Of more bushfires could increase later this week. Plus this time has come out for the Golden Globes as hollywoods best and brightest at the red carpet we had the winners from one of tinsel towns biggest night. Hello and welcome im on with that she my good to have you on the show. U. S. President donald trump is valid to impose severe sanctions on iraq if it expels u. S. Troops deployed in the country thats as tensions increase over the targeted killing of irans top general by a us drone strike in baghdad on friday in tehran irans leaders have held Funeral Services for general qassam solo money as well as others killed in the strike. Weeping over the remains of irans top military commander. A green leader ayatollah ali how money visibly moved as he leads funeral prayers for his former close ally. Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered to pay their respects to general kasem salim money killed in a u. S. Drone strike in iraq on friday. Our barbara couch there. His assassination is considered a declaration of war by many iranians. Speaking at her fathers funeral the generals own daughter has promised reprisals part there are the higher than already quite that ive asked families of american soldiers in western asia have witnessed americas humiliation and syria iraq lebanon afghanistan yemen and palestine they will spend their days waiting for the death of the children. In the parliament theyre also being cries of death to america. Ration the subjection of the u. S. President is considered a military of terrorism. The only thing you want to know the disadvantage of painful consequences for you. And the anger is spreading across borders in lebanon there ran back to hezbollah militia has threatened to hit American Forces in the region. Meanwhile the Iraqi Parliament has voted to end the u. S. Military presence in the country some 5000 u. S. Troops are that officially to help defeat socalled islamic state. U. S. President donald trump has already warned baghdad that it could be hit by tough sanctions if it follows through with this threat but its irans promise of revenge thats focusing minds to iran has already announced it will no longer abide by the 2015 nuclear deal raising the stakes even further. And for more on the story and its regional implications im joined in the studio by iraqi journalist. Maybe so a lot of anger over this docketed assassination in tehran but its also wrist tensions within. Iraq now how likely is it that bond could expend u. S. Troops as a 2nd to do im ready to after the voting of Iraqi Parliament i think is the condition of Iraqi Government to talk with american about their presence in iraq become stronger enough for the Prime Minister just to put another another clima another condition to talk about that topic i think in the end of the day the majority of iraqis now think that they are hit and. Respect and civility because we are talking about sulaimani but we forgot we are not talking about the 2nd has been killed iraq. On this which is is a deputy of the chief of the hashmi shia militia which is part of the legal troops in iraq i think iraq is just not think about. That it just has been killed by a man about also their own man also in iraq thats why the anger is quite quite. On this day very important man for iraq still the u. S. Has threatened sanctions if iraq what its fill out u. S. Troops deployed in its country how important is the presence of u. S. Soldiers in iraq i think. So i think iraq still needs United States and other allies by the way also be not to partners because iraq would not have any full control over his some of threats from. Cells of islamic states still there from syria i think the stability is in iraq still fragile its not 100 percent stable in the end of the day how and when and how long the International Troops will be present in iraq this is a question i think Iraqi Government should answer again as they had. There don has vowed revenge over the assassination of genocide lemony what form could this revenge take and could this effect iraq is event definite indeed because i think that there ruction would be primarily in the iraqi territory because iranian has a lot of proxies and they are going to try also through that proxy to targeting americans presence in iraq were still talking about between 7. 10 soldiers in iraq which well not on their positions and their equipment from iranian side i think in the end of the day iraq will be the 1st reaction battlefield if we can say for that and this is also a cost a lot of blood for you from iraqi side and in the countries already facing a difficult time i mean most of it thank you very much for your insights. Now on the back of these tensions in the middle east german chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to moscow on saturday for talks aggression president Vladimir Putin let me draw in our Political Correspondent thomas ferro tell us russia is a key player in the middle east germany not so much what is chancellor merkel hoping to achieve by meeting london the 14. If you carefully read german statements on all their situation youll see that one of the key words is restraint to try and make sure that in any way possible there is deescalation are such german policies and germanys parties now is to try and talk to different players that are important in the region you mentioned correctly that russia plays a very Important Role in the region and germany can play an Important Role when it comes to trying to influence russia in one way or