it's 3 pm here in moscow right now 330 in the afternoon in toronto that's these pictures are coming from millions filling the streets there for the funeral procession of the country's slain general salim money. while the furious response to washington killing the commander in the solar rocky impede folks at boot outs american troops and money for donald trump to threaten iraq with sanctions never seen before. the other side of the world really is ferocious wildfires no notes of claim 25 lives many thousands of others of the movie say it gives them to the prime minister over his handling of the crisis and for dismissing climate change.

their life in the arts international world the center for a good afternoon to my name is kevin owen here with the latest update and we're going to 1st of all the streets absolutely packed there with millions of mourners for the funeral procession of money the country's most powerful general was assassinated in a u.s. air raid at baghdad airport in iraq on friday iran's supreme leader earlier wept says he said prayers over the slain commanders coffin there's been a huge outpouring of grief across the middle east and beyond one of the 1st repercussions for the united states came yesterday from iraqi m.p.'s who voted sunday to expel 4 of forces from their country for conducting the killing on their soil but donald trump then warned iraq to brace itself for heavy sanctions if it does kick those troops out. we have a very extraordinarily expensive ear piece that's there it cost billions of dollars to build long before my time we're not living unless they pay us back for it if

they do ask us to leave if we don't do it in a very friendly basis will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before avar. iraqi lawmakers resolution not only calls on u.s. troops to leave the country they also asked the government to pull buck from military assistance for the u.s. led and he eisel coalition and it urges for a formal complaint to be raised at the u.n. against washington for violating iraqi sovereignty although iranian leaders are vowing to avenge solid money's death our senior correspondent next has been looking at how it might be a better move for them to play the long game. on the face of it trump and iran they always wanted the same thing iran knew secret always wanted the us to get the hell away from it out of iraq out of the middle east and trump well he won the election promising to end america's wars we want to bring our troops back home and

i got elected on that if you go back and look at our speeches i would say we want to bring our troops back home from these endless wars and i will say look i said i want to get out of these endless wars i campaigned on that i want to get out i haven't left the white house except to go to iraq for a version of time where i had a great experience or actually met some great people some great generals who have great ideas. having it with syria it's working out very well in the hell out of isis and we're bringing our folks back home what a man wouldn't say to get elected in reality he escalated conflict after conflict whether was a scratch trumps policies would tear it open into a wound on the trump of america went from a full with iran having a nuclear deal to assassinating iran's 2nd most powerful official i don't think trump expected this not merely in mourning a man that the u.s.

claimed was a terrorist and i highly doubt he expected to have all his embassies go in lockdown with crowds demanding death at the gates. i was due to meet a general saloon monny 8 30 am on the morning he was killed as he left baghdad international airport mr abdul marty said the general saloon monny was carrying iran some response to a message iraq had conveyed on behalf of saudi arabia aimed at easing tensions between the 2 countries in the region so the money was apparently on a peace mission carrying proposals on how to reduce tensions in the region this is from the mouth of the u.s. backed iraqi prime minister versus him we have the state department it's sure and

says that he was actually evil and take our word for it he was organizing imminent attacks on u.s. bases take our word for it is there any surprise that iraqis voted to remove american soldiers from their country that iraqis don't want foreign troops murdering who they will when they will the parliament has decided to ask the u.s. . that leaves once the prime minister signs off iraq will withdraw its request for assistance which they followed with the us led coalition when isis was ascendant if the us refuses to pull out if it keeps its troops it will no longer be a friend it will be an occupier essentially in death sulaimani achieved exactly what he wanted for iraqis to expel america and if parliament doesn't do it we will take greater action the white house is in panic trying to justify what it did why

is president telling fairy tales trying to tie soleimani to $911.00 of all things trump threatening to bomb iranian cultural targets which would be a textbook example of a war crime that again i doubt he cares much in iran millions burned the american flag in america they're burning the book on international law and order the entire dynamics in iraq has changed from an atmosphere where iran was the culprit in iran was voted out sort of by the street to get out of iraq everybody was for an accusation zx attack in the rain embassies and consulates and so on and so forth to an entirely different position where and especially of those who are affiliated with iran having sort of an upper hand legally to pursue their own targets let's remember that the american since invading iraq illegally in 2003

they have spent trillions of dollars lost thousands of american lives and of course in the process they have killed hundreds of thousands of iraqis all to have influence in a very geostrategic part of the world now when the iraqi parliament asks them to believe in of course they will eventually lead i don't think they will have a choice it's going to happen sooner or later this is going. to be a very significant defeat for the americans i would say you lead would be the beginning of the strategic decline of u.s. power and influence in the region. and in another development iran says it will not abide by the enrichment limits set by that waning 2050 nuclear deal but says it is ready to reverse that if washington live sanctions the u.s. pulled out of the agreement when president trump took power the leaders of germany france and the u.k. have issued a joint statement now calling on iran to avoid measures contravening that nuclear deal middle east expert with russia spoke to us about it doesn't think iran is

