the procession in ahvaz marks the beginning a three—day ceremony.l‘s body will be moved to tehran on monday, before burial on tuesday in his south—eastern hometown of kerman. let's ta ke take a look at some of president trump's treats this morning. "they attacked us and we hit back", he wrote. "if they attack again, which i would strongly advise them not to do, we will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before!" he went on to talk about recent us military spending on weapons, with the warning — "if iran attacks an american base, or any american, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way and without hesitation!" let's speak to the washington post's iraq reporter mustafa salim. he is currently in baghdad. thank you very much for talking to bbc news this morning. how would you characterise the mood in the city since the killing of qasem soleimani? the situation right now isa high soleimani? the situation right now is a high case of tension due to what happened in the last operation. iraq has always been in the mi

the procession in ahvaz marks the beginning a three—day ceremony.al‘s body will be moved to tehran on monday, before burial on tuesday in his south—eastern hometown of kerman. this morning, president trump has tweeted a fresh warning: he went on to talk about recent us military spending on weapons, with the warning: this morning, the foreign secretary dominic raab described the late general soleimani as a "regional menace" but said it was important to de—escalate tensions. the reality is iran has, for a long period, being engaged in menacing destabilising activity partly through the work of general soleimani. we've also had the flouting of international law when it comes to the pursuit of the potential to acquire a nuclear weapon. the president of the us, the president of france, through the macron—trump initiatives, have left the door open to a diplomatic route through this to a better place for iran. the leadership have decided not to take it. i think the important thing now is to de—escalate the tensions to try and restore some stability and make

this is the scene live in the iranian city of ahvaz where hundreds of thousands of people are gathereddy of general soleimani arrived from iraq. the australian bushfires claim their 24th life — as a man dies helping defend a friend's home in new south wales. more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed and an estimated 500 million animals killed. the costs of hs2 are "out of control" and its benefits overstated, according to the deputy chair of its review panel. before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. good morning to you. good morning to you, as well. england's cricketers are off to a fantastic start in cape town. it's day three of the 2nd test against south africa. and they have james anderson to thank — his two early wickets, saw south africa finish on 223. giving england a 46 run lead — and they now have the chance to build on that in their second innings. they are currently xx—xx — as they look to level —— they are currently 17 without loss, as they look to level the board match series. fa cup third round weekend continues today, wit

the procession in ahvaz marks the beginning a three—day ceremony.al‘s body will be moved to tehran on monday, before burial on tuesday in his south—eastern hometown of kerman. these live pictures are from the second most populous city in iran after the capital tehran, mashad. the cough and is expected there at around 1230 this afternoon and, from there, it will be transported to tehran. it's not particularly bright and cheerful day, but there's plenty of people out marking the death of the general. 0ne of people out marking the death of the general. one of the criticism is often made it iran is able to turn on these parades and displays of public support whenever it wants to. the regime has always had that capacity, but there is no doubt, on a nationalist basis if nothing else, the killing of the countries top general was bound to provoke some kind of anger, whether or not people agree with the iranian regime or not, so those are the scenes in mashad in iran. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucette is following developments from kabul. t

the body of qasem soleiman is reported to have been flown into the iranian city of ahvaz, where thousandsople are attending ceremonies to honour him. his funeral is due to take place on tuesday. we are getting reports the body was flown in just before dawn, their time this morning. many, many thousands of people out on the streets taking part in this procession. we believe the body is due to be flown tonight, to the next location and as roger said, his funeral is on tuesday. we will continue to monitor those pictures during the course of the morning. the australian prime minister, scott morrison, has warned the country's bushfires crisis could last for months. he announced that a national agency will be set up to help affected communities recover. phil mercer is live in nowra for us this morning. we have been talking to you the last couple of mornings, can i sense a bit of rain with you there? yes, unbelievably it is raining. this is a contrast to condition yesterday that were fairly monstrous. very hot temperatures, very strong, gusty winds fuelling many fires here in south eastern austr

hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the iranian city of ahvaz where after the body of generalvy warships are ordered to escort british—flagged vessels in the persian gulf and the prime minister is returning to the uk from his caribbean holiday. the australian bushfires claim their 24th life — as a man dies helping defend a friend's property in new south wales. more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed. the costs of hs2 are "out of control" and its benefits

qasem soleimani's body arrived in iran early on sunday morning, three days of mourning begins here in ahvazore moving to tehran on monday and then the burial in his home town in kerman. this is a moment of mobilising loyalty amongst communities in the region. iran vowed to take responsibility —— revenge for the death of its top commander who influenced the region by force and blood. an earnest response could come at a time and place of its choosing —— iran's response. some of its proxy militias started reacting. two rockets hit american bases in the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad where the anti—isis coalition is based. no casualties were reported but that's a sign of warning for the nearly 6000 american troops in iraq. perhaps it is time to leave. instead, the us is planning to bolster its defences in the region, sending 3000 more troops. president donald trump warned in a tweet of harsh reaction to any attack on americans or us assets. he says the us has targeted 52 iranian sites to strike if any escalation. the world is calling on self restraint, but the loss is big for tehran an

a tide of people have flooded the streets of mashhad and ahvaz where the funerals have taken place. very emotional and a sense of anger in this country there is a sense of revenge in this country and there is also a sense of fear as to what is going to come next while there is just an official iranian government announcement saying it's going to completely shed its commitments to the nuclear deal, it is not going to abide by any restrictions on uranium enrichment, the number of centrifuges they have, how advanced they are or on research and development. also we're seeing calls from the iraqi government to expel u.s. forces from the region there are also varying calls across this country from senior officials calling for revenge and saying that it will be swift. the head of iran's national security council said that iran will not only strike back militarily, but it has other options available to it as well, which could include choking off the flow of oil and cyber attacks. ali arouzi, nbc news, tehran. >>> let's take a look at the corps. air france klm shares are sharply lower after

and this is a story in ahvaz today and it will be the story in tehran on monday as funeral processionsan on tuesday. >>> to my colleague george howell who is in atlanta now with more on how this u.s. attack in baghdad friday is affecting politics in the united states. george? >> becky, thank you so much. let's now bring in thomas gift. thomas gift is here to tell us, he has perspective on this. very good to have you with us. again, a political science professioner. good to have your perspective. we saw those images and if we could just show them, again. it gives you a sense of the feeling right now in iran and also in iraq. people coming together upset, angry about what happened. the question here stateside is as lawmakers debate how this was carried out, is there enough political will to respond as any sort of strike might happen? >> well, to some extent, george, we are really stepping in to unchartered territory because iran has an almost unlimited number of potential options at its disposal both directly through its own military and indirectly through proxies and iran's history of a