at least for the future. for the major cities the incident could enter. this is d.w. news live from berlin the philippines braces for a potentially devastating volcanic eruption experts are saying it could happen any minute or weeks from now and that's leaving tens of thousands of people uncertain as they flee their homes we'll talk to our correspondent on the ground also coming up anger grows in iran after the government admits it did shoot down

a passenger plane by mistake protesters want the country's religious leaders to resign. plus of no laughing matter the film the joker a dark cloak and a comic book villain leaves this year's oscar nominations in 11 categories including best picture we'll take a look at that and some other films on the short list. i brought in thomas great to have you with us now it could happen at any time and it could be extremely dangerous authorities in the philippines fear this volcano close to the capital manila is about to erupt located 65 kilometers outside the capital manila the to all the keno began spewing ash and lava on sunday after lying dormant for about 40 years 30000. 1000 people have already fled their homes the

government's made plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands more. our correspondent on the santos is covering this story for us today to you can you tell us where you are right now and what's happening where your. i'm currently in but congo which is about 40 or 30 kilometers away from the volcano but this is an area or a province that has been declared under a state of alert because this is where a lot of the evacuees have been transferred to these are in that residential all areas within a day and a nearby house so we're actually going to different to check on the people in the evacuation center it looks like they're going to have to be in evacuation that this for an indefinite period of time when you knew you from its creator but knowledge

the 3rd thing that instead of looking up at what we should look at and. there is therefore if we're out there ground and well breaking which is an indicator that. you have and again another indicator a possible or both of it so that at this point the government cannot or cannot even . read it exactly when you know it's going to have on the bank how it's pressure for that. one it sorry ok you know under these conditions with this great uncertainty about when will or might explode what are the people you're talking to saying about how they're coping with being driven from their homes by the you know and and having to wade out and on certain period of time of being in effect volcanic refugees if you will.

well today what happened was that there was some forced evacuations done and i'm not more urgent to level because some of the evacuees for the last funding went back to their homes to check on their life and to check on 9 the conditions of their homes because that's human nature no volcanic ash well can was really awesome structured. so that was that's an indication of how that men can see their becoming efficiency in light of the news that they may be displaced or injured in determining or indefinite point period of time and additionally i have to tell you that's exactly what i visited it would be very generous to say that they've had things to come home edition and it would be more truthful to say that the comedy was flawed it is where classrooms that were converted into rooms you have a box 20 people squished in there they're keeping on cardboard and and mats and there's like 4 bathrooms being carried by $300.00 people so this is not

a sustainable statue of orcon home edition for them and they really hope that they can at least go to a place or go home if they can't go home for home to a place that would have more. than just done for a relocation. sometimes in a lot of congo thanks so much for bringing us up to date on what's happening where you are. iran's president hassan rouhani has vowed to punish those responsible for shooting down an ukrainian passenger jet the statement comes as authorities appear unable to quell public anger over the tragedy protesters taking to the streets for the 3rd day in a row now to call for the country's religious leaders to step down. in tehran the public anger remains close to the surface but it was a 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 a ukrainian passenger plane but yes my ass 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 you tried to be no you don't when you would 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 i can lie about it but there's no

room again but if 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 on the way 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 added the perpetrators must be held accountable. ok with some new developments in this story let's go straight to tehran and somalia malecki and she's a news producer with the u.s. network a.b.c. good day to you. we are just hearing that iran says it will punish those

responsible for the downing of ukrainian international airlines flight p.s. $572.00 what can we expect. here you have just a speech from an example honey who gave the court but specifically the court held for it the incident of the plane crashed we don't hide when george and tend the experts to study the case and bring justice to. the whole case and. the problem is that there are so many parties involved and actually you could in some ways bring more transparency to the case because of this cable being present and also international markets a sense of the k. so people space to see more transparency and be close to detroit ok yeah i would see the international dimensions of this of this case of this downing are

we likely to see as part of this increased transparency public trials and the evidence being made openly available for review exacting if this is something that makes people here in a longer more confident outcome of. course because it's very close to saudi everything else and that and. so my thanks so much for bringing us up to date on that smile on the like in the wrong producer for a.b.c. thanks so much very much. let's get your brief down some of the other stories making the news in a policy reversal the u.s. says it will no longer label china a currency manipulator the trumpet administration says it's making the change after beijing agreed to stop devaluing its currency to make its exports cheaper u.s. and china are due to sign a preliminary trade deal later this week. talks in moscow between libya's

warring factions and apparently collapsed russia's foreign minister said that revelator khalifa haftar are left without signing a cease fire agreement russia and turkey had hoped to broker a deal between off daryn libyan prime minister fayyad is all. was african leaders and french president the money will mccall have announced that they will unite their forces to fight growing islam is violence in the sile region france will reinforce its mission with an extra $220.00 troops the focus will be the border areas linking the share mali and parking a fossil. thailand has confirmed the hospitalized traveler from china is infected with a new strain of corona virus the virus has been linked to a pneumonia outbreak in central china thought to be the 1st confirmed case outside . australia's environment minister has warned that

koalas could be listed as an endangered species that as a result of the devastating bushfires experts fear half of the $50000.00 qualis on kangaroo island in south australia died in the blazes it's feared that millions of animals have been killed by the fires. in britain queen elizabeth has agreed to grant prince harry and his wife megan their wish for a more independent life following talks of their country and state the queen has agreed that the couple will embark on a transition period dividing their time between the u.k. and canada but the issues arising from the shock announcement that they're stepping back as senior royals remain unresolved decisions about their future expected in the coming days. although nominations for this year's academy awards have been announced in los angeles and the dark comic book film drama joker has done

especially well it leads the pack with 11 nominations including for best picture here's a look at the films on the shortlist. joaquin phoenix earned a nomination for best actor with his performance in joker a dark psycho thriller the tolls 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. 10. separate yes i have trained as 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 turned tino's latest production also looks set to collect

a few oscars once upon a time in hollywood to sit 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 limits to have a brother in the 2nd but the more epic 1917 by sam mendez also bagged 10 nominations it's filmed as one continuous shot that follows to perdition from truman who undertake a dangerous mission across the frontlines of a battlefield in northern friends if you don't we will lose 1600 men. i certainly social satire parasite collected 6 nominations that 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 we have

some sports for you now in the spanish football powerhouse barcelona i decided to part ways with coach a nest of all verity after 2 and a half seasons the club appear to lose confidence and valverde even though they're top of the spanish league right now he led his side to a league and cup double 2 years ago we were taking that title last season for morale betis coach kiki said he has been hired as valverde his replacement. well his drawing bushfires of hamper preparations for next week's early rounds of the australian open tennis tournament practice suspended qualifying the late as the haze clouds much of. air pollution there has shot up to hazardous less. the term and will go ahead as scheduled but officials say they'll have experts on hand and match umpires will be able to suspend play or any air quality tests.

a reminder now of our top story in the philippines a volcano near monologue that exploded back into life sunday could spew ash and lava for weeks clouds of ash continue to rise from the to all volcano and an alert warning of a potentially catastrophic eruption remains in force. that's all we have time for i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being here. it's all happening to children coming. to link to news from africa the world tour link to exceptional stories and discussions continue in the country did you specifically program night from funny to me from the z. town i would say didn't it could smash africa join us on facebook t.w. africa.