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Navys ferrying hundreds to safety thousands more hit the roads the hot dry conditions are expected to worsen. And flashpoint latin america uncertainty and popular demands for change drift this region we look at the way forward for the const. I have brian thomas great to have you with us irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that harsh retaliation is waiting for the u. S. That after a u. S. Airstrike on Baghdad Airport killed the iranian general kasam so the money the head of rands elite quds force commenee is also the clare 3 days of National Mourning for the general staff it was considered the architect of tehrans military operations in the middle east. The u. S. Asked came in the middle of the night later the pentagon tweeted this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans done trump usually very active on twitter tweeted only this image long as that 100 Iranian State t. V. Confirmed the death of gentle customer. Irans top security body called an urgent meeting for friday. Saturday foreign minister Mohammed Joanne sharif tweeted the us act of International Terrorism targeting and assassinating gentle soul amani is extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation the u. S. Government has accused me of having a key role in fighting in syria and iraq he reported directly to the countrys Supreme Leader ayatollah khomeini. Also killed the Deputy Commander of the uranian backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization forces the u. S. Has accused the group of being behind the recent attack on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad experts say the death of salam mani could be a turning point in the middle east and potentially drole retaliation from iran and the forces it backs in the region against israel and u. S. Interests. Ok were going straight to baghdad now were joined by pascha maga covering the story of for us there how might around respond to the killing of the head of. So mali. Well irans Supreme Leader khamenei said that there would be severe revenge for the killing of her for money and the money was chris one of the most important and influential men in iran as the head of iraqs or who she regards so things are still developing its unclear exactly what will happen. You know u. S. Military bases u. S. Military forces within iraq from the oil fields all of those are at risk ok the oil fields are grossed a lot of play here now is a powerful head of the Iranian Revolutionary guard so mali has been in the crosshairs of the u. S. Before but the u. S. Never pulled the trigger why has washington decided to do so now and do you think that this actually came of a shock to almost everyone but you know leading up to this there have been several attacks from iranian backed militias on you had some forces within it all and in the days of the up to the u. S. Contractor was killed in iraq the military base that is hosting this forces following that the u. S. Carried out for airstrikes against the militia that they believed the high that attack and killed around 28 militia members in the response that there was an attack on the American Embassy or. Sit in. And i think that attack and so the money came in response to the attack me embassy which resulted in the security cameras getting burned in front of that and the sequel forced their way into the entrance and in the reaction to the killing of the American Contractor i dont i saw was the linchpin for irans notorious abroad in iraq in syria other flashpoints as well can irans revolutionary guard is a fact of without him. I think it remains to be seen its impossible that this is how important are let me play so well their own solution god will be able to join you in the same way without one will be very difficult he was a tolerant figuratively been the leader for years and. Its unclear exactly what will happen the only thing that is different from the mentally reshape. The future trouble that on the region ok theres a lot of concerns right now about a broader escalation is that the expectation what are people in baghdad fearing might happen though i think people in baghdad are worried that theyll get caught in the crosshairs between the u. S. And there are. People who have spoken to you are a free that there comes you will become the battlefield for a sleeping tensions between us don. Thanks very much for that update for us this morning from baghdad pesher maughan for us. Its to australia now where 2 navy ships are evacuating thousands of people who are main stranded by raging bushfires the wait to be taken to safety from the beaches around the town of balad kuta. A visit to a fire ravaged house the Prime Minister Scott Morrison came in for sharp criticism for not doing more to help the victims of australias worst fires in living memory. This is what firefighters in australia have been dealing with for months in some cases and this is an example of the aftermath the town of. Or what was the town ablaze tore through here on new years eve. Since then thousands have been awaiting rescue relief anything the plan is for the navy to use ships and helicopters to bring them to melbourne about a 17 hour journey by water. And destruction devastation and this is just one of so many towns in the southeastern states of New South Wales and victoria that have felt the fury of the latest wave of bushfires. Side anybody died. Demised now had parents. People have died but a final count hasnt been tallied yet some are still listed as missing one of the dead is fireman jeff keaton who passed away battling