President trump has issued a new warning for iran. Hes said hes willing to target iranian cultural sites, in retaliation for the killing of americans. Tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of irans general soleimani. Iran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. James robbins has the latest. Hundreds of thousands of iranians have been 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 now tweeted a new threat of massive retaliation, perhaps disproportionate. Earlier, he wrote if iran strikes any americans or american assets, 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. Is there
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump has issued a new warning for iran. Hes said hes willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for the killing of americans. Tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of irans general soleimani. Iran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. James robbins has the latest. Hundreds of thousands of iranians have been 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 now tweeted a new threat of massive retaliation, perhaps disproportionate. Earlier, he wrote if iran strikes any americans or american assets, 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 ver
To create a mega blaze. We will bring you all the latest from here in australia. Im lewis vaughanjones in london. Also in the Programme Iran says its taking another step back from the constraints of the International Nuclear deal following the american assassination of general soleimani. Masked attackers roam the campus of one of indias most prestigious universities targeting students opposing the governments new citizenship law. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Good morning. Its 1am in london and midday here in New South Wales. Im in the town of nowra, the nerve centre for the Regional Response to the bushfire crisis here. Australians are witnessing another day of devastation and loss, and emotions are really running higher right across the country. There are fires burning in many different parts of australia, but New South Wales, which is the most populous state, is the place that has been most affected. There is real devastation across the state and there is still 150 fires bu
That is all i can describe it as, just this white hot ball of fire. The argument about leave or remain is over, says keir starmer, as hejoins the race to be the next labour leader. The first big event of the awards season the Golden Globes takes place tonight in hollywood. And we ll be taking another look at the papers with our reviewers journalist and broadcaster caroline frost and the parliamentary journalist tony grew. Good evening. The Prime Minister borisjohnson has said he will not lament the death of the top iranian general, killed by a us missile strike in baghdad. But he called for a de escalation of the situation on all sides. But President Trump has threatened to strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner if iran attacks an american citizen or target. Meanwhile, nato says it will hold an urgent meeting tomorrow after iraqi mps passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country. And in iran, huge crowds have turned out to mourn general solaimanis de
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 sole