At least 24 people have died in the fires and theres no end in sight. Thanks for joining me. President trump is warning that the u. S. Will strike back harder than ever if it is attacked iran has vowed revenge for a u. S. Drone strike that killed its top military commander on friday mourners have filled the streets of the southwestern iranian city of homs where the remains of commander custom soleimani have been returned from iraq meanwhile more u. S. Troops headed to the region soldiers and equipment left North Carolina for kuwait adding to the hundreds who left earlier this week. In iraq to Shiite Muslims have marched in funeral processions to show their grief the Prime Minister has declared 3 days of National Mourning in the morning and anger on the air as the funeral procession for irans top general qassim celeb mani and iraqi commander mohan these arrives at the holy shrine and not jeff thousands have come to pay their respects here in iraq not on the streets of tehran to hear iranians demanded vengeance after a u. S. Strike in back that on friday killed soleimani. We will avenge your generous death he was not just an individual but a whole country they did not just kill one person they killed the country. I doubt i will only bring us love to him he lost the general of our hearts i have been feeling royalties just today its like a lost my own father repairing a few wont be gone and so we take revenge and turkoman one of the sunday money was the mastermind behind irans military engagement in the middle east for the last 2 decades and the close ally of irans supreme leader. And the revenge for his death seems already to have started on saturday a rocket fell inside baghdads heavily fortified green zone near the u. S. Embassy another on an air base housing u. S. Troops. It comes after iranian president Hassan Rouhani vowed during a meeting with so many store that his country will retaliate. Mr rouhani when the blood of my fathers friends were shed he would take revenge for them now who is going to take revenge for my fathers blood. They will everyone will get revenge for the martyrs blood dont you worry about that meanwhile u. S. President trump warned that the u. S. Is ready to respond should iran strike any americans or American Assets trump has repeatedly claimed that solomon is killing was necessary to protect american lives. To iran has appointed general esmail ghani to replace alemany kill now be responsible for irans Foreign Military operations the joining me from tehran is amir hub vasili a journalist with the a. F. P. News agency i mean President Trump has warned iran the u. S. Has already chosen 52 iranian targets what do you make of this is certain end of this very specific number. Well 1st of all i dont exactly realize where that numbers come in is pointing out to a number of cultural sites and important places in iran that could be anything that could be cultural science and spawn or she was not exactly sure that was based on reliable in some way in a sense and its supposed to be mostly symbolic and the interesting point is that already some Decision Makers inside iran are saying that if thats supposed to be 52. 00 for that not a symbolic number of schools that were taken during the hostage crisis then we can also bring a number of. Those people that were killed in an air bus accident that were shot down by a u. S. Missile so the numbers game is not really the point here the point that most of at the shift in the turks that. Trump and both those inside iran are changing the way theyre talking to each other is there any really realistic chance of deescalation. Well everyone seems to be looking for the heads you have to realize that yesterday we are. Foreign minister a moment some words that youve got nearly 10 different calls from them kind of from bored readers and have several meetings and we also did hear that a lot of them were calling for the inspiration of the situation a lot of people would want that obviously but i think fly at least a while now there wont be any drop in the situation and tension given whats happened and how and expect that of course for everyone and inside iran of course a lot of people calling for revenge and this has also played into the arms of. Those that did not exactly believe diplomacy would be a way to solve the situation a longstanding tensions between iran and the us. So at least for the short. Sheer just. Changing. Thank you. If the news agency appreciate your time for. Being called a National Catastrophe just look at these guys here. And now think theyre not in australia at all theyre actually over in new zealand 2000 kilometers away at least 24 people have now died in the blazes thousands have lost their homes and experts more than half a 1000000000 animals have been killed as well Prime MinisterScott Morrison is coming under angry criticism for his handling of the Crisis Emergency Services are hoping. Will bring some respite on sunday. And deadly day in this months long catastrophe. Saturday soaring temperatures and strong winds fans hundreds of blazes across 3 states. Powerless to halt the destruction. The flames consumed hundreds of properties leaving local communities shocked. Much the. People. Living memory. Territory we cant pretend that this is something weve experienced before its. Because the weather activity were saying the extent and spread of the speed at which theyre going the way in which theyre attacking communities have never before. Satellite images showed the scale of the far as long as these coast. The severity of the crisis has prompted