this is news coming to you live from berlin a deadly plane crash in kazakhstan at least 12 people were killed when a passenger jet came down shortly after takeoff from the city of el monte dozens of passengers survived the crash also coming up more rage in india over a controversial citizenship law the death toll reaches $25.00 in clashes between protesters and police hundreds of thousands of people continue to rally across the country against the law which they say discriminates against muslims and is really

prime minister binyamin netanyahu triumphed over a leadership challenge from within his party although he's facing criminal charges and a general election coming up this spring. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us a passenger jet with 98 people on board has crashed in kazakhstan authorities say at least 12 people have been killed in the back airplane came down shortly after takeoff from the city of mopti on route to the capital knows more than 60 others on board have survived with injuries. well joining me now from perth is aviation industry expert geoffrey thomas geoffrey what more can you tell us about the circumstances of this crash is there any indication what might have

caused it. look there are a couple of scripts from asian from passengers from passenger interviews one person talked about a large bang just off to take off another person however spoke of a loud shot up and the plane vibrating now that could have been caused by an ice buildup on the wing the plane possibly may not have been dion asked and when the plane took off the air over the wing. broke up and we get into an aerodynamic stroll and the classic symptom of a classic sign of that if you like is a shattering of the aircraft and then it kind it crashed back down got to a 40 feet into the air the large bang however could have been associated with an engine failure so there's 2 possibilities but of course it's very early on very

difficult to say with any precise. accuracy at this stage what can you tell us about the safety record of the plane involved here and the airline that operated. look yes the fuck 100 is or 110 seat aircraft. it's was produced over 20 years ago by the famous father company of holland who have a long rich history of building very robust arab lines and the fact that in this particular case the fuel tanks didn't rupture citing i would cite countless numbers of laws is testimony to the strength of the the stalker wing where the fuel tanks not. and the elyse becquet it been operating services passenger service since 2011 they've got i fuck

a 100. and apart from a couple of incidents that had no fatalities or old so they've got a they've got a good record they're a low cost airline with apparently no particular problem at all in their operation geoffrey thank you very much for bringing us up to date was aviation expert geoffrey thomas. india is seeing fresh protests over a new immigration law which critics see as anti muslim it grants amnesty to undocumented migrants from 3 neighboring countries but only if they're not muslim india's prime minister and then render modi says the law aims to help religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries but many of india's own citizens are outraged at least 25 have died in protests across the country. a sea of defiance it is the biggest challenge to the since he came to power in 24

for the thousands here it is a battle for india's constitution to look at what we are saying is if you're not still as you were raised differently i guess and. also argues the hindu if this is implemented in the rest of the country 40 percent of you know this is rick there. for weeks protests have raged against a law that would grant citizenship to refugees from neighboring countries but not muslims some see it as lama for big all those are worried it will lead to white scale emigration. the backlash has provoked a heavy handed response delhi dozens were arrested for protesting. that all of thousands of people have been detained we are protesting against that people who have been detained for no reason must be released immediately. and amid

heightened fears in muslim communities of revenge attacks police were caught breaking c.c.t.v. cameras. and the government soldiers a right to. a military stick group of hindu hardliners marching in the capital beating the drum for no rent or movie and his nationalist government. journalists are feeling the heat a vigil at the moment by the press club they say they are being targeted by police as they try to cover these to mull to say then so. when you actually cut off communication when you don't at all people who report when you cut off the internet you increase rumormongering through increased fear and you increase riots and this is what something which the establishment should understand india finds itself. and so far no signs of even a flicker of greek conciliation. say look at some of the other stories

making news around the world today australia has called on the army to help battle bush fires raging in much of the country conditions are expected to worsen this weekend with an extreme heat wave and stronger winds in the state of new south wales millions of hectares of land have been scorched in the past few months and hundreds of homes destroyed the death toll from a christmas day typhoon in the philippines has risen to at least 28 and authorities say the number of victims is likely to rise typhoon pand phone forced many families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air and has left scores of holiday travelers stranded turkish president ratchet type says he intends to send troops to libya and other one says the u.n. backed government in tripoli requested the in her bench and to help stabilize the country if turkey follows through the move could deepen

