i am. this is the wus coming to you live from berlin are both sides in the us iran conflict truly standing down from a military conflict video and emergency sirens after a missile strikes in baghdad's green zone suggest otherwise this with an ounce of president donald trump saying iran was standing down after its strikes on u.s. targets in iraq strikes that inflicted no casualties also coming up travel

chaos in france as the next phase of a massive strike action gets underway french workers take to the streets in a bid to press president in money mccraw to give up on his campaign promise to push through french reforms. and a shock announcement in the british royal family in what a tabloid is calling a makes it prince harry and his wife meghan announced they will step back from royal duties and spend more time in north america with talk of the also off a book on prince harry called the inside story. hello and welcome i'm a touchy one thank you very much for your company. u.s. president donald trump says iran appears to be standing down in its confrontation with the united states at the same time we did not threaten from other military action following. those missile strikes on u.s.

targets in iraq just hours after trump statement rockets had locked on the green zone where u.s. government buildings on located. 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 nonmilitary action it would take against iran as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rein in aggression the united states will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. these powerful saying will remain until around changes its behavior. that to ransom as it will not be cowed by

threats of any kind that. 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 i 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 joining me now from ted on is say he's a counseling with the jail in public though it cost if you donald trump says iran is backing down in this crisis how much a will is there in the iranian government to hit back at the u.s. now. well let's say there are conflicting signs coming from iran at the moment if

it comes to the political leadership they really seem to try to reopen you know channels of negotiations president rouhani today talked to the head of the council and the foreign ministers there you've had a talk with boris johnson's as far as we heard but there are other signs coming from the military leadership as the commanders of the revolutionary guards announce that there will be tough strikes coming up in the near future and if it comes to the shia militia within iraq you also have conflicting signs as let's say the influential shia cleric knocked out outside as well as the ca type has organization whose co-head have been killed alongside with general salim money they've both asked their fighters to stay calm to be patient and not take any action but there are smaller groups. probably not under total control of tehran and we believe that one of these smaller shia militias is behind the shelling of the u.s.

embassy in baghdad last night so my believe is that we will not see you know the calm situation as we have it right now for a very long time there will be actions being taken within the near future at the same time we have done our tramples threatened iran with fresh sanctions how was that uncle for what most sanctions imposed on it is already crippled by u.s. sanctions. well the question is how much how much sanctions are left i mean what what precisely is behind you know the announcement of the u.s. president last night if it comes to dealing with their story if it comes to dealing with iran if it comes to transferring money there are hardly any options left and the people are used you know to really suffer from these sanctions so we have to still have to see what's coming up if you if you talk to the people they say ok we've been used to live under sanctions for many decades now so we'll find

a way to cope with it the political leadership of course is trying to negotiate in order to have the sanctions lifted which they consider the precondition for any talks also. on the issue of the atomic deal there's talk about people to what extent are iranians backing the government's handling of events. well let's say i truly believe that the majority of people is really relieved you know after. speech yesterday because. everybody that we talked to. tell told us that we don't want war so if there's a chance you know to avoid a full fledged war with the us i think the people are behind it and they are patient now and see what will come out through you know the talks that seem to come up now between the political leadership and the europeans or the americans hopefully. you have the answer from

a german public broadcaster thank you very much for that update from the head on. what caused the ukrainian passenger plane to crash in iran just minutes after takeoff 176 people were on board and they were all killed the ukraine international airlines jet was on its way from the iranian capital to head on to the ukrainian capital kiev there was shock and grief in both nations ukraine's president already made. zelinsky says his country will send a team of investigators to iran in search for ounces. marking a day of mourning ukrainian president for not amazing lenski of the growing memorial to those who died in wednesday's crash. but the scramble for answers gets underway he appealed for international cooperation to establish what caused this tragedy. the upper for sure i asked everybody especially when

ukraine is in the middle of an information war to refrain from manipulation speculation conspiracy theories snap judgments and on verified theories he lists. dozens of the 176 victims came from canada western university in ontario the sense of loss is enormous the persian canadian community here tightly knit. and unfortunately they will spend my life is what. i used to see one of the people who lost his life in the bus in a regular basis one of my friends lost his brother i didn't know him directly but. you know pretty much everybody knows someone who was either in that plane crash or was affected by it the crash coincided with iran launching missiles at u.s. bases in iraq leading some to speculate the plane may have been shot down kind of