another this has to do in particular with the fact that both. Have been in power for a very long time they know each other very well they speak each others languages to a certain extent so im going to speaks russian 14 speaks german and such germany is seen as a country that in many ways can try and play some influence in russia and if not forget that russia is also a signatory of the j c p o h o the Iran Nuclear Deal and thats something that germany wants to say that some of the germany wants to work on so as such it is a very important meeting between the 2 leaders a meeting that by the way will also take place with germanys foreign minister if that is true heikal last the foreign minister is also going to be there at this meeting which is considered by some as unusual what going to miss is does it give us it gives a very clear message that this is a very important on a very delicate situations or germany is going to travel to russia not only with the german chancellor but also with the German Foreign minister both of whom have been playing a very Important Role when it comes to trying again to deescalate to show restraint to try and mediate for example has already announced that he will be talking to his iranian counterpart to try and find ways. Out of this situation so this gives you an idea of how important this is that germany is also trying to speak to different players but in particular russia as i explained because germany sees that with russia it can have a particular role now the German Government is facing criticism for failing to define a clear position inbuilt the escalation of tension between iran and the United States is not a fair accusation to allow us germany has indeed been criticized for having a soft position or a position that is not clear enough but lets not forget that germany when it comes to its Foreign Policy when it comes to these kinds of crises its rather slow moving machine and as such germany has always focused on deescalating on trying to negotiate on trying to find ways of opening channels of communication and thats something that germany will probably continue to do even though it might face criticism here internally from some of the opposition parties and maybe even abroad as well dont most of these Political Correspondent thank you very much for that assessment let me now bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the world police in the german city of Gessen Kishan have shot and killed a man who attacked them with a knife they say the man 1st attacked a police car before approaching offices Authorities Say they are investigating whether there was an extremist motive behind the attack. 4 people have been killed in a fire at a hospice in poland another 20 were injured in the blaze in the Western Province of pomerania its thought a patient smoking may have started the fire. In tripoli the 1st funerals have been held following saturdays deadly air strike on a Libyan Military academy the strike killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded dozens more libyas internationally recognized government is blaming the attack on forces loyal to the rebel leader. Turning out to australia with the government has pledged the equivalent of over a 1000000000 euros to help communities ravaged by the devastating bushfire as the Prime MinisterScott Morrison warned the fires would continue burning for months to a case 24 people have died and thousands have lost their homes. Its a warning no one ever wants to hear we cannot guarantee your safety at present if you are naught i will to defend yourself mentally. Or physically protect yourself or your home mr. Davies recommended that you leave. Thousands of astray the ins have been forced to decide stay and defend their homes or leave and lose everything i want to mine i started to think its property and i didnt study it back or i did and was. Swarmed so sorry. Lets go. This is what many will return to over a 1000 homes have been destroyed in recent days. The by animals of the silent victims burned in their paddocks and on the roadside. Experts say over half a 1000000000 animals have been killed those that have survived a burnt down to their skins. Now the army reserve has been called up to help the relief efforts. This is the largest single call out of the Defense Force reservists working together with Defense Forces to provide a support which this country has never seen before the Prime Minister is fighting political fires after being criticized for his handling of the crisis. More scorching days are full cost the only thing that can stop the blazes is rain and no serious showers are expected for weeks. When israel has seen fresh political chaos to rival lawmakers a claim in the post of Bonaventure Spica following 2 separate votes on sunday opposition lawmakers have reelected their leader to the post but thats often he was blocked from entering the National Assembly legislature then the ruling socialist under Nicolas Maduro elected their own candidate. I was going as well as parliament on sunday amid extraordinary scenes will make a luis posada is sworn in as new parliamentary president i wonder why you all shall we knew as we all did that he needed to be here no one stopped me from coming in now yes he didnt have enough votes thats why he decided to stay outside the parliamentary palace for the what am i and his supporters could clearly not get in the man who calls himself into him president even tried to climb the railings members of the National Guard stopped them