this is news coming to you live from berlin after. the u.s. eased back from direct military conflict around appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. the u.s. president donald trump insists he wants peace but will his country's ongoing clash

with iran play in their way also coming up why did the ukrainian passenger plane crash just moments after takeoff from iran's busiest airport there's still no definite answers we'll bring you the latest from kiev. and a different kind of brags that britain's prince harry and his wife megan announced they'll step back from royal duties and spend more time in north america. even took the queen by surprise. plus taiwan flexes its democratic muscles ahead of a vital election but china is ever present on the islands that it claims is part of its territory. so i'm terry martin good to have you with us president says iran appear. to be

standing down in its confrontation with the united states while he himself has not threatened further military action the president was speaking after ram launched a missile attack on u.s. military installations in iraq but caused no casualties. a crucial and highly anticipated moment no americans were harmed in last night's attack by the iranian regime. we suffered o'carroll trees all of our soldiers are safe and orderly minimal damage was sustained and our military bases are donald trump confirming no troops were injured or killed in iran's missile attack meant there was no need to escalate tensions between the 2 countries. it's all about the iranian state television had earlier claimed missiles fired by iran's forces had killed 80 u.s. soldiers at the ion al assad air base in iraq. the attack was an act of revenge for

the killing of top military commander general kasim any the move has been widely welcomed across iran. crowds chanting death to america as iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many told them their message has been delivered. ah i. knew. a sled it was delivered last night. but what is important is that the seditious presence of america. in the region should be and it fits betting on because they remember they want the evolution of. the country's foreign minister also spoke out. that we've said very clearly that if the united states takes any further action it on beautifully spawned accordingly and we would respond in

a very harsh way but proportionately united stunnel trump and did promise further action but in form of economic sanctions military confrontation it appears has been a vet said for now well for the perspective from tehran let's cross over to journalist raise a cost they joined us from tehran president donald trump says iran appears to be standing down in its conflict with the u.s. is that the case. well he just backed off from earlier. strike. still he threatened to earlier this action was on the floor. ok but that's the truth what trump has said about the u.s. position but what about the iranian position is iran's standing down.

you want to. respond to strongs last one of our remarks yeah iran is not going to give any more military response to the united. the fact the attack has not had any casualties according to the u.s. and iraqi officials are clearly shows that you are was not going to kill any u.s. troops because it could do the previous attacks has shown that it belittled the contrary the use procedure means still results time exact target but it has chosen not to kill any u.s. soldier. southall him into exactly shells so it is not out to be a solution that's the misses of the era stripes ok yesterday we were getting

a different account from iran about what happened in the strike so we ran was saying that a number of people were killed in the airstrikes so just to make it clear does iran now accept the us account of what happened in that missile strike also part of our reaction as i mentioned and i believe that. the 80 people killed in the air is choice but no matter their have been casualties are not the attack was significant itself and it was a symbolic move against a u.s. base which is all criticism of the in the past. so far it was satisfactory for those calling for solution is revenge now the u.s. is going to impose more sanctions on iran according to president trump will that be seen as

a provocation in tehran. oh well you were in the government and nation are getting used to the u.s. sanctions ideas there's no more room for more sanctions from the nie this is. what they were doing they can now just name the list of their sanctions on this long so it's somehow a negative move against the in my opinion all the offer to the united states by choosing not to fuel american troops but still it's a symbol it's a move by the us to show we are upset about the iranian me so it. just showed some reaction it's not very serious fraser thank you very much for talking with us i was journalist razor custody there in tehran.

now what caused a ukrainian passenger plane to crash in iran just minutes after takeoff all those on board were killed more than 170 people in all the ukraine international airlines jet was on its way from tehran to key the aircraft went down shortly after iran fired those missiles at u.s. bases in neighboring iraq ukraine's president vladimir selenski says his country will send a team of investigators to iran. the morning after wreckage and what's left of the personal items of those who were on board. the ukraine international airlines flight from tehran to kiev was carrying over 170 passengers and ukrainian crew the majority were iranian with many canadians and some swedes on board. many were rainy and students were rainy and canadians returning via kiev

having spent the winter break with their families. around the world expressions of grief like here at kiev international airport but also an international scramble to find answers. since the last inspection took place on the 6th of january there were no comments from the inspect as the aircraft was functional there were also no comments from the crew upon arrival. since the crash coincided with the red launching missiles at u.s. bases in iraq some experts say the plane may have been shut down canada's prime minister justin trudeau said his country would join any probe our government will continue to work closely with its partners to ensure that this crash is thoroughly investigated canadians have questions they deserve answers. say categorically one way or another. that the plane was not shot down. i cannot it

is too early to speculate i would encourage people not to want to speculate u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has said he wants the u.s. to be involved in the probe but the iranians say they won't hand over the black box to boeing initially iranian and ukrainian officials both blamed mechanical problems but the ukrainians later backpedaled declining to offer a cause while the investigation is going on. for more now let's bring in matthew cook from the key post he joins us from kiev matthew answers are still being sought as to why this plane fell out of the sky what can you tell us about the investigation. right now there's no official information on the cause of the plane crash president selenski this morning announced that a team of ukrainian experts had been dispatched to tehran to take part in the iranian commission investigation these are 40 specialists and possibly even more

