two hundred for twenty four correspondents around the world. the clolosest now striking ten m here in paris these all the latest world headlines from france twenty four. is in tehran is thousands packed the capital streets to bid farewell to the top commander qassim solely money. was killed in a u. s. drone strike iran's foreign minister says washington's created global anti american fear written branca by carrrrying out the assassination we'll have more. from all correspondence catch of uncle just on it in washington. precious sexual crime charges in los angeles the harvey weinstein is the hollywood movie mogul of his in new york quotes for the opening day of his trial the other

counts of rape and assault. and the first gathering of his cabinet this new year the french president say he's he's hoping for a quick compromise with unions with that will count continuing to coast transport misery across the country . ahead of his final burial this tuesday the caskekes carrying the body of iran's top commander qassim solely money has been carried a amid throngss of mourners in tehran. it's not funeral was being held iran's president issued a fresh warning to his u. s. counterpart. personally ordered the killing the s sun rohani sas dodonald trump should never threats in the islamic republic. after the white house released a list of fifty two targets which the us code hits

if tehran retaliates. meanwhile the u. s. led c coaliti has reportededly sentt a letetter to iraq saying that it will be re positioning its forces in the coming days and weeks the pentagon though. the said it con confirm as yet the authenticity of this invoice. for more we can bring in all washington correspondent cats of on a gorgeous tony who is standing by catch of on what already hearing about helicopters flying above the iraqi capital. but what more do we concrete cleaner- about this letter concerning u. s. troop movements. well so far- we don't know much i have yet to hear back- for a comment from at the pentagon a to confirm first of all the authenticity of this a letter and- a second of all what exactly it means because if f you read the w worg of at that later it's still pretetty vague it tatalks aboute days and weeks to prepare formig

onwaward the movement now it'ss vevery difficucult to- leaead rd this and i talk abobout wiwithdrawal all of a sudden because that's not what this is about but it could. i suggest least a draw down of the- de a us troop presence in iraq- because at least at the americans are really at taking as this is the vote in the iraqi parliament. and for what it is as a sign that iraq no longer welcomes a u. s. skjold soldiers on its soil and at the end of the- the letter there was this line we respect your sovereigign decisision to orderr departure. as so the americans really are trying to a smomooth things a littlee bit-- with at the rocky and government and the rocky a parliament after at the iraqi prime minister of calleded the strike o on salelen money in violation. of at the country's as sovereign teen of the letter also is in stark contrast to what we heard from

the president off the us and sosouth donald trump at wawar. s been it tweeting at abobout att thatat- withdrawal of troops saying thahat iff att the rock forced us troops to a withdrawal he would slap sanctions on iraq that would. a dwarf the wrorong in as sanctios by comomparison he also said t t iraq would have to pay for the worse a at a air be said that- e us and built inn iraq so. i rereally two differerent tones there and will be interesting to see how the pentagon. explains at this letter in at the coming hours. secondly can savannah's iran's commander is about to be finally laid to rest tensions are of course continuing to similar between washington and tehran. yes and- we vez seen at this announcement said that at the west so might be preparing to send at least as three a bomber aircraft to the region in ththe indian ocean to be prepared- we

saw a more than three thohousand troops and leaeaving in n the united states leaving north carolina for kuwait- tv station there and to be reaeady a a of this is for- d de a us troopss o be ready i ithe case.. of any iriran in retaliaiation t the americans are trying to show and they're forced theirir presence inn the regions a and shshow that if anything w were o happen in the region throughgh iran or three roundnds proxies and then adddd the us military would be a completely r ready to react and at the escscation. i i not just on the ground it's alalso in at the rhetoric wasas seenen at d donald trump's twees over the past few days he hasn't't i really tried to de escalatete even though and he ws saying that he didn't want to war with irann but his tweweets have been saying something else especially at that a threat. of a minute targeting fifty to iran and sitesncluding partial cultural sites which

