just. refused to. play. this is d.w. news live from berlin greece turns to outrage in iran after the military admits it was behind the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet protesters chants anti-government slogans and denounce officials as liars for initially denying shooting down the plane on wednesday 176 people were killed also coming out taiwan reelect its president and delivers a blow to beijing saeed longboat vows to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of

growing efforts by china to bring the self rule to island under its control. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. thousands of angry protesters have taken to the streets in tehran after the announcement that iran was to blame for the downing of the ukrainian passenger plane all 176 people died the majority of them iranians the government had previously denied any involvement protesters say changes are needed to address people's grief and frustration. down with the liars who many must step down the words of angry students gathered in front of the polytechnic university in tehran when they heard the news that it was

the iranian military who shot down the ukrainian airliner tempus boiled after days of denial. she is here tells them it is a peaceful protest we want to show that we disagree with what has happened in the past few days. because of the things that support and all the others thought people are tired of this we can't handle this anymore. in the morning the head of the a force of the brave aleutian raghad admitted in a live press conference what could no longer be kept secret. he's troops would taints on wednesday because of the war like atmosphere. an anti-aircraft officer thought the object displayed to him was an american cruise missile unfortunately he made a hasty decision and a tragic accident followed. mobile phone videos on the internet showed the launch of the anti aircraft missile runs late is admitted the mistake supreme leader

khamenei apologized to relatives of the victims and president rouhani and foreign minister said eve announced punishment of those responsible and compensations for the families affected but as candles laid for the victims in tehran many of the mourners may feel apologies will not be enough. to use iran expert terry setup i talked to us earlier about the situation in tehran and here's what she had to say about the protests. grief felt by many iranians turned into anger quite quickly both abroad and within the country itself we're seeing a lot of responses on social media where people of blaming the revolutionary guards for the tragedy they're asking why they did not declare a no fly zone while they knew that the confrontation with the united states would get worse they're asking what took them so long to acknowledge their fault and also demanding consequences some even calling for the resignation of the supreme leader of course and that's something security forces within the islamic republic usually

cannot tolerate so. also hearing reports of internet connection getting worse in some parts of the country so that could indicate that the islamic republic is trying to shut down social media again just like it did during the last wave of protests to silence its critics the problem apparently was that it took a long time until everybody within the islamic republic knew what had actually happened because you have to see that it was not in iran's military shot down that plane but the revolutionary guards that's a powerful organization designed to protect the public political system and they said when they noticed that they had made a mistake they decided not to go public but had an investigation 1st and from what we year the country's president and even the supreme leader only learned about all the bad data and that it was then and then within decided to go public with it. it was a traveler speaking earlier while the aircraft shot down by iran was from ukraine

international airlines and 11 of those killed were a ukrainian citizens in the wake of the disaster ukraine's president vladimir selenski has been speaking to his the very name counterpart hasn't rouhani in a video statement zelenka selenski said he received a full apology from iran for shooting down the aircraft he also called on tehran to punish those responsible and repatriate the bodies of those killed as soon as possible. well for more from kiev let's bring in correspondent david stern hello to you david so now that iran has admitted to accidentally shooting down the ukrainian plane president selenski says iran must pay compensation why is he insisting on this point well the president didn't go into details about that he did this was one of many points and should be said towards the end he emphasized that the lives of ukrainians are

the most important thing in this cannot be returned but it also should be said that this is fairly common practice we saw this with the shooting down of the iranian airliner by the by the u.s. battleship in sends the iranians demanded compensation the they were paid we also had a compensation paid for the victims of lockerbie so it's a question i guess that is fairly common within the international community and also should be said that the ukrainians are also waiting for a confession or clarification about what happened to the end the 17 malaysian airlines that we shot it down over their own territory dutch investigators have have said that this was caused by a missile that was brought in by russia and they have and they have indicted 3 russians and ukrainian for shooting it down this is not also this is not been clarified completely so this is also on the ukrainians minds well as part of the

investigation into the disaster in tehran there are now $45.00 ukrainian investigators on the ground david what role are they playing. well it also should be said that the the story is not over for the ukrainians as you said there are 45 investigators are from a number of different. government groups that have gone down there and they also part of the ukrainians want to find out all the details in fact it should be said that they have opened up their own criminal investigation here because ukrainians were killed and they and there have been and there may be charges the president in his speech and said that anybody everybody who is guilty or that the guilty will be punished and also it should be said that his his speech or his video address emphasize that he was he would protect ukrainians were ever they find themselves in the world he said in any corner of the world so this is obviously something that

