by claiming the sulaimani had been planning eminent and sinister attacks on americans in the region we took action last night just stop. a war the us president said sulaimani was responsible for the deaths of thousands of american service people over 2 decades solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago trump's republican allies in congress agreed for to all this evil man operated without them strike and countless and often have suffered for now his terrorist leadership has been and democrats say trump ordered the drone strike that also killed the leader of tehran back iraqi militia groups without consulting congress and warned of serious consequences this is the equivalent of the iranians assassinating the u.s. secretary of defense i do not believe the administration has gamed out. how very badly this could go for the us and our interests this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the president pr

strike targeted a convoy of sulaimani and his close ally hondas the deputy head of the iraqi popular mobilization forces an iranian backed part military group other members of the group were also killed for iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali common a solemn mani was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and he warned there will be revenge the cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandits of the world sulaimani is more to them well make iran more decisive to resist america's expansionism and to defend. our values would no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge. while there is talk of revenge many iranians don't want to see war their own with our support and it will definitely increase violence but i fundamentally disagree with violence and conflict i believe people moving toward peace and negotiation to reach the goals is much better soleimani enjoyed some support when he led the charge to displace islip from iraq a stronghold but many iraqis now blam

ally in the killing of sulaimani that was pretty predictable. absolutely peter if you remember on friday night that's exactly what we were discussing custom silly money was a figure who was a regional figure wasn't really money was not just any an ordinary iranians generally he had following from iran to syria to lebanon to iraq i mean assad the messages which came out from the groups that he had trained here supported he funded that they will they will take revenge this is something that everybody here in iraq fear iraq again seems to be versed expectation that iraq that it will again become a theater of confrontation between world powers seem to be coming true again tonight as iraq was the place where the united states chose to take out the money the head of the qods force and iraq again is the place where the iranians chose to attack u.s. forces as well and u.s. interests are far and wide in this region and iran says that it has assets on the ground groups that are ideologically aligned ordered support in all of those places where the presenc

strike targeted a convoy of sulaimani and his close ally hondas the deputy head of the iraqi popular mobilisation forces an iranian backed part military group other members of the group were also killed for iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali hamann a stolen money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and he warned there will be revenge the cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom well make iran more decisive to resist america's expend. in islam and to defend our values with no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge. only. while there is talk of revenge many iranians don't want to see war their own with our support and it will definitely increase violence but i fundamentally disagree with violence and conflict i believe people moving toward peace in negotiation to reach the goals is much better soleimani enjoyed some support when he led the charge to displace eisel from iraq a stronghold but many iraqis now

by claiming the sulaimani had been planning eminent and sinister attacks on americans in the region we took action last night just stop a war we did not. take action to start a war the us president said sulaimani was responsible for the deaths of thousands of american service people over 2 decades solid mady has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago trump's republican allies in congress agreed or to all this evil man operated without them strike and countless and often have suffered for now his terrorist leadership has been and democrats say trump ordered the drone strike that also killed the leader of tehran back iraqi militia groups without consulting congress and warned of serious consequences this is the equivalent of the iranians assassinating the u.s. secretary of defense i do not believe the administration has gamed out. how very badly this could go for the us and our interests this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly th

honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom well make iran more decisive to resist america's expansionism and to defend our values with no doubt iran and other freedom seeking countries in the region will take his revenge. while there is talk of revenge many iranians don't want to see war hero with us support them and it will definitely increase violence but i fundamentally disagree with violence and conflict i believe people moving toward peace in negotiations with the goals is much better soleimani enjoyed some support when he led the charge to displace islip from iraq a strong. holds but many iraqis now blame iran for instability and interference in their country and soleimani directly for a violent crackdown on anti-government protests which began in october the us assassinations are the most extreme escalation in tensions between to hit on in washington in recent years and many in baghdad fear it will continue to play out on iraqi soil and if an indistinct has she you may say are we condemned this it's unaccep

