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this is deja news live from berlin iran's supreme leader gets out of the united states leaving friday prayers for the 1st time since 2012 ayatollah ali khamenei dismissed president trump as a clown wants to push the poison dagger insecure grabs 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 they're hoping to secure a lasting cease fire in libya after years of conflict. much needed rain
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blankets australia after months of catastrophic bushfires the possible country and now struggling to cope with the downpour and more rain is forecast. i'm told me our lady well welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has warned iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei to be very careful with his words it comes after how many did denounce the u.s. and urge iranians to unite behind their government in a rare appearance at a friday at friday prayers he dismissed trump as a clown adding that his support for the iranian people is a pretense that ayatollah also defended iran's military after it admitted shooting down at a ukrainian passenger jet by mistake. after weeks of national trauma
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thousands turned out to see iran's supreme leader in a rare show of strength i the main cheered and chanted as ali how many railed against iran's enemies in it then i call you 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 a. chance of a few hundreds of people who insulted the picture about martyred and honorable general custom sell the money of the iranian people around them all rather the iranian people the millions who showed themselves on the streets. 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
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accidental drowning 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 you can yipee some people followed guided by american television english radio try to portray this incident in such a way that the deaths of these 2 masses would be forgotten. i message haired loud in clear by president rouhani who sat among the worshippers the ayatollahs presence underscores the crisis the last time he delivered friday prayers in 2012 amid a standoff over its nuclear weapons program in. canada has
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iran to allow france to analyze the flight and cockpit data recorders from the ukrainian passenger plane shot down in iran this month iran has admitted to shooting the plane down accidentally canadian prime minister justin trudeau said france is one of the few countries with the ability to read the plane's black boxes which he said were badly damaged. now 57 people on board the ukrainian international airlines flight were canadian citizens the issue with the black boxes is that they were significantly damaged and it is extremely important to including according to a protocol number 13 i believe that they be examined as rapidly as possible and does not have the level of technical expertise mostly the equipment necessary to be able to analyze these damaged back black boxes quickly
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let's not take a quick look at some other stories making news. u.s. president donald trump is bringing in some legal heavyweights to defend him in his senate impeachment trial he's 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. the united states has announced it will begin testing travellers from one hand china for signs of a new virus a 3 airports the respiratory virus causes fever and breathing troubles and has so far infected 40 people killing 2 travelers with signs of the illness will be referred to local hospitals for additional testing. migrants in greece protested on friday after a migrant was fatally stabbed in the mara camp on the island of lesbos the
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demonstrators chanted morea not safe aid groups say they're often acts of violence at the camp which has a capacity of 3000 the currently houses more than mine team 1000 people. to australia now which is seeing some relief after months of drought rain lots of it is falling on bushfires in the east of the country for a 2nd day in a row wet weather is giving firefighters a big boost in their. battle against blazes that have been fuelled by the drought and made worse by climate change the heavy rain is expected to continue throughout the weekend in new south wales and neighboring victoria but dozens of fires still burning and the rainfall is bringing its own hazards i. from flames to flash floods just a week ago staff at this nature park were protecting their animals from oncoming bushfires now they're having to deal with another extreme there's the dry.
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absolutely you know to. never go to come in the park. stuff rushed to safety. that 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 the 5 is just how dry it was part of the day and i think it will help with the haze is this push everything out there this is one of many many months we've only got about 4 days of rice. and not run of the
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children. this is truly the world. for many in the country the wet weather has relief and joy. more a case of sliding than singing in the rain. that rain has helped. north of the raging bushfires but it does bring with it another set of danger. as with the land so dry and vegetation parents are away water just bounces off the ground 1st firefighters here are well aware changing weather doesn't automatically mean changing fortunes. but lynn will host a major international conference on sunday bringing together libya's main warring parties and their powerful international backers prime minister fayyad who leads the country's un recognized government has already signed a cease fire deal and on thursday
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a german foreign minister received assurances from rebel leader. that he too would support a truce before travelling to berlin general have to stopping over in athens where sunday's summit is raising tensions. like so often the general have to was received in athens like a top minister that many countries see him simply as a warlord but there are reasons why he's so feted here greece is angry at the u.s. 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 libya conference but is nevertheless offered to be a mediator. or encourage commander have to participate constructively in the process and to try within the existing framework to achieve a cease fire and to restore security in libya and this is made clear during
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a meeting with germany's foreign minister heiko must that he's willing to abide by a cease fire which is celebrating as a success. i think it's good 1st of all that he's 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. at this meeting in berlin they will discuss many things but the most important one is a ceasefire this will be a good opportunity to discuss different options but we are all in favor of the seas
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fire and of course what comes after that and have to needs to go back to where you started everything and in berlin it isn't only about bringing have to and his adverse the recent together it's also about 2 other men whom observers consider to be the decisive players in this conflict turkish president wretch up type 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. and political correspondent sana young says expectations are high that a peace deal can be reached at the libya conference. hopes for peace in libya are rising as sunday's high level summit draws nearer the presidents of russia egypt turkey and france as well as the u.s. secretary of state and the leaders of the 2 warring factions will be in berlin to
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sign a deal that some say is already in large part agreed some countries like tunisia and greece which have not been invited even though they have vital interests in libya have been making it clear they want to be at a meeting they believe will shape the region in the coming years for those that are here the test will be to commit to withdrawing foreign arms and troops from libya and to guarantee that the cease fire will hold those are the essential conditions for peace meanwhile some like the e.u. foreign policy chief joseph burrell were already thinking about what comes after and what role the e.u. should have in ensuring stability on its southern flank. here in germany 6 members of a neo nazi group have received prison sentences of 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
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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 out of the court to clarify to you that all of the accused that's exactly what deeply racist motives and a strong affinity to naziism those. pictures of hitler swastikas and the like which clearly exemplify the defendant's convictions or your character and or 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
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to pick 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. some sports news now the 2nd half of the bundesliga season kicked off on friday night one shock upbeat munchen glad to know to stay firmly in the mix at the top so outside are broke the deadlock for shaka just 3 minutes after the restart curling and unstoppable shot past yon sauna into the corner of the net for a 7th goal of the season and 10 minutes later michel gregory age double child has made them benito rahman's past perfectly setting up the austrian to score his 1st inus 1st game for the royal. next the dublin years africa with christine wonder and don't forget you can always follow us on twitter at the news or head to our website for more news and headlines
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