as prime minister justin trudeau said his country would join any probe 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 comp ai 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 cranium officials both blames mechanical problems but the ukrainians later backpedals declining for a course while the investigation is ongoing. with now being updated its on the stories making news around the world around 20 soldiers have been killed in the. militant attack in the town of one in northeastern nigeria that's according to witnesses and military officials they said the attack sparked a fire that destroyed hundreds of homes an extremist group linked to the islamic

state has claimed responsibility. the wildfire crisis in south is astray looks set to rust and with soaring temperatures and stronger winds forecast for friday authorities advising local residents to evacuate quickly 26 people have died in the fires and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed since september. meeting with libya's u.n. backed government as the conflict in the country worsens german foreign minister heikal moss and the e.u. concert president met the leader of the un backed government. the e.u. russia and turkey have called and government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. lebanon has issued a travel ban on full men miss on chairman loss after authorities questioned him over an interpol notice going fled to lebanon from japan where he was awaiting

trial on corruption charges going disputes all the allegations against him and says he would not get a fair trial in japan. turning now to france where thousands of people have hit the streets another day of strikes and protests against president emanuel macross proposed pension reform across pushed to change the pension system as unleased wrote the longest strike actions in france in decades it's caused weeks of travel chaos and news liza lewis is standing by for us in the heart of paris. what is happening in the french capital today. well here tens of thousands of people have gathered to march from the point from the plaza that if you look in the north east of the capital to another square in the northwest of the capital 200 demonstrations and marches planned day across france and obviously that strike into

its 36 day in a row that means this strike is longer than. strike in 1968 and the longest railway strike since the 930 s. let's hear more about what this strike is actually about. for more than a month no french workers have taken to the streets they are worried they will have to work longer for and contribute more to their pensions. the reform is one of the manual marc homes key electoral promises a single points based pension system for all replacing the 42 separate pension schemes that offer early retirement and other advantages mainly to public sector workers. faced with popular anger the government consulted union representatives earlier this week but wants to get the proposed reforms through parliament as soon as possible meanwhile unions insist that the planned increase in pensionable age be taken off the table. pension age measure must be withdrawn it's what our actions

will be about in the coming days and weeks. as the standoff between unions and government continues strikes go on dividing public opinion. sick she says it's horrible i'm tired af come back from holidays and pour it seems having proved but no i think it's even worse. i hope things return to normal soon because i think it's getting on everyone's no young and old it's quite annoying. obviously. it annoys me but it's fine it's for the common good. i think it's worth it because from what i understand we're going to work a lot longer to earn a lot less. concessions have been made to some in the public sector with those born before 975 exempt from the new system but others especially the younger generation are determined to strike until they get what they see as a fair pension deal. and until after weeks of strikes is there any

sign of an end in sight. well negotiations have picked up again at the beginning of this week the government is talking to the unions and trying to especially convince the see if t. t. which is the more moderate union there's one specific part of the reform that they are absolutely opposed to and that's the so-called pivot age that is you know the age at which people here would get a full right pension the government to increase that age from 62 to 64 and the c.z. to see if he says no way if the government finds an agreement with the c.f. t. t. they're hoping to convince more of the french of the french are now opposed to the form than they are in favor however even if these negotiations between the government and see if he actually work out the other unions have said that they want the government to withdraw the reform so we can actually get prepared for more

strikes to come they could go on for another few weeks even if you know these negotiations work out. who is the standard for both sides and why is neither side to budge from its position. well it's crucial for the unions and also for the government the unions obviously need to keep face they need to show that they still play a role that they can have an influence on government politics after one year of yellow vest protests you know june the yellow vest protests there were not really playing any role the yellow vests were and including them really and the government actually needs to show that they can push through and they can instill. that they can push through sorry for that they can press through and reform and especially that really crucial reform that the government has said is part of its spread of when they were elected in 2017 so as you see it's really important for both sides

