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Hello and welcome to world news today. Iran has announced it is rolling back its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal following the assasination of the iranian general Qasem Soleimani by the us in baghdad on friday. In a statement, tehran said it would remove all limits on uranium enrichment, but those steps could be reversed if washington lifted its sanctions on tehran. It comes as soleimanis remains have been returned to iran with great ceremony. The multi city funeral procession has been followed by enormous crowds. Here you can see the huge crowds in the city of masshad as his coffin was brought onto a stage. The crowds were so large that its journey on to tehran had to be postponed. Meanwhile, in neighbouring iraq, where soleimani was killed, the parliament has passed a resolution ordering all foreign troops out of the country and banning them from using iraqs land, air and waters for any reason. James robbins reports. Tens of thousands of iranians are mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders promising revenge. The chants are familiar, including death to america, but the context has radically changed. The war of words from both sides is intensifying. President trump has tweeted this threat of massive retaliation. If iran strikes any americans or american assets, he says, we have targeted 52 iranians sites, some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture, and those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard. The usa wants no more threats is there still risk of attack . Of course there is, there is a tremendous risk. We are doing everything we can to make sure we take that down and protect american lives. That is the mission set, when the president laid out his National Security strategy three years ago, this is all in the context of a larger american strategy to create peace and stability in the middle east. In the iraqi capital, baghdad, where the general was killed in the american strike, Iraqs Parliament has expressed its outrage, voting for the removal of all Foreign Forces from the country, although the decision is not necessarily binding. America is busy sending reinforcements to the wider region. In practice, around 5,000 us forces in iraq are unlikely to leave soon, but the Us Led Coalition has announced a pause in training of iraqi forces and operations against is or daesh. The whole focus now will be on protecting its bases. James robbins, bbc news. Lyse doucet is our chief international correspondent. Shejoins us now from kabul. Welcome. Iran has said it will roll back on any nuclear deal commitments. We know that donald trump walked away from this deal in 2018 so what do you think iran means by this . It is not as dramatic as it was first reported. It seemed to apply it first reported. It seemed to apply it seemed to imply that iran was com pletely it seemed to imply that iran was completely abandoning the 2015 nuclear deal but the detail Say Something else. This is the fifth step that iran has taken to play kids break its commitments under the deal. The foreign minister said this was the last step. The bargain in the deal was that iran would limit its enrichment of uranium under its Nuclear Programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, many of them by the us. Now it has said there are no limits to oururanium now it has said there are no limits to our uranium enrichment, but it did not, as was feared, names, for example, 20 enrichment. It has kept open the possibility of either escalating or de escalating and critically, it did not cancel its cooperation with the International Atomic energy agency, and also said it was ready to go back to the table if the European Union made efforts to revive the deal or if the us lifted sanctions, pdfs, so it is not a great signal but not a terrible signal either, but it has not com pletely signal either, but it has not completely shut the door on a deal which is hanging by a few threads. Big ifs. Donald trump has tweeted that these media posts will serve as notification to the Us State Congress that should iran strike any us person or target, the United States will quickly and fairly straight back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required but is given nonetheless. In the past 2a hours we have had an escalation in a war of words from iran and donald trump. That post just words from iran and donald trump. That postjust came out. It is quite strange and away. The world knows 110w strange and away. The world knows now that donald trump conducts a lot of his Foreign Policy by twitter. Under the us war powers act, the Us Government was obliged to inform the congress 48 hours before it carried out any military activity, which it did. Is donald trump saying in this post that from now on he simply will inform the congress by these twitter posts. I am inform the congress by these twitter posts. Iam not inform the congress by these twitter posts. I am not sure that will satisfy people in the house who are starting to ask questions about the action taken in the killing of Qasem Soleimani and another main iraqi leader. The other worrying thing is the idea of disproportionate. We heard earlier that the United States had been sending messages to iran through a large number of intermediaries, saying we know youre going to retaliate but please retaliate and a proportionate manner, please do not keep escalating. With all these cries revenge and retaliation surround resounding across the region from supporters of Qasem Soleimani, perhaps donald trump is saying, whatever you do, we will get bike and hit you even harder, and in the present context, that is worrying indeed. We will get back. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. The us military says three of its personnel were killed during the pre dawn jihadist attack on a military base on the kenyan coast. A statement says one Service Member and two Defence Contractors were killed at the base in manda bay, close to the Tourist Destination of lamu island. It says kenyan and us troops repelled the al shabab attack. A masked mob has injured several students at one of indias most prestigious universities. The students have been admitted to hospitals. It is unclear who the attackers at the Jawa Harlal Nehru University campus were. Students there have been in the headlines in the past few weeks for protesting against a controversial new citizenship law. Now to venezuela where chaos has erupted in parliament after luis parra, an opposition rival ofjuan guaido, proclaimed himself president of the National Assembly without guaidos presence. The opposition also said mr parra was sworn in without votes, a move denounced by the opposition as a parliamentary coup. More than 15 million has been raised for the New South Wales Fire Services in australia in just 48 hours as they continue to battle the bushfires. At least 2a people have been killed, with thousands forced from their homes. 