Of emergency in southeastern australia where catastrophic bushfire conditions back. So that we begin in iraq where thousands have been attending a procession for those killed in fridays u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General cause some sort of money the formal funeral has been underway for the top iranian commander as well as. The Deputy Commander of the around by Popular Mobilization forces behind us will later be buried in not just in iraq so the monies body meanwhile will be flown to iran lets go straight to baghdad where zone pinch of aid is standing by and is ahmed just take us through the days events have things gone. Well dick in this warning we got the funeral procession under way from just the outskirts of the green zone in baghdad moving to words meant shyam and then towards karbala and then another for it would be the final resting place of 100 the 2nd in command of the Popular Mobilization forces along with class into the money the leader of the force the mood here has been angry but restrained thousands of people have turned up with flags belonging to the various factions which constitute the Popular Mobilisation forces the group of militias which was a key in fighting i salute and at times was seen as indirectly coordinating with u. S. Forces as well and now they find themselves at odds with the u. S. Forces are on this was one of the leaders who you saw outside of the u. S. Embassy compound on tuesday as iraqi fighters as part of of these militias went in and laid siege to that compound and in the wake of these events the leaders have said that there is going to be revenge or weve been hearing all sorts of chants from this protest saying that death is certain but it will be certain for the enemy as well people saying that no one this money your blood will not be spilled in vain so a lot of anger on the street but again a remarkable show of strength restraint as well where many analysts had feared that this might turn violent this could. This crowd could turn to words the green zone as well but so far none of that has happened people are angry theyre showing suborders outpour of grief as well weve seen children weve seen women not people from various sections of society where we saw the iraqi Prime Minister both the current and the former Prime Minister as well as the leader of the Popular Mobilization forces who is also a National Security advisor or seen at this procession anybody whos everybody and a body and everybody at the iraqi the helm of affairs is there. They are saying that this is a flagrant violation of his sovereignty they are bracing themselves for repetitions and reactions which the iranians say is going to be at a time and place of their choosing. Meanwhile president rouhani of iran has been busy fielding calls from right around the world. Absolutely and so has the iraqi president as bob solly has been speaking to the french his french counterpart as well as turkish both president s calling him. Saying that they are both conversations very similar in nature saying that theyve both countries have reaffirmed their support for iraqs sovereignty and no International Leader wants iraq to become an international of war fears playground where escalating tensions between the United States and iran manifest themselves here in iraq because iraq has been so close with both both countries that are has one of the largest u. S. Forces presence since the u. S. Led invasion here more than 5000 troops already stationed here 750. 00 deployed to the region after the Embassy Attack and then 3000. 00 additional troops so iraq does not want to be boiled brugge brought down into this conflict of these 2 major countries but indeed it finds itself at the crosshairs and the Iraqi Government again a government which has been forced out by protests is bracing itself to appear not just before the proponents of irans involvement in its internal affairs but also the opposition which sees iran as meddling into iraqs affairs and one of the reasons why there is rampant corruption and a lack of jobs on sunday that is going to be an extraordinary session of the parliament where all of these affairs will be undoubtedly discussed by the politicians as well as talk of a legislation or a cancellation of the agreement between iraq and the United States as many people including in peace see this attack on questions of the money and i will match the mundus as a violation of the United States rule of engagement and iraqs sovereignty as all inside so thats a zone but you have a reporting from by and. Well thousands of iranians are denouncing the United States for sort of moneys assassination theyre gathering in cities and towns right across the country shouting death to the United States and calling for revenge hundreds of students have also gathered at the university of tehran. Meanwhile a red flag has been symbolically raised over the cotton mosque in irans holy city of qom its a traditional shiite symbol of blood spilled unjustly and the call to avenge the person who was killed multiple Iranian Military leaders are vowing to retaliate for sort of monies killing a top revolutionary guards general has threatened attacks on ships in the persian gulf and to punish americans wherever they are in reach also jabari is in tehran where the country foreign minister has traveled for talks as the gulf state urges all parties to exercise restraint. Weve just heard from the Foreign MinistryQatari Foreign minister mohammad. Is in the iranian capital and Holding Dialogue with his iranian counterpart while much of the rate we understand that this was a very last minute trip