this is day w.'s lie from the u.s. unveils a new sanctions against iran treasury secretary steven the new general secretary of state might say they are targeting iranian industry and a senior individuals they say were involved in the missile strike against u.s. troops in iraq but also on the program. iran's civil aviation chief denies western claims that the ukrainian ally that crashed in teheran was hit by a missile the plane's black box flight recorders have been recovered ukraine says

its investigators have been given. australians patients westin as protest rally against the government's handling of the bushfires crisis as people in the countryside brace for more places. and gestures like these will not be allowed at this year's olympic games in tokyo we'll bring you the details of the i.o.c. each new will lose some political protests. i'm full go welcome to the program the u.s. government has unveiled a new sanctions against iranian industries and senior regime officials you know what came from secretary of state might pompei one treasury secretary steven minutiae if you scribe the sanctions as a response to iran's missile attack against u.s. troops in iraq which followed the u.s. assassination of a senior iranian general last week the sanctions target 8 senior officials in the

islamic republic u.s. has or involved in the attack against u.s. troops. views from the united states the european union from d.w. correspondence. in washington and terry schultz in brussels welcome both let's start with you pablo tell us more about these new sanctions. hi phil well you've sort of said some of it already some of these individuals who are going to be targeted are involved in iran's financial construction manufacturing textile and mining sectors and the sanctions are also against 8 raney and officials who are worried described as being involved in de stabilizing activities and this the idea behind this is to basically cut billions of dollars of revenue for the iranian government done it came it was announced in a news conference here in washington which was very much geared towards as well the

reasons why the assassination of that the iranian general took place in the 1st place and secretary pompei a was put under a lot of pressure but he said once again and justified once again saying that he had specific information on an imminent threat and those threats included attacks on u.s. embassies so very much justifying as well why these new sanctions were being put in place to the trumpet ministration has said the the end game here is to try and bring iran back to the nuclear negotiating table with missiles negotiating table but what makes the white house think more of the same because sanctions have been in place for some time what makes the trumpet ministration think that more of the same will do the trick. well the trumpet ministration and president of particular have really believed in this maximum pressure idea they believe that putting

further sanctions on iran will strangle the economy even further we're seeing that with these new far reaching us sanctions which are being put on the country adding to the long list already in place and president trump even said it this week that the idea is to sit down to get back to the negotiating table and sit down with iran and come up with a new deal he hasn't been shy about the fact that he doesn't believe in the previous agreement from 2015 and the idea is that these new sanctions will leave iran and perhaps with the support of some of the u.s. allies to a new deal but of course the u.s. administration the trump administration has been unclear at times over what the end game is in fact with regards to iran. brussels let's bring you in the nato secretary general has been that they say you foreign ministers meeting the u.s. has called for more nato support in the middle east what has been the nato response . president trump in fact called secretary general stoltenberg just

a few moments after he announced in a white house press conference that he wanted nato to become more involved in the middle east and secretary general stolzenberg said ok we will do more we can do more and in fact i've just learned that nato has dispatched a delegation to the state department who has them work and i'm not sure that's exactly what president trump had in mind but anyway the people who actually do the work are there discussing it now so nato is taking this request seriously and i'm sure we'll do everything possible to try to help help the united states but these are not going to be combat operations there's no way the 28 other nato allies would agree to any such thing. this foreign ministers meeting what was the agreed position today i suppose the wider question is does anyone besides the e.u. care think just because you care what they think.

you know i could hear in in the comments from the foreign ministers and even from foreign policy chief just at birrell that they are slowly excepting that perhaps there are not going to be able to keep the deal a live although that still very much the unified position even as the foreign ministers were meeting as we heard from washington more sanctions were being piled on iran and that puts pressure on the you know the european union as well as on tehran because of the e use that one of the e use obligations under of the iran nuclear deal is to increase trade with it with iran and that's impossible with you u.s. sanctions threatening both the government of iran and any e.u. company doing business there so this is a very difficult road and then facts my colleague mex sounder just interviewed the lot be and foreign ministers who said let's face it without the us this is probably dead so we may be hearing more about that in perhaps there is no source sort of

