this is v.w. news wire from berlin tonight a royal wait and see britain's queen elizabeth agrees to a transition period for prince harry and his wife meggan that means the couple will be allowed to live part time in canada but the monarch says more work must be done but the decision to step back as a senior voyles raises complex issues that will affect the future of the house of windsor also coming out of a violent crackdown against protesters in iran police fired tear gas and people are wounded as demonstrations in 2 are 3rd day and that's as iranians accuse the

government trying to cover up its role in the accident of a ukrainian passenger jet plus a volcano in the philippines on the verge of a major rupture of the to iowa volcano near the capital manila is spewing gas and waldo forcing thousands to flee to safety and joker a dark look at a comic book villain leaves the oscar nominations with a love and nods including best picture have a look at that and some of the other films on this year's short list. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world well tonight a royal crisis meeting ending with a declaration of support to britain's queen elizabeth has

a. reed to grant prince harry and his wife meghan their wish for a more independent life in a statement following talks at her sandringham estate the queen said that the couple will embark on a transition period dividing their time between britain and canada but the issues arising from their shocking els meant that they are stepping back as senior royals well those issues remain unresolved tonight as the queen says final decisions about their future will be made in the coming days it looks like harry and meghan are going to get what they want it britain's longest reigning monarch seems to be giving in. after some challenging days for the royal family the queen has announced she will support the couple's wish for a more independent life. a life between canada and great britain between financial independence and still supporting the queen. that comes after the sussex this quarter the world by surprise by announcing a one tough way out of the royal fern but why do they want to go their own way when

most royals stick to the playbook room most of the rift within the family has been circulating for some time. right from the beginning harry and meghan's relationship cost a whirlwind with attention from the media at times reaching a fever pitch the painful reminder for harry who lost his mother princess diana in a car accident as she was pursued by proper razzi he made it clear that he was worried for meghan's safety. more than once harry spoke out publicly against the media says it was no surprise when the couple chose to give away a few details when their son archie was born last may. and only last autumn harry and meghan made death feelings known again when they revealed publicly that they felt bullied by the press. whether the press played a part in them looking for a different life is unclear but asked the sussex this now partly go their own way

for the queen this might be the right moment to reinvent the royal firm. for more on this now we want to cross over to london and talk with royal correspondent the tory of murphy she has been following this story for is going to continue victoria so queen elizabeth she issued this statement after this emergency family meeting did harry and megan did they get what they wanted. i mean that yes well extraordinary personal statement released after an extraordinary meeting a royal family convening to work out what harry imagines future elves could say there's always the following them posting their correct credit surely last week. what they hope will happen what they want their own state is i know you need signed off by the rest of the family and that became very clear that they they see themselves having this kind of heart white house in that time between the u.k. in canada asked times doing royal duties and trying to operate autonomously how at

last the queen has reiterated in her statement this evening this is very complex than it just takes a crack to put in place to make this possible if it indeed even is possible hosley house going to take time and i think significantly in the statement she called them harry and that is not that you can get to sussex it's very personal way on the fairing to do that and and she also said that it's going to be a transition period so we are going to say this dragging out a plan frankly is the same thing as well a fully her final answer i think if i'm wondering what does this mean for the future of the british royals as an institution doesn't rip up the spoken deal of money in palace use in exchange for full time dedication to the creel. yeah carrying that and want to something completely different to anything that we had seen before that all real challenge is that because of course there is that contract as you say members of the family carry out g.t.s.

and in exchange they get half the expense in rent and that is and they travel well that taxpayers expenses and that is that they should not want any taxpayer funding and that is because they want to be free to do their own thing but there are 2 challenges him the 1st is if it's even possible for them to remove themselves from task a i don't think that's going to be carrying out tools for example that sense impression i sees these are taxpayer funded so how are they going to do that if they can't do that well the public and this isn't going to be continuing with public roads this have to keep the public what are the packages that they finally decide will have except the premise of them being well he was right she's on the stage and i was kind of operating in tight on trying to see using that same to people might argue she has a cake and eat it so these are the questions they need to come to satisfy yeah that is a very good point where i don't think your people around the world will be able to

