Parliament up being barred from congress. Welcome to the program huge crowds have gathered in the iranian city of kut a man for the final funeral procession the general concepts of the mahdi the top military commander was assassinated in the u. S. Airstrike in iraq on friday and hell be laid to rest in his hometown well in response to the killing Irans Parliament has now approved a motion designating the u. S. Army and the pentagon as terrorist organizations well a short while ago irans foreign minister said the u. S. Had miscalculated by targeting ceremony accusing it of making the world in secure. Matter to me don the iranian nation and Freedom Fighters are mourning this great loss the United States by assassinating a Senior Iranian general i started a new chapter that will cause them problems the beginning of the end of americas presence in the region has started they do not respect International Law they are attacking iranian history which is a shared heritage to the whole world as well just hours earlier the u. S. Secretary of defense was forced to clarify it was not pulling troops out of iraq after the draft letter was leaked indicating that was drool but a top general said it was circulated by the state will be speaking to Gabriel Elizondo about u. S. Troops in iraq in a moment but 1st lets cross live to us a big in the iranian Capital Asset lets talk 1st about the funeral thousands of iranians have turned out. To pay their final respects tell us whats been happening and the feeling across the country right now. Well this is the 3rd day of mourning got some of the money is set to be buried in his hometown of mon now weve seen similar crowds across the country his body arrived 3 days ago yesterday was a funeral and brought in with the Supreme Leader to look how many led those prayers we saw in the streets packed with mourners lot of emotion a lot of people are still very angry angry and asking for revenge and similar scenes. At the moment in fact people there were shouting the farsi word for revenge was the thumb and this is what the head of this time of revolutionary guard had to say in response to that. And. Our revenge will be harsh in tough be certain because we are telling the enemy we will avenge him if you respond to our revenge will burn that police in love and they themselves know where it is an asset meanwhile the Iranian Parliament met earlier today in response to the killing of somali tell us a bit more about what came out of that session and any more political reaction. Well the amoa motion is put forward that designates the pentagon and u. S. Forces terrorist organizations now this is an amendment from another motion that was passed last year in april that designated centcom the United States military in the middle east and afghanistan as terrorist organization now this is a response to the assassination of the money but weve also had the head of the Supreme NationalSecurity Council now what he said is very interesting he said that they have discussed 13 possible scenarios as a retaliation to the United States and he said that it would be a nightmare for them and it says if the American Forces dont leave under the feet they would leave in their courses in coffins so some very strong words coming out of iran is the feeling on the street that people do want revenge and that thats been reciprocated in terms of words from politicians and leaders and the government here and now this language is been ratcheted up and its going to be very difficult for iran not to have a retaliatory action because thats whats been called on the streets of iran to acid beg there in terre said thank you. For desired is professor of world studies at the university of tehran he believes others will Carry Forward somalis military agenda. One of the goals that he had was to end the us hegemony in the middle east and as you have seen in the last number of days the iraq a parliament has voted for the American Forces to get out of iraq and this is going to be waves of anti american policies he was like many iranians did not have any problem with the American People but they did have problem with the Us Government in the middle east policies of the Us Government the support that they give to israelis and the support that they give to the dictators that cause difficulties for the people of this region and i think the legacy is going to be with the idea that you can serve your country you can protect the borders you can be independent and you may get killed in this manner but the ideas are going to be present for many years to come the people. Have been under a kind of a pressure and a segment of society may feel pressured enough to come to the streets or a small segment as we saw in a couple of months ago but people are realizing that there are economic difficulties. Important but what is more important is the security of the country and when you hit a general thats his main job was to protect the borders theyre going to get upset the assassination was ordered by President Trump who had his own ideas of nationalism for him not to realize that this is going to cause iranians to unite and this is going to cause iraqis to unite and its going to cause iranian people and iraqi people to iraq to unite because they have a common enemy now it is very for the shuffle. Well the future of u. S. Troops in iraq has been in question since the silly money killing in the past few hours has brought more confusion a letter by u. S. General was leaked to iraqi media saying u. S. Forces would soon be repositioning but the u. S. Sector defense then denied it well gable is on the joins us live now from washington