a new realisation that's their need to be completely new negotiations including the u.s. and possibly getting it back on the table terry szell's in brussels public for me i mean us in washington thank you iran meanwhile these denying western accusations that one of its missiles down the ukrainian and of live the that crashed out signs teheran so medium prime minister justin trudeau who is one of a number of national lead has to say that evidence multiple intelligence sources suggest sunny rain you have surface to air missile hit me yeah line shortly after takeoff or $176.00 people on board must of them can 8 a canadian i'm it raining him were killed in the crash which came just hours after iran bony to on attack against u.s. targets in neighboring iraq the cockpit voice recorder on the flight data recorder have been be covered ukraine says it's investigators have been given access mobile phone footage cerified by 2 media outlets appears to show the missile

exploding near the plane before it crashed western leaders say the evidence points towards an iranian missile. we do believe that it's likely that that plane was shut down by iranian missile we're we're going to let the investigation play out before we make a final determination it's important that we get to the bottom of it iran denies shooting the plane down. if you want to get out of almost that's why it's not that the thing that is clear to us and that we can say with certainty is that this plane was not hit by a missile. but they've been softening their position iran's official news agency says authorities would meet with officials from the u.s. and canada as well as other countries. none has since. the incident the crash investigation boulders in america britain and canada will not confirm that. this american politicians have talked without paying attention to

technical matters. scientifically speaking their statements are not valid tools. to the. ukrainian investigators were the 1st to be invited since the plane was flown by ukraine's national carrier but that country now risks becoming a pawn in the game between washington and tehran so far they're hedging their bets and urging caution but. again i'd like to underline that 7 possible causes are under investigation but journalist somehow only prioritizing one of them but. with all sides sticking to their own stories the focus of the investigation now shifts to the black box flight recorders they could hold the key to revealing the actual cause of the crash. it's been steven wright is professor of systems that finland's that time for university welcome to d w professor what do you make of the images that have emerged that appear to show

the plane being hit by some sort of missile good evening the images thought of say . a very striking in so much that you can say what pace to be. some projectiles missiles climbing up to our situation and then as some form of debts and i should. it doesn't it look to me it looks like a missile hitting an aircraft obviously there's not much information that we can say and so much that it's dark. one of the very reasons why you can see it so clearly is that you can far from the exhaust of the missile seems to be captured rather well with the image so that's what we've seen the interesting bit from my perspective is in order to determine it was actually a missile the investigators are going to need to look very carefully now at the wreckage. and tell us about the investigation i believe it's going to be

international so who will control it who will be involved and who will be responsible for a lot. well the actual form of the investigation this was determined many years ago with something called the chicago convention which quite a number of signatories signed it 1940 full and as the name suggests it gives you an idea where it was signed and it's all about the freedoms in order to cross one of the things that was agreed in $44.00 was who's going to do this so the idea is that this is taking place in i. cough this crash in a given country so in this case it's iran so there will be investigations from there the aircraft is owned and operated by the ukrainians so clearly they will take a heavy focus here it's interesting really the manufacturer also has an interest and a name that's very important very valuable into the investigation so it's this team

approach right now to complicate matters a little bit more because we think it's been downed by a missile this time introduces a potential element soft criminality which means that in order to determine. it was a missile from this location fired by this person you then have to ensure the continuity of evidence but what will the police to so therefore that becomes very very forensic in how we approach all this thank you so much for joining us professor. professor stephen by professor of fact aircraft systems of time pre-university thim . well success rate canadians died in the cranium ally in the crash many of them were highly qualified iranian canadians who held academic teaching and research universities across the country. this tragedy has gripped the nation the victims of wednesday's plane crash in iran are dear to the hearts of many here

in canada at a vigil in ottawa canadian prime minister justin trudeau joined mourners as they struggle to come to terms with their loss many of the victims were iranian or dual iranian canadian citizens returning from holidays in iran. and their brother. so that family at large tonight should read. in toronto another tribute the impact of the tragedy is being felt across regions and professions in canada at least 17 universities confirmed their last staff or students. since the us hot and its policy towards iran the number of iranian students in

canada has more than doubled the disagreements between iran and western countries over what caused the plane crash will be of little help right now to the victims' loved ones in their grief. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world and to government protests across iraq the protesters across iraq held mass gatherings out in criticism of the u.s. and iran to protest is are demanding fresh elections and for iraq to reassert its sovereignty. police in pakistan say at least 13 people have been killed in a bombing at a mosque in the southwestern city of cueto a senior police officer and a cleric are amongst the dead there's been no claim of responsibility police are investigating whether this was a suicide bombing. the internet shut down in the indian administered kashmir india's administered kashmir region has been ruled unconstitutional by the