switch that on and off the way they see harry and meg and could this deal could all for a way perhaps into a smaller more flexible royal family for the future maybe something like we see here on continental europe. fashion is about this testing of any christie chunking that's right thoughtful concession prinsloo they have they don't have to find problems and they can still just as the possibility that if it works it could ease in the future however i think what is most important to emphasize is that the brain is a great day the statement that she so a full time fully i am back and within our family even when and since i will and that we may have and will is another suggestion also say i think that this is made out of different changes in the market this is actually this desperately unhappy and i want to make some change. were of course one of the tory of murphy with the

latest on this royal the women tonight from london it's where you thank you thank you for police in iran have denied firing live ammunition of protesters during a 3rd day of demonstrations across tehran public anger is growing after the government admitted that it did accidentally shoot down a ukrainian passenger jet last week killing all 176 people on board tehran had initially denied military involvement claiming the crunch had been caused by a mechanical defect or testers now accuse the government of a cover up for. the tehran the public and remains close to the surface. due to the dictates of a chant across the city and across the country it's a familiar chorus of protest as the government tries desperately to repair the damage from a perceived coverup of the truth that it mistakenly shot down a ukrainian passenger plane but as to how some of the officials

were even accused of lying and covering up where i was honestly that was not the case. even the statement that i issued on thursday night. it was seen as a lack of honesty but the truth is we did not lie. after taking 2 days to reveal the catastrophic mistake the latest government statement has been greeted by skepticism by ordinary iranians this ongoing our media tried to describe it as a technical problem because of their interests and political and international reasons but later developments changed the game and they had to tell the truth. that even talking about it makes my heart beat faster and makes me. feel ashamed when i think about their families themselves.

on the outskirts of tehran a painstaking task is underway ukrainian experts pulling pots piece by piece from the tangled breakage of the airplane. the forensic process may take a month and includes investigators taking statements from eyewitnesses ukrainian president a lot of new selenski says iran's acknowledgment of its deadly mistake was a step in the right direction at the perpetrators must be held accountable. for more on this no i'm joined by. an international correspondent for the independent news website he's been covering the middle east now for 2 decades it's good to have you on the program the iranian regime has admitted to shooting down that plane and what are the consequences and how is this regime likely to be held accountable.

well i think that it largely depends on how much it will allow itself to be out. i think that there is going to be a demand for it best a geisha is for a sequence of events perhaps demands for names and then there are times when people of the victims of this unnecessary to address and horrific tragedy will need to be recompensed and that will wind its way through various courts are panels cetera both in iran and i imagine outside of the country as well and let's talk about the the protests that we're seeing right now how widespread are these protests and you know it was just a week ago that we were hearing death to america now we're hearing death to the dictator so for male side you have to wonder how dangerous really are these protests then for the regime. i think it underscores the polarization of iranian

society there's different groups with different political interests and motives but i'll also say that it's not necessarily contradictory people could be nationalistic and angry at the united states for taking out. what some perceive as a national hero on the other hand they can also be very angry at their own government for incompetence and utter lack of credibility and accountability when it comes to something so sensitive as air traffic control and security during a time of armed conflict and there is the role of the united states and in scope ability here u.s. president trump has defended his decision to order the killing of the iranian general so low money contending that so money posed an impending threat to the united states but he also says that that was not important given the military leaders history so. how should we view that kind of just about inside

government with some credibility problems at this point that their story keeps changing to us why they target saudi money look donald trump is a president that is almost solely focused on his reelection in 2020 is 100 percent laser sharp focused on domestic issues he wanted to trophy for the elections he's got. now he's got class and sit in my knee these are things that he'll wheel to whip up support among his supporters i don't think frankly he really cares about security in the middle east and i bet yours watching trump and watching the trump show that kind of jibes well he doesn't really care about diplomacy with other countries he doesn't care about anything other than his 2020 reelection at this point all right the other guy with the independent news

websites were there we appreciate your analysis and i thank you thank you. $57.00 of the passengers on board the plane were canadian citizens most of it rainin descent mourners across canada are now paying tribute at one vigil in edmonton prime minister justin trudeau said that it had been gut wrenching to listen to stories from relatives about their loved ones evolve to pursue justice and accountability for the victims' families and friends. show years. or less brief you know and some of the other stories that are making headlines tonight one of the 4 suspects charged in the 2018 murder of slovak journalist young and his fiance has pleaded guilty to murder miroslav march says that he was hired as a contract killer the alleged mastermind a local businessman pleaded not guilty to teac and had been investigating alleged

