al the cart ways to kill the auto ability show every week w. to color on welcome back to these of a news and to our special coverage i'm a touchy mound as even reporting iran claims it's kill more than 80 americans out of far and ballistic missiles a u.s. military targets in iraq the missiles reportedly hit the other us of a base in west in iraq and the 2nd base and you know the city off edda bean iran says the attack was in retaliation for the u.s.

assassination own gendall constance a layman a bought it has not offered evidence off american casualties the u.s. defense department says it is still assessing the full extent of the jet damage or with me in the studio to welcome from the aspen institute and tyson baka welcome tyson now as we heard the pentagon say this still assessing the damage and casualties but let me go to the recent tweet sent by donald trump when he 1st heard off the missile attack and he said all is well assessment of casualties is taking place so faso good what do you make of that i think that that was a narrow communication to basically communicate to the american public and to the world that that that student lead to perhaps significant casualties now we don't have any word from the defense department itself but we do have word from the iranians which is probably not credible saying that there have been a number of casualties which would be a dramatic escalation of the tensions between iran and the united states we should

recall that this is in some ways a reaction to cumulative aggression on iranian part of the part of the iranians in saudi arabia in the straits of hormuz and the attack on december 27th that killed one american contractor but leading to many more deaths that would be a significant escalation and the president himself yesterday said that if there was an attack this was prior to the attack in a press conference with the greek prime minister that there would be a very strong reaction from the united states right and you still waiting to hear from president donald trump he's due to make a statement later in the day so of course we'll be going up to that as soon as we get that in the meantime how important these 2 bases in iraq for the united states they were they were they were significant in the isis coalition and i think that the the recognition that there was going to be retaliatory action is what led to some repositioning of american forces we see

a number of american forces i believe 3500 coming to the region the 82nd airborne so we see a reinforcement of the u.s. presence in the region some of which could go to iraq i'm sure that there are many consultations taking place with the iraqi government but it is by. significant i mean our purpose the united states' purpose in iraq with the international coalition is to stop and create stability that would allow for terrorism to grow and that is clearly a setback in that mission so would you say that the that the targeted killing of genocide in money was counterproductive in terms of un foreign policy and its stated objectives in the region. it depends on how you interpret it what the killing was intended to do if this was intended to be retaliatory action for the military effort which is what the administration the u.s. administration is currently saying then clearly it's and that message the u.s. ambassador to germany here has quoted and as has the special envoy for iran of that 600 u.s.

lives are in directly have indirectly been lost attributable to iran action in iraq and other places and their proxies over the past decade or so of course the most recent incident was on december 27th but if you're looking at you know deescalation trying to bring iran back into the international community trying to denuclearize the region trying to create stability that allows for cleaning up what's left of isis clearly this is a step back look at thank you very much for not us and back we'll be talking to you or disposed to donald trump has made his statement on these missile strikes but thank you very much for now and of course we'll be bringing you live coverage of. this move on a developing story more than 170 people have died after a ukrainian passenger jet crashed in iran it's not immediately clear what caused the plane to come down the ukraine international and lines jet was on its way from iran's capital to head on to kiev ukraine's president wanted mazen ski has broken

off a foreign visit to return to kiev because of the crash. a sea of spot fires lights up the night sky in a field near tehran the apparent remnants of the ukraine international airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from the iranian capital iranian t.v. stations are the 1st to broadcast images of the accident including this mobile phone video which appears to show the plane going down. but it's daybreak that reveals the extent of the destruction plane debris smolders a jet engine lies abandoned and the personal belongings of the victims lies scattered across the field where the plane went down. by witnesses say they heard an explosion when it did. start to shift it was about 6 o'clock when we heard an

explosion i was on the way to work but returned and was here shortly after when i arrived the plane and passion just bodies had been shattered into many pieces the only thing that the pilot could do wish dear the plane to wards a soccer field and away from a residential area. your warnings from the polity have got to the plane carried more than 170 passengers and crew from a number of different countries none of them survived. as investigators search for answers rescuers are handling the grim task of recovering the dead. and for more on the plane crash i'm joined by aviation expert geoffrey thomas geoffrey what in your assessment caused this plane to crash. look in our assessment from the limited amount so vision and the images all that to