has a really sparked anger in iran but also in the united states where at peoplee are nott really eager to be and when really pushed intoo a new war in the at the middldle easast and a donanald trump h has beeeen very vocal on twitter but the question is- does he politic we think that it's a good idea to a go that way to go the line. of. the a full on conflict with iran at this timee. negative on gorgeous tony all correspondents in washington thank you very much. well for more on the four out of thee iranian commanders killing we can cross now to london in the u. k. and speak to the iranian american analyst holy digress susan known resident fellow at the atlantic council thank you very much for joining us here. on the- fronts twenty four now a festival iran has already found to hits back after the u. s. carried out this killing how the mind the islamic republic respond and in what time frame is this a government in your view that might prefer to sit.

and think befofore acting. i certainly history tells that iran does like to think at sit and think beforore acting but this is anan unprecedented situation- but we-e- haven't sen ththe us and iran- at each otother's t throats like thahat- probablyly from. there on hostae crisis so- that right now or actuallyly to be fair probably spent the u us. the i iran downg of the u us drone in junene that cost a hundred and ten million dollars. so what. the reality as well it's really hard to say what they're thinking but they are arguably rational and not. with five. eight so. it c could be dayays it could b be weeks it could be months or even years beforere we fear actuaual respo. but it'll be e in a way thatt yu and i probably y would n not be able to pinpnpoint it directly n your on. what would the disadvantages all the risks be if iran for iraq personally. if

it decided to take action against the united states. rockwewell bit i mean that at te end of the dayay a rock in ththe neighboring country but- it is good to see if there are still us troops there i imagine it would have some sort of impact with the shia militias. by i i'd rather not comment because i don't know enough about what's going to happen in the future. no judging by the pictures that wewe've seen from- iran this monday on the streets of tehran emotions are clearly still running high following. this command is death minds public opinion affect any decicision made by the supreme leader on the president. well the reality is we're looking at these millions of their audience that are taken to the streets for the funeral and there's mixed emotions there and there are people that are support. it at that are upset by the death of which would force commander often full of money but there are also people. that actually went out there not. b because of him. because f the fact that the black parliament has made against dr.

the targeting of fifty two sides including- cultural fights over done but- not anymore this hasas nothing to do with the islamic r republic. ths isis a flat on n their cyber nan a lander. but we're the land of your on and they would call it- i country with over twenty five hundrered years of history and culture. so i think that the iraniaian government kind off because of the e blessings that they have. that they trump administration have kind of put them in the situation where they weren't reaeally well liked as you t thought during thee novevember protesthey y arvedd but- they manage to all comee together to show- defined. against t the us presisident comment. so i ththk e even estse nothing witith the kick offff js being that unity at least briefly in momentntarily where your audience are complaining about the acá the state of their e economy but- are a actuy worried about the future i think that's t the biggest. when right now for the- okay holiday chris. thank you very much for being with us here on fronts twenty four thank you. now a

day off for the glitz and the glamour of the golden globes ceremony the darker side of hollywood was making news i in new w york city thihis monday. e former movie proroducer harvey weinstein has been charged with two counts of sexualal assault according. appearing in court on the opening day of his trial for rape and try to tree sexual assaults. is tuesday thehe process of selecting a jurury will begin a process which could take at least two weeks given that the case has already had. so much media attention coasting to reports. hobbling into a manhattan courthouse for trial watched around the world. one scene is facing charges of rape and predatory sexual assault. by nearly ninety women have accused him of harassment and abuse trial focuses on just two incidents. an alalleged sexual assault a former production assistant mimi haley in two thousand six. and the alleged rape of an anonymous woman in a manhattan hotel room in twenty thirteen. a lawyer representing accusers heralded the kick off to the trial. i'm just honored to represent them because they're very