media that americans in the region are now safer after sulaimani his demise while no one is accusing president trump of ordering friday's drone strike for political purposes and does overshadow all political headlines in the u.s. including trump's impending impeachment trial the u.s. senate was to begin this new year by taking on that as their 1st order of business and instead senators are preparing for briefings on the u.s. military strike and whatever response it may bring heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. and the u.s. president donald trump has been rallying his evangelical christian supporters at an event in miami in florida and the guy is there and the preaching to the converted clearly what's he been saying. well he's really been talking about the things that evangelicals 10 more about than anything else and not a speck of ocean rights gun control of the right to own a gun as a rights of christians he's really treating as he said to the converted and this is the beginning of presidential. coalition you know all these on jellicoe if he wants to focus on particularly black

it keeps its troops that 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 our action the white house is in panic trying to justify what it did the vice president telling fairy tales trying to tie sulaimani 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 burn 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 iran was voted out sort of by the street to get out of iraq everybody was. an accusation zz attacking purine embassies and consulates and so on and so forth to an entirely different position where back 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 sp

take action to start a war then you probably shouldn't have killed him general sulaimani was considered an icon in iran and iraq a man who helped prevent isis a takeover of iraq and syria who inspired and mobilized tens of thousands of people multiple countries to fight the blight that is isis. you know enough the americans are not aware what a great mistake they've committed they will face the consequences of discriminant not only today but also in coming years there is no doubt the us is now more hated among iranians in iraqis is an act of aggression by the us i mean they should they should expect anything as it is all of this is a question hundreds of thousands have joined the funeral processions and protests condemning his murder rage is in the air iran has promised revenge american civilians are being evacuated from the entire region u.s. embassies and bases in this slew of countries are knocked out troops have been put in combat readiness and now now middle east in the red lert they claim that they only want peace that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this

we don't yet know how much of a blunder sulaimani is murder was what we do know is that the world now is a more dangerous place millions will hate america for this and that hate will last for generations just remarkable isn't it how many people more and more keep having to die so trump and the pentagon can feel safe. let's get through some of those aspects talked about murat's i'm very happy to welcome on to the program middle east analyst amar walk half a mark good to see you iraq has seen plenty of anti american sentiment in recent times we know that but how does this killing actually embolden the government to play a political card they otherwise wouldn't. be living with the 1st thing that happened in iraq as a consequence of this attack was. people who are at loggerheads only a couple of days ago. namely the shiite factions were quarrelling and you know each other's friends on who's going to take the spoils of the new iraqi government the one that was supposed to be formed very soon we've seen them today unable to ignore the emotions of their constituencies they've managed to form

we don't yet know how much of a blunder sulaimani is murder was what we do know is that the world now is a more dangerous place millions will hate america for this and that hate will last for generations just remarkable isn't it how many people more and more keep having to die so trump and the pentagon can feel safe. regardless of our senior correspondent there we've been hearing reaction from analysts in the u.s. they've questioned the wisdom of donald trump's decision to kill general salim money . if this action this assassination this drive by shooting in gangland style makes americans safer then why was the 1st thing the state department said is for all americans to get out of iraq as quickly as you can you know so obviously it's not making us safer the idea that now pompei would say oh we need to decide deescalate we don't want war what you've already create you already made an act of war on iran and over one. there's no justification under international law moral law our constitution is just aggravation and the fact that we're there in a way has a gas then have an embassy there

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 the vice president telling fairy tales trying to tie sulaimani 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 burn the american flag in america they're burning the book on international law and order if the americans think about putting iraq under sanctions definitely iraq will look into other sources into either selling its oil. projects and finding more suitable partners than partner who comes to iraq iraq he citizen use iraqi airspace iraqi ground to kill iraqi officials and that is definitely not the way that we are looking in to our allies. in other news thousands of worshipers have filled central moscow's christ the savior cathedral this tuesday morning and eastern orthodox chri

we don't yet know how much of a blunder sulaimani is mudda was what we do know is that the world now is a more dangerous place millions will hate america for this and that hate will last for generations just remarkable isn't it how many people more and more keep having to die so trump and the pentagon can feel safe. rant against the of all amid the rapid escalation tehran says it won't abide by any of the enrichment set by bit 2015 nuclear deal but is still ready to reverse if washington lift sanctions the u.s. pulled out of the agreement when president trump took power we have spoken to several middle east experts on the crisis gripping the region. probably iran is now pushing europe towards the edge in terms of having either to rescue the deal the nuclear deal and part tweezer sort of america or probably ditch the deal altogether but it won't be any iranian call it would be probably a european court we've heard news earlier as well that iran would be ready to deescalate if the sanctions were lifted so there are messages that are being sent either way telling still despite all the h