0n kangaroo island, off the coast of south australia, more than 100,000 hectares have been burnt. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is on the south coast of New South Wales, one of the worst hit regions, and has been talking to victims. The damage inflicted by australias bushfires is immense. Lives have been lost, while a growing number of homes and businesses have been ruined. Trapped by the fires under ominous orange skies, people in eden in New South Wales have sought to escape by sea. There is stress, fatigue, and fear. Cooler conditions and some rain are helping the firefighting effort, but the danger is far from over. Many blazes continue to burn and the land still smoulders. This long bushfire crisis is inflicting deep scars on australia, and theres no end in sight. Lives have been turned upside down. In kangaroo valley, ken stewart lost his home to the fires that raced through this part of New South Wales. Hes lucky to be alive. Next minute, i looked up, and i didnt see any flame. I saw this great white ball of fire. Thats all i can describe it as, just a white hot ball of fire. I had to drive up that driveway, and by the time i got up to our bottom gate, the entire driveway was lit up with fire, both sides. Parts of sydney have also been threatened. The fires are an unpredictable enemy. No one knows for sure when, where or if they will strike. Australia is fighting back, but its impossible to tell when the battle will be over. Phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley. A british person will emit more carbon in the first two weeks of this year than a person in seven african countries emit in an entire year. Thats the finding from 0xfam whove released a report revealing the huge inequalities at the heart of the climate emergency. They say it shows that while the developed nations are doing most of the polluting, its the poorest countries that suffer the most. With me is kiri hanks, 0xfams Climate Policy adviser. Welcome to you. Thank you for being with us. Why is it we are emitting so with us. Why is it we are emitting so much carbon . What are we doing . It is the way of life in people in richer nations and it is overconsumption. These figures just show the shocking inequality in Global Carbon emissions. Today, the 5th of january, the average british person will have overtaken the annual emissions of someone in rwanda. It is a similar picture globally. If you look at a global level, the richest 10 in the world are responsible for 50 of all global emissions, which is to do with lifestyles, with flying more, driving more polluting cars. With lifestyles, with flying more, driving more polluting carsm with lifestyles, with flying more, driving more polluting cars. It is quite a shocking statistic. Is it because we have access to so many more carbon emitting devices . If developing nations are trying to catch up, will they be the same as us catch up, will they be the same as us eventually . Yes, it is because, in big, emitting, wealthy countries, we are dragging ourfeet and in big, emitting, wealthy countries, we are dragging our feet and cutting oui we are dragging our feet and cutting our emissions. All countries under the paris climate agreement have committed to cut their emissions. That has to happen far more urgently and yes, developing countries will also have to develop a low carbon pathway. How do we as individuals affect that . When you say to me, in the first few days of this year i will have used up more carbon than somebody in rwanda, and somebody wa nts to somebody in rwanda, and somebody wants to do something about that, apart from cutting out the flying, what other things can they do . Big things are changing diet, eating less meat and dairy, flying is possibly the most important one. Switching away from driving to taking public transport, more active transport. We did some polling in the uk that showed that four out of five people in the uk, is a new years resolution, one of a number of actions to reduce their carbon footprint, they would take one of those, but it is putting more pressure on the government to take more action and two thirds of people in the uk have called on the government to do more. Thank you for coming in. Fascinating to speak to you. Stay with us on bbc world news. Still to come we look at the life of one of the great wine merchants of the 20th century, Georges Duboeuf, who has died at the age of 86. The japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. Thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. Good grief after half a century of delighting fans around the world, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. The singer paul simon starts his tour of south Africa Tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. They Say International artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. Teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. Three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. It didnt. The worlds tallest skyscraper opens later today. The burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. This is bbc world news today. Im samantha simmonds. The latest headlines iran announces it will roll back its commitments from the Nuclear Deal Even further, following the us attack that killed general Qasem Soleimani. Lets go live to tehran where the funeral procession that has been taking place throughout the day through several cities in iran has reached the capital, tehran. Thousands have been out on the streets to pay their respects and you can see in tehran many more waiting to catch a glimpse of the coffin of general Qasem Soleimani. Lets get more now on that story, and how the different political groupings in the middle east may react to the latest threats from iran and the us. We can speak