A british woman found guilty of lying that she was raped by israeli teenagers in cyprus. The burial of an iranian general assassinated by the u. S. Has been postponed after a stampede at his funeral procession more than 30 people have been killed it happened as huge crowds gathered in the city of kut amman to bid a final farewell to general customs in amman and the commander was killed in a u. S. Drone strike on friday in iraq low dosage of joins us live now from tehran so a deadly stampede at the solar monny funeral procession what more details are emerging now. Weve just been hearing from the head of the countrys Emergency Services who confirmed that 32 people have been killed in this stampede and over 190 injured this comes on a day where thousands of mourners have come out to pay their respects to the late general who was assassinated on friday in baghdad as himself money he was supposed to be buried just a short time ago in his hometown in care mon which is about a 1000 kilometers
Rape gets a suspended sentence for making false claims. Also ahead venezuelan Opposition Leader upon by those allowed into parliament to offer a standoff with security tried to block it. And in sport africa gets ready does celebrated best footballers and all 3 nominees for the continents football or the year award played in the english premier league. We begin this news with developments in iran on the day of the burial of the top iranian commander the u. S. Is defending its action to kill him u. S. Secretary of state michael peo says that washington acted because of an imminent threat to the u. S. From iran and that they got it right the secretary of state has also refuted claims that customs on the money was in baghdad on a Diplomatic Mission for pay or says irans heritage and culture is under threat from its own leaders let me tell you whos done damage to the persian culture. Its not the United States of america its the ayatollah if you want to look at who has denied religious freed
A british woman found guilty of lying that she was raped by israeli teenagers in cyprus. And a possible showdown in venezuela the Opposition Leader is determined to return to parliament after being barred from congress. And in Sports Events a strike a christian or an elder has hit another korea landmark 5 ton wall the player of the year stone his 1st hat trick in italys top division. Or the burial of a top iranian general assassinated by the us has now been postponed after a deadly stampede steering his hometown funeral more than 40 people have been killed across happens as huge crowds gathered in the. City of command to bid farewell to carson saw the money he was killed in a u. S. Airstrike on friday in iraq where in response to the killing Irans Parliament has designated the us army and the pence again as terrorist organizations address and crowds solomon his funeral the leader of irans revolutionary guards has value and revenge. Our revenge will be harsh and tough be certain because
Of a rare eclipse from the middle east to asia people have been marvelling at the ring of fire. Hello and welcome to world news today. Voting has now ended for the leadership of israels governing likud party which, for 20 years, Benjamin Netanyahu has led with an iron grip. Mr netanyahu and his rival made last minute appeals to likud members for their support. More than 100,000 Party Members were eligible to vote on whether the veteran Prime Minister should lead them into the next election. Barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. The man who would be king. Gideon saar has issued the most serious challenge to the party in a decade. Translation i feel a great awakening on the ground. People understand that a change has to come today. With the help of god, together we will make that change today. He wants Party Members to vote for change because he says the Prime Minister failed to form a government after two general elections and has no chance of doing so in a third. There is a growi
Columbia seek to an implied cause of action to enforce emolument clause against the president of the United States. The Municipal Court committed errors in dismissing the suit could i ask you to speak up just a little bit and bring the microphone closer if you can. And the plaintiffs are fundamentally mistaken in asserting that this court is powerless to correct any of those errors at this time. Now, we have identified two different paths through which this court can grant mandamus relieve. The Supreme Court in cheney made clear, its utmost when involving mandamus and the preds of the United States and in no case would a court be required to proceed against the president as it would against a private individual and moreover, the court said that the high respect due the office of the president must be considered throughout the entire proceeding. Now, what does that imply in this case . It implies the following. Their position is that even if the District Court erred in refusing to dismi