country's supreme court the government imposes shutdown in august following its controversial ring to reveal to repeal the territory special constitutional status and it's a ruling by the supreme court described freedom of internet access your fundamental right. tens of thousands of people have rallied in major australian cities to protest against the government's handling of the bushfires crisis and to demand action on climate change the protest came as the country braced for more high temperatures and strong winds which are likely to set off even more blazes at least $26.00 people have died in the fires and more than 2000 homes destroyed. burned out pickup trucks and fires that still smoldering on the side of the road the village of co barco was an inferno a couple of days ago. kyle moser shows us the chicken coop in his yard he was in such a hurry to escape that he forgot to open the door his parents had no chance the storm

was ferocious just we were standing up in the hero and you could just hear that rumbling the roar of it was it would have been it's the sound that never forget it's a horrible kyle and his partner david assessed the charred heap of rubble that was once their home they say they feel numb but david is also outraged he feels things should never have come to this point. in a stray we weren't equipped we didn't have the for a 14 year trough we should have had we should be spending money you know on nasa we should be some thoughts we should be picking up a faucet since. they knew they needed it even the building right next door to the local fire department burned down after months the government has now set aside extra funds for firefighting many say it's too late but the fire chief appeals for calm in the middle of the fire season everyone here is a volunteer. at the mine and all arkansas is we have a lot of top people we have

a lot of to me to people. and when i just get through at this stage i get through the faults that we have and that we have to have to be taking on more for kyle and david took refuge in the local post office which they also run power still comes from a generator. kyle has adopted 3 kangaroo babies alys mother succumb to the flames well he washes out milk bottles tells us that many villagers here are angry with the australian prime minister and his crisis management he's not still not thinking about us he had throughout town. only broady is he is medicaid he didn't bring any help he didn't bring food you know i. was there even offered books people water it was just his i need to wing it to cover him so. many australians have donated necessities clothing and pillows are piled up in the local community hall

sarah cowling and her 4 daughters are looking for a new shoes. their house burnt to a cinder. they had just. got to mark emmert the lost their homes as well so the whole community as a whole is lost something so it's good see everybody working together and as a community would do it well. for ben together and everyone will help each other and we will move forward as a community. some do not even have insurance but the people of cargo are trying to make do with what they have left meanwhile the blazes burn on in other parts of australia. now it's a rather small of the stories making news around the world the pentagon has accused russia navy of aggressive actions in the north arabian sea near the persian gulf after one of its ships appeared to ignore my collision law is u.s. navy video is said to show the russian craft coming extremely close so moscow says

the u.s. vessel across its ships. i mean year old boy was shot dead a gym teacher of wounded 5 pupils at a school in northern mexico before turning the weapon on him self with orses say the boy was on 2 guns when he opened fire in the city of tottenham. germany's green party is marking its 40th anniversary i may have a lot to celebrate what began as a protest movement has now become part of the country's political mainstream recent opinion polls show the party is germany 2nd strongest political force. a birthday party with a german president 40 years ago this would have been unthinkable now frank. is there to honor the former rebels. going on doesn't offend the greens have

changed the country and the country has changed the greenside germany has become more open and verse more humane and more than the last 40. the greens were an exotic creation in the conservative germany of 1980 environmentalist and animal rights activists peaceniks and feminists the slogan strident anti nuclear propane east and pro women. just 3 years later and the greens had a presence in parliament their culture worlds apart from the other parties. fischer the 1st green environment minister in the state of hess a took office wearing trainers the greens were a provocative force in parliament where they would needle the established parties but the greens caught the spirit of the. nearly 20 years after their foundation they entered the federal government for the 1st time in coalition with the social democrats fischer as foreign minister backed the involvement of german troops in

the war in kosovo a controversial move for the pacifist greens and he was pelted at the party conference the party went along with him with some reluctance. the greens dreams came true when germany decided to phase out nuclear power and in 2011 another breakthrough. the greens ousted the christian democrats in the deeply conservative state of. the clutch man becoming the 1st green state premier. of the current leadership is popular and even the green chancellor no longer seems inconceivable. yes and she cannot think of course society has also changed us and i think that's a good thing because anything else would mean a standstill on the door it's in the fridays for a future climate movement has also given the greens

