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plane crashed just moments after takeoff from iran's busiest airport there's still no definitive on says we'll go live to kiev for the latest. an emergency health care workers focus on a fish market in china it depends to be the source of a mysterious virus that's caused dozens of people to form either some of them are now in a critical condition. plus a shock announcement in the british royal family and what one tabloid is calling a makes it prince harry and his wife meghan announced they would step back from roy duties and spend more time in north america not even the queen no prince charles knew this was coming. hello and welcome i'm a touchy about good to have you with us. u.s.

president donald trump says iran appears to be standing down in this confrontation with the united states at the same time he himself did not threaten for the military action now these were his 1st public comments in response to iran's missile attacks on a u.s. military bases in iraq contradicting the iranian government trump said there'd be no u.s. casualties. sirens rang out over the iraqi capital on wednesday night it's not clear who was behind the rocket attack in the green zone a high security enclave where the u.s. embassy is located there were no casualties but it's a sign that some are still seeking revenge for the killing of a rainy and general kasam celeb money earlier the u.s. president announced a non-military action it would take against tehran as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rainy and aggression the united states will immediately impose additional

punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime these powerful sanctions will remain until around changes its behavior. but to ransom as it will not be cowed by threats of any kind but. we did not start this process of escalation the united states rage an economic war against iran the united states has to come to its senses if it wants to deal with this people it has to deal with these people based on respect not based on threat and not based on sanctions want to thank you and god bless america thank you very much thank you. donald trump says iran has stood down from the conflict it appears that for the president this tense chapter is closed but is it also closed for their arch enemy. and for some analysis i'm joined by racial reasons she's at the to contact the boss foundation

as well as iraq eugenist a meeting with savi is that mean the city of estimate to build a few i mean me start with us because donald trump says that jock iran is standing down backing down is that how this is being viewed in the region i think the signal went from iran towards you know. into direction 1st we are not interesting in the direction war with the united states that is our reaction for killing money but i'm just saying tar they keep their. active for the next for the next part of discussion maybe even if they weren't going to go through the discussion we in the states about a possible solution for all this conflict and just turning to you as we heard donald trump didn't talk about military action in this statement eagerly awaited statement but he did talk about sanctions and putting iran under maximum pressure

didn't it changes its behavior so what is the message that so i think the question to ask is what more is there left to thank shannon and what is the ultimate goal and most importantly what is the efficacy of the sanctions if the goal really is to change errani and behavior behavior i think you really have to ask if more sanctions and attempting further economic destruction is really the way to do that and then we know that iran is already crippled by the u.s. sanctions and we could in our report the iranian foreign minister talk about treat the people of iran with respect not with threats and sanctions so if more sanctions are put on how damaging is this going to be for iran i think dissensions as we've already got the inbox in one level against iran but i think the european could work to make a good. drop in this question when it comes to discussion with iran not because of

the sanctions but maybe rewards i think the mixed will be the magic way and talking about reducing the sanctions against iran to to force her to change its behavior in the region i think in the end of the day we'll learn from that surprises that the power and violence will not bring in the end of the day the bring the solution maybe they do the solution will be better so those of us think perhaps this threat of sanctions is a honda threat and that the time not to move is to was diplomacy and you saying i mean from the european side but on the issue the donald trump was a question of the john nuclear deal and he once again urged the other signatories to this deal from which the us has been drawn to actually also abandon this what is called the joint comprehensive plan of action. what do you think about that region so i think the current state of the j c j c p o a is one of the very unfortunate outcomes of the trump administration you know the

europeans have been trying to hold this deal together it wasn't perfect it was never perfect but it was better than nothing and so trying to hold this deal together after the u.s. pulled out is a really tough spot to be in and so i think after this latest move the europeans might not even have to listen to that call might have put the final nail in the coffin himself i mean what are your thoughts on this what i think the end of the day we saw runnion for example to treat get more you know if unification i talked with some people against the iranian regime living abroad in europe they say we are of course against iran the regime about what's happened there it is it is a national think and i think through that. would say stronger reaction from united states. iran got more spirit spirit in the public and unified the right