courageously agreed to testify under oath. agreed to subject themselves to. i'm sure will be a very vigorous cross examination. and they are doing so because this is in the interests of justice. the trial is expected to last six weeks and a result in a conviction could provide a watershed moment for the meet to movements which was sparked by the allegations against one scene. but the trial also highlights the difficulty of building cases around incidents that took place years ago. since me to began almost all of the powerful men who have faced accusations have avoided prosecution. is normally you want as a prosecutor they want dna they want something firm they want s something that corroborates said. here these are really old allegations in the you know the defense is going to go after that you look at it from a standpoint if it wasn't harvey weinstein of f was just somebody with a in be prosecuting. and that's you

know. that's an interesting. question to look at winds de maintains that his sexual relationships for consensual and is unlikely to testify. if found guilty he could face up to life in prison. now in a separate sports related to developments wants dean has been indicted on fresh sex crime charges in los angeles ththe la county districict attoy says the film producer has been charged with raping one woman. and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two year period back in twenty thirteen. meeting on french government officials and trade union leaders will be sitting around the prime minister's negotiating table this tuesday as that talks resume. many commuters will be hoping that a break through will be quickly reached to and the public sector will count which has a crippled the transport system for weeks. nothing's already getting a little better with the oldld paris metro lines running some kind of service

this cheese day. on the eve of those unions hope talks during his new year cabinet meeting president michael has said he's eager to reach a quick compromise with his finance minister bruno lumea. telling one national radio station that such a compromisise has never been so close but he to camp reports. just over a year ago emmanuel macron's government made a new year's resolution. to resolve the yellow vest crisis fast forward to twenty twenty and french ministers are facing a new crisis the pension reforms deadlock. the pressure is mounting as negotiations between the government and the country's unions are set to resume this tuesday. according to france's finance minister but we know to math a compromise has never been so close but the leader of one of france's major unions insiststs that there is no immediate end in sight to the strike is he still to. officially de okay kind their conception of having a dialogue is quite odd. the

government tells us that will have a discussion but then during an interview the junior minister leading the pensision reform says that we're not going to talk about the four criteria i'm physisically demanding jobs. don't don't don't you know. it's a real problem at the top if you needed. for two solid polymer. unions have also accused the government is being stubborn when it comes to one of the reformer's most controversial measures. the pivot age which raises the age for full pensions from sixty two to sixty four. more years nurses and pilots in the national airline company have given notice of their intention to go on strike. will the more hardline cgt union has vowed to continue disrupting the country's oil refineries. this is several unions have already called for nationwide protests on thursday and saturday. and they will be counting on the support of all french workers. according to a recent survey more than half of french people are against the current pension plan. meanwhile time is running out for the government the final text of the e reformist st

to b be released in the coming weweeks. next it will be a long road ahead but will be with you every step of the way. that's what prime minister scott to morrison whose told fire ravaged communities in australia as his government puts an extra two billion australian dollars into the kitty to help those affected. with authorities fearful the violent places could burn on for weeks and even months the nationwide death toll already stands at least twenty five with some two thousand homes destroyed serena sykes picks up the story. home is reduced t to ashes r residents for tons of bottle- in southeast all straight it's a fines that's how onene in ruins. the reminder of what was a burning hell yesterday. you don't know what to say that it's such a beautiful town. on the sosoutheastt coast in new south wales states onlookers watch plumes of smoke filled the scholarly. writing for on a drop in temperatures have brought some relief but

officials warn that the extreme weather conditions are expected to return later in the week. we cannot be complacent some. that defy seasonal las until at least the end of march and given with the conditions could even be beyond that time. so wow focus has to remain on insuring we can tie in the fight to protect life and property. we are not outut of danger in the south wewells andi want to mamake that clear. . ais million hectares of land have been burned since the bush files first breakouts in september. three thousand reservists from the army navy and airforce are being deployed. for prime minister schools morrison announced extra funds for exhaust the relief and recovery. com wolf is committing an additional. an initial two billion dollars i the next to calon these starting right now. to support all of the efforts of recovery out right across the country. morrison has been widely criticized for his handling of