the president has as has promised the ukrainian people and he seems to be trying to follow through on. today is david stern reporting from kiev we appreciate it let's get a check now some of the other stories making news around the world australian prime minister scott morrison has admitted shortcomings in his handling of the bushfire crisis in his country and morrison also said he's proposing and national review into the government's response 3 months of blazes have killed at least $27.00 people and scorched an area the size of south korea. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in bilbao in spain's basque region there demanding the return of prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group. government policy has been to disperse these prisoners to various locations across the country the demonstrators want them transferred to jails closer to home. a spanish rescue ship

says it's rescued $72.00 migrants who'd run into difficulty in the mediterranean the small boat found off the coast of libya was carrying several pregnant women and young children every year tens of thousands of people attempt the perilous journey to reach europe. taiwan's pro independence president has been reelected by a landslide margin side won 57 percent of the vote showing strong support for her tough stance against china which does not recognize taiwanese independence and insists the island is still part of china. savoring her victory. message of defiance against beijing on her a lopsided win and her acceptance speech she warned china the taiwan would not be influenced by threats. the people of taiwan reject

a one country 2 systems model we respect tomography and our sovereign rights. i hope this election result sends china a clear message i. don't. see her supporters were ecstatic. i. am very happy with the result today because we have made it known to china that top one is not to be bullied. yeah they would tell you all. ever since i was small i was taught by my father that taiwan is a country for 21 years so at this moment i feel very moved to see so many taiwanese agreeing that taiwan has its own sovereignty democracy and freedom. size main opponent national party candidate han cio you campaigned on resetting ties with china to boost taiwan's economy but that message failed to resonate with

many voters. saw his government faces several challenges going forward beijing is likely to increase its efforts to isolate taiwan hoping to bring it back under chinese control. 10 years ago haiti was hit by a massive earthquake that leveled much of the capital port of homes an estimated 200000 people were killed and another one and a half 1000000 were left homeless didn't have visited a school that was devastated and we see how the country is coping 10 years on. haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere politically unstable and virtually bankrupt a nation torn apart by violence and battling for survival 10 years on from the devastating earthquake we visit an aid project in the capital port au prince we talked to aid workers and some of the nuns running a new school they will never forget the horror of the earthquake which struck on

january 12th 2010 their school which once stood here was totally destroyed more than 100 pupils teachers and nuns were killed sisters israel was one of the lucky survivors. sure i was trash and he's the rubble and i was afraid i would die. if i just focused on trying to keep breathing he's. just there was buried for 2 days without food or water but managed to cling on most of the others died. the 10th anniversary of the disaster brings back painful memories. yes. this is some of the nuns died they just had no chance in the earthquake. these are some of the children who were pulled dead from the rubble. after the

school roof collapsed and fell on them. yes we had to bury them straight away. and there was no way of refrigerating their bodies. the old school is no longer there the new school is like a shining beacon in the midst of overwhelming poverty rebuilt with the help of donations from germany. 17000000 euros have been invested here and the school has nearly 1300 pupils. students aged 3 to 20 have a chance to build a future for themselves. at least for a few hours the children can leave behind the brutal reality of life in haiti here they're safe and have enough to eat which is often not the case at home many of

haiti's population of 11000000 have to get by on less than a dollar a day aid workers say more and more people are going hungry sister marie makes regular visits to pupils and their families in the poorer areas. comforting words keep hopes and dreams alive for children like little. i want to be a doctor. because doctors look after poor and sick people to put. haiti is a broken land sliding deeper into a destructive spiral of poverty violence and political crisis. society the opposition and business leaders are calling for change people have been demonstrating for months but there's no sign of any solution. and before we go

a quick reminder of our top story. police in tehran have dispersed hundreds of students shouting anti-government slogans at the polytechnic university the protests erupted after the iranian government admitted to shooting down a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday killing all 176 people on board. up to date now an. american evan stand for me and the entire news team thanks for watching. elaine. in the art of climate change. clothes from their suv just. go to school. one day years do they have their future. d.w. dot com thanks for coming to serve the american people. click culture.