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 our action the white house is in panic trying to justify what it did the vice president telling fairy tales trying to tie sulaimani to 911 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 burn the american flag in america they're burning the book on international law and order. of a cynical follow let's go live now to baghdad. as a member of the baghdad security committee hi this well the events of the last couple of days where you start here and we've seen earlier on the pictures that millions of people out on the streets in iran we saw the pictures from tehran from calm on your side of the border over iraq are you surprised at the strength of which we call it anti-american sentiment that's really come to the fore here the government your parliament wanted to

this column up on january 3rd the united states launched an airstrike that killed general qassam sulaimani the commander of the iranian couldn't force or the most powerful figures in iran president trump claims he posed an imminent threat to the us without citing a shred of evidence for that claim do you as the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings do you think sulaimani was a legitimate military target or was this an extrajudicial killing a political assassination well look and a moment on the basis of the evidence provided by the united states and on the basis of my interpretation of international law. surgeon said the likelihood of these killing to be unlawful is very high these being said i am certainly open to hearing more about the evidence of the imminent threat that general salim and every presented and in terms of international law there are ongoing debate right now as to whether under international humanitarian law missteps so in many wars a legitimate target personally i have question that analysis but i do know that they are or their expert that i am gauging with my c

force that actually defeated ice's they assassinated this iraqi general just because he was with sulaimani now the problem with that is the americans never apologize they're going to say that we didn't know that he was there they didn't explain themselves they just shot him killed a man and turned him to pieces and they're talking about silly money we're not really concerned of us away money we can send of our general the parliament is raise because of a woman in mind this not because of silly money the cerise in baghdad. filled with people because of the why did this not because of still a money yeah general mondas doesn't have much publicized in this country it's mainly saudi money of course the boris johnson defacto supporter the assassination strike ordered by donald trump do you think that makes britain a target for those who want to seek revenge for the assassinations no i don't believe britain would be involved in this i don't believe that britain would be a target i don't think britain or france or any other force should have any and he worries on this issue of course donald trump

we don't yet know how much of a blunder sulaimani is murder was what we do know is that the world now is a more dangerous place millions will hate america for this and that hate will last for generations just remarkable isn't it how many people more and more keep having to die so trump and the pentagon can feel safe. to delve further into this rapidly developing story i'm very happy to go to baghdad where senior foreign policy adviser to the iraqi parliament akhmed rushdie joins us you're very welcome how does this vote that happened today being received in the country the wider country at large. well actually devoted happened to a decision not to or knoll and the agreement that happened between iraq and the us actually is mentioned in the parliament or done in the parliament as a lol so that's why this decision by the parliament it's not should it can't be it's now removed to the to the government and the problem is that the government is a caretaker government i resigned government so the government cannot make any decision real decision about those sorts of sorts of treaties that i

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 our action the white house is in panic trying to justify what it did the vice president telling fairy tales trying to tie sulaimani to 911 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 burn the american flag in america they're burning the book on international law and order. ok moving on to more world news this hour turkish soldiers are on their way to libya according to president on the turkish parliament voted back on thursday to the un recognized government in tripoli giving the green light to the deployment and close to un security council meeting is underway now at the moment in new york the scots in the situation libya's rival administration based in the east of the country voted against a deal with on. it was decided to cut ties between the turkish re