the crisis andnd his governments climate change policicies. it's time now for some business news with a kate müser who joins us now in the studio in cases those threats of retaliation between the us and iran and iraq the continued to mount oil prices have jumped absolutely we saw the price of international brent surpassing seventy dollars a barrel up for the first time since september. when there was an attack on oil facilities in saudi arabia not since that jump earlier in the session was seen prices pulling back slightly the international brent trendingg about sixty eight dollars fifty cents per barrel at the close of trade. another market h has beenn volatitile over the lastt year with oilil pricess spikingng afa seseries of attackck on oil tankers ass w well as the us d e being shot down and those attacks on saudi arm because facilities in september it is just the latest spike in prices as geo political turmoil continues. well earlier i a askd christopher haynes of energy aspectss y. all those

geopolitical developments have such an immediate impact on oil prices. you've got such a big risk because you have a large amount of oil supply club always supply. in the middle east- you know about 25230% of global oil and even more. of global exports come from that regigion so a any kind of disruptition. or any kind of impacts on not supply is really going to cause a spike in your price. no foreign oil workers have already begun leaving iraq. lawmakers there have also voted to expel u. s. troops official seem to say that won't actually affect iraqi el. oil output does that seem realistic to you. so i think in the short term yes- you've got train stuff that will be able to man the or films will be have the produce- at current rates. i think one of the impacts is going to be longer time- if you don't have the expertise to- con to keep re trailing the failed to keep produduction hig- and develop more. about production for production growth in in the country then that's going to have a bigger impact site- i think the

impacts hapappening now- could potentially be. a larger further down the line. let's check in on the rest of the day's trading action now those rising tensions weighed on the major european indices. sauces between about point five and point 7% across the board. the price of so called safe haven investments rose gold for example hit a six year hi. it was a more moderate session for wall street. although we saw the us stocks managing to rally for a positive close there. tech stocks outperforming the nasdaq up. 6% at the close. us investors already looking ahead to next week when the us and china are expected to sign that long awaited trade deal. boeing shares traded lower after the us aviation tried confirmed reports of yet another problem with at seven thirty seven max fleet. boeing and the federal aviation administration confirm that they're looking into a possible problem with the wiring in that model. which could lead to a a shortt circuit andossibly a crarash. that's on top of the concerns about the max's aututomated softwaree whih

is seen the planenes groununded around the worldld since march. the m. cast feature is blamed for two deadly accidents which killed three hundred and forty six people. incoming chief executive david calhoun is expected to take over on january thirteenth. after dennis muhlenberg ousted at the end of last year. well monday has marked the thirty third consecutive day of strikes in france. as unions stand firm against the government's efforts to reform the retirement system. walk out to been a headache for commuters in paris but they're also affecting cargo and delivery services across the country. i'm gainsford has the story. these contain is ongoing anyway for now this stone que well the train start continues meaning the goods inside kombi delivered. the owner of this train arrived on sunday morning and was supposed to leave on monday it's in the best case scenario it will be at least a day like i said enough well. we now have three hundred and eighty contain is on the platform when usually that would be two hundred. don't clearly half of them awaiting

to leave that up the drive is of the freight trains on striking the has a use the sncf national rail network this still disrupted by the movement gave one train signal goes on strike. and effects the entire network. the for this train that's going to italy it's heading first to nearly all then we have to wait for these black lines. to reopen and it can continue on to milan is criminal. the city on farming cooperative has the same problem. the silos a foot of grain it's usually delivered by train. ready these containers which in the body to make. 40% of the screen is supposed to be transported by train to different clients. rosberg must say italy and switzerland. the third he listens. if the strike doesn't in soon the delivery will have to be done by laurie six hundred would be needed to come at a high extra cost. for me it's a hundred thousand euros that will affect the