a blaze just before christmas at his funeral on thursday his young son received an award for bravery on behalf of his dead father. Forecasters say itll be the end of the month before theres any significant rain and a possible end to the crisis the next catastrophic conditions are forecast for this coming weekend with temperatures expected to top 40 degree celsius. Lets bring in journalist Roger Maynard in sydney now roger australians facing yet another difficult day including at malik khuda can you give us an update on the Mass Evacuations are going on there again merely curio about 2 to 7 be able departed a little label earlier all today but thats the 1st of 2 decorations the larger ship h. M. S. Shots will be leaving in the next hour or 2 with 85900 people on board who will be heading down the coast to the mornington peninsula where they will disembark of 17 hours that it will take some time so uncertain at this stage with the ship will then return to. It because its uncertain how many people want to get out we heard about 4000 people being stranded there but it appears a lot of those lucky Little People and others tourists who dont want to leave their cars behind like arrogance it would be good as this sort of think and are prepared to wait it out and risk you know the the the foreigners and the smoke i dont know a lot of people have been ordered to leave holiday towns and destinations south of sydney ahead of the next heat wave thats expected today later today tomorrow whats progress looking like on that front. Well pretty successful actually weve seen a thousands of people evacuate the south coast of the world over the last 12 to 24 hours theyve really taken heed of the fire advice that would be too dangerous to stay there by tomorrow when these heat wave temperatures and strong winds are expected to return as a result of that weve had a huge traffic jam going up from the south of the world toward sydney and across to canberra as well but the evacuation seems to have worked and people seem to have got enough fuel to or to get out of that area and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief but a lot of people are staying to it has to be said a lot of the locals the residents of decided to stay and try to protect their home which have a way they can you know with up with a hose pipe or whatever and theyre just taking the risk it was more important to protect their home in the league at this stage ok the Prime Minister Scott Morrison is coming in for a lot of criticism of right now what kind of pressure is he under a lot of pressure i mean youve probably seen the extraordinary footage of him being lambasted by locals in one of the villages which was badly hit in the fires a couple of days ago he was really abused by a by one or 2 people to such an extent that he made a hasty exit to his limousine and got out of the area pretty quickly i mean hes come under a lot of stick in for a lot of stick because of the perception that hes not taken Climate Change seriously and he has to take much more serious action than he has done so far then of course that was a question of him going away on a weeks holiday you know why before christmas but you know a lot of pressure hes trying to stand his ground hes trying to tell people look i understand you know why you feel angry but lets just be patient and well get out of this crisis roger thanks so much for that from sydney this morning thank you. Lets get your brief done now on some of the other stories making the news at this hour people in the indonesian capital jakarta started returning to their homes after severe flooding forced tens of thousands to evacuate at least 30 people are known to have died others are still missing monsoon rains and rising rivers want thousands of homes and cut off electricity over a wide area. A key cattle and separatist already has agreed to help break the deadlock in spanish politics and abstain and a confidence vote in Parliament Next Week that will allow Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to win sanchezs socialist party reached a Coalition Deal last month after another Left Wing Party bus the Parliament Still needs to confirm him as Prime Minister. Police in paris have used tear gas to Disperse Protesters from a manual more crones Party Headquarters as the standoff over the president s planned Pension Reforms continues trade unions have called on the public to step up their protests National Train services have been disrupted by strike action for 29 days now making this the countrys longest strike since 1968. The conflict in the middle east may be dominating the headlines this morning but latin america is another potential flash point in the new year several states are beginning the year roiled by a certainty and growing demands for change. Latin america could be facing another year of heavy unrest the upheaval in 21000. 00 came fast spread quickly and unfolded in several places all at once. Protests helped push bolivias leftist president evo morales from power after nearly 14 years rumors of electoral fraud had sparked protests against the countrys 1st indigenous president the turmoil led more brothers to flee from bolivia hes vowing his coalition will win back the presidency in fresh elections later this year. In she lay long considered one of south americas most stable democracies deadly antigovernment protests have raged since october plans to hike metro fares initially sparked the unrest but it has morphed into a broad Political Movement demonstrators want better governance and solutions to economic inequality and president Sebastian Pinera says chileans will vote on a new constitution in april in colombia tens of thousands have marched in some of the biggest protests in the nations recent history they were triggered by rumored plans to raise pension ages and there were wages demonstrators also say the government is doing too little to address violence against social leaders and indigenous people. Argentina finds itself in one of the worlds worst economic messes inflation is at an annual 55 percent the economy is in deep recession poverty is up and the value of the peso has tumbled argentina cant pay its foreign debt of over 100000000000. 