Irans leaders of joined huge crowds into iran for the funeral procession of assassinated general qassam salami as calls for revenge against the United States grow louder irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali khan and i and president have some rouhani held prayers of funeral proceedings in the iranian capital they express their grief as a rainy and packed the streets of the city 3 official days of mourning have been declared so the mani still to earlier told the crowds that her fathers death would bring court a dark day for you. While the funeral for cinema is underway u. S. President donald trump has warned iraq he will impose heavy sanctions if it expels american troops Iraqs Parliament voted in favor of removing Foreign Forces in retaliation for the u. S. Strike that killed salaam on the last week. Near Baghdad Airport fallout from the assassination is spreading through the middle east iran is falling to hit back and has suspended its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal and then later on monday nato leaders will gather for an emergency meeting to discuss the situation well our team of correspondents are covering this story and well go to them in just a 2nd lets go to someone of fulton who is standing by for us in baghdad and so mona of course were hearing reports from trump about sanctions but the big focus right now is calling for the expulsion of all american troops from iraq the soil practically speaking can this even be done. Of course it can be done but it will take time and its certainly not as easy as it was perhaps portrayed in Parliament Yesterday when lawmakers from predominantly shiite parties and especially iranian backed parties voted on a decision to expel foreign troops from iraq what we need to happen is for the government to initiate legislation that will cancel existing agreements not just between the u. S. And iraq but also between iraq and the other countries that currently have troops based here in iraq such a legislation would have to 1st be drafted it would then have to be sent to parliament where it would be read discussed and then eventually voted on now the current agreement between the u. S. And iraqs has a cause in it that requires the government or actually either side a party to the contract to give a one year notice for any kind of terminations so it remains to be seen whether the government will actually do that and of course we currently have a caretaker government after Prime Minister either of them out of the resigned and of november as a result of months of antigovernment protests and technically a caretaker government is not supposed to initiate any legislation so what would happen or would need to happen 1st is to appoint a new Prime Minister that new prime. Minister would then have to have to have to form a government and that government would then have to draft a bill to actually see the expulsion of the troops but what was significant yesterday was to actually see a Prime Minister pronounce his opinion on this matter because usually we just have lawmakers in parliament which of course is much more politicised asking the government to draft a bill to expel foreign troops but yesterday we actually had the Prime Minister himself who took a stance of this a pretty strong stance asking himself for the withdrawal of foreign troops saying that the trust between the us and iraq has been broken after the us assassinated iraqi and non iraqi officials on iraqi soil so that is quite a departure from previous positions of previous Prime Ministers who basically try to balance the relations between both the u. S. And iran and simone of course weve haired president talk about potential sanctions on iraq whats been the reaction. Well that rhetorical of course extremely unpopular here in iraq not just in the halls of government in parliament but also on the iraqi streets where many still remember the extremely adverse impact of far reaching sanctions imposed by the United Nations in 1900 which persisted and remained in place excuse me until 2003 so many iraqis have a very strong opinion on this matter its unlikely that it will go down very well and many iraqis are likely to take an Even Stronger stand against what they see as u. S. Intervention in iraq now from when they call Economic Perspective the u. S. Has a lot of interests here in iraq especially in the oil and gas sector but also in the Electricity Sector so if there were indeed sanctions imposed against iraq it would also affect u. S. Companies that are operating here and in terms of the iraqi side iraq does also of course depend on the u. S. Especially on the use of dollars which are widely used here in the uk economy it also requires a waiver from the United States to be able to continue import like tricity from iran so those are certainly 2 points of leverage but other than that in terms of consumer goods iraq heavily relies already on turkey and especially neighboring iran so any sanctions would just push iraq even closer to iran both politically and economically Simona Fulton there joining us live from baghdad simona thank you lets cross live now to dorset bari whos live in toronto for us said doris a bring us up to date on whats been happening today. Weve seen their body of the assassinated general making his way through the streets of the capital as people have come out to attend the Funeral Service for him so their money weve also seen the Supreme Leader ayatollah the harmony and a very Emotional Service as he presided over the coffin of the slain