Law theyre going to have your company we begin in iraq where tens of thousands of people are paying their respects accustomed to the top iranian commander assassinated by a u. S. Airstrike in iraq on friday his body was brought back to iran early on sunday and has now been taken on a procession through the city of all was well out was is significant is considered one of the most important places for irans revolutionary guards and its elite could force so many faults in the province jury in the iran iraq war. Well sunday marks the 1st of several days of mourning for slim on iran once the process the procession finishes and i was his remains will be taken to the holy city of moksha then theyll be taken to tehran where there will be another funeral procession. On saturday tens of thousands of iraqis attended the funeral of course of the procession for solo mani and. Mohandas the Deputy Commander of the iraqi. Mobilization forces overnight of course there were several rockets attacks in ir
A day after dozens of civilians were killed in the north. Also hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat elections alias israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were hard in with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this is our. Welcome to the news iraqs president says that he would rather quit the name a new Prime Minister rejected by protesters but is refusing to designate the nominee of an iranian backed Parliamentary Group now there have been protests across the country for the past 3 months demonstrators have been calling for an overhaul of iraqs political system well joining me is our correspondent dorsetshire bari from the iraqi capital also this opens a new that iraq has never really walked before potentially no Prime Minister and potentially no president. Certainly that could be a possibility but from what we
Here not just there including why theres a new lease of life in the kurdish region of Northern Iraq. On the american rapper detained in sweden donald trump is singing his praises and appeal for his release on the stay with us. Hello sunshine and showers as usual across Southeast Asia the biggest showers pushing up across northern parts of borneo through malaysia pushing up into the philippines i wanted to show was there said across central and northern parts of the philippines not too bad into window china but we have got some lively showers just pulling away from thailand bangkok should be largely dry humid 34 celsius here weather as usual heat of the day downpours there for k. L. And also for singapore but for indonesia it does stay dry as is the case across a good part of australia big bad the cloud across the southern half of the country that having said that still rather blustery and that southeastern corner this cold front making its way through victoria tasmania temperatures no
A state in america in over a century, and there is growing anger on maui over both the lack of warning about the fires, and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes and in some cases, without adequate food and water. Sophie long reports from the island. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. Homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. President biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say its not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. Im frustrated. People are. Were all together. Were one family, we need to take care of each other. No one s feeding everyone. Theyre traumatised. Theyre upset. No one s giving hugs. They need mental help. What do you need from me . To hear people in the same pads since the fire on thursday. Kids in the sa
Attempt to cut costs and deter migrants attempting to come to the uk illegally by boat. Also on the programme, the standoff in niger continues. The countrys coup leaders have closed nigers airspace until further notice, citing the threat of Military Invervention from neighbouring powers. Arizonas blistering heat wave continues as us President Biden heads to the state to promote his clean energy plans. And the american millionaire allegedly working with the Chinese Government to influence politics in the west. Ill speak to the New York Times reporter behind the investigation. First lets focus on the barge for Asylum Seekers here in the uk. The government hopes that around 500 men can be housed on board the vessel called the bibby stockholm. But so far, just 15 are on board. Ministers say the barge will be better value for taxpayers than hotel rooms, which are costing more than six Million Pounds a day. There have been concerns about conditions on board, but the government insists the ba