this is d.w. news live from berlin grief turns to outrage in iran after the military admits it was behind the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet protesters chant anti-government slogans and denounce officials as liars for initially denying shooting down a plane on wednesday 176 people were killed also coming up taiwan reelected president and delivers a blow to beijing site you want 1000 to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of growing efforts by china to bring the self-willed island under its control.

i'm married to evanston welcome to the program. angry protests have erupted in iran after the government at mid its forces accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane killing $176.00 people in tehran thousands of demonstrators many of them students denounce the government for initially denying it was behind the disaster protesters say changes are needed to address people's grief and frustration i down with the lawyers whom i'm a 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 air. tempers boiled after days of denial.

that it is a peaceful protest we want to show that we disagree with what has happened in the past few days. because if the things that support the. people are tired of this we can't handle this anymore. in the morning the head of the force of the brave aleutian re god admitted in a live press conference what could no longer be kept secret he's troops would win stay because of the war like atmosphere. and 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 its mobile phone videos on the internet showed the launch of the anti aircraft missile runs late is admitted the mistake supreme leader who money 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 by this candles the light for the victims in tehran many of the mourners my field apologies will not be enough. i'm joined now by abbas milani he is the director of iranian studies at the hoover institution at stanford university professor milani thank you for joining our program now just how significant are these protests underway in tehran and are they any different from previous ones. i think they are different than the previous those stray sions the previous those sessions 2 months ago were sent to the dispossess well the poor marginalized these are the elites of the iranian society they are going to that. many of the iranians in.

the recent. airplane and they're objecting to the fact that the iranian regime lied about its complicity try to hide it and has since been absolute big to have a deer in the street and. people who are mulling course the loved ones well right after the united states assassinated iran's top general civil money there were wise fred anti american protests there was an outpouring of nationalist pride and now it's just a few days later we're seeing these protests against the iranian regime professor what do you make of this shift. i'm not very surprised because i think people are wise people they were trying to show the world that they don't want war that their agents the fact that the united states to arm itself to assassinate

the 2nd most powerful person in iran but at the same turn against this regime for its corruption incompetence and for the way treats iranian people but the fact that they've now are for the fact that they try to hide the complicity in in this truly remarkable. event and the 2 are contradictory but at the same sound or at the same complex iranian response to a very complicated situation and they have an iran today. well we have seen the iranian revolutionary guards actually issue an apology to the nation and they say they take full responsibility for the accidental downing of the plane i mean this is quiet and unprecedented gesture don't you think. yes and not yes in

a sense that they have finally accepted the responsibility. but. if you look at the social media because people are angry that the only accepted this because there were canadian german swedish. citizens in this tragedy hadn't been all iraq there is every indication that the regime would have continued its effort to cover up if you look at the 1st 3 days this regime will not only its way to cover this up it will out of its way to luck we'll read the reports that have just come out from the ukrainian officials the regime try as the ukrainian team arrives in iraq to learn about every aspect of this these things are known in iran and to make the iranian people. professor abbas

milani we thank you very much indeed for being on our program while the aircraft shot down by iran was from ukrainian international airlines and 11 of those killed were citizens of ukraine in the wake of the disaster the country's president vladimir selenski has been speaking to his iranian counterpart her son rouhani in a video statement selenski said he received a full apology from iran for shooting down the aircraft but he also called on tehran to punish those responsible and repatriate the bodies of those killed as soon as possible. or 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 sense 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 it also should be said that the ukrainians are also waiting for a confession or clarification about what happened to the mh 17 malaysian airlines that was shot 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 minus 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 it. today is david stern reporting from kiev we appreciate it let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world a stray in prime minister scott morrison has admitted shortcomings in his handling of the bushfire crisis in his country morrison also said he's proposing a 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. robert that has been elected to become multiplies new prime minister and he replaces outgoing prime minister joseph mo scott who resigned over his government's response of the murder of an investigative journalist and public outrage over accusations of

a government cover of. 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 you want a message of defiance against beijing earned 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 to mock receive and our sovereign rights. i hope this election result sends china a clear message i. don't miss. her supporters were ecstatic. and 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. to its. size main opponent national party candidate han q you campaigned on resetting ties with china to boost taiwan's economy but that message failed to resonate with many voters. size government faces several challenges going forward beijing is likely to increase its efforts to isolate taiwan hoping to bring it back under chinese control. well this week the silm frozen 2 officially

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ago the village only got about 100 visitors a day last year it got 10000 a day outnumbering the locals 13 to one we. come here to make a dream come true because he's so beautiful to move to food you can't even walk through the village anymore you get pushed out and biking is really dangerous is it he could feel it off and now with disney fans adding to the mix the town's mayor says they've got enough tourists already thank you start is trying to put a cap on the number of visitors who journey here from around the globe. in frozen to elsa is on a journey of her own called by spirits to the dark sea that lies beyond her kingdom into the unknown. travellers in search of dell may not find beyond their own many tourists and start

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