a boost its name the party that once seen exotic is now part of the mainstream you know it is the south of the sport on the international olympic committee has issued new guidelines that will ban a lead from leaving in protest or making any kind of political statement at this year's games in tokyo the committee says anyone who breaks the new rules will face disciplinary action but after that support groups say silencing participants should never be tolerated. over 50 years ago american sprinters tommie smith and john carlos famously did the black power salute at the olympic games in 1968 bringing attention to the then plight of african-americans in the u.s. in recent years there has been a rise in political activism by athletes most notably call them kapur nick and megan rapinoe last august 2 u.s. athletes were placed on probation for 12 months for ensign ants at the pan american games in peru considered by some to be a warning ahead of the tokyo olympics international olympic committee president

thomas bach said previous protests had no effect and the mission of the olympic games is to unite and not to divide box cautioned athletes any kind of boycott for whatever reason is against the submission of the olympic games and i asked them to respect these neutrality or the olympic games and by you know. their state for. political purposes potential violations of the new guidelines according to the i.o.c. would be evaluated by the athletes national olympic committee and the respective international sport federation disciplinary action will be taken on a case by case basis athletes however will be free to express themselves during interviews and on platforms like twitter and instagram some athlete groups have

criticized the new rules calling it a violation of human rights and a double standard they point to the i.o.c. president jacques support of a joint north and south korean team at the 2018 winter olympics as an example of pushing politics at the games amid rising political tensions ruled why will athletes abide by the new policy set by the i.o.c. we'll have our answer when the games start in. tokyo on the 24th of july. as get more obvious from other movie from d.w. sports are welcome so why has the i.o.c. sent these new guidelines well the i.o.c. has as long as outlawed political protest at the games under the rule 50 of the olympic charter and basically what it all comes down to is this kind of juggling act that the i.o.c. is doing with having all the countries of the world come together one event that of course is going to involve countries that have especially paul relations at times

and of course they don't want to become the forum for disagreements and potential conflicts or need to look at what's going on in the usa in iran at the moment of course with those rising tensions the i.o.c. does not want the olympics so you have become the forum for those kind of conflicts but it also comes down to the backlash that's often associated with these kind of political protests the backlash is that can involve you know responses dropping out people stopping watching and of course a lot of comes back to lower income and that is also very important rules is very money so important so where is this likely to stop awfully from taking a stand i think it might make some athletes think twice about what they're about to do but ultimately i think they've always faced consequences for standing up for what they believe in whether it's in terms of their ability to compete whether they get banned or dropped from a team whether it's financial they lose sponsors and what have you or whether it's just alienating a portion of their fan base that doesn't agree with them and so i think ultimately if a if an athlete believes strongly enough in something i don't see these guidelines stopping the nearly so morally loaded question that is the i.o.c.

right to say the olympics should be politically neutral this very much divides opinion if you go into any political post made by an athlete on social media on instagram and twitter or what have you you'll see a lot of people responding just saying stick to sports i don't think that's really possible i think athletes ultimately are people and people often are political and that means you're never going to be able to rule out completely telling some athletes that they're not allowed to party. and stand up for their beliefs is like telling them not to breathe and talking about himself has said that you know the olympics is the only show that brings everybody together but that of course is what makes it such a big platform for these athletes to get their views across all of them really for you. now here's a reminder 5 top story u.s. secretary of state's mike compile and treasury secretary stephen minucci unveiled a new sanctions against iran steel industry and the game senior officials on base not in the country songes all the result stuff i'm thinking to iran's missile

attack on basis of housing the us troops in iraq. state of an interim valid i'll be back in just moments to take you through the day i'm going to . the front.

what secrets lie behind us was. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage 360 get the maps now. i'm not laughing at the germans well i guess sometimes i am. but less than nothing with the budget and i think deep into the german culture. nudity will take this drama down to the east coast it's all about who care enough time rachel to join me to meet the captivity of the host. in the height of climate change. for cosmic.

what's in store. for their future in the. context for to make a serious trouble to get inside. culture. here i am. sick closest place to hang his missing limbs in standing key an. entrance to the camp. all trains came in more even than people from new. niceties and keeping more of the reports from near you. i will see all story. because i'm bored. must. start january 27th on d w. the

ongoing conflicts between the united states time to run took another twist today western intelligence agencies suggested that the ukrainian passenger jet that crashed near the iranian capital had been shot down perhaps accidentally by an iranian missile iran says that is definitely not true but let's wait for the investigation so who can we believe i'm filled in and.