individuals from ministries like the ministry of defense the interior ministry of ukraine. is against he did not really say anything more concrete than that just that the investigation would go forward that they expected cooperation from iran and that he encouraged people not to draw any preliminary conclusions until the crash had been fully investigated and we're hearing that iran does not plan to turn over the black box to boeing for example are ukrainian authorities really confident that they will get full cooperation from their reign in counterparts in investigating this crash. so far they appear to be confident in his message to the public which he released on face the video message president today said that he expected the ukrainian specialists and the many experts would have access to the black box or would be involved in the process of opening the black box so right now that does seem to be the case it should be mentioned that ukraine

has pretty normal relations with iran so there isn't really reason to believe that there will be serious problems at least not yet many ukrainians died in this tragic accident how are people in ukraine dealing with this situation. well there has been an outpouring of grief. to many members of the public and also people involved in aviation different pilots flight attendants brought flowers to a memorial set up for 9 of the 11 ukrainians who perished in the plane crash these were crew members of the ukrainian plane international airlines flight there's been there's been a lot of people remarking on the. in social media at the same time because the last lack of information about the causes of the crash there are also been a lot of issues of people speculating that it was a rocket attack that it was a bombing in his message president he called on people not to spread these rumors because right now they're unconfirmed and the expert opinions on what could have

caused the crash are still rather divergent there isn't there isn't exactly a consensus on what the reason was matthew thank you very much that was journalist matthew cook from the post. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the wildfire crisis in southeast australia looks set to worsen due to soaring temperatures and stronger winds forecast for friday authorities are advising local residents to evacuate quickly 26 people have died in the forests and more in the fires and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed since september. hundreds of thousands of people in point of rico are without electricity and water after a series of earthquakes hit the u.s. territory earlier this week the strongest quake had a magnitude of 6.4 making it one of the worst in a century at least one person died and hundreds were made homeless.

big changes could be coming to the british royal family prince harry and his american born wife have announced they plan to step back from their duties as senior members of the family prince harry and megan have just returned from a 6 week stay in canada in a statement on their website and on instagram they said they would continue to support the queen but wish to become financially independent and balance their time between britain and north america. or for more i'm joined from or i'm joined by d.w. correspondent in london bigot did anyone see this coming. well it's really unprecedented terry and even the royal expert has described this as a shock we know that there was discontent terry and make them were not happy with their role and there was a lot of media criticism on them and the way they went about things but that they

would take this really harsh decision on just say that they're going to split their time between north america and the u.k. they went to great lengths to say they're still supporting the queen but how are they going to do it it loves of question marks that but that they made this decision and haven't really told anyone about it that did raise a lot of fibro see in the u.k. that's for sure now harry and make it apparently did not consult the royal family or both their decision before announcing it why that. well exactly i mean there is just speculation of course we don't know what really drove bots i would think that this is something where they thought that they would have to take control of their own lives and they were under so much criticism by the british media and indeed this step brought them even more criticism by the media and. they probably thought that day just have to do this in in order to to

live their own lives but yeah a lot of people and particularly a lot of the tabloid press really cannot understand that they put their own life in the way above that of the royal family and that they are thinking they're fearing that they were neglecting royal duties we have any idea how these reluctant royals planned to go about becoming financially independent. yes they said that this is their aim that they will want to be financially independent however they did not say how they are planning to go about it and a lot of questions have been raised for example about the security which is very expensive and at the moment. the speculation is that they wouldn't be able to to look after it themselves we can only just guess what they might do they are of course very well known they are celebrities they could try and make their life as

somehow influences but this is all speculation and will have to be will have to see what it is really the day that they will get up to when they are setting up the new life very good thank you very much there was mass in london. you're watching d.w. news still to come actor will smith in berlin for the world premiere of his latest movie in the bad boys serious it's 25 years since he 1st teamed up with calling dr martin lawrence. the 1st taiwan where there are real concerns about chinese interference in the island's upcoming presidential election the allegations are hard to ignore for an island that beijing claims as part of its territory china looms large in daily taiwanese life. it's graduation for these young students at taipei university but while their

thoughts may be on their careers their hearts are with fellow students in hong kong . a quick glance around the cafeteria makes it clear where their sympathies lie and who their common enemy is china. now. in the past china's interference was not so noticeable but now it is if we allow this to continue it would be not the frog in the slowly boiling water it doesn't it's just the heat until right. now with the current political move in taiwan is really unpleasant. tensions are growing red paint attacks on activists critical of china hooliganism and vandalism and solidarity demonstrations for hong kong. foreign journalists have been verbally abused by pro china advocates like mrs john here member of the china patriots association.