d. C. Games its hard to believe that a letter of such importance was leaked mistakenly and officials that weve seen have been scrambling to limit the damage this has been a pretty bad week for the pentagon isnt it. Yeah its been a terrible week for the pentagon not only that this letter was leaked but the contents of the letter as well were very unclear lets just back up a minute so you can get a full sense of how important this was and why it caused such a firestorm of course over the weekend the Iraqi Parliament voted to potentially remove american troops from iraq and a nonbinding vote in Parliament Later after that vote President Trump tweeted out messages saying that the u. S. Would not leave iraq and that if we were if the u. S. Was forced out of iraq he that he would level sanctions against iraq so there is that back and forth a little bit that confusion but then it was on monday that this letter came out it was a letter that was it was written apparently or had the name of the general for the u. S. By the from the u. S. Military base in iraq it was onst department of defense letterhead and the 1st sentence says this and listen closely because it seems pretty clear the 1st sentence says in due deference to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq and at the requested and at the requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister combined a joint task force will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for Onward Movement and then theres a couple other sentences and then at the end it says we respect your sovereignty and decision to order our departure that letter was written apparently to this american generals counterpart and their Iraqi Military there in baghdad and so that set off this firestorm assuming that the u. S. Was pulling their troops out of iraq that caused all sorts of confusion at the pentagon the secretary of defense met with reporters and said no that was just a draft of a letter that was mistakingly leaked to the media he said we are not planning to pull out of iraq a quarter. To the secretary of defense he said were just repositioning some troops there and thats what the intention of this letter was but boy it sure didnt seem like it from the way it was written but the pentagon really had to had to clean up what was really a selfinflicted wound there that caused all sorts of confusion unnecessarily yeah dave meanwhile President Trump has come under increasing criticism over his threats to attack irans cultural sites and even his defense secretary marcus the seems to be contradicting him. Yeah esper had to clean up not only this with the letter but also had to contradict the president on this issue over the weekend President Trump saying on 2 separate occasions once in a tweet once when he was speaking to journalists on air force one saying that he would consider striking cultural sites in iran and if it in a military strike and that caused all sorts of raised eyebrows and questions because thats against International Law and could be considered a war crime to target cultural sites during Armed Conflict then again on monday when esper was meeting with journalists the secretary defense off camera us thats why we dont have video of this a journalist asked him is that true with the pentagon target cultural sites in iran and he would only responded if we go to war with iran he said we will follow all the laws of Armed Conflict the journalist and asked him does that mean the trump was wrong that you will not target cultural sites he said we will follow all the laws of Armed Conflict period repeating the exact same 4 words before and then moved on so clearly that the secretary of defense contradicting the president of the United States there clearly it was a it was something that they didnt see eye to eye on there because the president is mentioning that twice over the weekend that could be considered a war crime and of course the pentagon thats something they clearly dont want to be associated with so youre seeing all sorts of confusion in washington over the last 24 to 48 hours and a lot of it is confusion that is generated by either the pentagon or mistakes or something that weve seen and having to clarify a lot of things right so gable is on the in washington d. C. Thank you. Well the nato chief has warned iran against further violence and provocations off an urgent meeting in belgium stoltenberg says a new conflict is in nobodys interest night and maintains a 500 person strong Training Mission in iraq for the fight against eisel but it suspended that sort of monies death need to is prepared to continue or training and Capacity Building when the situation permits for years all our lives have expressed concern about irans destabilizing activities in the wider middle east region. We agreed iran must never require a Nuclear Weapon we shared concern about irans missile tests. Well its also to come here not just here including protests across india after a mosque group attacked students and teachers in a Prominent University in the capital mara stay with us. View is it london will have not seen very much blue sky over the last few weeks it seems certain the cloud coming in from the atlantic and covering the British Isles and then it has to a scandinavia has produced some pretty high temperatures 30 factors when the it goes over the high ground and warms up and a lot of clouds bringing just a little bit of rain to france to germany to low countries beyond that is now settle down is its cloudy quat in Central Europe the end is for reflects the correct temp shift this time of the year and persistent fog has been a problem less so now but