government corruption his death triggered huge protests and led to the collapse of the government a court in pakistan has overturned the death sentence against former military ruler pervez musharraf it ruled that the special tribunal that found him guilty of treason last year was unconstitutional the treason case is centered on general musharraf the imposition of emergency rule in the country back in 2007 russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says talks between libya's warring factions have made good progress but rebel leader khalifa haftar are has not yet signed a cease fire agreement lavrov says have tar wants to study the deal overnight russia and turkey mediated the indirect talks between have tar and libyan prime minister 5 years alsa raj a truce came into effect on sunday but it has been violated repeated. as well as the burning else failure in state of new south wales awaits some much

needed rainfall operation rock wall will be is under way national park staff have been using helicopters to drop thousands of what you see right there killers of carrots and sweet potatoes into remote areas of the state where the brush held rock wallaby is considered to be in danger another species hit hard by australia's devastating bush fires are koalas at least 25000 are feared to have died since the start of december they've been through hell burns on their noses haunts burnt and smoke inhalation. sam mitchell usually has 15 koalas in his wildlife visitor park on kangaroo island at the moment there are more than 100 and every day there are more than 23 knots a guy there was a lot of 50 percent of the habitat still over mining but then of course those die fawaz or have continued to burn more and more grams. so when they to

collaborate with the government as to whether some will be moved to the mine land however the mine land is also burning as well new arrivals keep coming some fear that 80 to 90 percent of his on the island are dead the wildlife park becomes a veterinary clinic the kitchen suddenly becomes the treatment room. sometimes vets have to put down half of all new patients. or we're trying to do and he's not in that side exact science and it is not easy these decide which of these animals have the best chance which of them have no chance. and send them in the right direction and it really is very difficult. not far from wildlife park miles and miles of scorched earth soldiers roam the area they collect data animals charter small poisoned kangaroos thirds and koalas.

all over we don't have the seas to wall off because i'm on property but also. as part of mental health support and for welfare reasons. and the. population of kangaroo all and i can rapidly return back to normal off the authorities now want to draw up emergency plans for the rescued koalas with their natural habitats burned out they cannot return home without serious risk of starvation. or disease in the philippines or warning that a volcano near the capital could be on the verge of a dangerous eruption the oh oh. about 60 kilometers south of manila begins spewing ash and lava on sunday it sits in a picturesque lake and is one of the most active volcanoes in a region where earthquakes and eruptions are a part of everyday life manila's international airport was temporarily closed tens of thousands have fled while others are refusing to leave their homes and for.

locating lightning shoots up and she huge charged with static electricity it's just the opening act of what could be one of nature's most dramatic shows the volcano blast the rock to more than 40 years ago now a steam gushes above the quakes rumble below expect to see another massive eruption could be just hours away. we were afraid and in panic we were thinking of how we could save our lives. tens of thousands of people living in nearby towns have been evacuated rain mixed with all kind of cash has courted the roads in thick mud making driving treacherous. but it's difficult to get food because we can't use the vehicle since it's muddy and we can't even clean it since there's no water. asha's effect in the capital manila 60

kilometers north face masks are in short supply at the airport hundreds of flights have been canceled while some tourists are trying to leave others are getting up close to the volcano. once in their life experience for. these phenomena. it's very very very unclear if there is. the danger level has now reached level just one not away from a house or disarray in which could affect hundreds of thousands of people living in the volcano's danger zone. and hear more of the other stories that are making headlines this hour the government of newsier says heavily armed jihad is have stormed a military base killing 89 soldiers the attack was launched near the volatile border with mali $71.00 soldiers from news year were killed in the same region back in december that attack was claimed by so-called islamic state retired pope