entering the building. Looking people feel the constitution has to be respected today every member of Parliament Must have the right to vote but were going to stay here until we get inside. He and his supporters outside were completely cut off from what was happening inside that they were sure any vote without them would not be valid and you know there was no way the necessary number of people were in there and they would have never had a majority of the parliamentarians were held back by force that prevented the seating even being properly opened. The position of parliamentary president is significant a year ago quite oh declared himself into him president of the country he cited doubts over the reelection of president Nicolas Maduro the constitution says where there was a power vacuum the parliamentary president should take over quite those declared mission to end medu is rain and hold new elections but hes failed to get the militarys backing leaving the country with 2 supposed president s and in chaos. Maturer recently said that the opposition dominated parliament which backs quite oh had only damage the country will give you some of us unless you know how much is being abused as a place where conspirators work to damage venezuela financially to create a coup and enable a Foreign Military invasion but im here im a bit out of nowhere now why job is also talking about a coup against parliamentary democracy. In the day that the rule of law was wrecked the republic was killed without it. The question of who is president is just the 1st of many that urgently needs an answer. And now to kenya where 3 americans were killed in an attack on an Anti Terrorist base in the southern Coastal Region islamic militants to be airfield in the countrys long region on sunday a base used by u. S. And kenyan forces and these pictures pour to show the fiery aftermath Authorities Say 5 attackers were also killed in the 1st assault by the group on u. S. Forces in kenya. My colleague is it cmon he joins me now from nairobi he did 1st of 4 what more can you tell us about the attack and why al shabaab chose this particular target. We dont know much more about the attack except what you just said but as to why they could have done it theres a lot of speculation from security analysts one of the more popular opinion is that it could be a fertility issue the region is very close to somalia another very popular speculation is that its going to be relevant again this has been in shambles for the last couple of years and it could be that such an attack will put them back on the map put them back in the news cycles as were seeing happening now. And they have to actually bomb has attacked other civilians in the past how are they faring against the countrys military forces. To be fair its not just kenyas military forces that have been pushing back its been a regional and concerted effort it has been know that is a global phenomenon when the attacks were happening against a very but at the moment i mean the African Union mission in somalia together with the forces that kenya and tanzania in one all holding. Together. On the one thing as it is look this is attack mean for the people of kenya. Nobody wants. A terrorist attack that the periods. But i will tell you that because of the International Community behind us were not doing a lot of defense of the whole that. We thank you very much for that update from there and i do apologize for the quality of that. Here watching the news coming up ahead. A surprise winner at the Golden Globes the 1st big Film Industry thats coffers event of the season we bring you all the details later in the program. But 1st the criminal trial against full mfon producer Harvey Weinstein is set to open in new york weinstein is facing charges of rape and Sexual Assault based on the accounts of dozens of women including several top hollywood actresses weinstein has denied the charges he says any sexual and countess well consensual. The disgraced former hollywood mogul leaving court in december 67 year old Harvey Weinsteins health appears to have to terri aerated sharply in just 2 years after the scandal around him started to unfold. In 2017 weinstein was still a cochairman of the Weinstein Company alongside his brother bob. Together they produced a number of highly successful movies including pulp fiction shakespeare in love and django unchained. In october 2017 several women many of them actresses came forward to accuse weinstein of Sexual Harassment the allegation the spark for global feminist me to movement which soon spread from the Film Industry to many other aspects of society weinsteins case continued to bring forward one new account after another he led me to his bathroom pleading that i just watch him masturbate. My heart was racing and i was very scared. I pulled my arm away finally and headed to the door he started following me and telling me that he could introduce me to Bob Weinstein and i could get a 3 picture deal and that he would green light my script but i had to watch him masturbate about 80 women have spoken out about Harvey Weinstein among them actresses Angelina Jolie ashley judd and Gwyneth Paltrow according to paltrow she was 22 years old when weinstein made sexual advances against her. Following the accusations the academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences which awards the oscars expelled weinstein he was fired from his own company in october 2017 immediately after the scandal broke weinsteins wife Georgina Chapman announced she