this is they don't really use logic on brylin a passenger jet went down in kazakhstan killing at least 12 people shortly after take off the back airplane crashed in the city of al-mahdi slamming into a 2 story building and more alaskan street dozens made it out alive also coming up good it pedal to the metal may soon be a thing of the past on germany's motorways will get to the bottom of a proposal that's belt of cars 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 that goes for missions said to blast off and 2022. hour later harasser 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 near. that most of those on board made it out alive seconds after takeoff

something went terribly wrong on this early morning back at fly passengers side the plane struggled to get an 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 that over the wing of the jet. where it was going. but many went that lucky passengers at the front of the plane suffered the woods to injuries for their loved ones the white outside the emergency room was agonizing. both families and survivors a traumatized. cycle the

scale of this disaster has touch kazakhs. many stood in long lines to give blood at clinics and hospitals with people donating on behalf of the injured. the government has also responded with a moment's silence. and promises to help survivors and the victims' families as a cook 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 have of the sky on the 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 out he 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 or 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 are going through at 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 suggests that it wasn't loaded properly there's quite a lot of people on board think it takes about $120.00 tops so they get 100 souls on board plus all the luggage it's a holiday period now if their 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 there 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 a julian ray an 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 and the gulf of oman iran has begun naval exercises with its aggression and chinese allies well the drills are taking place near a vital transit route for the boards oil tankers and iranian admiral says the drill show the country cannot be isolated on the seams. the all still yet 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 raise the fire risk on wildfires have consumed millions of hectors of land across the country over the past 6 weeks. japan says 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 on the plant suffered meltdowns at the rate 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 washington 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 the mars 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 you get better off to pull all the resources together well they are actually pulling 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 requires very exciting it is 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 has a relevance to earth 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 when 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 ass or biologist to formally

with nasa and editor of nasa watch dot com talking to us from washington d.c. so i thank you for weighing and greatly appreciate it my pleasure. state limits could be coming to the autobahn germany's 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 a 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. naughtiest 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. full speed ahead you know is political correspondent emanuel says joins me to talk more about this very emotive subject here in this country because arguably how does 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 that where cars. industry is very deeply rooted in german germany's economy and it's also very emotional at to government level 2 days ago we had a transports i mean is there and i was saying we are far more. standing taz than putting these highly emotional topic over and over on the table for which there are

no majorities are told and indeed he indeed he's right to german parliament has so far voted against speed limits especially in coalition government the 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 course climate talk to us about how that is affecting their search argument this measure well driving fast does affect climate in that at the higher 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 such measures are supposed to help cut down those gas emissions thank you so much and rich as greatly appreciate it.

and so football the veteran strikers locked on him a bitch is returning to his former club ac milan now that his contract with galaxy hasn't it 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 will give each ship played a key role in the lions 2011 sciri a title he scored $56.00 goals for them in $85.00 appearances for the club is currently stuck in 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 shot as the board voted in favor of killing 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. i thank

you so much for washington ferguson is up next with news about a strike at lufthansa subsidiary german wings i want to sign off from little rock in berlin i'll see you in the new year. to. be in charge of the famous naturalist and explore. your simulation comics on the funding boats. were embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on the job.