just to bring everyone up to speed kassim sulaimani he played a decisive role in stopping isis he was behind one of the one of the people behind who form the p.m.s. the popular mobilization forces in iraq these are the units that when the iraqi army collapsed but it seemed like isis was going to take all of iraq these are the men and woman who stood up who stood up and food back before the army managed to manage to find its feet he did the same in syria he helped stop the fight islamism i says there back in the day the u.s. war in afghanistan he helped the united states fight the taliban fight. but that is ancient history lately the united states has been accusing him of organizing a spate of attacks of kuku dating a spate of attacks on u.s. bases rocket attacks that wound up in the end killing a u.s. contractor in the aftermath of that particular killing the united states carried out air strikes against iraq and syrian military units that resulted in huge protests in baghdad the united states embassy there precedented almost on the scene by protesters the united states again blamed k

we don't yet know how much of a blunder sulaimani is mudda was what we do know is that the world now is a more dangerous place millions will hate america for this and that hate will last for generations just remarkable isn't it how many people more and more keep having to die so trump and the pentagon can feel safe. live from russia pro cussing around the world bringing up to speed with all the headlines that matter this weekend this is r t international with me kevin oh and this is ahead new year new protests against hong kong we'll tell you what's been happening there and the rest of the stories making headlines after this break. 6 this is nothing but the harmony you can create on vibrating strings but it's chemistry chemistry is the melody the melodies you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is a symphony of strains. in a world big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's tim

by claiming the sulaimani had been planning eminent and sinister attacks on americans in the region we took action last night just stop. a war the us president said sulaimani was responsible for the deaths of thousands 'd of american service people over 2 decades solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago trump's republican allies in congress agreed or to a law this evil man operated without them strike and countless and often have suffered for now his terrorist leadership has been and democrats say trump ordered the drone strike that also killed the leader of tehran back iraqi militia groups without consulting congress and warned of serious consequences this is the equivalent of the iranians assassinating the u.s. secretary of defense i do not believe the administration has gamed out. how very badly this could go for the us and our interests this action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war exactly the kind of endless war the presiden

are our top stories huge crowds have gathered in tehran to mourn the country's top general qassam sulaimani he was killed by a u.s. drone strike in baghdad's monny successor is valen to expel american forces from the middle east and respond. in an important.

and that his aides have been citing in recent days to justify taking this action to kill general sulaimani now we've heard many times it's just as allen will say secretary of state mike on pale saying that this was an imminent threat however and that everything you heard he was pointing to the days leading up to the drone attack that killed sulaimani as justification saying that those events that have preceded the drone attack also justify taking the attack but not really saying what was being planned what silly money is accused of having planted those eminent attacks that the ministrations says was putting americans in the region at immediate harm so those are still big questions that are outstanding for members of congress of course this morning in the senate there they're debating a resolution put out by democrats that would seek congressional authority that would require it in order for the president to continue with military hostilities regarding iran of course the u.s. constitution says that the power to make war is one that is shared between the executive and legislative branches an

flag just before this us nation of major general custom sulaimani on january 3rd. well your president trump backed down on a threat to destroy iran's cultural sites the u.s. lead a cause to global along with a series of tweets on saturday in which he said key iranian landmarks could be targeted at the country 6 revenge for the assassination of its top general kasim sulaimani but on tuesday trump said washington will obey international law we are according to various laws supposed to be very careful with their cultural heritage and you know what if that's what the law is i like your baby the law well meanwhile the iranian parliament has unanimously passed a bill designating the u.s. armed forces as a terrorist organization. well those who did this is well as the perpetrators of this crime the killing of general kassim son the money with the pentagon and then military counted as terrorists. earlier the body of major general salim money was taken back to his hometown for burial and it's reported dozens of people were crushed to death in a huge crowd of there with hund

are our top stories huge crowds have gathered in tehran to mourn the country's top general qassam sulaimani he was killed by u.s. drone strike in baghdad the successor is ballan to expel american forces from the middle east in response. in an important advance forces loyal to libyan rebel general say they have taken the city of sirte of the coastal city is located midway between the capital tripoli and benghazi.

hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered to pay their respects to general kasem sulaimani killed in a u.s. drone strike in iraq on friday. i mean if you have bombed on a couch than a piece his assassination is considered a tickle aeration of war by many iranians. speaking at her father's funeral the general's own daughter has promised were prizes positive margin high in 5 other i'd already quite that i don't know the families of american soldiers in western asia have witnessed america's humiliation in syria iraq on in lebanon afghanistan yemen and palestine not yet they will spend their days waiting for the death of the children. and the anger is spreading across borders in lebanon the iran backed hezbollah militia has threatened to hit american forces in the region here. meanwhile the iraqi parliament has voted to end the u.s. military presence in the country some 5000 u.s. troops are there officially to help defeat so-called islamic state u.s. president donald trump has already warned that it could be hit by tough sanctions if it follows through with his threat. but it's iran's pr

defending his decision and his administration's decision to assassinate the iranian general custom sulaimani so that's essentially what's being spoken about here president trump defending his decision r.t.w. probably for the n.d.s. reporting that from washington thanks. will german chancellor i'm going to russian president vladimir putin also discussed iran's downing all the play in the 2 leaders held talks on saturday in moscow where merkel also stressed that every possible effort should be made to adhere to the iran nuclear deal now iran was just one of many urgent items on their agenda. bungle americal on her way to a quick meeting with vladimir putin the list of international crises is long you run syria ukraine libya germany wants to mediate proposes a peace conference in berlin to end the civil war in libya. it's about non interference about sovereignty and that's why the parties currently engaged in a military confrontation in libya we presented by mr saroj and mr have to should naturally be tightly involved that through the influence. different groups have been fighting for power in

threatening to hit as many as 52 iranian targets if iran retaliates for the assassination of general sulaimani and now president hassan rouhani has tweeted back saying quotes never threaten the iranian nation in tehran huge crowds turned out for the funeral of the general and others killed in the u.s. drone strike. another crowd in coleman saying goodbye to general has sam soleimani the latest stop in an unprecedented funeral tour of iran. earlier in the capital tehran supreme leader ayatollah ali how many weeping over the remains of iran's top military commander. and the man slated to take that post as my old gunny kissing the coffin so in monies assassination is considered a declaration of war by many iranians the generals daughter has promised revenge oh yeah positive are the higher 5 other i know me quite that i don't want families of american soldiers in western asia have witnessed america's humiliation in syria iraq levanon afghanistan yemen and palestine yet they will spend their days waiting for the death of the children. on the streets of tehran the general's death seems to have unite

many are debating how that just punishment should be how can we avenged for the death of sulaimani and a mind is should we talk at a big figure as important a silly money like who calls us shiva staff the secretary of defense there's nobody as important as celeb money on his his shoe alone is worth from an innocent tire capital. he's a fairfield boy i'll be clear their response is to target their merican military presence in the region their american military bases their vessels every american officer and soldier in our region and our countries on our soul ask the american army is the one who killed these people and they're the ones who will be paying the price. so mahmoud what's the likelihood of hezbollah every time for iran. well that's the very interesting question right now folly because while mr nasrallah spent a lot of time talking about how there would be retaliation he did not give specifics as to what role lebanon might play and many lebanese citizens have been very worried the past couple of days since the killing of qassam so they money because they don't know what it means

defending his decision and his administration's decision to assassinate the iranian general custom sulaimani and so that's essentially what's being spoken about here president defending his decision. that from washington thanks poppy. and a 2nd act now is on the other stories making news around the world at this hour labor unions have marched through paris and other french cities to protest pension reforms plans by president emmanuel mccann the demonstrations came after talks between the government and unions failed to break a deadlock a strike against the reform has disrupted public transport since early just. northern ireland's main parties have formed a power sharing government after a 3 year standoff now the deal between the unionists the u.p.a. nationalists should say was brokered by britain and ireland 3 years ago should say quite the power sharing arrangement because it felt it was not being treated as an equal. german chancellor angela merkel says that every possible effort should be made to adhere to the iran nuclear deal the terms of which tech ron has violated now the chancellor m