this is deja vu news live from for alleged tensions mounting in iran as protests the up for a 2nd day now over the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet liner demonstrators accusing the regime of covering up its role also coming up. on alert in the philippines a volcano near manila appears to be on the verge of a major oxidants dealing gas and lava right now thousands of them forced to flee more from our correspondent.

brian thomas great to have you with us today protests have erupted for a 2nd day now in iran after the government admitted it accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet liner killing all 176 people on board now demonstrators have criticize the government for initially denying it was behind the disaster in tehran security forces have used tear gas to disperse the protesters there but police are denying the accusations that they used live ammunition against the demonstrators. shouting and chaos as onlookers helped people shot and bleeding on the streets of tehran this video was taken near the square where crowds had gathered outraged at the cover up after iran shot down a ukrainian passenger plane. video shows 2. gas being fired into the crowd.

they just leaving a trail of blood as they flee. in signs of increasing defiance images of iran's heroes are being desecrated ordinary iranians are speaking critically about the crash that even talking about it makes my heart beat faster and makes me sad that i feel ashamed when i think about their families i'm so sad to. see. this on the foreign media try to describe it as a technical problem because of their interests and political and international reasons but later development changed the game and they had to tell the truth or. pro-government newspapers are also voicing their disappointment and printing lists of the names of the victims shame reads this headline in farsi and un forgivable just days earlier the iranian regime had been celebrating its missile attacks on

iraqi air bases housing u.s. forces. now that narrative is also changing the commander of the revolutionary guards telling the country's parliament that they had purposely avoided killing american troops earlier state media had falsely claimed they'd killed 80 in further signs of cooling tensions iran's top officials met with the emir of neighboring kitzhaber a u.s. ally both sides agreed that deescalation was the only way forward. a skin else us now with professor assault on barakat is the director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute thanks so much for coming in this morning can you tell us what kind of challenges those 2 days now of running protests present for the regime in tehran. well i think it's a clear signal to the region that people have had enough of this continuous status

off revolution maybe it is now time to to. show down and reflect on the original purpose of the revolution from 97 time on. in this cannot continue in in a state of flux for decades to come very direct of the revolution was to create a new iran that iran has got to belong to the world order in some way and i think people inside iran feel as much as those who are outside iran for to be in the neighboring countries that there is no real reason to have those kind of you know to fly during her and you know when you talk about you know other countries in the region more broadly speaking the the emir of qatar has had talks with iran's leaders that was there was yesterday and sunday can you tell us how significant was that visit i think is very important could potentially

play out really important role in diffusing the tension between not only the arab states and iran but more importantly between the united states and iran qatar as you know. has enjoyed a good relationship with all sides it follows a policy of noninterference with its neighbors affairs and has managed to gain the trust of all sides ok and the foreign minister refers to visit immediately after the assassination also they money and i think that has bait their way to a full withdrawal in bringing the 2 site schools ok do you think it could pave the way for talks with the u.s. the u.s. defense secretary marc esper says that president trump is willing to hold talks with iran. yes well i think it would and it is clear that both sides do not see escalation the gender of the sort of detroit chats

retaliation britain's happened over the last week shows that neither iran nor the united states would like to see a full scale war they have been doing actions that are very carefully calculated they've taken time to reflect they have not responded in a keynote in kneejerk reaction and so on which indicates that most guys do not wish to have war and then the alternative is to talk and for them to talk i think as mrs eddy put it on the any days of this crisis their real issue for them is the nuclear deal and the lifting or the sanctions or the comics or actions of iran ok i think it's all of the talking we're talking about sanctions for example could be a way forward but tween the u.s. and iran we have to leave it there professor baraka thanks so much for coming in

for us this morning. thank you very much let's get your brief down some of the other stories making news now many of the victims on that plane and around were from canada mourners across the country have been paying tribute to the victims at a vigil edmonton prime minister joe said he would pursue justice and accountability for the victims' families $57.00 canadians many of the reigning dissent were killed in that crime. and they share the government says heavily armed jihad as have stormed an old terry base killing 89 soldiers the attack was launched near the volatile border with mali in december 71 soldiers from the chair were killed in the same region that attack was claimed by so-called islamic state. britain's prince harry is due to attend a crisis meeting with the queen and senior members of the royal family over his shock decision to step back as a senior royal on the agenda will be how much money he and his wife megan will

