violence against children. this is d.w. news live from berlin tonight a royal wait and see britain's queen elizabeth agrees to a transition period for prince harry and his wife maggie and that means the couple will be allowed to live part time in canada but the monarch says the couple's decision to step back in senior boils raises complex issues that will affect the future of the house of windsor also coming up

a violent crackdown against protesters in iran the chief of police orders officers to show restraint during a 3rd day of demonstrations comes as a rainy and accuse the government of trying to cover up its role in the accidental downing of a ukrainian passenger jet and a joker a dark look at a comic book villain leaves the oscar nominations with a love and nods including best picture we'll have a look at that and some of the other films that are now on this year's short list. it's good to have you with us tonight a royal crisis meeting ending with a declaration of support somewhat britain's queen elizabeth has agreed to grant prince harry and his wife meggan 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 shock and els meant that they're stepping back as senior royals will those issues they remain unresolved the queen says final decisions about the couple's 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 getting 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 court 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 us of

a rift within the family has been circulating for some time. right from the beginning harry and meghan's relationship coast a whirlwind with attention from the media at times reaching a fever pitch a painful reminder for harry who lost his mother princess diana in a car accident as she was pursued by papa razzi he made it clear that he was worried for meghan's safety i did more than once harry spoke out publicly against the media says it was no surprise when the couple chose to give away few details when their son archie was born last may. and only last autumn harry and meghan made their 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 as the sussex is now partly go their own way for the queen this might be the right moment to reinvent the royal firm of them all

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 of one family convening to work out what harry imagines future holds can they this always be following them posting their correct credit surely last week. they hope will happen what they want their own state signed off by the rest of the family and that became very clear that they buy a seat in southampton this kind of hot white house in that time between the u.k. in canada asked times doing royal duty and trying to operate autonomously how at last the queen has reiterated in a statement this evening this is very complex than just sticks required to put in

place to make this possible if indeed it even is possible to have some harsh playhouse going to take time and i think significantly in the statement she called them harry in mecca not that you can get to sussex it's very personal way 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 and it's a few 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 it with but the spoken deal of money and now was use in exchange for full time dedication to the creel. yeah actually carrying that and want something completely different to anything that we had seen before that are real challenges that cause that was that contact as you say was a family carry out duties and in exchange they get at his expense and say if i may travel well that taxpayers expenses and that is that they did not want any taxpayer

funding and that is because they want to be free to do their own thing but there are 2 challenges the 1st is even possible that once you remove themselves from task a i think they're going to be carrying out tools and saying question if it sees these the taxpayer funded how they do that if they can do that well the public and this is going to be continuing with those this has to the public what are the packages that they finally decide will have to accept the premise of the time being well he was right she is on the wild stage and. operating in tight autoimmunity using that same to speak on my own he has a cake and eat it so these are the questions they need to come out. and that was royal correspondent or you're working there reporting from london all right let's review now and some of the other stories that are making headlines tonight one of 4 suspects charged in the 2018 murder of slovak journalist young coochie off and his

fiance has pleaded guilty to murder. large says that he was hired as a contract killer for the alleged mastermind a local businessman pleaded not guilty 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 once dear was unconstitutional treason carries centered on general imposition of emergency rule in the country back in 2007. police in iran have denied firing live ammunition at 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 crash had been caused by a mechanical defect protesters now accuse the government of a cover up. in tehran the public anger remains close to the surface ah. day to the dictator they 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 cover up of the truth that it mistakenly shot down the ukrainian passenger plane but yes mass wouldn't want to have some of the officials were even accused of lying and covering up whereas honestly that was not the case. you know. 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. how could you be my you've done what you do with i was an army commander and i controlled everything. you know is it possible i could a government with a lot of power can't control the situation but can lie about it. but could you do. not know why they didn't cancel flights i think the national security council should have made that decision and they didn't. 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 to me selenski says iran's acknowledgment of its deadly mistake was a step in the right direction at the perpetrator is must be held accountable. west african leaders have expressed their desire for france to continue military engagement in the so called region president. hosted leaders from 5 to help countries in a special meeting in the hope of deescalating the quickly growing violence in that area france maybe for their commitment to send $220.00 more soldiers to it's already 4 and a half 1000 strong operation leaders from. moreton you were present at the meeting last year alone these whole country's reported $4000.00 deaths related to attacks by armed groups. so you have you

correspondingly solution is standing by for us in poll where that meeting has been taking place good evening to you and so what's come out of this meeting well as you said france is going to send another $220.00 soldiers on top of the $4000.00 soldiers that are already in the countries they also going to set up a common command structure to coordinate between the g. 5 so how are different military forces and the dot com the french force and also they said that they would concentrate more on the 3 countries new share and book enough hours of this area where most of the attacks are happening and also what we heard tonight was a renewed commitment by the african states to the fight against terrorism that was what in my car had been asking for because the resentment among people in these countries against the foreign forces the french forces and their presence in these countries is growing especially as you said the violence is going up there more

attacks happening more people dying so more troops will have any effect on the violence that has been reported in the region. well france is hoping so the countries here the heads of state are hoping that as well but the experts i've been talking about are saying you know it's not really that much there's nothing new under the sun rate and what we need is to tackle the underlying problems you know we need to ask ourselves why is it that these military groups can actually attract all the young people to join them and the answer to that is on the one hand poverty because they're not enough jobs for many many people the number of people living in this country has skyrocketed really over the past few decades and also the fact that governance is really reek in these regions so something needs to be done to cut to tackle corruption so that people can trust in their government again and don't actually join military forces these militias

these terrorism groups terrorist groups because they don't feel protected by their own government. already to be correspondent lisa lu is reporting tonight lisa thank you. for the nominations for this year's academy awards have been announced in los angeles the dark comic book film drama joker has done particularly well it leads the pack with all of the nominations including best picture here's a look at the films on the short list. joaquin phoenix earned a nomination for best actor with his performance in joker a dark psycho thriller the 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 prior yes i have framed is 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. when. clinton turn tino's latest production also looks set to collect a few oscars once upon a time in hollywood just 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 i have a brother in the 2nd but the more epic 917 by sam mendez also bagged 10 nominations it's filmed as one continuous shot that follows 2 kurdish in from 3 men who undertake a dangerous mission across the front lines of a battlefield in northern friends we will do 1600 men. 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 i was you know. you're watching the w. news up next the w. business news with kate ferguson stick around i'm sure she would appreciate your company. what secrets lie behind swaps. discover new adventures in 360 degree. could explore fascinating world heritage sites. t.w. world heritage $360.00 get the maps now.