in public and also that's why no one talk about the protests in iran a month before absolutely richelle the final question to you know there were protests in both iraq and iran before this targeted assassination of general salim money this some people who describe this the u.s. policy of this targeted killing as an own goal because as we heard from a meet it has got no support now for the iranian regime the presence of u.s. troops in iraq has been called into doubt and iran feels it can go ahead with this nuclear program without any restrictions this is entering it's interesting you say this because a lot of people in the u.s. are calling this a win but i think this is what trump is really good at he's good at creating creating conflict taking the u.s. to the brink and then if things deescalate taking credit for himself and calling it a win so i think we'll have to really wait and see what happens next here absolutely i think we just have to see how this plays out meanwhile. an american

analyst as well as be jealous from the middle east thank you both very much for your analysis. of. what caused a ukrainian passenger plane to crash in iran just minutes after takeoff all of those onboard were killed more than 170 people the ukraine international airlines jet was on its way from the head on to kiev the aircraft went down shortly after iran 5 missiles at the u.s. bases in neighboring iraq ukraine's president vladimir. putin 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 inspectors the aircraft was functional there were also no comments from the crew upon arrival. since the crash coincided with the wren 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 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. now to some other stories making news around the wild the wildfire crisis in southeast australia looks set to worsen with soaring temperatures and strong winds forecast for friday authorities are advising local residents to evacuate quickly 26 people have died in the fire and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed since september. hundreds of thousands of people in

puerto rico are without electricity and water after a series of quakes 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 and at least one person was killed and hundreds were made homeless. believe this interim government plans to start a corruption investigation into $600.00 officials who were part of a former president evo morales is administration what alice was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee bolivia following disputed elections. a mysterious form of pneumonia that has hit the chinese city of who han is the lead is the last in a few weeks that has sparked intense concerns across the region the world health organization says the virus may be related to one that caused the deadly saas outbreak the most recent wave of illness has been linked to

a single food market many of the patients worked at or visited the seafood market the city is around 900 kilometers inland from hong kong but officials there have also put precautionary measures in place. the border entry exit control points affan hands held surveillance and inspection medical personnel have been advised to stay alert and transfer and quarantine the suspected cases as early as possible the hong kong food and health bureau will keep in close contact with the world health organization like china has been hit hard by novel pathogens in the past the sars epidemic in 2003 killed over 700 people in the region now experts in china say they've already confirmed this is a different disease one that appears to be less virulent so far there have been no fatalities among the reported 59 people who contract at the illness but health officials remain on high alert. we have conducted

a risk assessment we have activated the severe response level. under this in relation to new infectious diseases the immediate effect on public health is moderate. in the meantime the number of confirmed patients has remained steady and china's state broadcaster reports the patients were released on wednesday after showing no signs of fever for several days. and that report by. derek williams from science desk joins me in the studio welcome derek now it seems that officials has officials have identified the virus as one which is linked to the some pretty serious is it well i mean the fact that they've managed to identify it already is very big news we've been following the story for a while and identification is going to be key in deciding what kind of measures you're going to take against it this virus apparently belongs to a family of viruses known as coronaviruses because they do the way that they look at this corona when you look at them in the microscope sort of similar to the sun

and that includes viruses that cause symptoms similar to the common cold but also cause more severe acute respiratory diseases such as stars of your acute respiratory syndrome or. or mers which is a middle eastern syndrome and respiratory syndrome and there is a very very positive side of this or at least at the moment which is that appears that there's been no human to human transmission that's really very very important they seem to have gotten the people who have it seem to have gotten from a single place this market and move on and the 2nd aspect of it is that it doesn't appear to be as virulent for example as sars was but sars killed around 10 percent of the people that contract it ok so what has been the reaction of course on high alert and as we saw in hong kong they've put screening procedures in place well that's that's actually also a very positive aspect of this story you know back in 2002 in 2003 with the stars struck and china the chinese government tried to tried to quash the story and tried

to tried to bury it and you just simply can't do that in a modern society there's just too much movement transparency is absolutely key and vital to controlling any kind of outbreak that might happen and it seems like this time around china has really commute is communicating with the w.h.o. at the levels that it needs to be communicating with the w.h.o. in order to keep this. under control at this moment everybody feels informed people know what's going on these measures have been instituted but they're precautionary measures still at this point it does not seem to have spread to any great extent and it will do you say that this virus is linked to this disease this does appear to be something entirely new how does this happen to suddenly a new disease appears on the horizon it's interesting jumping what's called the species barrier pathogens actually co-evolve with their hosts and within their host within their natural host whether that be an animal or

