more on. this in a w. news live from berlin iran admits to shooting down and ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday state t.v. says the aircraft was brought down by accident after it flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed we'll have the latest from tehran also coming up the mystery surrounding why the passenger plane came down the wrong life be it resolved but the shock and grief felt by people who lost someone remains high and shared by different countries such as canada and iran to launch them those

citizens plus. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us we begin with breaking news this morning iran has announced that its military on intentionally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet killing all 176 people on board tehran says it was a case of human error western countries based on evidence including this mobile phone footage had been saying they thought an iranian missile brought down the plane well after initial denials iran's military now says the people responsible will be court marshaled. well meanwhile iran's foreign minister zarif tweeted a sad day preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces human error at

a time of crisis caused by us adventurism lead to disaster our profound regrets apologies and condolences to our people to the families of all the victims and to other affected nations and iranian president hassan rouhani tweeted the islamic republic of iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake my thoughts and prayers go to all of the mourning families i offer my sincere is condolences. for the latest from tehran we're joined now by journalist raise costs day and raise a good morning to you what more can you tell us about the statement that was issued by iran's military. well this morning the. orses released a statement by nearly meeting to shooting down the ukrainian passenger plane and offered apology sympathy to only found least of the victims they remain here nation

as below the other countries involved in the tragic incident it said that the passenger plane was flying near a sensitive on your g.c. believe 3 sides and it was a very critical sensitive time following the cc's missile attacks on you was basically you are. used of all american military. aircraft flying over the region and it was high all the. human error caused the air to mistake the passenger plane you with their. trash. well in the 1st few days following the crash to rein in officials ruled out a military strike as being behind it razor why do you think they chose to admit to

this now. well pressure of the public opinion of the bar and on trees all the social media with the live no other choice for the contrie to meet it must of meet the if that happens. in the statement the armed forces said immediately after the incident or it bore it to meet to probe into the incident. include the government. or in the investigation committee so somehow it exonerated the government i've heard from my colleagues and sources that the government was not that. the shoot out yesterday friday. no mother how the other government was informed or not it is embarrassing incident for

the contrary. their anger among the nation all right phrase that cutter said journalist from tehran we thank you so very much for that update. all right let's get some analysis on all of this and for that i'm joined in the studio by raphael bill song he's a security policy expert with the german institute for international and security affairs hello to you rafael so now that iran has admitted to downing the plane what are the consequences i mean this may sound a little bit strange but could something possibly good come out of this could this be a moment for tensions to deescalate could we even possibly see iran and the united states reengaging in the wake of this well i don't think it will have an impact on the american iranian relations and i think it is a stretch to say this can be turned into

a constructive direction however i think we can see that the iranian government is trying to maintain a line of deescalation i mean the real question is of course what happens with the atomic greenland and the further sort of diplomatic discussions with europe and also other partners like russia but within this bigger picture this is just maybe a sign that we're trying to keep your discussions open and not shutting down the trust trying to pretend that everything is fine and we're just doing what we can to keep control i mean the i mean the iranian regime well we heard from our correspondent in tehran who is saying that public opinion within iran itself there's a lot of anger being expressed against the military following this admission do you expect any serious internal of repercussions in the iran in the wake of this that's very hard to say but yes of course the regime is the only under external pressure

but also very much under an internal pressure i mean very recently last autumn and winter there were severe protests which were sort of pushed back only by military force and yes people may be scared to go out in the streets again but the anger hasn't gone away and of course the regime also knows that it cannot just rule by force. so yes there were raining victims among the shutdown plane and so in that sense the government has to respond and cannot just pretend it's the americans what kind of response is likely what do you think might satisfy the public well then again this is an internal matter but they said they would punish the people responsible possibly it could be finding some you know someone to blame and i don't know what punishment will be meted out. probably not much more than not but in general as this had a beginning i think it's a sign that the government tries to listen at least they're trying to show with arabs and but whether that's going to be enough for people within the country i

strongly doubt that all right will we thought perhaps this is iran's effort to show more openness but could it backfire i mean the united states has announced fresh sanctions on iran could we see the country becoming more isolated because of this well we're right in the middle of it i mean really hinges on the other international actors to see whether you know they have continued to offer a raise in iran alternatives to the u.s. i mean the talks for months already about providing aid and credit potentially as a compensation for u.s. sanctions but so far this hasn't read materialized and this is really the more important the bigger question whether this will be actually coming to practice to make up for the u.s. pressure or whether in the end europeans will say well rather side with the u.s. and of course within europe there is no real agreement or has already said he

wouldn't want to support this kind of line which now france and of course german to some extent are following so within this big picture of the plane i don't think will change that much rafał both song we thank you very much indeed for your insights. well among those killed in the ukrainian airliner disaster in tehran were $57.00 canadians many of them were highly qualified iranian canadians who held academic teaching and research posts at universities across canada the tragedy has led to an outpouring of grief for the victims. this tragedy has hit an immigrant community hard many of the victims of wednesday's plane crash you know on are dear to the hearts of many here in canada the majority which is ronnie and or giuliani canadian citizens returning home from holidays in iran. to scrape by accident from a ship to go see his mother on the old days. you know i swear i don't

know if you're greeted by a group we know who is almost we're going to. destroy you. their brother. so the family. should right. the effect of the crash is being felt across regions and professions in canada at least 17 universities have confirmed they lost staff or students. since the us hot and its policy towards iran the number of iranian students in canada has more than doubled. knowledge about what caused the crash is unlikely to ease the grief of those close to the victims. let's get a quick check now some of the other stories making news around the world polls have opened in taiwan's presidential elections incumbent citing one hopes to win a 2nd term in office during the campaign she called the election

a chance to protect taiwan's democracy opposition candidates want more time with the island's neighbor china. while in china one person has died after contracting a new virus a 61 year old man called the infection in the chinese city of new han nearly 60 people have fallen ill with the previously unknown ronal like a virus health authorities say it's a new type of corona virus that means a further research. weather conditions in australia have eased slightly giving firefighters the opportunity to push back some of the raging wildfires authorities say a drop in temperatures and some rainfall are predicted over the next week at least 26 people have died in the fires and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed many residents say the country needs to do more to bolster the country's firefighters.

burnt 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. como's or 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 a hero and you could just hear the rumbling the roar of it was it would have been it's the sound of never forget it's 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 australia we weren't equipped. for a 14 year trough we should have had we should be spending money you know from nasa should be some thoughts we should be. because he says. 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 moment all arkansas is we have a lot of top people we have a lot of to major people. and we we need to just get through at this stage get through the faults that we know 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 came through our town only broady is his mighty k.

he didn't bring any help he didn't bring food you know i. would have even offered books people water it was just his i need to wing it covering 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 new shoes. their house burnt to a cinder and in time they have just. got them to mark i'm at a loss their highnesses well so on the whole community as a whole is lost something such could see everybody working together and as a community will do it will cool band together and everyone will help each other and will move forward as a community. some do not even have insurance but the people of cobar go are trying to make do with what they have left meanwhile the blazes burned on in other parts of australia. a reminder of our top story iran has admitted to shooting down

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