In sight for us. And a possible shoulder and in venezuela the Opposition Leader is determined to return to parliament after being barred from congress. To act. The burial of an iranian general assassinated by the United States has been postponed after a stampede at his funeral procession more than 40 people have been killed it happens as huge crowds gathered in the city of perm on to bid farewell to general solemn army the commander was killed a u. S. Drone strike in iraq on friday lets get more now from aljazeera store suggest bari she joins us live from tehran dorce a deadly stampede at the solemn money funeral what more details are emerging this hour. Well weve heard from the head of the countrys Emergency Services who announced that the death toll has gone up as you mentioned to 40 and over 200 people have been injured so far these are some very very devastating scenes that were seeing at this funeral in care mon province itself in central iran this was supposed to be the final day
Get into congress the venezuelan Opposition Leader one was sworn in as head of the Opposition Controlled National Assembly. And a state of emergency was declared on the island of puerto rico after a powerful earthquake. We begin with the escalating tensions between the u. S. And iran on the day of the barely of the top iranian commander the u. S. Has been defending its actions to kill him and the u. S. Defense secretary says he expects iran to retaliate over the assassination of custom mark esposa says it could come directly through Iranian Forces or iran backed groups outside the country despite the u. S. Military bracing for attacks President Trump says the killing of cinnamon he quotes saved a lot of lives and many countries have thanked him he said he also says it was planning imminent attacks but hasnt offered any evidence mr trump has walked back his threat to bomb iranian cultural sites he says the u. S. Will Pay International law regarding those strikes if it strikes iran early