Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. Huge crowds have attended the funeral procession of the Iranian Military commander who was killed by the us on friday. This was the scene in tehran earlier, where huge crowds turned out for qasim suleimani, with many people chanting death to america. His daughter addressed the crowd. Translation crazy trump, arrogant, and a plaything of zionism. Dont think that everything is over with my fathers martyrdom. Meanwhile in the us questions are being asked about the justification for the drone strike, and President Trump has again said cultural sites in iran could be targetted. And well have the latest on the australian bushfires theres a fear a number of fires could merge to form whats being called a mega blaze. Hundreds of thousands of iranians have filled the streets of tehran to mourn Qasem Soleimani. He was irans most senior military commander and he was assassinated on friday. Some pictures coming in, this is the supreme some pictures comi
Leaders promise forceful revenge. Its all unfolding as Democratic Leaders in congress are demanding an immediate briefing from the Trump Administration on its next steps. Lets get to our team opinion nbc news correspondents covering all the angles on this breaking story. Hans nichols is with the president in florida, Courtney Kube at the pentagon and matt bradley following developments from london. Hans, whats the latest were hearing from the white house . Reporter geoff, a couple new developments this hour. Number one, the president is answering this criticism at least through the retweet that he didnt read in congressional leaders and suggested they might have tipped off the iranians. Hes not directly saying, but suggested they werent informed for the same reason Congressional Democrats were informed. Quite an explosive allegation. We also have the president seem to be opening up a new front hinting the the government in bagdad, the government in iraq that the u. S. Pays billions of
What does it mean. Hope, hope for me, hope for others, yeah. Fo this is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening im Elaine Quijano. Tonight iran is a country in mourning. Huge crowds turned out today as the remains of general Qassem Soleimani returned home, his casket draped by the iranian flag. Amid the grief, chants of death am america. Dday in baghdad where soleimani was killed by a u. S. Drone strike, the countrys parliamenp edovlapr p aicn whul and at ft. Bragg in north carolina, u. S. Troops from the 82nd Airborne Division are shipping out to the middle east as tensions in the region soar. Rl this as the u. S. And now israel ready for irans li ian lee in baghdad begins our coverage. Le h a heros welcome for the body of Qassem Soleimani, tens of thousands packed irans largest ndsque as part of a grand funeral procession. While in parliament, members chanted death to america. A. Neighboring iraq lawmakers and parliament voted to kick out all foreign troops, a move that atuld spel
Chair of its review panel. And we follow one woman as she meets the half siblings she never knew she had. Thats in my extended family in half an hour. Hello. A very good morning to you. President trump says the United States has a list of 52 iranian sites which will be hit very hard and very fast if there is retaliation for the killing of Qasem Soleimani. Irans most senior military commander was assassinated on thursday in baghdad in an american air strike. Mr trump said the targets were high level, and important to iranian culture. The British Government has announced two Royal Navy Warships will escort uk shipping in the persian gulf, and the foreign secretary dominic raab will travel to washington for talks later this week. Greg mckenzie has this report. As britain ramps up its security in the middle east, donald trump has threatened to hit 52 iranian targets should iran strike any american or us assets in retaliation for the killing of its revered general Qasem Soleimani, whose dea
Now on bbc news, Hardtalks Stephen Sackur speaks to douglas silliman, former Us Ambassador to iraq. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Though the fear of imminent war has receded, the middle east has been profoundly destabilised by the american assassination of iranian general Qasem Soleimani. The unfolding us iran conflict will impact the whole not least iraq, where the iranians are intent on hastening the end of America Military presence. Much now depends on the Strategic Vision of the Trump Administration. My guest, douglas silliman, was Us Ambassador in iraq until one year ago. Does trump have a strategy . If so, what is it . Ambassador Doug Silliman in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Steven, im very happy to be here. Well, you have a very special perspective of whats happened over the past ten days or so as the last retiring ambassador in baghdad, you leftjust one year ago. From your perspective, does the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in baghdad appear to you both law