pursuing nuclear weapons and only wants to strengthen its defenses it looks like that iran has the capability to minting in the most important thing the spirit the spirit of resistance against the americans aggression or any american attack now despite it's something different from the capabilities and also the most important things that i hope that iran will not take a hard decision that they will lose the europeans because we all know that the reappearance of something different from the americans or what's going to happen after that this is the most important issue that should every part of this conflict should understand well and should the studied well. of the news turkish soldiers are on the way to libya according to president there on the turkish parliament voted last thursday to back the u.n. recognized government in tripoli giving the green light to the deployment of closed u.n. security council meetings being set for later this monday to discuss the situation

livia's rival administration based in the east into broken the country voted against the deal with ankara. it was decided to cut ties between the turkish regime and the states of libya and also in today's session a unanimous vote was passed on the general command authorizing be armed forces to disable all airports ports and learn ports under the militias control due to the danger they pose to the country's national security by bringing the colonists to our country. it has been in a state of war since protests in 2011 and the ousting of the country's leader muammar gaddafi in recent months general khalifa haftar on the libyan national army have been gaining ground against the un but government of national accord which requested military aid from ankara last month general have to his forces currently control most of libya's territory including crucially oil and gas resources johnson a founder of viewpoint africa believes that even with turkey support now it will be

hard for the un backed government to deal with general have to his forces. i'm afraid libya has been a bit of a mess since gadhafi went many people are saying that is very much like syria number 2 mr have to who controls a large swathes of the country or protect a period of time has the swing of the pendulum but on the other hand when you have a government which has been supported by the united nations a government that's supported by the united states i think our seraj has a faction or an opportunity of winning but it's going to be very difficult concept physically how which is why he's been propped talk and supported by the turks who are who have already expressed to send their military might to support him there are too many actors playing and supporting a competing factions which for we know we're not sure exactly who's going to succeed in the wider battle let's get too into. the race is on to

evacuate stricken residents in australia as the most ferocious wildfires in. decades ravish swathes of the southeast at least $25.00 in on them to have died and many thousands of had to abandon their homes and be relocated is but a brief respite from the record breaking heat wave but emergency services a brace they say for hazardous conditions toward 10 again in a few days. directing their fury now prime minister scott morrison over his handling of the crisis and

for suggesting there's no direct link between the fires and climate change despite many saying it as a root cause of the unprecedented destruction. it's become hard of a fire seasons and longer the rival lapping between states this is driven by climate change scientists the pain very clear that pain thank you 10 or 20 years now that climate change is leading to more frequent and more severe push 5 and trout and hate way we're already seeing catastrophic impacts you can imagine how much worse it will be if we allow the planet to continue to warm if we allow the continent of australia to continue to dry out this is just a taste of what's to come if we don't act there's no argument about the links between in my view in the government's view and in any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global climate change and and weather events around the world but i'm sure people are equally to acknowledge that the direct connection to any single fire event it's not

a credible suggestion to make that link. the new year is scotland is much celebrated there with the capital drawing thousands of visitors for hogmanay but the residents who live full time say they're increasingly being shut out of their own city to make way for said tourist their numbers are growing rapidly in recent years but it's proving to be a double edged sword for edinburgh the city council says the new year's celebration influx causes an increase in noise pollution for a start most overcrowding on the streets while police acknowledge forcing residents who live in the center where id response and to get permits for visitors to their own homes during the hold when they festivities in recent years event organizers have worked they say with the edinburgh city council to try and make the most of the rising number of visitors the city's german themed christmas markets also called up to when it was revealed it hadn't had planning permission for the last 2 years is what people in a breath of told us about. so it's become about that issue because firstly it's. the same people so you start with what works there for you know the difficulty it's

just going to come forward or difficult service i think we have plenty and i think they need to seeing that the people i want to listen. 6 of the people need to live here and not have to be pushed out. of. the stores like this if you get into city that that means people are not look at this i mean that is going to be like any of them or the city coming up after the break we're casting the ryback over 2019 and some of the big stories that happened including the people power filled the streets of nations worldwide and how fears grew of a new global arms race after washington walked away from that landmark arms treaty . join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you then.