benedict the 16th has spoken out in defense of celibacy for catholic priests observers say the appeal in a new book is an extraordinary intervention in the clerical affairs of his successor pope francis is considering whether to address a shortage of priests by allowing the ordination of married men. or the nominations for this year's academy awards have been announced in los angeles the dark comic book film drama joker as done particularly well it leads the pack with 11 nominations including best picture here's a look at the films that are now on the short list. joaquin phoenix earned a nomination for best actor with his performance in joker a dark psycho thriller that tells the origin story behind the comic book villain of the same name the film also won nominations for best director best picture and 8

other categories. that part yes i have framed as a jimmy hoffa. the irishman directed by martin scorsese took 10 nominations including best picture best director and best actor. the gangster epic tells the story of a mafia hit man who gets wrapped up in the fate of the legendary teamster boss jimmy hoffa in the 1970 s. with. quentin tarantino's latest production also looks set to collect a few oscars once upon a time in hollywood is set in the summer of 1969 with leonardo di caprio as a washed up actor. and brad pitt as his stunt double 10 nominations for the film include best actor and best supporting actor for the 2 least you have a brother in the 2nd the war epic 917 by sam mendez also bagged 10 nominations it's

filmed as one continuous shot that follows 2 kurdish in from truman who undertake a dangerous mission across the frontlines of a battlefield in northern friends we will do 1600 and. i certainly social satire parasite collected 6 nominations it tells the story of a poor family that insinuates itself into the home of a wealthy family. it's the 1st south korean film to be nominated for best picture at the cannes film festival last year it won the palme d'or which you know. is going to the movies now it's got ross perot from the w. culture good to see you again scott so let's talk about the big winner so. a comic book movie. how did it happen should we be laughing or. should we be worried i don't know it's even a couple years ago to seem ridiculous that a comic book movie would be the oscar front runner. i think what's also interesting

is this is such an incredibly successful film which hasn't been the case in the oscars recently with those looking back at the numbers and the last film to make this much money the box office it was an oscar for what it was like lord of the rings. which i think is actually a great thing for the oscars of actually to feel the most people see that's the the the front runner but the interesting movie i think because you're right it is a comic book movie which is for the most successful genre of our times but if you look a bit deeper at the film it's actually very dark psychological study that owes a lot in the way the story is told to the really classic new hollywood films of the 1970 s. particularly martin scorsese's films it's a lot like taxi driver reminds me a lot of the king of comedy and what i think the director has done with joker is find found a way to combine the sort of superhero genre which is the heart of it everyone wants to go to the movies to see and combine it with this this this really dark cinematic history that's almost been almost disappear from from the movie. and he

managed to combine in such a way that was incredibly successful critically acclaimed and provoked a lot of controversy provoked a lot of discussion which people are saying films don't do anymore so i think it's justified that there is the oscar frontrunner and i'm really interested to see if he can we will go the next step and actually give a comic book movie the best picture. in the short. short list apparently is very short. yeah definitely i mean outrage followed the nominations today as you probably expect because 2 big things. the oscar director nominees no women again this year completely blocked out not uncommon at all actually. i really thought this year they would give director nomination to graphic who directed little women which is a great film and sort of the sort of a classic period drama really high quality movie that usually is real. but they snubbed her as they did all the women in that category and for me even more

shocking is in the acting categories 19 of 20 actors nominated this year only one person of color since he was nominated for a leading role and harriet she's the only one say online outrage was programmed into this pretty much we saw oscar so white which was a hashtag started back in 2015 is now trying to get online and a new one is so male i know i think there's a lot of issues that you could talk about in connection to this but i think part of it has to do with the cademy itself i mean since the oscars so white scandal 2015 the oscars the academy is a lot to try and diversify its membership they've doubled the number of women and people of color in the academy didn't make a difference well it's also it's still 60 percent male still and 84 percent white so i think there's a still a long ways to go and we got about 20 seconds netflix picked $24.00 oscar nominations yes yeah they picked up a lot of the golden globe nominations as well see what that landed they didn't end

up winning very much they got some great films this year irishman a marriage story to the best movies of last year both nominated for best picture and maybe got a chance but i still think it's too much of a destructor i think people in hollywood are still too upset with their business model which is sort of. a roading the foundation of hollywood i don't think it's going to be this year and they're going to get close to probably pick up some oscars but i don't think they can take this will be talking with them again especially on the day after the oscars thank you guys. you're watching the news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that we'll be right back.

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