bring me to pierre is that it was a mechanical failure a major engine issue although that's rather strange because an airplane not the 737 is designed to fly on one engine and the pilots have the opportunity through fire extinguishers in cutting off the fuel to extinguish any fire however this could have been a catastrophic engine failure but we can't really at this stage rule out the possibility of chere resume although the local arraigning authorities have ruled that out at this stage so what can you tell us about the safety record of this plane and ellen that was operating at. shore the the 737100 is part of a family of 3 this is the 7080900 new generation or next generation. aircraft that were designed to the 1990s boeing has delivered either 7000 of them

by a bicycle or the backbone of the worlds of the world's short to medium whole slate along with its competitor the air bus a 320 a very reliable or applying excellent safety record and you know as i say very very reliable now you kind international airlines was forming 992 he has 30 idea crofton flies to writing ideas to nationals and again it has a great record no fatalities and up to a tragedy to die i've done has completed all of my just safety you wouldn't. write a very good ale and so you know for a month from a number of perspectives this crash is very very strange. and we're going to have to wait for the black boxes the 2 of them which have been found to be analyzed before we really get a clear picture of what went wrong it's a specialist aviation specialist geoffrey thomas thank you very much for sharing

your expertise with us. pleasure. now to get a reaction from you create i'm joined by matthew cooper from kiev post news he's a kid if most news editor welcome as you know we understand that they have created an embassy in iran has issued a new statement on the plane crash in iran omitting the mention off engine failure as a cause what more do we know about this why well initially the ukrainian embassy in tehran had issued a statement that it said the likely cause was engine failure and that they were excluding the possibility of a terrorist or missile attack then that statement was deleted and now a new statement was released the new statement doesn't necessarily say that the cause is not engine failure it simply says that a ukrainian commission perhaps an international commission will look into the causes of the crash and that any statements about the causes before that commission makes its conclusion are pro little are not official and so basically they just

have stepped back they've walked back from providing any information about the cause of the crash and not to what's been the reaction in kiev to this plane crash with devastating consequences not a single survival. will initially the reaction was muted because today is the day after or 3 stern orthodox christmas meeting many people were just sort of waking up after the holidays returning from returning to work now however there's been a strong outpouring of condolences from different official representatives different ambassadors different international officials who are friends of of ukraine there's been the foreign minister of ukraine would improve cycle has even been posting in social media about getting calls from countries that don't there who don't have passengers on this on this plane that crashed so there's been a very strong outpouring of condolences and what's known about the passengers on the flight reaction that most of them what iranians. there hasn't been an

official release of the list of passengers that's reputable ukrainian media released a list of passengers that it appeared to have received from a some kind of a travel information business a company that gathers information related to travel and if you look at the at the passengers there are citizens mostly of canada and iran there are some from afghanistan from britain from sweden but most of them based on the surnames appear to be members of the very large of the iranian diaspora outside iran not all of course but the vast majority of here to be. right matthew in kiev and the news at it till of kids thank you very much for that on the plane crash thank you. this is the news and these are our top stories iran has launched over a dozen ballistic missiles at u.s. military targets in iraq there and says the strikes one retaliate for the u.s. assassination of the top general on friday the missiles reportedly ships to bases the air base in western iraq and another near the city of. u.s.

president donald trump earlier treated all is well and said authorities were still assessing the full extent of the damage. a ukrainian passenger plane has crashed in iran killing all 176 people on board the boeing 737 came down shortly after takeoff from the terror airport on his way to the ukrainian capital kiev it's not immediately clear what caused the crash authorities have not ruled out terrorism ukraine's president of the world to me is that has broken off a foreign visit to return to kiev the crash took place just hours after the iranian missile attack on u.s. led forces in iraq. this is news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter a d w news or you can visit our website w dot com. coming up next on is our business news program it is

it's the tech industries biggest. why are chinese companies tearing clear of the. electronics show. that and more coming up with stephen beard in our business program coming up shortly so do stay with us for that if you can. present bureau with its most. at its most exciting. most creative. clamorous trying to taste innovation brilliance charming exciting delicious and resistible. on t.w. .

