that's not. just. a 50. this is news coming to you live from conflicting explanations for the crash of a ukrainian passenger jet. fresh denials from iran's civil aviation chief he says it's certain the plane was not in. but canada's prime minister just says intelligence sources show otherwise all 176 people on board the plane were killed

many of them canadian citizens. taiwan goes to the polls on saturday to choose a new president and parliament relations with china are taking center stage in the vote our correspondent visits of taiwanese island just a few mainland china. and why gestures like this one will be a no go after 2020 a limp it games in tokyo we've got the details on the i.o.c. use new rules for political protests. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us iran has denied western allegations that a missile brought down the ukrainian passenger jet near tehran earlier this week iran's civil aviation chief is now calling on the u.s. and canada evidence for claims that wednesday's plane crash was caused by an iranian. missile strike russian lawmakers have also called the allegations

groundless all $176.00 people on board the plane many of them canadian were killed in the crash the passenger plane came just hours after rand launched an attack against u.s. targets in iraq. wreckage from the ukrainian international airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran leaving the world with lots of questions and few says canadian prime minister justin trudeau was the 1st to publicly announce a possible cause and iranian missile we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an arena and a surface to air missile. this may well have been unintentional. this new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation into this matter u.s.

officials have told us media that they have quote a high degree of certainty that it was a missile that hit the playing early a u.s. president donald trump had suggested it might have been unintentional i have my suspicions it was very i don't want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. it's a tragic thing when i see that it's a tragic thing. but somebody could have made a mistake on the other could've could've made a mistake ukrainian officials have also said that they were quote not ruling out a missile attack having sent a team to tehran to investigate at the u.n. ukraine insisted that iran fully cooperate the circumstances of these catastrophic are still unclear it is now up to the arts bers to use to gaited and to find answers to the questions or what caused the grass to do so all x. mas receive unconditional support for their investigation into the incident. iran

has invited the u.s. aviation company boeing to join that probe and said it would provide visas for accredited investigators from the countries involved. basic os a is an iranian journalist and he joins us now from tehran on the line iran's civil aviation she just said in a press conference that he was certain that the ukrainian plane was not hit by a missile he backing that theory. he did not provide any more details about why. no missiles has hit the civilian plane but. no comments can be made about the reason the cause of the incident. the black box to be open and to be probed into by experts of all the 4 contras iran ukraine and canada.

the official said. will try to. open the black box and investigated. inside the concrete but if the damages it is not possible to do this inside the country it will certainly do it in one of those concerts now most of the victims of the plane crash were iranians how is the country dealing with this tragedy. makes reactions to the treasure be of course there's a great inside the country people who are shocked by the incident and. waiting for the results of the rope that iran is doing on the incident.

ok it's a rainy and journalists raise a cow said there in tehran thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s. house of representatives has voted to limit president tros ability to engage in military conflict against iran the chamber voted almost completely along party lines to pass the resolution or requests it would become binding if the senate supports it ordered the killing of iranian general custom so much solar money last week with out congressional approval. suspect it is almost militants attacked a military camp in western new cher on thursday night killing at least $31.00 soldiers authorities say more than 80 of the attackers were killed in the assault islamist terrorist groups are especially active in western new share close to its border with mali. the internet shut down in the disputed kashmir region was deemed unsafe constitutional by india's supreme court the government imposed the shutdown

in august in an attempt to control unrest in the region in the ruling the supreme court called freedom of internet access a fundamental right now to taiwan which is preparing to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on saturday the polls set the course for relations between the democratic self rule island and its autocratic neighbor china which claims taiwan as its territory relations with china have been a major campaign issue so how do people in taiwan view their neighboring superpower . kong sent us this report from the taiwanese island of can men just off the coast of china. this is the board l. taiwan but this time is flat such as here we are in cayman island ok sinhalese see the flats of political rivals china and taiwan flying side by side. one cooperative project is the specifier which stalls water pumps from china that helps feel some

of those needs in 2018 cumin told the china to itself assist in what a shot is just. well manages to waterworks here for him interaction it's more than just the policy shapes his everyday life. there's a chinese idiom that says a close neighbor is more helpful than distant family your pipeline is groundbreaking eases cross straight hostility and sets a precedent to connect our electricity grids or even build a bridge in the future we want friends instead of enemies many of. which most likely not the majority of taiwanese. parliamentary candidates from the pro independence party is skeptical his opposition to china has bison beijing's influence has been the central issue ahead of this we can't get action the whole says it was only when hong kong descended into political turmoil that he made up