general and he performed the Prayer Service over as he was. Accompanied by the highest ranking members of the rayney an establishment by president Hassan Rouhani the speaker of parliament i larijani the head of the revolutionary guards Major General salah me as well as the head of the judiciary ebrahim racey who was quite emotional himself and also the newly appointed head of the force was also standing very close to the Supreme Leader all of them quite emotional and then made no efforts to hide how they were feeling as they perform the service of the Prayer Service at Tehran University just a short while ago now the coffin of the slain general is on its way now to the holy city of home but as we see from the large crowds that have gathered on the streets of tehran its going to take some time to get there and once it does there will be another service there performed by religious leaders and then the coffin will be taken to its final resting place that is the hometown of the money in care mon in central iran where he will be very later on to say and do or so theres also been hasnt there a significant statement from iran tell us more. Yes weve heard from the assembly of experts now this is a body the 88 member body that is tasked with dismissing and selecting the next Supreme Leader in iran that is their sole purpose and duty in theyve issued a statement in reaction to the death of us himself on monday condemning it and in it theyve had some very strong words they said that his death is a declaration of war and that theyre calling on all the islamic use. To be ready and to to out the u. S. Forces in the middle east mainly starting in iraq this is the 1st time weve heard such a direct statement from a governing body within iran now although this body doesnt really have any actual power when it comes to germany and Foreign Policy it is extremely significant their point of view and their relationship with the Supreme Leader it gives us an idea of where things are headed in the direction that irans policy will move towards since the assassination of us and so that money dosage of their joining us live from tehran dar so thank you. Joins us live for the u. S. Perspective from washington d. C. Hi there gabe so President Trump is now threatening sanctions against iraq and cultural sites too if they u. S. Troops in iran whats what more is he been saying. Yeah this all started on saturday when trump tweeted that the u. S. Has 54 targets that they could hit within iran should iran strike any u. S. Interests in where around the world than in the tweet he said some of those targets are important cultural sites in iran and that really raise the eyebrows of a lot of people here and really caught the attention of people why the u. S. President would seemingly threaten to strike cultural sites within iran on sunday he was asked about this on air force one when he was flying back to washington he was asked did you mean that tweet what we think it means in cultural sites and trump said yes this was an off camera when he was speaking to reporters on the airplane and then he was asked but why would you consider doing that and trumps response was that this he said theyre allowed to kill our people theyre allowed to torture and maim our people theyre allowed to use roadside bombs to blow up our people and were not allowed to touch their cultural sites it doesnt work that way those are the words from President Donald Trump on why he would be consider it in cultural sites in iran now that is a clear violation of International Law and could be considered a war crime according to the 1954 Hague Convention on the protection of cultural sites or Cultural Property during Armed Conflict as well as a u. N. Security Council Resolution of 2017 so essentially what you saw there was trouble threatening war crimes twice within a 24 hour period she pointed out that within iran there are 24 different sites that are considered on the list of u. N. World heritage sites protected by the United Nations and gave us im speaking nancy pelosi said the house will introduce and then vote on the why war powers resolution this week to i guess limit u. S. President dont hold sums military actions regarding. Yeah nancy pelosi the speaker of the house and Many Democrats and lawmakers in washington are furious that trump and the administration did not inform congress before the assassination of solo money now whenever the United States declares war it has to be authorized by congress but trumps argument is that it was simply a strike on a what he terms as a terrorist and that it didnt need congressional authorization authorization however its obviously seen other ways as well because since so the money was a general in a legitimate arm armed part of the military of a sovereign state that could very well be seen as an act of war as its being seen by many people around the world including some within the United States as well so Congress Said we should have been informed about this so nancy pelosi has letter is basically saying on this week when congress meets we are going to vote on something calling trying to account to try to make him a little bit more responsible for any future actions he tries to do against iran now this comes after another trump tweet early on sunday after he had been receiving a lot of criticism from congress about this trump tweeted the following this these media posts will serve as notification to the United States congress that should iran strike strike any u. S. Person or target the United States will