and on demand. language courses. video and audio. time. w. media center. market shutter as a rand fires missiles at u.s. targets will tehran's anger fueled more investor worries or does the attack suggest the worst is over we'll take a look. also coming up the world's largest consumer tech showcase welcomes more big industry but more chinese companies are choosing to stay away. this is your business report i'm sitting bears in berlin it's watching oil prices briefly spiked in response to iran's attack on u.s. forces in iraq on wednesday they settled later in the morning but remained up from

tuesday's levels the price of gold in the japanese yen also rose on the news as investors saw safe haven amid the growing tension in the middle east reports of the attacks and speculation about possible u.s. response also says shares across asia down in early trading. let's go now to our financial correspondent in frankfurt chelsea delaney chelsea how seriously are markets taking this attack. financial markets are having a fairly moderate response to these attacks quite surprisingly there wasn't an initial. spike in oil prices oil was about 5 percent and global equities really sold off but that's really been moderated throughout the morning here in europe and now stocks are down just a little bit across the board one of the reasons for that investors say is these 2 statements are from iran and one from the u.s. president trump tweeted overnight that all is well so far so good and they haven't

found any u.s. casualties at this point and and iran's foreign minister said that they don't want to ask glacial and they don't want to war so and messages and hoping that this will really be the last military or attack as part of this chain of events and that they can really settle this diplomatically going forward. until you get the sense that investors are eager to get past these tensions and that they would rather see it as episode it instead of something more fundamental. i think it's going to remain a serious concern for markets especially given the predictability of both parties but vespers really aren't changing their and their strategies at this point there's still a lot to be positive on for global stocks. central banks continue to pump a lot of liquidity into the market china and the u.s. are about to sign a trade deal. concerns have really abated so i think investors are still really

hoping that this will be the end of iran and china or iran and u.s. tensions and you know stocks back to records again soon. chose to delay the truck in the latest in frankfurt thank you. in a further development of the story u.s. aviation authorities have banned american registered carriers from flying over iraq a red in the gulf of oman following those attacks as well as the crash of a passenger airliner in iran meanwhile several commercial airlines including quantas air france and malaysia airlines have canceled or rerouted flights to avoid iranian airspace as the military tensions continue. and the world's biggest consumer electric shock tronic show is back in las vegas and while chinese companies still have the biggest footprint in the show they scale back a little bit to the trade relations a c. s. is no longer just a showcase showcase for tech companies boasting new phones or trade network

technology today firms like airlines and car companies are also showing off their latest just the latest sign of how personal technology is migrating into every aspect of our lives. a look at the future of automobiles german com maker b.m.w. presenting the self driving electric eye 3 urban suite the prototype has only one passenger seat feet up and let the car do the driving. this car might become reality soon but until then the car makers have to overcome of a riot deal hurdles. we call it a holistic approach we're not focusing on in the technology rafah crossing also on the legal discussions will also. focusing on enable people to develop such kind of complex systems and you have to do all of these things that a same time to succeed at the entrance. of the c.e.o.'s in las vegas expects more

than 175000 visitors in the spotlight are the latest innovations in autonomous try . and fly this electric drill might take passengers without a pilot through the city's one day cutting travel time by 50 percent. and this little gadget from japan were exposed as a scooter and autonomous shopping cart for elderly people. the auto industry is facing to mattie changes its cars like this all to make us believe we'll be the future of this fully all told. audi has a steering wheel that only comes out if you really wanted to but until cars like this will hit the road it might take another 10 to 20 years. to the current shift to electric and self driving cars is forcing traditional

