as a living sea to europe of trees, those jenny reset on dw the w news live from berlin. allegations are bouncing that russia caused the crash of a passenger jet and cars like stock officials in azerbaijan. and the usa evidence points to a strike from russia's missile defense system. the crash killed 38 people rushed to dismissal the claims of speculation. also on the show, suspicions of sabotage, finland, caesar's an oil tanker believed to be part of russia's shadow wait. after under c powered cables and the internet lines were damaged again, the,

i'm david levitz. welcome to the program. russia is playing down reports that its force has caused the plane crashing cause like stand on wednesday. 38 people were killed when the other buys on airlines. passenger jet went down, and 29 survived. officials in the us and as or by john as well as aviation experts, say the plan was likely targeted by a russian surface to air missile. the plane was traveling from as or by john's capital baku to the russian city of gross me when it veered far off course and crashed in azerbaijan. a day of mourning was held for the victims. the traffic still known says they, in tribute to the victims of the ill fated as a by john and lines for light at the box. you airport, people held the moment silence outside the building. dozens to to lay flat was in memory of the dead. on the plane

was supposed to fly northwest from of the by jones capital about to, to the city of growth need in chechnya, in southern russia. instead it viewed hundreds of miles, of course, across the caspian sea. before crossing on wednesday, near the city of october in catholic stone, initially we'll start, he said, a book strike may have closed the crash, but an increasing number of international officials and aviation next books. now say they believe the plane was shot down by russian ga, across the defense miss styles a they say footage of the fuselage scene during the rescue efforts and images that have circulated on social media. so p assigns of shrapnel damage. it's also known to the area of southern russia, the plane diverted from is repeatedly used at defense systems against ukrainian

drain strikes as their resources. familiar with the investigation, say the plains communications could have been power lies by electronic wolf systems on the approach into gross me, the criminal, and has distance itself from the reports spokesman dmitri past calls to people to the weight the outcome of the investigation. remarkably almost tough of those on board survived some even emerging from the wreckage, unaided, many others west, severely injured. so that way when the blame crashed, my wife was sitting next to me. i haven't seen husbands the crash and i don't know that she is new by the planes. blackbox has been recovered intact and there's hope it will shed more than lights on what really happened earlier i spoke to richard levy. i'm

a vision expert, here was a commercial airline pilot for over 40 years. he told me about the latest evidence, any investigation. that's what you're looking at now is 1st of all, there are no reports in the crew about or bird strike. birth strikes don't happen at altitude, rarely only take off or maybe take january of 2009 with the 90 on the hudson. they declared emergency this aircraft was in room. and then crossover russian as your reporter, just mention an area where it was filled with ukrainian drones. and so russian aircraft activity was oppressive just prior to the accident. i don't think it was intentional by the russians, but lots of evidence is pointing to russian anti aircraft fire that was missed directed at this aircraft. looked at a few slides looking at the pictures of the holes. the passers reported an explosion outside of the aircraft truck. no,

went inside of the aircraft. what happens in a pressurized airplane aircraft? you with his cabin pressure station and the actual mass come down there and the aircraft again. inversely this is what happened to the control the airplane j, the anti aircraft fire allegedly enter clear fire. i want to clarify it is set to the hydraulics on the airplane, which is what we use to fly the airplane. they had a virtual problems just called jamming or spoofing, which is normally directed drones to basically confuse an area where it really. so the gps, that's the goal position systems on this aircraft got confused and they sent out false data to a company and search one called flight data 24. they showed the aircraft climbing to sandy dinner areas of uh no data coming out. that's due to the jamming of the aircraft and electrical problems, the black boxes, they're really orange,

but the black boxes have been found there and checked as you reported. and they have a flight data recorder to find out how the flight controls were working. they have a voice recorder, they're kind of get the cockpit or the slight get communications just before the crash. so it sounds like you and you see the evidence at this point is really consistent with this theory that it was a russian anti aircraft missiles. let's talk a little bit about the plat, the path of this airplane, because we see this, this sudden veering off course away from russia. is this latest theory consistent with that? that path? yes it is. it is consistent. the airplane, the aircraft was shy that eventually we have a we have almost a questionable proof of intelligence agencies around the world. and then the airplane started to turn to question is more they denied made in clearance, in russia. and it, for obvious reasons, they probably were some people say there was while get garage there. there was

during the day, i don't know during this time, but they're going to be questioning the russians why the or play was not allowed to, to buy land there in russia during this emergency, in any emergency situation o airline pods or talk land to the nearest suitable airport this airplane could not withstand allow to with so many different countries and international bodies now involved at this point. can there be transparency in this investigation to there will be actions by certain parties to perhaps cover up, but the evidence is overwhelming. where's the evidence in the black box is we talked about fi data recorder, voice recorder tucker, voice recorder, and an embryo or the manual brazilian manufacturers of this aircraft will be part of the investigation. and it can't read, it slipped by the people who manufactured big or airplane. the evidence is

