News Wrap: Funeral held for Iran's late Supreme Leader

Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-funeral-held-for-irans-late-supreme-leader Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio In our news wrap Monday, hundreds of thousands attended a funeral procession for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hamas dissolved its government in Gaza as it prepares to transfer power, officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say more than 500 people have died in the Ebola outbreak and Cuba was hit by a blackout as the nation struggles with an ongoing energy crisis. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Amna Nawaz: We start the day's other headlines in Iran's capital city of Tehran, where hundreds of thousands attended a funeral procession for the country's late supreme leader the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Mourners chanted "Death to America" as Khamenei's casket and those of his family members made their way through the city streets. The 86-year-old cleric was killed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in February. Many supporters vowed revenge, saying that America killed the -- quote -- "father of Iran." Sahar Zaraatgar, Mourner (through translator): We are here to show our leader's path will continue. All of us will continue down his path with clenched fists. And soon we will avenge his death against the U.S. and Israel. Amna Nawaz: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was seen walking among the crowd and greeting mourners. Khamenei's casket will travel to the Iranian city of Qom and then to Iraq before the late leader is buried in his hometown of Mashhad. The multiday funeral comes as diplomatic efforts continue to find a permanent end to the war. Hamas says it has dissolved its government in Gaza as it prepares to transfer power to a U.N.-backed technical committee. A lower-level official made the announcement at a news conference today as part of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire deal with Israel. But the militant group stopped short of saying it would disarm or hand over security to an international force, both of which are requirements in the deal's second phase. Israel dismissed the announcement as an attempt by Hamas to avoid disarming, and it's unclear what impact it will have on the ground, if any. Some Palestinians say they hope it's a step toward peace. Mounir Khedr, Displaced Palestinian (through translator): We wish from God that handing over this Hamas administrative committee brings improvement. We wish from God to be relieved from the tents, mosquitoes, mice that are eating us up with our children. This is not life. We are living in torture. Amna Nawaz: Israel has continued to strike suspected Hamas targets despite the cease-fire that was signed some nine months ago. Hamas has significantly reduced its major results on Israel, but has continued with intermittent strikes as well. Health officials in Ga