gray skies are still the thing and thats not physically active weather for most of this european plane apart this encroaching cloud unsponsored right in the active stuff is down the bottom right hand corner has produced flooding of the last few days all the way down through the levantine coast and heres the reason this is a secular nation has strong winds all the way down here across crete and then hitting the leavened that they levant and something turkey the blue is rain clearly some snow up in the high ground in turkey but if you come south of that were looking really now all of north africa theres virtually nothing going on from the point of view of clouds and rain there is a bit of a breeze still bahamas and but even thats not so strong. For. The new album the stress tests whether online you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every level or layer further further into the jail or if you join a sunset the entry has. To start from day one whether again youre in detention or youre incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a voice before there are states that support a rush coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour huge crowds have gathered in the iranian city of kut amman where general customs in amman is being laid to rest the top military commander was assassinated in a u. S. Drone strike in iraq on friday is sunday manis hometown in response to the killing Irans Parliament has approved the motion designating the us army and the pentagon as terrorist groups speaking just a short while ago irans foreign minister says the u. S. Miscalculated by targeting santa monica. And the u. S. Defense secretary marcus has had to clarify that theres been no decision to pull troops out of iraq thats after a draft letter by a top general was according to the military mistakenly circulated. Meanwhile iraq is a worried about what tensions between iran and the us will mean for them many fear sanctions by President Trump could see a return to the hardships of the saddam era some of holton has more now from the capital. An uneasy mood has settled over baghdad scarred by decades of intermittent war people in iraqs capital know the eerie suspense that precedes one in coffee shops old and young alike who worry about being caught in the middle as the u. S. And iran threaten further escalation of the. We dont want the battle to come to our country they want to start a war they want to settle accounts but we are the ones who lose young men lose money lose infrastructure we wont benefit from this. People here are still in shock over the u. S. Strike that assassinated iranian general Qassam Soleimani near Baghdad Airport drawing threats of retaliation from iran and its allies in iraq. Adding insult to injury President Donald Trump threatened on sunday to impose far reaching sanctions on iraq if the Iraqi Government responded by expelling u. S. Troops for such authority brings back painful memories from the saddam era when the u. N. Security council imposed a crippling trade embargo. For us as young people weve lived through the sanctions during our childhood we dont want to face the same thing again we want to build the country. Instead the country now risks sliding backwards the unfolding crisis between the u. S. And iran has shifted attention away from iraqs months long protest movement demanding far reaching political reform and an end to iranian interference in iraq. Assisting nation demonstrators have been attacked at least twice by pro iranian crowds their worst fear however is losing their cause. People are afraid they are afraid of a strike that happened and they fear that something will happen inside to rear to these demonstrations demonstrators are divided over the parliaments nonbinding the session on sunday to expel foreign troops some support the motion calling the u. S. Strike a violation of iraqi sovereignty and we want iraq to be an independent country a country thinks and decides and makes its own decisions without any intervention by outside forces while others see the presence of american troops as a necessary counterbalance to raney an influence on of the. I am against the parliaments decision to expel the troops give me an alternative for the american troops who will protect me an alternative to protect these people that all parties the militias even i have a party to protect me or i will die kurdish and sunni parties boycotted some this Parliament Vote carried by the main shia blocs its a sign that iraqs leadership is once again split along sectarian lines. Rather than united by National Interest as the visions within iraq to deepen over how the government should respond to the escalating crisis between the u. S. And iran many iraqis are worried that they will once again be dragged into a war they did not see their demands for a Better Future are now overshadowed by fear and not too distant memories of conflict and hardship. And you know ill just. Moving on to some other news now a court in cyprus has handed a 4 month suspended sentence to a british woman convicted of lying about being raped it means she can now return home to the u. K. Woman says she was gang raped by 12 israeli teenagers in july 1 of the holiday she says she was forced to retract or accusation because she was on a duress from persistent questioning and didnt present a really challenge on us live now from the rules of the judge has handed down this 4 months sentence suspended for 3 years what does that mean and what more can you tell us. When i was back in july when this young woman went to the police here in cyprus saying that she had been gang raped by 12 israelis. From t