overwhelming, in my opinion, at this early stage. and a lot of people, of course, are going to be waiting to hear from the results. and the information on those black box is a be a, some specialist richard richard levy in dallas. thank you so much for your insights . so let's look now some more stories making headlines. who's the rebels in yemen? say 3 people have been killed by is really air strikes. the international airport in the capital. so now was hit along with the port city of data as well as military set. it struck military targets. some of these have repeatedly launched, strikes on israel, saying they're in solid arity with palestinians and cause francis handed over a 1st military base. and chad, as it begins to withdraw, forces from the african nation chat abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial ruler. last month, the french army had some 1000 fruits in the country. russia has declared a federal emergency over an oil spill in the northern black sea still happened

after 2 tankers were damaged in a storm. earlier this month, oil has coated beaches near enough popular resort and harmed wild life in the area . well finished, authorities are investigating whether a ship that left the russian port may have damaged a power cable connecting finland and estonia. the cable, which runs under the baltic sea, was disconnected from the grid on christmas day finish. authorities have described the incident as grave sabotage. finished police have now boarded the eagle s. that's the name of the ship as they investigate whether the oil tanker may have been responsible for cable will take months to fix. and estonia is foreign minister said the damage to under water infrastructure has become so frequent that it's hard to believe that it could have been an accident. earlier dw correspondent terry salts told us about the challenges country space to protect

these under see cables. this is a huge concern, it is happening more often, that the cables are damaged. and this is why both the european union and nato and those 2 organizations together are working with national authorities to step up surveillance to step up and both from the air and uh, with a maritime resources. there's an e. u. nato task force that is working on this together need to set up a new maritime center and national authorities are asking for more support from nato, for example. but, you know, as i mentioned in international waters, you can't stop the ships from sailing. and that's part of the problem, and not to mention just this huge undersea infrastructure. it's impossible to keep an eye on all of it. dw terry salts there. let's check in now on some other stories on south korea's main opposition party has filed a motion to impeach the countries acting president 100. so it comes less than 2 weeks after lawmakers voted to and pieces predecessor. and so, you know,

the country has been and a political crisis since you declared martial law. then quickly back tracked at the start of the more serious new leaders are vowing to crack down on an arrest. they say 14 police officers were killed by forces loyal to the ousted asset received the attack, took place in per tooth province, a strong hold of former leader, bosher, i'll assets our white minority as well. the united nations is calling for an investigation after at least 46 civilians were killed and practiced on the air strikes and afghanistan's park take the province earlier this week. at least 20 children are among good. that focused on says it's military was targeting what it called the terrorist height outs in eastern afghanistan, the u. n. has called the strikes a violation of international law, the aftermath of a box on the east strike. in fact, the province of

a scottish fund of gone to fund started upon government seas, children and women, but among those good residents here, i outraged some of those who died were women, children, and common people. they've killed our mothers and sisters. may god punish you with his right. donald bon officials have borne a free percussion. that's the wish. and now i'm of such brutal attacks and bombings, innovating anyone's territory are not the way to solve anything, nor is there a solution. but it will make the situation more complicated and increase the ongoing problems. so that will cover too much about that bucket. sony officially claimed that the strikes docketed, the categories group, d, t b or the focused on it as a bond focused on glean c p. before getting out hundreds of attacks across the country, it uses to of gone down the fond of children, postings of bucket fund,

founded on fighters and blooms, the b for planning, executing cross border detritus, attacks. but sounds major concern, often high doubts and centuries. inside to find his son, you mean high on our bilateral agenda. we remain engaged with the fun authorities on all the issues of priority and would like to enhance corporation in trade, trying to trade and security and border management from about fees around 1000 people working this year instead of just a tax. most of it claims on ttp the united nation fee stuff gone balaban have heart book and allowed the support of the to be a charge the of gone down the bunk tonight the former prime minister of india, monroe hon. sing has died at the age of 92, st. governed india for 10 years between 242014. he also served as

a countries finance minister, seeing why the india through a time of enormous economic change is reforms helps and boost for an investment and transformed india into a global power house. opposition congress leader. a whole gundy is among those paying tribute. he said, sing, led to india with immense wisdom and integrity of the and a reminder of our top story f, as our officials in the us. an answer by john as well as you pay the ation, experts say russian anti aircraft fire probably caused an as or by john airlines, plains of crashing projects done on wednesday. 38 people were killed in the crash for us as to dismissed the claims a speculation. well, that's it for now, but up next how entrepreneurs and scientists are trying to end the factory farming that's associated with animal cruelty. that's after a short break. and of course, there's always more on our website, t,

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