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again taking stock of $2900.00 some more now as we reflect more of the events that marked the year just gone. so let's crank up the memory machine see where we're going next we saw a fair bit of political maneuvering and we live ealing over weaponry didn't we power games as the button the press then as the iran nuclear deal unraveled nations boosted their defense budgets to get tooled up and new arms race waited in the wings so arms races a story will follow the u.s. withdrew from the i.n.f. treaty on limiting ballistic missiles in 2018 russia then took what he described as a symmetrical response and $29.00 t. he goes down off takes a closer look at how it all developed. an arms race cold war

a nuclear crisis it seemed all these things both sparked and faded out of historical relevance in the past millennium but 2019 saw all of them make a comeback the united states is officially withdrawing from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i.n.f. treaty the us unilaterally demolished a pillar of international stability crushing its i.n.f. treaty with russia. fears of the past century resurrected immediately the u.s.

is pulling out of a decades long nuclear treaty with russia sparking fears of a new arms race we thought was confined to the cold war now there's concern a pullout could lead to a new arms race it's clear that the threat of a new arms race is real we go into a nuclear arms race like we saw in the 1960 s. only more expensive and more dangerous it seemed the 2 countries were again trying to outpace each other on the military speed track with a nuclear winter right past the finishing line washington no longer bound by the iron of shackles started the messala tests right away 2 weeks after the pullout and then again in december this in turn kicked russia's military into action too as it accused the us of premeditating their withdrawal not going to go for us upon this had to be only east and street food with us they should. lots of use trumped up

accusations and allegations to unilaterally withdraw from it like they did in 2002 they violate everything and find excuses to put the blame on someone russia does not pose a threat to anyone any actions we take or retaliatory that is to say in defense we never seek confrontation we do not want it specially with a global power like the us is the symbol it's been known from october of last year when the us national security advisor john bolton visited us he said that donald trump's a statement about washington's withdrawal from the treaty is not an invitation to dialogue it was a final decision maybe even earlier the u.s. started preparing the missile test banned by the i.n.f. treaty and whatever the timing of the pullout washington has indeed been making its point about the i.m.f. for a long time pretty well being violated and being gored by. other countries for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces

really without remorse adding fuel to the flames was the fact that just a year before that russia unveiled new weapons an explicit demonstration that if it wants to retaliate it well. and both sides have been accusing each other of violating the i never deal but more school has also insisted that it has been unprecedentedly transparent in attempts to demonstrate compliance paraded the very message washington claims violated the i.m.f. russia invited international experts to come and be judge and jury what the rocket could and couldn't do the americans didn't come despite an almost personal invitation. for many years we propose disarmament talks but our initiatives have

not found the support of our partners in fact they always find pretexts for dismantling the global security system. russia says it's still tryst with the iron of deal flatlined it suggests that arms control can be achieved through expanding another deal start and response washington talks at length about its gargantuan plans to include china and other nuclear powers in a new deal just some new deal even the u.s. seems to have little idea about with you that the you will start expires february the 5th 2021 we have until then to resolve the situation our proposals are still on the table we've been heard i understand that now it's up to washington to decide i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very 'd big and beautiful room and you are literally that would be much better

all the while as nuclear parity hangs in the balance purely on the good faith of a few individuals. he goes double for boarding that well 2019 so governments in many countries love to no doubt about jews how widespread public dissatisfaction against them had reached this come about next from the yellow vests in paris to political turmoil in latin america crowds turned regularly and in large numbers now spain will the simmering independence row over the wealthy couple only a region that led to violent demonstrations that made so many headlines in the year just gone protests to the roadblocks and clashed with police for weeks in the after 9 separate is leaders were sentenced to jail for sedition they'd pushed ahead with an independent referendum in 2014 despite a ban from madrid crucially within a cochon of reported from the unrest in the catalan capital bus alona during the height of it all in the autumn 2.

the streets of barcelona are again on fire we're standing right now between the very cases that were built by prison asters yes you can see the violence is only growing on the streets of the cats a line and capital. protesters have built as these barry kates using garbage and appliances that were standing by the cafeterias as well as some of the furniture that they could science so they built those barricades now they set them on fire and right now they're shouting slogans and adding. and as you can see tensions our only increasing here at this is happening right in the center of barcelona and the streets of barcelona are again on fire and if we remember what happened just on friday

a police forces responded with a rubber bullets and tear gas thank you thank. barcelona is protesting sense monday and this saturday to show that people are not tired this violence just showed that they're ready to take it to the streets. and so they did want more stories from me i just got a rough what's happening right now when i'm back in just over half an hour or so to keep up with a with everything that's happening in iraq millions on the streets there today and so much more. now social media here moscow's cover though in saying thank you for watching r.t. international a big season's greetings from russia. good

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