and the government demonstrations is is taking off now so i think i need to go. yes thank you very much liza lewis in the midst of protests in france in paris being brewski pushed aside by security forces are trying to keep the protests in order thank you very much he's in the us for that update. turning now to london and a shock announcement in the british royal family britain's prince harry and his wife meggan say they're going to stand back from their royal deities and spend more time in north america one tabloid has described the move as meg's it reports say the news to prince charles and the queen by surprise in the head the royal family is apparently not amused 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 stay back a senior royals and would aim to become financially independent it seems the difficulty even the queen of our guard she's reported to be heart one commentator said it was beyond belief last year was pretty dreadful year for the royal family this year 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 under wrap much to the era taishan of britain's for racial top lloyd price. after the tour of africa 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 by a plain old bad from taking a step back from the media because i mean they're in the media so much so if they want to live a private life then this little problem but maybe they are going at different property out think. that the national origin opinion i think is completely irresponsible and you think so yep are the rules and they should be i guess accordingly. 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. joining me now is duncan not gone he's the former joint editor of the sun and has written

a book on prince harry called the inside story welcome duncan where you surprised by this announcement. i must be honest to look at the flow yesterday yes or as we always noted prince harry's a reluctant britons he's talked about them being over all these accidents. but i don't think any one of us suspected he would simply throw in a towel on this and it seems that how the american didn't even consult anyone in the royal family before making this announcement why do you think that was the case well i mean that seems to be the case this statement released by the palace yes they very rushed us over which on an item sells the time to work out what exactly is going on but it does beg the question how did harry making made up their mind canada and did they simply not want him fighting with prince charles all the queen because they didn't want to be persuaded until council get. how much of

a setback is this for the british monarchy because this couple had thought of fresh air more inclusive than modern feed to the royal family. the i think the departure of harry make it means that rock n roll installed was very very popular glitzy glamorous and because they have gone. i think in the long term the roles i'm not elected you see there reliant on the goodwill public and removing such a public. figure like prince harry for me this could do them in an unimaginable am hard long time. may you wrote this book prince harry the inside story so you must have quite an insight into what the person who called the reluctant prince do you think this decision was influenced by what prince harry saw his late mother princess diana experience especially at the hands of the british media. i think possibly i think what we have to realize we prince harry said when

other children out that were spending their childhood in training or becoming a prince or princess living or cost prince harry was a little boy living in or in back casa looking out wishing dreaming big could be normal just like everyone else that has underpinned his entire life. yes i'm sure we're looking at the. in the way that perhaps he feels he's been perceived more mechanised cvs and interest is a contributing factor but i just think it's very sad i hope it works out. but it is a huge gamble and if the public resent the fact that they've got all 'd the wealth but none of the responsibility of being royals then if they could face a bit of a. ride duncan the former going at it out the son and the also if a book on prince harry thank you very much for talking to us and thank you. to

taiwan now what is growing concern about chinese interference in upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections such elections it will wrist watch very closely by china which regards to i want as event a good. dive on allies off the coast of china and it's claimed by beijing but taiwan says it's an independent country and the government has warned of china's efforts to swiss out of days vote in favor of the probe aging 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 t.v. 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. but when seeing inside the current political mood in taiwan is really unpleasant. tensions are growing red paint attacks on activists critical of china hooliganism and vandalism at 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. the official 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 unified. haitian with china against taiwan's independence. quite homes as a chinese in taiwan is sons and daughters of the chinese nation we're taking on the responsibility of pushing for the unification of our country this just 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 i want to 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 centre 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 says that she should have won since local elections at the end of 20 eighteenth's 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. 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 china or women dung party now a presidential candidate a populist propelled by a well oiled political machine who's especially gaining ground in social media. under the chin and where did the sudden the momentum come from harm it 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. for the no woman just in a petition calling for the president to recognize that there is only one china and for a peaceful unification with the main. they hope that the not too distant future china's flag will eventually fly over taipei. it was indeed of news coming to you live from berlin coming up next on deja news asia. a new virus could be behind a new moon i like and prick in a chinese city a science correspondent derek williams will have more details. and

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