common acres to rethink their business and not just car makers germany's patent has long supply parts to the big international car brands but now it's showcasing its own autonomous vehicle. you know what i felt so i can keep up and overstated the thing because these are for in the world with all the changes in the auto industry we want to show off batons expertise in autonomous driving electric mobility digitization and interconnectedness because we want people to see we are our strengths are its own johnson and. the pressure is mounting on the auto industry traditional com makers will have to actually asked if they want to avoid falling behind. correspondent filed that report and he joins me now live from las vegas oliver good to see you 50 years of c.d.'s and we're talking about cars a lot change that this program hasn't. absolutely stephen

a lot in fact and it's perhaps the most important aspect is that it's no longer this consumer electronic show that the name suggests it was actually changed to c.e.o.'s for that reason just a couple years ago and if you want to look at the major tech companies like amazon microsoft apple they're all opting out of c.s. for launching their latest products they rather prefer to launch their products on their own shows and if you look at the major key nodes that were held this year they were held by companies like delta airlines by german automaker dima benz as well as by a food company impossible foods which is working on artificial bacon so that all gives you an idea into which direction this event is moving it's still a very important one but it's rather a developing into an innovation fair. or it's a cars airlines fake bacon you've had a look around at the exhibition halls what else stands out to you all i think 1st

of all what stands out is the sheer size of this event with one $175000.00 visitors it came just last year alone well what i found particularly interesting is autonomous driving and the massive pressure of the car industry finds itself in the way the car industry response to that so you see electric engines you see autonomous driving i was able to witness a big show off of b.m.w. the german automaker who unveiled their latest autonomous car but of course other topics are important to here like the new mobile internet standard 5 g. as well as artificial intelligence of course all right oversell it in las vegas with all the newest and greatest in consumer tech thank you very much. what will carlos go and say that's been the question for more than a week now after the former nissan renault chairman jumped bail in japan the fleet 11 on an escape trial and financial misconduct charges is now set to deliver

a press conference from beirut and many are hoping not just for the why behind his escape but also the how. historic this is the moment when carlos ghosn left japanese soil since his daring escape on the 29th of december the story of how he managed to get out of japan has been slowly becoming clear his belief that he was smuggled onto a high speed train in tokyo and delivered to can sight international airport near osaka city from there he left aboard a private jet ending a journey through japan that began inside a musical equipment box. however plenty of questions about the escape remain unanswered and carlos going has hinted to news networks that he may address some of those questions very soon he said that he has actual evidence documents that will prove that this was a coup to take him down he said that he's going to name names some people from the

japanese government are behind this that they wanted to take him out because he was going to merge nissan with right now on tuesday an arrest warrant was issued for the ex automotive bosses wife carol in an increasingly frustrated japanese government has urged lebanon to help with the investigation mother who. we are making efforts to communicate with the lebanese government through various methods . and we plan on delivering a message to them that it is extremely regrettable that go who left japan illegally arrived in lebanon and also ask the necessary cooperation as we investigate the facts through the cool mom who committee the group. and it's just in lebanon that the world's press now tends specifically to a wealthy suburb of beirut and the house and my colleague the fugitive with a story to tell. thousands of new jobs and

a likely image boost for the region so early but tesla's planned gigafactory outside of berlin looks to be a big win for all concerned we got an early look at the future building site this is still home to rabbits and hedgehogs but after electric vehicle pioneer tesla announced it would build a massive production facility in the state of brandenburg next to berlin other major carmakers have also expressed interest in the region the brandenberg economy minister believes the area could soon become a cluster for the electric vehicle sector attracting suppliers as well as skilled labor. are already seeing a stablish german manufacturers opening up to new technologies asking whether there are opportunities for them here they're asking one of the requirements what made you interesting to tesla there is a knock on effect. tesla is aiming to produce half

a 1000000 model 3 and y. vehicles annually at the brandenburg factory that would be equal to the plant output of its just completed facility in shanghai dubbed the factory 3 that was hoping to begin construction on the berlin suburb of groom hired by march but that's unlikely because it's still waiting for a permit just before christmas tesla reached a deal with the state of brandenburg to purchase the plot of land for the new plant . and that's it for me and the business team here in berlin to check out our website for more stories like these at d w dot com slash business i'm stephen bears in berlin watching.

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