to hannin ghaddar, from the Washington Institute for near eastern studies. She focuses on shia politics. Soleimani was credited with being the man behind putting in place a shia government in iraq, where he was killed on friday. What happens now, do you think, to the people there and those in power and the links between iraq and iran, now that he has gone, the puppet master . Yes, good evening. Thank you for having me. Ithink yes, good evening. Thank you for having me. I think killing Qasem Soleimani has killed change many things in iran itself. They have played so far the game of negotiation with the us and they feel they have to respond, but if they do respond, it is going to be very risky for them because they will expose themselves further to the us military campaign, specifically in iraq. Knowing that the us president and his administration have been increasing their threat. But also, administration have been increasing theirthreat. But also, if administration have been increasing their threat. But also, if they do not respond, they will look very weak. So they will have to respond. The response is not going to look like world war iii like everybody is expecting. I think what it really is going to look like, the leader of Lebanese Hezbollah due a picture of how the response is going to be, a calculated attack against us military positions in the region and most probably in iraq, as we can say see, the first today has happened in the green zone in baghdad and i think there will be a number of attacks for the time being. I dont think it will escalate more because a red line has also been defined, which is killing an american soldier, personnel or even civilian, so soldier, personnel or even civilian, so it is very clear a red line has been drawn in the past few days. And any death of an american is going to bring more american reaction, military reaction, so they are probably. Ijust want military reaction, so they are probably. I just want to ask you briefly about the fact that soleimani was a man behind so many different factions in the middle east, behind supporting assad in syria and shia factions in lebanon like hezbollah, what impact will his death have on them . Obviously, they are going to try to hold onto their power in baghdad. What they are going to try to date is while they are calculating these military responses, they are going to grab power in lebanon. So anticipating the formation of a government in lebanon, a hezbollah fund government, very soon. And as we see in iraq today, the parliament has already tried to expel the American Military presence, which was probably not going to happen anytime soon. But i am trying to say they are going to maintain and consolidate their in lebanon and iraq. Unfortunately, were out of time, but thank you for your analysis. Time for the sport now. Hello, thank you. Thank you. A wondergoal from 18 year old curtisjones has taken liverpool into the fourth round of the fa cup, as they beat their merseyside rivals everton by a goal to nil at anfield. Jurgen klopp made nine changes from the team that beat Sheffield United in the premier league on thursday, but his young side got the job done, as alex gulrajani reports. Theyre one of the most decorated clubs in World Football and liverpool have their eye on a prize slightly bigger than the fa cup this season. For city rivals everton, this competition mayjust matter that little bit more. They made those intentions clear from the off. Adrian, in the liverpool goal, more than up to those early efforts. With some of the more established players taking a break, klopp turned to his squad. Champions League Winner coutu showing no matter who was on the pitch, liverpool would still be a threat. That continued into the second half, when a moment of brilliance won the game. In the second half. A moment the teenager from toxteth wont forget in a hurry, or anybody else inside anfield. It was enough for victory and hopefully enough to catch the eye of his manager. To be on the bench and getting a bit of a taste and then on the bench again, and there are times when in my head, im begging to basically come on. Then ijust tried to go out there and show what im capable of doing and, hopefully, i topped that off with a good performance and, as everyone would say, a great goal. Whilst their eyes remain on the present at anfield, the future is looking bright, too. Mario balotelli says lazio fans should be ashamed of themselves, after alleged racial abuse during his sides win in serie a on sunday. Balotelli scored the first of brescias goals, as they won 2 1. A stadium announcement was made during the match, urging fans not to sing discriminatory songs. Balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch in november, when he was subected to racist abuse in a game against hellas verona. Dom sibley made an unbeaten 85, as england took total control of the second test against south africa on day three in cape town. The opener made his maiden test 50, to help the tourists close on 218 for 4, a lead of 264 runs. England captainjoe root hit 61, before he and nightwatchman dom bess fell late on at newlands. England now have two days to force victory and level the four test series at 1 all. To the nfl, where theres plenty of speculation regarding tom bradys future, after the new England Patriots were knocked out of the playoffs. Brady, whos 42 years old and has won six super bowls, has only played for the patriots in his record breaking 20 year career. But he says its pretty unlikely hell retire in the off season. The titans stunned the defending champions, 20 13, in their afc wild card game. The Houston Texans willjoin the titans in the next round of the playoffs and so will either the Minnesota Vikings or the new orleans saints. That game has gone to overtime. Later, the 2018 champions, the philadelphia eagles, face the 2014 winners, the seattle sea hawks. That is all your support for now. Back to you, samantha. Thanks very much. One of the great wine merchants of the past century, Georges Duboeuf, has died, at the age of 86. Hes credited as the man who turned the red wine beaujolais nouveau that was once a little known french product into a global phenomenon. Duboeuf was nicknamed the pope of beaujolais. To talk more about duboeufs influence, im joined by wine expertjames ward. He is in wentworth, in the north of england. Welcome, thank you very