the by the time. the by the by. the by . i am. above. the end. of this is that it will use live from berlin 8 passenger jet went down in kazakhstan killing at least 12 people shortly after take off the back airplane crashed in the city of almighty slamming into a 2 story building were rattling dozens made it out alive and also coming up to no let up on us really continues to battle wildfires raging in much of the country

people are bracing for an extreme heat wave and strong winds this weekend authorities are calling in the army to help contain the flames and the announcer presents its newest mars probe the unmanned vehicle is scheduled to blast off for the reply on it next summer find out what's so special about this mission. a iraq thank you so much for your company everyone we start in kazakhstan where authorities in the central asian country there are trying to determine what caused an airliner to crash shortly after takeoff from ahmadi cuz it sounds largest city the back air jet was bound for the capital nor seoul time with 98 passengers and crew on board 12 sadly were killed in the crash more than 50 have been hurt the

aircraft's black box has been found and is being analyzed. searching for signs of life in subfreezing temperatures the plane was ripped into pieces after losing altitude during takeoff it crashed into this house which was vacant due to construction the airliner was destined for the capital nor sultan but it fell off the radar just minutes after departing from almighty airport on friday morning 98 people were on board. friends and family of the passengers waited anxiously for updates the hospital revealed the extent of the injuries. on the ship the rule of the patients was seriously traumatized 11 people were hospitalized in the intensive care unit and 6 patients and the wind surgery. unfortunately 2 people died due to very serious injuries psychologists are on hand to assist relatives and patients.

kazakh authorities immediately grounded the country's fokker $100.00 models and launched an investigation they say the plane had difficulty during takeoff. he'll be breaking the aircraft touched the runway with its tail twice a technical commission will establish whether this was pilot error or for technical reasons confusion or. what if on behalf of the government of kazakhstan i would like to express my condolences to the families of the victims but nobody will be left without the support of the state of the above. board the plane was 23 years old and officials say it passed safety checks in may the president has declared saturday as a day of mourning. are let's get you more on this want to turn now to specialists julian bray he joins us from the u.k.

a very good day mr brit because excel flight was carrying 93 passengers and 5 crew sadly 12 people were killed in the crash but what is so remarkable that all the other passengers just walked away from the from the wreckage so to speak how is that possible. yes good evening larry it's interesting because the front end of the aircraft separates you did not say call it she went into the side of this building and the rear tiles section also separated leaving the hole in the middle intact and so people were actually able to walk off that particular aircraft another thing about the pocket of course is that it has 2 engines and they're right at the rear of the aircraft and this is to be relevant because there was no fire involved in this crash it came down it spits out unfortunately some people died but

it didn't catch fire all right so that was kind of the saving grace for those passengers you didn't make it out alive i understand now the black the plane's black box recorders have been located they're being analyzed the investigation has begun can you help us walk us through the process now yes terry the one or 2 black boxes on board depending on the the variant of the aircraft and what this is this is a data recorder and the data on the voice recorder and what it does it records everything that happens on that aircraft on a continuous loop so. the ils forward to the investigations will be able to put together the exact. pictures not short if you like a what was happening on not mine before it finally crashed the point is they will actually have all the conversations between the pilots and the controlled. talk

between the pilots and then the other noises inside the aircraft they also have a trail the electronic trial every switch every relay and the thing that moved mechanically or electronically that will be recorded as well so they can actually play it and they can find out exactly what's happening to that aircraft and that was julia julian a brit rather there he's an aviation specials that spoke to us from cambridge in the u.k. want to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around in the gulf of oman iran has begun naval exercises with its russian and chinese allies the drills are taking place near a vital transit route for the world's oil tankers and iranian admiral says it drills show the country cannot be isolated on the seas. muslims in indonesia have been protesting outside the chinese embassy in jakarta demanding an end to the detention of an estimated $1000000.00 ethnic negro muslims in

government run internment camps china calls these prison camps meat education facilities and the nation's home to the world's largest muslim population. to fail says is delaying a cleanup plan for the room to my day she nuclear plant up to 5 years all that means removal of spent radioactive fuel inside the facility won't begin before 2024 the plant suffered meltdowns it 3 of its 6 reactors in 2011 after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. i want to turn our attention now to those deadly fires in australia where the army now has been called up to help fight the wildfires burning out of good. role near the country's largest city sydney well authorities are bracing for an extreme heat wave this weekend following a few days of cooler weather eye has consumed nearly as of hectares of land across the country over the last 6 weeks at least 9 people have been killed. not just what