a proxy struggle in the north african country ravaged by civil war since 2014. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a contest for the leadership of his ruling party doesn't know who took 72 percent of the votes cast by party members fending off a challenge by the former interior minister gideon czar the vote comes ahead of a general election in march and yahoo has failed to form a government after 2 inconclusive national elections this year. or for some analysis now let's cross over to pick kiba he's a political columnist for al monitor israel and joins us from tel aviv kiba benjamin netanyahu is a controversial figure who failed to form a new government and is facing a corruption indictment yet he's just won a leadership battle in his party is he capable of making a comeback. everything is possible in israel

these days. you know nothing else who has been under investigation on bribery for a very long time and he was very close it was touch and go from forming a government in april and september if you would have told me 20 years ago that this can happen in israel only so to speak the only democracy in the middle east i would advise you to go to a shrink but these days we have actually we have playing in 2 different arenas there is the legal arena and the political arena and the 10 yo. has used this platform of the primaries of the likud primaries actually if you don't. win decide to teach challenge him i think that he would have convinced him to do

this because this gave him an opportunity to prove that the people still like him regardless of the indictment. and i think that this is just a 1st step every house so for what you're going to see india elections campaign in the coming in the coming 2 months i want to ask you about the own lection you know winning the backing of a party is one thing winning election is something else what kind of contest can we expect in that upcoming election in march of next year. the process of showing that there is not going to be a tremendous change in the results we're looking at the 2 blocks actually date for b.b. and n t b b blocks we don't hear much about ideology and it's the rule of law all the popularity of king baby and that he is not replaceable. and

i believe that at the end of the day it will be either the supreme court all the president of israel because according to the law the president has the power to give the mandate to a member of knesset that he believes has the best chance is all is kosher to form a government and next week next tuesday the supreme court will have to rule whether net and yell is according to the israeli law because the israeli law. maybe the law makers never predicted that there will be such a case and indicted candidates will be able to form a government so it will be the only journal and if not him it will be disappointing quote if they will decide that it's a political question rather than

a legal question and the hot potato will be rolled to the hands of the for president. thank you so much for your insights that was akiva eldar there a commentator in tel aviv thank you terry. now a new u.n. report says that more than 100000 afghan civilians have been killed or injured over the past decade the report comes as washington and the taliban continue to hold talks aimed at ending the country's bloody 18 year conflict but fighting still rages across the country and is taking its toll in different ways. this street in the city of mazar e sharif is home to muhammad jones' woodworking shop he's been here for 20 years over that time he's earned a reputation for his finally detailed work. he learned the trade from his father but tough economic times in afghanistan are hitting his business hard clients are

staying away he's had to let employees go for 40 miles that business is bad compared to before. i used to have 20 full time employees in the shop. but now i only have enough work for 6. and i can't even guarantee how long that will last some weeks i have no work for the months old you're. a real piece of new business in order for 6 doors and windows for a private dwelling good news for john he has 12 children to feed and he had hoped that the last presidential election would represent a turning point for afghanistan but it's resulted in a lot of political paralysis. and making peace with the taliban still seems like a distant goal. but that it's a joke we're tired of it was all for nothing as a. result or

a sheriff is home to more than 400000 people scars from the war are still part of daily life on afghan fighters by u.s. air power took the city in 2001 more than 3000 taliban fighters surrendered. u.n. workers later found mass graves. taxi driver. says things have improved since then even though the taliban are still active in many parts of the city he drives us out into the countryside it will soon be dark and that makes her nervous. and it was well no one wants to drive at night in a taliban area it's just too risky. once he's with the taliban he wishes the german troops that used to be here had never left they had least provided some security. they're watching the news from berlin and we'll have more

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