believe. the but. this is you don't really use words on brylin a passenger jet went down in kazakhstan killing at least 12 people shortly after takeoff the back airplane crashed in the city of ahmadis slamming into a 2 story building and the lack of sleep dozens made it out alive also coming up putting the pedal to the mat only soon be a thing of the past on germany's motorways to the bottoms of a proposal that's balanced or cause road rage in some german drivers and the race to mars is heating up nasa has presented its newest group to the red planet it's

just one of those for missions set to last dolphin 2022 to. the air. our viewers around the world it's great to have you along well we start in kazakhstan authorities in this central asian country are trying to determine what caused an airliner to crash shortly after takeoff from ahmadi that's kazakhstan's largest city while the back air jet was bound for the capital nor seoul todd with 98 passengers and crew on board 12 sadly were killed in the crash one in 50 have been hurt the aircraft's black box has been located and is being analyzed. it's amazing that anyone survived this. and it's a miracle that most of those on board made it out alive seconds off to takeoff

something went terribly wrong on this early morning back if fly passengers side the plane struggled to gain attitude and soon came crashing down. the plane hit the ground hard then the light came flooding in. i didn't know if i was dead or alive. cried out then i saw a man next to a door i told him to open it and we got out through the over the wing of the jet. where it was going to. but many went that lucky passengers at the front of the plane suffered the worst injuries for their loved ones the white outside the emergency room was agonizing. both families and survivors a traumatized. only. psychologists

a working with base relatives and patients we don't have any unnamed patients all of the names has been identified that you would see the scale of this disaster has touched kazakhs. many stood in long lines to give blood at clinics and hospitals with people donating on behalf of the in should. the government has also responded with a moment's silence. and promises to help survivors and the victims' families as the from the families of the deceased and injured will receive financial assistance the government will deal with this issues. but many kazakhs want to know how this accident could have happened that's the task of investigators to find out they'll be looking at whether pilot error or mechanical fault caused this plane to plummet out of the sky on that key a sunny morning. well earlier we asked if

a specialist said julian bray about the safety record of the airline in the plane involved both talk of $100.00 they actually ceased to mate these in the mid ninety's the company went bust and various assets were sold off to other people and there is talk of says in company that actually controls are so the thing of the remaining aircraft so i'm not too worried about that i think the aircraft would be maintained to a certain level otherwise it wouldn't get certified they wouldn't certified it would be taken out of service rather like the max a in the extends a boeing or going through the moment if it doesn't meet certain requirements it's not going to fly what i am concerned about is that when it was taking off people have been say that the tail hit the runway a couple of times now to me that was suggest that it wasn't loaded properly there's quite a lot of people on board think it takes about $120.00 tops so they do $100.00 souls

on board plus all the luggage it's a holiday period now if the luggage isn't stowed properly and the loading of the aircraft isn't right then of course that could affect the whole trim of the aircraft so we're not necessarily saying this is pilot error which is a that it could they could is another factor that has to be taken into account and hopefully the black boxes will actually tell us whether we're right or wrong on that. and that was the julian the brilliant aviation especially speaking to us from cambridge the u.k. a little earlier want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world in the gulf of oman iran has begun a new who exercises with its aggression and chinese allies well the drills are taking place near a vital transit route for the world's oil tankers an iranian admiral says the drill show the country cannot be isolated on the seas. the australian army has

been summoned to help fight wildfires burning out of control in the country's largest cities sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to reduce the fire risk on wildfires have consumed millions of hectors of land across the country over the past 6 weeks. japan says it is delaying a cleanup plan for the room to focus you monday she nuclear plant by up to 5 years well that means removal of spent radioactive fuel inside the facility won't begin before 2024 all the plants suffered meltdowns at the receipt of its 6 we actors in 2011 after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. and california nasa 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 nasa says the rover has already passed its

1st driving test if all goes well the craft could land on mars by early 2021 it's one of 4 launches to the planet slated for next year. we're so happy to have keith cowing from washing d.c. joining us he's 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 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 is 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 objects is different for days missions and when do you 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 on 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 now

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 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 has a relevance to earth each earth is a planet too we seem to forget that but you know the one way you can best understand planets is you can 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 a size of the last 2000000 means is a big rover and once it lands are 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 keith cowing asser biologist a formerly with nasa an editor of nasa watch dot com talking to us from washington d.c. sarah thank you for weighing in greatly appreciate it my pleasure. state limits could be coming to the autobahn is a famous highway system if the country social democrats get their way or the party's new leadership says the majority of germans support putting on the brakes that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve road safety is the only european country without speed limits on most of its highways the subject has long been a contentious issue here. people come to germany from all over the world to hit the highways and step on the gas germany is the only country in the e.u. without an overall speed limit. but an uproar ensued after chancellor merkel's

coalition partner the social democratic party made the u.-turn the new party leader wants an overall speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour the transport minister a conservative is against it we have far more outstanding tasks than raising up this highly emotional topic again and again for which there is no majority support . in october a parliamentary majority voted against a speed limit. the issue has been debated in germany for decades. lobbyists for motorists and the auto industry have always triumphed but their opponents have another argument climate protection a general speed limit would reduce c o 2 emissions that's part of the social democrats recommendation to the transport minister. that he could win a point this way just by doing something small and easily achievable for climate protection it would increase road safety improve traffic flow and we'd be in line

with all of europe and most countries in the world. the social democrats want to continue government discussions about a speed limit but for now more than 2 thirds of german highways will remain full speed ahead. our full speed ahead you know it's political correspondent. joins me to talk more about this very emotive subject here in this country because arguably how the dutch feel about their bikes and the americans feel about their guns this country cherishes its unrestricted speed autobahn explain to us why does the lack of speed limit or maybe potentially speed limit still are so many emotions in this country state it is a very contentious issue here in germany it is a nation of car drivers it says so a nation where car industry is very deeply rooted in german germany's economy and it's also a very emotional at a government level and 2 days ago we had a transports i mean is there and i asked saying we have far more. standing taz than

putting this highly emotional topic over and over on the table for which there are no majorities outsold and indeed he indeed he's right a german parliament has so far voted against speed limits it's actually a coalition government a conservative party as well as the liberals and the far right which have which are traditionally against such as now another argument that's been used is that of. climate talk to us about how that is affecting their search argument this measure well driving fast does affect climate in that of the higher do you drive the more gas your car emits so in a bid to cut nitrogen oxide emissions some country have decided to implement a lower speed limits for example the netherlands in november decided to implement a daytime speed limits on dutch highways they would cut that down to 100 kilometers

per hour and as such measures are supposed to have cut down those gas emissions thank you so much and we know what has greatly appreciate it. and so football now veteran strikers lots on abraham of each is returning to his former club ac milan now that his contract with galaxy has ended well the 38 year old swede signed a deal with the italian alps that until the end of the season with the option to extend for another year it really of each ship played a key role in the last 2011 sciri a title he scored $56.00 goals for them in $85.00 appearances for the club is currently stuck 11th place. russia's anti doping agency lucetta has filed an appeal against the world anti-doping agency wada for his 4 year ban on russian participation in international sporting events earlier this month that was

cited as a board voted in favor appealing to the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland syria russian political figures including president vladimir putin that indicated they wanted an appeal filed following the washed out ruling of. our thank you so much for washington ferguson is up next with news about a strike at lufthansa a subsidiary german wings i want to sign off from iraq and berlin i'll see you in the new year. sentences of guy you don't need to keep. people over for over christian home the force and. most recently that we can invoke cloture that missed the boat on most of the families at the last dragons and those words as you call them to use. we've got . 50 years of religion screws and people from many different states are working together toward a common goal.