it is the 1st official visit from the Qatari Foreign minister at a very very critical time we believe that he will also be meeting with the iranian president Hassan Rouhani later on saturday these meetings come at a time when the International Community is extremely concerned about how or iran will retaliate to the assassination of a Major General a money weve also been hearing from president Hassan Rouhani who visited the family of the assassinated general early on saturday morning into lets hear some of what he had to say. d this great man deserves not to be killed by any ordinary person or terrorist but to be killed by historys biggest terrorist when this general diet the whole u. S. Army is put on alert and the entire region. Money is assassination is worse and already tense relations between the United States and iran depends going says it will now deploy more than 3000. 00 troops to the region in the u. S. Reaction has been split largely along party lines republicans praising Donald Trumps actions well rival democrats questioning why the president did not consult congress before approving the strike speak to a question of political hay and he joins us live from the pentagon. 3000. 00 troops what more do we know about their deployments and what will their role be. Well there there pretty much as a just in case theyre needed in the region the pentagon announces about 3000 troops or from the 82nd airborne this is the Immediate Response force theyre heading out to join this 650. 00 that are already there we believe theyre probably going to spend most of their time in kuwait and this is expected to be a 60 day deployment but of course it can be extended because really the big question now is when will rand respond and exactly how will they respond so this is a force that is trained to basically just sit in the region to be able to rapidly deploy if theyre needed if theres an attack somewhere. The reports of the United States stopping the fight against for the time being what more do we know about well ive been asking around the building and surprisingly not surprisingly because its saturday d there arent a whole lot of people around here but that would make sense and we do know that nato has postponed basically delayed its Training Mission in iraq as well and this is why that makes sense theyre concerned that iran is going to go after u. S. Targets obviously its much easier to protect American Forces if theyre within fortified bases as you know most of the bases have several levels of Perimeter Security so that gives them a sense of having a little bit more security that if the troops were basically patrolling the streets so were trying to get official confirmation of that here let you know soon as we get it but it does seem to make sense because obviously theyre concerned theyre afraid that american soldiers all over the world are now going to be targeted by iran run of course a lot of the dissection of whats happened has been going on around the world not least in the United States and further view on the motives behind Donald Trumps actions in. What were seeing democrats say remember that movie way the dog with the president possibly trying to distract from the impending pietschmann trial in the u. S. Senate of course republicans are saying thats nonsense that this was in fact justified the big question though is going to be about the intelligence weve had some members of congress from both parties that have been briefed were seeing a trend now democrats are coming out and saying theres not enough there there to have taken this step and republicans are saying no the president was perfectly justified so how does this going to go forward well the senate we expect is going to get a full the full senate 100 members are going to get a briefing from the Intelligence Community about exactly what this intelligence was because remember this is a very big deal this is the u. S. Assassinating a leader of a Foreign Government in another country without that countries permission that is illegal unless they can say they were acting in selfdefense and thats what weve seen from the secretary of state my pompei oh hes been saying there was an imminent threat that was putting hundreds of not dozens of american lives at risk so they now are going to have to prove that to members of the house and senate and what were going to see them play out on the floor is weve seen republican senators saying we want a resolution saying this is a great thing that the president did and were seeing it democratic senator tim kaine saying he wants to put forward a resolution banning the u. S. From entering conflict with iran so this would be some possibly some really key votes coming up in the u. S. Senate in the u. S. House right now everyone saying ok d this happened why did it happen and is it legally justifiable that it happened so theres going to be still much more debate about this in the pentagon at the capitol in the state department at all really across the country rights to be very much and see how it all unfolds but even so i bring thanks a lot well for more perspective we spoke with Roger Shanahan whos a Research Fellow at the institute for International Policy and hes sort of monies death is likely to bring political upheaval to iraq. From Foreign Policy to middle east its relatively incoherent and reactionary rather than the result of well thought out strategic intent but i think what were saying in terms of military sponsors in the short term is a change in the rules of the game and we saw that after the death of the u. S. Military contractor. Against the attack on the attack against the