quickly and fully strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner such legal notice is not required but it is given nonetheless a really unprecedented move there President Donald Trump essentially Warning Congress or advising congress that he could strike iran and saying listen if you want the warning that i might do it heres your notification never have we seen this in American History before a president using social media to inform congress an equal branch of government about a potential act of war about his own to there with a live from washington d. C. Gate thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera well tell you why the price of pork in china is skyrocketing and whats being done to keep up with demand all that more when we come back. With. Some fairly active weather across much of indonesia some author and thunderstorms heavy at times and as we go through the next couple of days you can see more rain again across into java where of course weve had that recent flooding but as we go through tuesday well see some often a. Really increase across central areas of borneo rains generally lights out across into somalia and into the middle a peninsula so really by wednesday it really is across the south where were going to see these heaviest piles of rain society not a good scenario given the recent flooding now we have finally got a this new Tropical Cyclone it is in the northwest of australia already of course impacting the far north coast of Western Australia and this will continue to strengthen in the next 24 hours winds on she said about 8083 kilometers an hour but its really going to be about the rain some very heavy amounts of rain bream could pick up about 300 millimeters over the next 3 days but the good news is if there is any across the southeast as we have actually got more in the way of in the forecast as we head to choose the and also on into wednesday some areas of New South Wales could pick up as much as 15 minute reaches of rain you can see the temperatures are still fairly warm 35 in adelaide and 26 degrees in sydney. Capturing a moment in time. The snapshots of all the lives. Of the stories. Providing the clips into someone elses work to lead one to do the or. Inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. Like the witness on aljazeera. Youre watching out as it were our mind our top stories this hour irans leaders have joined huge crowds in tehran for the funeral procession of assassinated general hossam so ramadi is a live picture from tehran Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei and president have some good money help prayers at the funeral proceedings earlier today in the iranian capital. U. S. President is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops doubleton says American Forces will not leave unless i walk things with a u. S. Base thats their. Iraqi politicians have voted to remove all Foreign Forces it was sponsored to the assassination of the commander concepts of the bill is nonbinding and it still needs government approval. Liberia is bracing for another round of Anti Government protests the 3rd since former football star george way ethical where as president demonstrators accuse the government of corruption and abuse of power allegations the government says are baseless with idris reports now from the liberian capital monrovia the. Generations of liberians about the state of the nation i have another round of and to government protests in the capital. President george weah came to office with a lot of good will but that is diminishing and fast i will be front of protest if i am unable to walk i would carry a stick right now this storm i will stick others see the protests as an unnecessary destruction we voted lawmakers if a person wants a change to the constitution they should talk to their lawmaker if someone eats your reserve money go to your lawmaker. Sitting just 15 meters away from this heated argument bullock is worried about her family she left to my 5 oclock in the morning to sell vegetables in this market no one is buying theres no money to look at my children sitting here in the sun disposed to go back to school but theres no money to pay their fees so theyre not starting tomorrow. The money totaling 419. 00 is due in less than 24 hours. Economic decline and inflation have pushed many liberians below the poverty line. The local currency is also steadily losing value exchanging 192. 00 the american dollar from 1462 years ago. For many years since the end of the civil war liberias relied heavily on United Nations spending and world budget so when the United Nations mission ended it was a shock to the economy to small and medium sized businesses actress shut down unemployment rose and inflation got worse this content is now in every way. Critics of the government accuse it of liking accountability and rampant corruption. In 2019 they brought thousands of liberians to the streets to protest 7 months later they say things have only got worse. Weve presented it partition continued demand for the president to address the issue of corruption specific cases of corruption bad governance a violation of the constitution and the president refused to act on any of our demands the 2019 protests lasted a day organizers say this time they wont leave until their demands are met the government has denied allegations start off issues ive been stealing public money. Issue is that. Mr president one of the political elite you had your money in. The president for the army using all means. On the mine his