a plant they don't seem to cause that they often don't seem to cause very serious symptoms however when they make that jump to a new host and then that's the moment when they became can become quite virulent and and interestingly these so-called zoonotic diseases interestingly we believe that one of the reasons that that happens is because the body is confronting it's actually an immune system reaction or contributes greatly to the virulence of the of the virus because it's the body has never seen anything like that before so when you when you have a novel pathogen it can cause the immune system to go into overdrive and cause really massive terrible medical symptoms fortunately that doesn't seem to be the case in this particular there are about 6 people who have been listed in critical condition out of 59 that have are known to have contracted it or have been cloned called as patients and none of them have died yet so that's compared to stores that's a very positive development they informative derek williams from debbie science desk thank you. you moshing didn't is coming up ahead

taiwan sex is democratic losses ahead of the vital election but china is ever present on the island that it regards as a renegade territory. but 1st a shock announcement in the british royal family britain's prince harry and his wife meghan say they're going to step back from their voyage and spend more time in north america one tabloid has described the move and makes it reports say the news to prince charles and the queen by surprise and the royal monaco is apparently hurt by the decision. and meghan on their wedding day it was thought to be the start of a new chapter for the british royal family but it was not meant to read like this in an instagram post the couple explained they would step back a senior royals and would aim to become financially independent it seems the even

the queen of our guard she's reported to be heart one commentator said it was beyond belief last year was pretty dreadful for the world family this has begun in a way that is not only completely unprecedented but potentially it's undoubtedly has various serious consequences in a terrorist statement the royal household said these were quote complicated issues that would require time to work through. ever since they revealed their relationship to the world harry and megan never looked all too comfortable with the rule when their son archie was born the kit the details and the wrap much to the era taishan of britain's for racial top lloyd price after the african last summer their rift with the media why didn't when they said they were suing

a newspaper over invasion of privacy. and in december they said they would break from tradition to spend the christmas holidays not with the queen but in canada outside buckingham palace and the reaction to the bombshell news has been mixed a little bit from taking a step back from the media because of being there in the media so much so if they want to live a private life that little problem but maybe they're going at different properties out. of the other half an origin when you're having is completely irresponsible and you think the rules that they should be i guess golding with. it may be that such high expectations have brought about this rupture but that and we're at leeds next only harry and meghan know. to taiwan now where there's growing concern and by chinese interference in upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections the such elections are always watch very closely by china which against taiwan as

a very good territory taiwan lies off the coast of china and steamed by beijing but taiwan says it's an independent country and the government has warned china and china of efforts to sri saturday's vote in favor of the pro beijing opposition. 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. the detail like in the past china's interference was not so noticeable but now it is if we allow this to continue it would be like the frog in the slowly boiling water it doesn't notice the heat until it dies. the wincing ends in the current political mood in taiwan is

really unpleasant. but. 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. but yet if you 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. that's a quote you home to as a chinese in taiwan sons and daughters of the chinese nation we're taking on the

responsibility of pushing for the unification of a country that 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 that taiwan has been behind the protests in hong kong.

now benson it's a tie why since local elections at the end of 2018 we've 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. the household shifts. those local elections saw the meteoric rise of a man that previously no one had heard of how will you from the opposition pro-choice i don't know 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. where did this sudden the momentum come from harm it claims china has nothing to do with it. but jiang and her patriotic

chinese association you know waged their fight for independence out in the open at taiwan's presidential palace they proudly hand over their petition. why do you know woman just sit in a petition quickly for the president to recognize that there is only one china and for a peaceful unification with a main. you know. they hope that in the not too distant future china's flag will eventually fly over taipei. this is news and these top stories u.s. president donald trump says no americans all iraqis were hurt in iran's missile strikes on u.s. bases in iraq which stared on launch in retaliation for the u.s. killing a top iranian general mr truong did not threaten for the military action against iran but promised additional economic sanctions. ukraine has declared a day of national mourning following

a deadly plane crash in iran on wednesday all 176 people on board the ukrainian airliner what killed ukraine's president has said he would step up cooperation with the iranian government to establish the cause of the crash. britain's prince harry and his american born wife meggan mark to see if they will step back from duties as members of the british royal family the couple said they wish to become financially independent. the wildfire crisis in south eastern 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 fires and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed since september. this is the news from berlin for more

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