can feel. the group's headquarters are here in taiwan's capital taipei a chinese flag flies over the building inside a portrait of taiwan's former president chiang kai shek hangs alongside current chinese president xi. jinping china born mrs john is busy painting patriotic slogans this one reads for unification with china against taiwan's independence. quite homes as a chinese in taiwan still is sons and daughters of the chinese nation we're taking on the responsibility of pushing for the unification of our country says it sounds . then they plaster their campaign bus in slogans they want to give taiwan's liberal pro independence president a piece of their mind taiwan's authorities strongly suspect that the c.p.a. gets resources from china through back channels. but taiwan has

a powerful opponent china groups and media organizations often financed by wealthy businessmen and women are the most obvious means of chinese influence but more subtle mischievous methods are employed using social media the politically independent taiwan fact check center in taipei has been monitoring the sharp increase in fake news. these include repeated claims often using manipulated content but taiwan has been behind the protests in hong kong. now then soon as this is how one since local elections at the end of 20 eighteenth's least become aware in taiwan that we have become victims of an information war that china has been waging against us in order to manipulate time when the society and elections. those local elections saw the meteoric rise of

a man that previously no one had heard of how will you from the opposition protests not now i mean dung party now a presidential candidate a populist propelled by a well oiled political machine who's especially gaining ground in social media. and where did this sudden the momentum come from. claims china has nothing to do with it. but jiang and her patriotic chinese association waged their fight for independence out in the open at taiwan's presidential palace they proudly hand over their petition. while the now woman just in the petition quit calling for the president to recognize that there is only one china and for a peaceful unification with the main. you know. they hope that in the not too distant future china's flag will eventually fly over taipei.

in other news the pneumonia outbreak in china may have been caused by a new type of virus that's according to the world health organization more than 50 people have caught the money in the city of blue holland the w.h.o. said the illness could come from the same family as the sars virus. but libya's interim government plans to start a corruption investigation into $600.00 officials who are part of former president evo morales is administration or alice was. was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee bolivia in the wake of disputed elections. and e.u. leaders are meeting with libya's un back to government as the conflict in the country worsens germany's foreign minister heiko us and eat council president met with the leader of the un backed government by as. the e.u. russia and turkey have called on government forces and rebel groups to declare

a cease fire starting this sunday. now for fansub will smith and the bad boys film franchise the long wait is over it's nearly 17 years now since the last one and now are to miami detectives are back with bad boys for life so half the bad boys slow down with age well it's german fans who got to get the 1st glimpse of it at the world premiere here in berlin on tuesday night and will smith and his costar martin lawrence were there. it's been 25 years since the 1st bad boys movie that proved will smith had what it takes for the big screen he and costar martin lawrence are back in action now in their fifty's secret. to put. the real secret to this blockbuster franchise is of course the comedic chemistry

between the 2 cops mike and marcus. come on you. know you can get that. they are older but not much wiser and not know. what they're not and he is behind your head right now penetrate his man's soul with. what's. a real. martin lawrence's character wants to take it easy no chance with a friend like will smith though i'm done my time. he wants a legacy to be. body count. look at this carnage 7 i didn't do all this you wouldn't shoot anybody. compared to you know our shots and yet. we came into this movie and i was like i'm doing all my stunts you know.

just whatever it is tom cruise can do all his stunts i can do all my stunts and we got we got about 3 days a day it's a whole lot easier doing a fight scene trying to fall out of a window and all that kind of stuff at 25. at 50 say thank god for special effects . bad boys 3 does have plenty of those. but it's also about the 2 cops ride and die friendship that gets put to the test when an old enemy resurface in this. one that's a black with. some of the jokes have an edge to them a lot of them are just about being middle aged 9 o'clock to. 4 you're still cool even with classes these are like the.

less you got to do when we. knew we were never there i will never do that again. just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d w news presenter says there were no casualties in iranian missile attacks on u.s. targets in iraq he announced new sanctions but no further military response to iran's strikes were in retaliation for the u.s. killing of a top iranian general while he was in iraq. don't forget you can always get the news on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of a new story you can also use that to send us photos and videos of what's happening where you are. watching t

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into the conflict zone with tim sebastian turkey has outraged many of its allies and fatness with its military operations in syria my guest this week here at the from policy forum in garland is turkey's presidential spokesman in for him colleen how does he justify his country's filing controversial policies that's

focused on the brink of conflict comes next to mark de gaulle shoots at the feet of. arms exports to troubled spots. what role did the german foreign intelligence service b n d play. tanks in south sudan in myanmar german shipping companies delivered military hardware to sensitive regions. how was the b. and d. involved. the b.m.d. file german shipping companies and the arms trade in 45 minutes on d w. can i am a bit can. stick closest place to helen was missing an incident here.

and jenks does a camp at all it trains kimi and more ignorant than you. nice news and you can do more of the unfortunate. mom. and i will say our story. because a. must. start january 27th on d w. when you do it in the west it's for public order them to do that suppression ok part of your take is any further you cannot fight one terrorist organization with another one turkey has outraged many of its allies and partners with its military operations in syria and a whole catalogue of human rights violations against its own people my guest this week here at the foreign policy forum in berlin is turkey's presidential spokesman

abraham kalyan how does he justify his country's highly controversial policies. and abroad.