his mind. our leaflets featured the hong kong protests because they trigger a strong sense of national doom looking at the tragic outcome of a taiwanese have to think about whether we should still see closer ties with your foreign tell you in regime behind hong kong. this is taiwan's closest place to china which is only a row 5 kilometers away it used to be the front line cold like staircase ago that military very case was left here but nowadays china is trying to narrow this taiwan not only comically but also politically but how on this authorities see these threats and has been this is seeing yourself on china over the past 4 years. china a friend or a person has found to unify self-loading taiwan on the one country 2 systems china . if necessary. but these idea was rejected by taiwan's president.

actually. because china is friendly rival hungary or you has a different response to beijing's intimidation tactics. ties economic cooperation which one and his friends also support their largely we die on china for a living. but we are used to see china as a threat but not now are still gradual progress when i got in touch with the chinese and we want a peaceful and prosperous lives instead of constructing a so-called threat i don't care whether there will be unification or infiltration this is not what my generation will encounter. taiwan and china to interact with we must be treated fairly i mean state to state relations what kind of price are we willing to pay for that taiwan should be more aware of china's sharp elbows when anywhere else in the world because we are on the front line we have the only place where china wants to take control of. decades ago

because inside his iconic mark used to broadcast into china propaganda to the mainland it's now a tourist destination but the message of freedom and democracy that's the most distinctive difference across the straits remains just as timely as ever. earlier i spoke to de w's phoebe carr who filed their report from taiwan i asked her if the different views of china on the island of 10 men are typical of taiwan's population as a whole. well is a longstanding social phenomenon in taiwan and opinions have been see fight a foot that case so if and identity and also economic issue one we talk about of the the the defied and 4 l. the generation they it most of them they identify themselves as affleck chinese in a brought us ans because many of them are flav to taiwan right after the civil war well with those china's communist party that case like i was so they still have a family of hives why if mainland china but on the other hand youngest generation

the who are of born and raised in taiwan they simply recognize themselves as taiwanese and they don't think they have any fawning what's the my when china and given the fact that the hostility between to a thighs half been intensified in reason yes and wish furtive make them feel this then from mainland china an economically there have been here took the it based on the way to taiwan shifty pen on china's marquette on not so this is also something and that have bet half long being akio to in almost every single in actions in the past or correspondent p.b. kong they're reporting from time one now it was just a matter of minutes that the waves came destroyed and changed lives for ever in bun the indonesia 15 years ago on the 26th of december a powerful earthquake struck in the indian ocean just before a.d.m. waves up to 30 meters were recorded is the tsunami swept through indonesia within

hours more than 220000 people across asia or were killed as the tsunami on least it's just struck do fours as the years have passed some survivors have turned to the ocean again as a way to heal and pine renew meeting after losing so much some people run from their fears darry set to one surfs on his knees waves bring fun and thrills but 15 years ago a tsunami inflicted the cruelest pain killing almost half his family now traumatized for derry suffering is about surviving. and i left about. we no longer feel like this wave was the one that destroyed us we just don't think like that anymore in fact the waves are now our friends so if you're wondering how could we surf a wave that once killed us well we've never thought of it like that now it's up to

us we treat the waves like our buddies who hang around with us every day no where was more devastated than the coastal community here in la. cars homes and villages washed away. graveyard snow filled with those who perished some victims have never been found. i keep praying for the best for my family members. the reality is that they have passed away. they're now in heaven. memories are everywhere like the. a 2600 ton vessel that was flung ashore now open to visitors a permanent exhibit. in the early years after the tsunami it was hard i cried almost every day. i was great for the people

around me made me strong my friends who were there with me during those days. they made me mentally stronger. too has been rebuilding and regenerating the. mosque they're welcoming worshippers again but some of the damage is left untouched. don't forget the tsunami read the sign at the mosque not that anyone here ever will. be watching thanks for being with us. it's all happening. news from africa the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions anyone will come to. the program tonight from. deputed africa

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