for the outside he was telling them even though that we have missed his misfortune events lately basically we're still strong we can still act and act don't underestimate our power we're still strong there so basically he had 2 messages for the inside and also for the outside. for people who are watching iran closely it would seem strange that he's having to constantly call for unity there is not much in the way of of opposition that easy

under pressure domestically he is a lot. he is under a lot of pressure basically not only the supreme leader the whole authority here in you know authority because of the protest because it's the 1st time the protesters and activists in iran inside iran they were asking for him to step down with it and he did before in the last years so this is this is big issue and also i want to go back again to the elections the parliamentary elections it's very important for the authority in order to give that image that it was a smooth it's going to be smooth and also were going to win again as a regime no one is protesting during the elections because otherwise we're going to give a wrong image for the outside and trump is going to use it lately so they would say look you have people against you and it was like you know not successful so will this speech be enough then because the as you say there were protests about these fueling increases and then there were protests about the they perceived cover up about this this plane crash is this going to put the lid on on all of that no the

suppress would do that because most of the protesters based on that force inside iran most of the protesters and also the activists that the ask i mean a specially to step down that and in the jail and basically the government denied that but this is not the issue if you take a look at iranian history basically we when they have an enemy or they're convincing the society that they have and then an enemy let's be united against the enemy that's why he was calling trump as a clown that's why he was blaming the international community in order to put this pressure on iran and that's why he was saying we can still be strong if we are all one hand stop the protest and let's face what is happening you want money you want like to live good you have a problem in the economy well if you would be new and united then we can face all these sanctions specially from the american and that's actually the strategy and it taught before and going to work now to me to hear me from don't lose an average service thank you you must welcome thank you. now for some more of the day's news

from around the world it's been revealed that at least 11 american troops were injured when iran attacked bases hosting the u.s. troops in iraq on the 8th of january washington had previously claimed there were no casualties or injuries in the attack which was in retaliation for the killing of iranian general custom siller money. u.s. president donald trump is bringing in some heavyweight legal advice to defend him in the senate impeachment trial is added former independent counsel ken starr who paved the way for bill clinton's impeachment and alan dershowitz who's known for defending sex offender jeffrey epstein. china's birth rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1949 fueling fears within the country of a demographic crisis some 14600000 births in 2019 half a 1000000 fewer than the previous year the drop in curtis' by the government realizing its one child policy in recent years. more than 2000 honduran

migrants have entered guatemala as part of a growing caravan ban for the u.s. they're heading north despite a bilateral deals requiring them to wait in guatemala in order to apply for asylum in the us the migrants say they're fleeing poverty violence and criminal gangs in honduras. now berlin will host a major international conference on sunday bringing together libya's main warring parties and their powerful international backers prime minister fires al saraj who leads the country's un recognized government has already signed the cease fire deal and on thursday german foreign minister heiko mass received assurances from rebel leader actually for hafta that he too would support the troops before traffic to brother in general have to us stopping over in athens where sunday summit is raising tensions. like so often general have to always received in athens like

a top minister but many countries see him simply as a warlord but there are reasons why he's so feted here greece is angry at us recognition of the libyan government which has signed a maritime agreement with turkey without taking greece's audience in the region into account greece is also irritated at not being invited to balance libya conference but is nevertheless offered to be a mediator. and. encourage commander have to participate constructively in the berlin process and to try within the existing framework to achieve a cease fire and to restore security in libya and this is we have to made clear during a meeting with germany's foreign minister high came us that he's willing to abide by a cease fire which is celebrating as a success. i think it's good news 1st of all that he is ready to continue to abide by a cease fire that has to be the start at the libya conference we must also ensure that

the u.n. arms embargo isn't forced. in the libyan capital tripoli some a less ready to trust have to in moscow last week he refused to sign a cease fire deal. he didn't sign because he doesn't want peace he's bloodthirsty he wants war he wants people to die. still many here in tripoli are pinning their hopes on berlin's conference but at this meeting in berlin they will discuss many things but the most important one is the ceasefire this will be a good opportunity to discuss different options but we are all in favor of the seas fire and of course what comes after that and have to needs to go back to where you started everything in berlin it isn't only about bringing have to and his adverse the research together it's also about 2 other men. whom observers consider to be the decisive players in this conflict turkish president wretch up tight at the one

who supports the raj and russia's vladimir putin who backs have to their efforts to produce a signed a cease fire agreement in moscow last week didn't succeed now berlin is hoping to achieve a decisive breakthrough. here in germany 6 members of a neo nazi group of received a prison sentence is about to 6 years a court in the eastern city of dresden found them guilty of a range of attacks targeting foreigners. to dresden regional court judge said the defendants were rooted in the far right scene and actively sought to spread their ideology 6 members of the so-called free comradeship dresden were convicted for a range of charges including assault and involvement in a criminal organization to come to the court clarified that all of the accused let it out that were deeply racist motives and a strong affinity to naziism was. pictures of hitler

swastikas and the like which clearly exemplified the defendant's convictions. to believe that. the 5 men and one woman were sentenced to between 3 and 6 years in prison their group emerged in the summer of 2015 at the start of the migration crisis when group members were accused of rioting outside a refugee shelter near dresden. the defendants are also being held accountable for storming a leftist alternative housing project in dresden they're described as having links to piggy a german nationalist group targeting muslims in europe. the trial lasted 2 and a half years the defendants time in pretrial detention will be withdrawn from their prison sentences. a stray there which is getting some relief after months of droughts lots of it is falling on bushfires in the east of the country for the 2nd day in a row wet weather is giving firefighters

a big boost in their fight against blazes that have been fuelled by the droughts and made worse by climate change the heavy rains are expected to continue throughout the weekend in new south wales and neighboring victoria but dozens of blazes are still on the wet weather is bringing its own houses i. from flames to flash floods just a week ago stuff at this nature park we're protecting their animals from coming bushfires now they're having to deal with another extreme there's the dry. absolutely inadequate he never got it coming in the park award. stuff rushed koalas to safety. back might be. well for creatures more used to the wet it was more about keeping them in their place. heavy rain has fallen 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 haze that had taken over the city's skyline now. we need a bit of rain in order to help with the fives because how dry it was part of the day and i think it will help with behaves as this push everything out. this for what it's by in many many months we've only had about 4 days of rioting in the last 4 months. and not run by an only daughter. this is well and truly the world but. for many in the country the wet weather has brought relief and joy. more a case of sliding than singing in the rain. that rain has helped the north of the raging bushfires but it does bring with it another set of dangers with

the land so dry and vegetation parents away water just bounces off the ground as firefighters here are well aware changing weather doesn't automatically mean changing fortunes. business with craig ferguson is that she'll have far more on the latest twist in boeing's 737 crisis of course with world news at the top of the out of the day. you don't need to keep a day. for over a mention on the 4th time for the most news in the. last dragon this one has called the hard. to agree books on.