farmers who approve this wheat and barley in the region. since the fifth of december only a quarter of congo trains have been running as usual. because in addition to the headadache of trying to get to work here in paris tom are there are going to be really severe economic consequences as well as the strikes continue. okay business and it's a que meeting thank you very much. it's time now for all media watch a segment with a james c crede in w who's with us also hit in the stutudio james. james what's the reaction today on twitter over donald trump's threats to target a cultural sites in iran. it's a war crime so many people pointing out. that's right so this hot on the heels of the assassination of qasem. soleimani arms to resist tweet over the weekend fifty two radiant sites- representing the fifty two american hostages taken by iran many years ago it. obviously inflamed many- i and we had. the repressed pieces such as this in at the new york. times saying what is

the strategy here. at fue seem to know- so a lot of people can sing maybe it's just. pure rail policy collect la election reelection maybe to simplify others. very quick to point out that this reading flights international. as a bonus you first as your international shipment turnout schmidt turnout tional lowell. and others and in in. in in in satire mode here such as at waterford was producing. at trump hoping war crimes will distract from crime crimes- is. sought are as i said but- really a lot of that policy. people i have twenty at that this would quite simply be a war crime is just not be possible. to go down this track without. it being at. it be a being seen as a war crime people pointing to. add the un security council resolution at two three four seven. and older at the fact that unesco as well has protected at the sides of it. and i'm one this is a cult colin i kao of a- former deputy assistant to president obama on

national security visor. he said i find it hard to believe the pentagon would provide trump. targeting options include raining cultural sites in other words. it's quite simply probable. bluster from donald trump that hasn't been checked. out by any and any hard policy at people. at the head of the unesco. based here in paris director general mess with iran's ambos. center i had to unesco at what room reminding and in in this particular document here at the set. of at the fox the provisions of the nineteen fifty four convention for the protection of cultural property and in the event of armed conflict another. document the nineteen seventy two convention i. concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage woods are two legal instruments have been signed both by the united states and- iran. james many images of iran's cultural sites have been trending online. that's right the hashtag iranian cultural sites and lots of images going up online last year old milk- mosque here. and this is a-

mexican based architect to process more mathematical and engineering perfection he shared for images. well actually many many images in a in a thread of some twelve different comments just look at these shapes and shadows. only an ignorant persoson who wants t a who hates humanity's greatest achievements cup whatever think of destroying them he went on to- share images such as this one here. of el spot as found shop mosque. and indeed it is the images are. but a lot of people and impressed by them and sharing them. and negara up sing the fastest way to unify iranians of all walks of life against you is to threaten to destroy. their cultural heritage. so not to conflict éasa going up as well and images on social media thomas. james finally did the massive funeral today in tehran of- casi misli money is for the new york times at least. iran's first act of retaliation that's riright said some very vocal opposition i custom solely monies eulogised offered an

eighty million dollar bounty. for donald trump's head. during arraignment hearing in general soon it was it was pretty- pretty- în sendiri common tree- throughout the day. and for the new york times the outpouring of grief is the country's first act. of retaliation and this is. from at the foreign minister javad zarif. do you do you still want to listen to the client advising one are on a region team still imagine you can break the will of this great nation its people so. very at in sentry comments coming out there as well the roles of the images of a weeping. khamenei shared by many media here. att the times of israel scheringg at that partiticular r image worth pointingng at of course that's- many iranians. are not fans all of at the regime at all in iran. and some were even fetching de these images of a weeping. how many saying i have. i haven't been so popular in a in a very l long timime so thatat coming from one. iraninin in exile who has been blocked in fact by a committeeee. okay

james accreting with media watch thank you very much. okay that wraps up another thirty minutes of the program on back after r the break with more will nu se on fronts twenty four. to stay with us

01/06/20 01/06/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> americans should prepare themselves for a slap in the past. the americans must know due to the crime they have committed, they would face no safety or peace anywhere. amy: iranian media is reporting over a million mourners have taken to the streets of tehran for the funeral of iranian military commander qassim suleimani three days after he was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in iraq.