u. S. And iraq and we saw a quite just portion response from the u. S. Attacking 5 militia targets killing up to 30 people including some iranians and now hes saying this response as well so i dont think that we can i did use a long term strategic change other than theres a change to the rules of the guy in the stand up the train the u. S. And iran yes i mean you know i dont even do something of this magnitude expect. You know the Playing Field to study the same i think for the next few weeks and perhaps couple of months while both sides are taking stock of exactly whats happened and trying to chart the next i think is going to pick a period of fear politico and security uncertainty in iraq particularly but in the broader region. Still ahead here on aljazeera. China replaces its top representative in hong kong as princess ends of the 7th month and. Then a new years mystery how did 4 men miss and see it colors go in free japan and what does it mean for the charges against. How we got the rain clouds gathering across central parts of china as for japan here its a fine and dry Winter Weather making its way from west to ace through the sea of japan will see some wet weather just easing over towards honshu but coming in behind this next weather system that will slide out of the yellow sea its running over towards supreme peninsula central areas of china sensing some wet weather to go through sunday and that is and snow on the northern flank of that is sunday into monday when it will make progress they were towards a south korea or talking to about across a good part of japan temperatures getting up to around 10 maybe 11 or 12 degrees celsius so there is a china generally fine and dry there are a few showers just sliding their way down around the coastal fringes the vietnamese just casio watch out to into cambodia or even into laos eastern parts of the philippines or sort of with a chance of seeing some showers but the western weather remains across indonesia just southern parts of malaysia a lot of wet weather pushing through here not as wet as he has been recently but some wet weather there never the last chance of some weather to say into the eastern side of india just where we have these clouds here just easing down towards on top of dash but today somewhat trying for a good part of bangladesh. For the nomadic jacka tribe survival is about reaching their destination if we dont hurry will never be able to get the top of the story we follow the mongolian herdsmen on a treacherous migration. Can trace dangerous the ice and then as they strive to preserve their traditional way of life into the legendary sometimes luser cattle there was the cold war because of the storm risking it all mongolia on aljazeera. Every i knew what she had to sarah a reminder of our top stories this hour the formal funeral for you for the top iranian commander custom sort of money and. The hundreds of iran back pocket Mobilization Forces is on the way in baghdad both men were assassinated in u. S. Airstrike in Baghdad Airport on friday. In iran thousands of people across the country including several 100 students at the university of tehran up denouncing the United States for sort of moneys assassination many a shouting death to the u. S. And calling for revenge. Now firefighters in australia are bracing for a difficult night as hot and windy conditions continue to spread bushfires nearly 150 files a burning in New South Wales alone a dozen of which are out of control in South Australia 2 more people are confirmed dead after that call quote fought on Kangaroo Island and dozens more properties have been destroyed in several states in victoria at least a 1000000 hectares of bushland has been banned and 6 people are missing tens of thousands of people have fled the worst affected areas in the southeast jessica washington is in one of the areas of my low a bay on australias southeast coast. Many parts of australia have been devastated by this years bushfire season this south coast of New South Wales is just one of them which has been hit incredibly hard if you take a look at these trees you can see that many of them have been absolutely blackened and most of them at the roots that means that they are a risk to the residents here the residents in this community of milou of they do face a difficult prospect of rebuilding their community streets like this one are not uncommon in this Community Row after row of houses completely destroyed its a very difficult to imagine what these residents must be going through this bushfire season has already claimed dozens of lives hundreds of homes and some scientists estimate that around half a 1000000000 animals have died as a result but the full cost is a warning that the crisis is far from over this years bushfire season began unusually early and it will be at least a few weeks time before there is enough rain to bring it to an end. To libya now where warlord who leave or have to says his fight is not against a foreign occupier after Turkeys Parliament agreed to send troops to libya have to say forces have been attacking the capital tripoli since april libyas u. N. Recognized government asked turkish president for support the e. U. Us and arab league has expressed concern about turkeys decision symbols ravi as more. The man who has for years led a parallel government in libya now calls on all libyans to rise up against what he described as a looming turkish invasion but i dont know but i dont know how the enemy has announced war of the ties aggression and decided to invade our nation just a watchful defended turkish people which are tied to us and brotherhood and is