Prime MinisterScott Morrison to mobilize up to 3000 military reservists to assist exhausted volunteer firefighters marson has faced intense criticism for his response to the disaster. But you know its agreed that 10 much enjoy it might mean a lot of risk by doing a lot to do. Well again and the people destroyed but what do. You still do pretty well government anything. Cooler conditions are expected to give some relief to Fire Fighting efforts but officials warn the reprieve wont be enough to get fires under control let alone put them out joining us now from New South Wales is david harper hes a resident of the town of new room which is circled by bush fires how are you personally doing right now i have to ask you to start and is your home in danger. Eased potentially dunja depending on by the mean shot as well as many out on the coast where are you. And how are you personally coping with this. At this diet its like well the storm were speculate you know on saturday 11 oclock and its just sitting there brewing fortunately that said we didnt get the westerly so it was sort of the moment i think. This week is going to be like trigger point is going to be so you. And a lot of the coming through my night. On the edge of most i suppose. So essentially fingers crossed. Absolutely absolutely weve lived and measures weve gone through to a long line with tails on the on the on the up a lot of moving along. To the scent of the house its going 50 doing a full on it. And bought not just me but the entire community i cant imagine a have you ever seen anything like this before david no i might not like this although ive lived if it you fly says ill go with a little bit of for as a young fella back burning and stuff up and cost a bit nothing like this and weve which essentially a lot of people in the house do you know on the on the lucky one my home on the college in a little town she had to go to 3 counties back or in didnt. So i would you tell the sleep very concerning to my community. No doubt you are not alone you mention your community from my Vantage Point there are 4 communities around the entire nation living on the yad with many people criticizing the governments response hows your Community Coming together david. The common problem east being the whole lot of us i guess for our psyche minute email i mean. We were actually communing with. The town meetings that all the tourists who have been down here on the problems all of you if there is a thing are still a visit because resources are on the side much stronger. Not fuel and you know were lucky because we live in a Small Community so we generally know each other by christ and when we all say each other in a locked lysol together with the sign problem we go you know that night youll be all guns talking to people at a truck or a mall its a sign. David would just about out of time but very quickly if you had a direct line to australias leaders what would you tell them right now. Hes nice i like how they want people to act and be a good representation of us david harper from numa thank you so much for your time and good luck. Thank you very much right. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world today authorities in italy say 6 people are dead after a car ran into a group of German Tourists waiting to board a bus the incident occurred in a village in the german speaking region of south toward local media reporting that the driver of the car was drunk. In croatia voters are going to the polls in the 2nd round of the president ial election the voters a runoff between former Prime Ministers or in milan of the a social democrat and the conservative it conservative incumbent kalinda that. The death toll has risen sharply in the collapse of a hotel under construction in southern cambodia authorities in the city of cap pulled another dozen bodies from the rubble bringing the total to at least 36. 00 they did manage to rescue a puppy raising hopes of also finding survivors. Away from the bush fires or strain is preparing for one of the premier tennis events of the year the Australian Open is just over 2 weeks away to that end a large crowd in brisbane watch Novak Djokovic read taking taking on south Africas Kevin Anderson in the inaugural event of the year djokovic edged his much taller rival in 2 sets from sure subi advance to the next round of whats called the a. T. P. Cup. American footballs best known player around the world may have played his last game Quarterback Tom Brady was unable to rally his team to victory in the 1st round of the n. F. L. Playoffs bradys new England Patriots loss to the Tennessee Titans brady helped the patriots win 6 super bowl championships but he and the club will likely part ways he insisted on saturday he is unlikely to retire but the 42 year old will have to find a team willing to pay near record wages to a player of his age just handed over the equivalent of get this 1600000 euros for a complete tuna at the traditional new york auction at tokyos fish market its the 2nd highest price a tuna has ever fetch and this is the fish in question a 276 kilogram blue fin caught in the waters off northern japan a successful bidder was. The owner of a renowned sushi restaurant chain hes also bought the fish that set the record a year ago. Youre watching d. W. News up next shift living in the digital age look said chinas great firewall and finds out how much online criticism authorities allow. What secrets lie behind us will. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. 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