much for being with us. So how did Georges Duboeuf turn beaujolais into one of the most famous wines in the world . Well, he would probably say he was in the right place, at the right time, as he was quite modest. But he had a bit of a flair for marketing basically. And i think when you have pride in your region and pride in what you do, you have that little bit of business savvy, anything is possible. That is kind of what he did. He created a buzz around beaujolais. And he created beaujolais. And he created beaujolais nouveau day, which is celebrated not just in beaujolais nouveau day, which is celebrated notjust in france, but around the world. And it kind of helped give a little emphasis on this one product. And it was a celebration of it. So i think that went a long way to helping the recognition for beaujolais wine. But he literally got on his bike selling these bottles from his family estate . These bottles from his family estate . Yes, i mean, even before that, his family were creating wine for centuries. And at the age of six, he would work in the vineyard with his family cranking the great masher. So he has always had these kind of modest and humble beginnings. And it was a most romantic how he used to get on his bike to deliver to his customers. And it is almost quite poetic how he managed to turn that innocence and romanticism into what beaujolais nouveau and beaujolais wine is today. I have to admit, i am not a red wine drinker and i have never had any beaujolais nouveau, i imagine you have as you are an expert on these things, what is it like . Some wine critics are a bit snobbish about it, arent they . Yes, they are, i think it is a bit unjust. Beaujolais nouveau is a wine that has to be, or should become a drunk young. It is literally bottled between six and eight weeks after harvest. What that does is, in my opinion, it gives winemakers an insta nt opinion, it gives winemakers an instant return on their hard work. When you are a winemaker you have to, a lot of times, invest a lot of time into the development of your product. Where is this kind of helps give, getan product. Where is this kind of helps give, get an instant return. In terms of what it tastes like, it is fun, it is a fun drink. It is lively, it is a young red wine and it normally is very fruity, so expect a hint of strawberry and a bit of banana. And even a pear drop. It is full of acidity and it is really easy to drink. When people area bit really easy to drink. When people are a bit snobbish about it, i think it isa are a bit snobbish about it, i think it is a bit unfair because you cannot really compare it to any other wine, you cant compare it to other wine, you cant compare it to other wines from the beaujolais region because it just other wines from the beaujolais region because itjust hasnt had that time or the same time ageing. Yes, it is a fun drink and i love it because i accept it for what it is. All right, you have sold it to me, i will have to give it a go now you have given it such a good sale it is really good to talk to you, james, thank you for telling us more about beaujolais nouveau and the man behind it. Thank you for watching, you can reach me on goodbye for now. Hello. After the relative calm weather of the weekend, lively conditions into the start of next week. We will see widespread gales across the country and, at times, we could see damaging gusts to the north west. Generally fairly mild for the first half of the week, before it turns colder towards the end. Tonight, a slight chill in eastern areas but, like last night, plenty of cloud, light rain and drizzle, a strengthening breeze in the west and temperatures here holding at around eight or 9 degrees. You will notice to the west of ireland, the sign of heavy rain. Its all tied into this, the first of a succession of low pressure systems, the first one of these across iceland. But strong winds will bring widespread gales to the north and west through the day, particularly tied in with the weatherfront, bringing heavy rain in Northern Ireland and spreading through scotland during the morning and early afternoon, and in the afternoon for much of wales and western england. Very hefty downpours with that. Shorter lived further south, but around northern and western areas, winds up to 50, 60 mph in areas. Not as strong towards the south and east, where it stays dry until late in the day, and temperatures at around 8 10d for many. We finish with sunshine in the west, rain spreads in the evening rush hour across east anglia and the south east and clear skies unfortunately by night, and a few showers in the north means a bit of a chill, but temperatures rise into tuesday. An even deepen area of low pressure, but with stronger winds, and more in the way of heavy rain attached, and on the southern edge of it, dragging in even warmer air. Incredibly mild on tuesday, tempered by some very strong winds. The wettest weather is in the north and west of scotland, Northern Ireland, rain at times, showers across some eastern and southern areas, but many stay predominantly dry. And widespread gales again away from the south east and gales up to 70, maybe 80 mph across the hebrides, 0rkney and shetland. Temperatures up to 15 degrees in the north east of wales, Northern Ireland and 16 celsius in the north east of scotland. Milder air is swept out of the way into wednesday, not much rain across southern and eastern areas at this stage and wednesday should be dry for many. We could see more wet and windy weather across the south on thursday, before dry and cold conditions. This is bbc world news. The headlines iran announces it will roll back its commitments from the Nuclear Deal Even further following the us attack that killed general Qasem Soleimani in baghdad on friday. The Us State Department says it deeply regrets the decision by the Iraqi Parliament to vote to remove all foreign troops from iraq following the death of the iranian general. In iran, huge crowds have followed the coffin of general soleimani as the funeral procession makes its way across the country. There were so many people on the streets, part of the planned route had to be postponed. Harrowing stories of devastation and heartbreak as firefighters continue the fight against australias worst bushfires in history. In victoria, emergency warnings are still in force

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