still receives their royal titles and what commercial deals they can strike. authorities in the philippines are warning that a volcano near the capital could be on the verge of a dangerous eruption the tall volcano about 60 kilometers south of manila began spewing ash and lava on sunday the city's international airport was closed thousands of people a flood. a warning shot from tower volcano as it spews a column of ash and steam into the sky the ash plume generating enough static electricity to produce volcanic lightning. although one of the philippines most active volcanoes it last erupted more than 40 years ago now experts say an eruption affecting a larger area could be just hours away the ash and steam have prompted thousands of people living in towns close to the volcano to follow evacuation orders.

or more was all the hour when the volcano started blasting steam we ran away up here the road was crowded ticket with cash and pebbles were falling from the sky. yeah but i don't know what the ash fell as far away as the capital manila some 60 kilometers north of manila airport authorities grounded all air traffic affecting dozens of domestic and international flights. in the standoff with the forces. on the top you will. as travelers wait so do the people of the philippines to see what else tile volcano may have in store. ok let's get the very latest on this now a deed of use on a song toast in our gateshead a which is close to the all canada day to ana can you tell us what's happening

where you are right now. i'm about 6 miles away from the volcano which you'll see behind me and since we've been here the last couple of hours we've seen the volcano continuously spew out clouds of volcanic ash and the clouds have been turning from white to great to sometimes black the authorities have raised the alert level to 4 out of a 5 point scale so they're warning of a volcanic eruption within hours or days so that can mean possible volcanic eruptions that's a result of you know eruptions that come into contact with water around the volcano causing flooding into certain areas so right now to our volcano it's really under watch and it can be very much like into a pressure cooker that can explode at any time or people in manila which is very close by of course dealing with this or are some people leaving the capital. of the

gulf. no there aren't many people leaving the capital of manila. as a precaution on the contrary of people were advised to stay indoors while the volcanic ash could be felt all the way from the guy tie or here into a volcano which is about 40 miles away in this part where there have been forced evacuations since yesterday and about 8000 people have been moved to evacuation centers or safer ground i talked to some fruit vendor is here earlier and they are very much worried about their crops you know the volcanic ash has coated large swaths of pineapple fields in just great doest and they were wishing for rain because at least that would wash away the volcanic ash but then at the same time they weren't sure if that would be enough to clean the fruit because the ash contains sulfur also interesting lee enough where it is

a popular weekend destination for many people who want to get away from the city and the activity from tall hasn't stopped people from coming here i'm at a restaurant view deck and all around me there were people taking selfies in front of the volcano and i spoke to a couple earlier today they came from a neighboring town to spend their husband's birthday here so it hasn't deterred people from coming here they said it was yes scary to see this kind of but also terrifyingly beautiful to see what nature is capable of. the guards are close to the ball you know when the full. force of the former head of track and field governing body goes on trial today on a number of corruption charges. was once one of the most influential figures in sports but french prosecutors say that in his role leading the international association of athletics federations the senegal native took massive broad's. test

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force a 2nd set tie break but shock of it would not be denied until the final to a decisive doubles match. the serbian opted to play in the doubles despite his weary limbs but no doubt. it prove costly as djokovic in a big to try it ski dominated. they sealed a 6364 win over pavlo cup in your post and feliciano lopez. new title means a lot to joke of it. remember this experience for the rest of my life is. the nicest. tennis size now turn to melbourne for the a stallion open grand slam starting later this month. get your modern our top story protests around for a 2nd for the government's initial denial that has shot down the ukrainian.

security forces of course of the. protesters after a video emerged showing a woman who appeared for the sauce on the leg. is live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being here we'll have more at the top of the hour. it's all happening. to link to news from africa. your link to exception the stories and discussions between you and welcome steve davies basically in program tonight from sunny jim he sees the tower with safety deputed africa join us on facebook w.