Rape gets a suspended sentence for making false claims. Also ahead venezuelan Opposition Leader upon by those allowed into parliament to offer a standoff with security tried to block it. And in sport africa gets ready does celebrated best footballers and all 3 nominees for the continents football or the year award played in the english premier league. We begin this news with developments in iran on the day of the burial of the top iranian commander the u. S. Is defending its action to kill him u. S. Secretary of state michael peo says that washington acted because of an imminent threat to the u. S. From iran and that they got it right the secretary of state has also refuted claims that customs on the money was in baghdad on a Diplomatic Mission for pay or says irans heritage and culture is under threat from its own leaders let me tell you whos done damage to the persian culture. Its not the United States of america its the ayatollah if you want to look at who has denied religious freed
Super bowl for the 1st time since 1970 s. The 49 ers after the play that nobody wanted me to San Francisco its the biggest day in american sport. Hello we begin this news hour in iraq thats where there are reports that protesters have been killed in the capital baghdad after police tried to break down barricades on the outskirts of the city dozens are said to be injured in the latest round of mass demonstrations rallies are also broken out in a number of cities in the south of the country including measure. Protesters have cut off the south of the country by blockading major roads lets bring in imran khan whos joining us from baghdad and as were reporting clashes have been taking place throughout the morning in iran and the numbers seem to be getting larger. Right where we are right now ill just get that out the way to give you a closer look is about how off comments are way from where the clash is all taking place in effect a front line between the protesters on the police now you can
A british woman found guilty of lying that she was raped by israeli teenagers in cyprus. And a possible showdown in venezuela the Opposition Leader is determined to return to parliament after being barred from congress. And in Sports Events a strike a christian or an elder has hit another korea landmark 5 ton wall the player of the year stone his 1st hat trick in italys top division. Or the burial of a top iranian general assassinated by the us has now been postponed after a deadly stampede steering his hometown funeral more than 40 people have been killed across happens as huge crowds gathered in the. City of command to bid farewell to carson saw the money he was killed in a u. S. Airstrike on friday in iraq where in response to the killing Irans Parliament has designated the us army and the pence again as terrorist organizations address and crowds solomon his funeral the leader of irans revolutionary guards has value and revenge. Our revenge will be harsh and tough be certain because
Do is allowed into parliament after a standoff with security who tried to block. Womens activists slammed the cypriot Justice System after a british teenager is given a suspended sentence for making false accusations of rape. And incest for african gets ready to celebrate its best footballers and all 3 nominees for the continents footballer of the year award star in the English Premier League. Its been another day of dramatic developments in iran where the burial of the top iranian commander assassinated in the u. S. Airstrike on friday has been postponed for at least 50 people were killed in a stamp a stampede during his funeral procession huge crowds that packed custom salaam on his hometown of command and the congestion in the streets led to a crush of people its not clear when the burial will happen now in the capital tehran the parliament passed. A bill designating the u. S. Army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations its also boosted the budget for the elite could force that
With a texas showdown between the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs as sharpshooter look at don church comes back with a bit. So an airliner has crashed on takeoff in kazakhstan killing at least 12 people the back jet came down near the airport smashing through a wall before hitting a house rescuers have worked in freezing temperatures to reach the 98 people aboard well start with this report from alexia brown. Emergency crews calm the wreckage of the airline a torn in half the main body of the back a jet barely recognizable its ria resting in a field the flight had just taken off from the airport bound for the capital no so tom survivors say passengers screamed as the plane started shaking then tilted a full smashing into a concrete faints and slamming into a 2 story house race queue. As worked in subzero temperatures to save dozens of injured including 8 children president kasim caiaphas formed a Government Commission and says anyone responsible for the crash will be in his