you might expect at one of australia's most popular tourist sites visitors to the blue mountains west of sydney are forced to wear face masks as a smoke from nearby bushfires fills the air the iconic rock formations are barely visible in the haze it's really disappointing to really looking forward to seeing the view you have always wanted to do not insert such a shame that when we kind of all know. that that problem is small compared to the challenge firefighters in new south wales are set to face at the weekend. after a brief for spite securing a few days of dumper weather over christmas temperatures are again expected to seoul bringing new risks. that's going to bring not just the heat of a service we're going to see the temperatures up into the light in mid forty's across a lot of areas 'd but it's going to be

a very dry air as well so that's going to elevate far dangers and we know the winds are going to start turning around to the west in the northwest which is was so much work has been going on over this last week while conditions are more more out. some 70 fires are burning near sydney new south wales more than 1000 firefighters and now the military are in action across the state trying to contain the fire and prevent them from reaching more inhabited areas. where just putting it back in time and law in detroit pervade far from heading towards coastal villages already more than $850.00 homes have been raised in new south wales. authorities are also working to protect infrastructure surrounding a vital dam west of sydney that provides water to around 4000000 people in the city but which could be at risk if the fire spread. in california now so it is showcasing a spacecraft that's scheduled for

a launch to mars next summer while the u.s. space agency wants to send the unmanned rover to the surface of the red planet partially to look for signs of past life on acid says the rover has already passed its 1st driving test if all goes well the craft could land on mars by early 2021 as one of 4 launches to the planet slated for next year we're so happy they have kids counting from washington d.c. joining us is an astrobiologist formerly with nasa an editor of nasa watch dot com keith before we start can you tell us what does an astrobiologist do. well we study the origin and evolution and distribution of life in the universe are at it in a nutshell that now that we've established that nasa already of course conducted over a dozen successful missions to mars what sets this one apart well this is an upgrade of the sort of improved version of the mars 20 of them are science lab

which has been on mars for some years this rover is going to get down and actually see you know with the right test whether there was life on mars possibly even if there could still be some life on mars so it's asking the big question as asking the big question now china the european space agency and the united arab emirates are also sending spacecraft to mars next year this is a crowded field as i started say how much do the objectives differ for these missions and when do you get get better off to pull all the resources together well they are actually pull things together the u.a.e. spacecraft will be looking at mars whether china is going to be launching an orbiter but also is going to be putting a small lander that will be looking for something called bio signatures evidence of biological molecules on mars your europe's rosalind franklin rover from excell mars will be doing the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for

evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of in astrobiology festival you know in 2020 but it remarks very exciting indeed how these missions focused primarily on studying the conditions on the red planet how can their findings be applied on earth. well it's interesting you know mars at one point had conditions very similar to earth since because of solar activity and whatnot dried out lost a lot of its atmosphere and so the process of how it cooled and how its climate changed it can house a relevance to earth the earth is a planet too we seem to forget that but you know the one way you could best understand planets is if you could study more than one of them and you look at earth you look at venus and you look at mars you get an idea of why we're so special and perhaps how we should be paying a little more attention to take care of this planet what is the most challenging part of this mission. a landing and it's of it's a giant it's the size of an austin 1000000 mean this is

a big rover and once it lands you have to test it out and so forth and then the real you know question is do we look in the right places for the stuff that we want to find that's ends up being the most challenging thing because we've never been to these places before and we're just like looking down from orbit say looks like a good spot let's check out. our right to keep cowing asser biologists to formerly with nasa and editor of nasa watch dot com talking to us from washington d.c. sarah thank you for weighing in greatly appreciate it my pleasure. and here stop here basketball competition now the euro league is in action only days after christmas autopsy briana did were among the teams it took to the courts for the games. league leaders real madrid were held to a close game for much of their fixture in athens made to work for their points in the early stages former n.b.a. player jim a for a debt kept kind of thing i cost close here with a 3 in the 2nd quarter scoring 18 overall but reale forward anthony rudolph's

22 point performance proved decisive as the favorites sealed the win by a margin of 12 i. i. i now do a low f. is istanbul remain a close 2nd in the table after their win of a 4th seed macabre television french shooting godbold league beaubois dazzled with several steals and a season high $22.00 points. in berlin albo way to snap a full game losing streak against spanish side saskia best. marks in the hammam song led the scoring with 18 points as the capital club beat best tonio by 24. last years when a c.s.k. moscow leaned heavily on combo god daniel hackett as they narrowly defeated milan by just 3 points his 28 proved decisive as moscow stay close to the top with an

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