00 its a familiar story for the country which has been repeatedly bailed out by the International Community argentinas new Center Left Government is vowing a raft of measures to battle the economic crisis. Then theres venezuela whose political standoff seems without end last january won quite go as asserted his authority as head of the National Assembly and claim to the presidency from Nicolas Maduro who is accused of Election Fraud and dictatorial rule not much has changed since despite massive antigovernment protests Oil Sanctions and more than 50 countries including the us backing why dont as inflation approaches 200000 percent venezuelans have resorted to bartering for fuel and other necessities. So what does the new year hold for south america to talk about that im joined by ilene sofia hairs on Research Fellow at the German Institute for global and area studies thanks so much for coming in this morning. Can you tell us are there similarities between the political and Economic Crises and protest movements were seeing and just heard about in the south america. Yeah i think there are indeed similarities in spite of the differences between the south american countries. I have often heard. Journalists speak about inequalities and that in american countries that led to the protests but i think this is not. Enough as an explanation for the protests. Another important factor. The strive for a. Democrat to say show off let an American Country. And theres a place to i think all the countries that are involved at the moment and protests and it involves also. Yeah a struggle between the old and new elites. Not not necessarily left and right which i categories that blaring a bit. But yeah it involves Civil Societies that are pushing for Democratic Change ok one place where this really happened is it is in chile and in chile a student groups of young people are often at the forefront of the of the protests there are they tapping into a broader dissatisfaction with with what youre saying are the new elites. Yeah i think these students are they they have have not experienced. The dictatorship of peanuts a bit so theyre free of certain for. Is that their parents generation might have and they they also represent broader. Parts of the its in the Indian Society is it also not this left right paradigm that were used to is its Something Else yeah i think its an alliance of several social groups and you can. You could really tell if they were long to a certain politico. Area of the society but i think its a broad and i ns of groups ok lets go to chile now for a look at how students there are driving protest movements. Its another busy day for bill and lot on the. Talks meetings roundtables coordinating mobilizations on the fly all before 3 pm thats when her campus is evacuated for security reasons every day the protests have turned life upside down but a lot on the doesnt mind for her the revolt was long overdue. Or more took them more to call it i think their own home for a long time people were afraid to protest because they couldnt see how badly theyd be repressed or what they could lose. But among my generation that fear is a lot smaller. With a century long tradition of spearheading social uprisings chile student associations are a force to be reckoned with experience has taught them that coordination is key the current demonstrations have become a melting pot for dozens of different causes so before bilin heads into a big meeting of social leaders she sits down with representatives from other universities to unify their message for you know i think the bad thing in a way is that were already asking for many things. Thats enough social momentum right now to deal a heavy blow to the system but we need to be coordinated. We need to push for a referendum the strikes and the munchies have become very repetitive every week we say lets try but the message needs to be clear today were striking because we need a constitutional referendum. Gathered with National Union representatives bilin exposes the students 3 fundamental demands a constitutional referendum a revitalization of the Public Education system and then immediate end to Human Rights Violations at the hands of the countrys riot police. Law enforcement agents are being accused of excessive use of force rape torture and even manslaughter in the context of the protests. But the police surely have protocols but i believe they dehumanised the protesters to the point that theyre just the subjects of looters that need to be executed. But bin them refuses to be intimidated shes determined to keep protesting. I did a great fool to be living this moment in history. But im also frightened saddened nostalgic thinking about the fact that people have died for this. What it does. And all those finding alongside her know what theyre asking for a lot but driven by a newfound sense of community and a desire to change the course of history they dont seem likely to settle for anything less. Manzer or very hard what needs to be done to add