>> this is deutsche welle one step closer to the truth. that investigators say the flight was most likely shot down by a russian-made missile. russia slams the report, saying it is biased. also coming up, migrants finding a chilly reception in germany that has everything to do with the weather. it's getting cold and the government tents are not warm enough. and we will tell you all about the big takeover that is brewing in the business world.

sarah: i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. we have additional answers into what might have nh17 which crashed, killing all 219 people on board. russia disputes the findings. we have that reaction in just a moment. but first, this report. reporter: the crash site of malaysian airlines flight 17. a meticulous reconstruction was made from parts of the plane. every part was analyzed to find out what happened in the airspace over eastern ukraine. >> the international investigation into the cause of the crash has demonstrated that flight mh 17 crashed because of a 9m314 detonated outside the

plane at the left side of the call pit. >> the investigation did not set out to determine who fired the missile. the report says the exact launch site has not been identified, but it was somewhere within 320 square kilometers in eastern ukraine. the dutch prime minister urged all involved to help with finding those responsible. >> i want to call on the russian authorities to respect and also to provide complete cooperation with this report in the following criminal investigation by the dutch prosecutor, in collaboration with four other countries. july 17, 2014. the malaysian airlines jet was

on its way from amsterdam to kuala lumpur with 298 people on board, most of them dutch citizens. as it passed over eastern ukraine, it was hit by the missile. there were no survivors. investigators say the plane should never have been flying over the war zone, but that almost all other airlines were doing the same. about 160 other commercial flights flew through the area that day, only later the airspace was closed. the report says ukraine should have acted earlier to recognize the danger and to tell plants not to fly there. sarah: that's the results of the initial investigation. there's a separate criminal investigation ongoing into who may have shot down the malaysian plane. we just heard the dutch prime minister calling on russia to cooperate. instead, russia was quick to discredit the investigation and lay the blame squarely on ukraine. quick where the dutch

investigators held back, russian and ukrainian sources were quick to identify those responsible are the crash of mh 17, and more precisely, to blame each other. the dutch don't say who is responsible, nor did they name name, but this is the important information. it was a russian missile from territory occupied by russians. the world has drawn its conclusions as to who was responsible for that, especially after the russians locked the decision to create a tribunal at the un security council. i think it is rather obvious. even before the release of the dutch findings, this -- the state presented its own report after two experiments. in one, a missile was detonated near the nose of an airplane similar to inmates 17. they contradict the -- -- the

dutch version of events. the presentation allows us to prove that the missile that hit the boeing in ukraine was launched further south. that village was allegedly under ukrainian control at the time. he says this type of rocket has been prohibited in russia since 2011. 15 months after the mh 17 tragedy. sarah: russia's defense ministry says it will hold a video conference with u.s. military officials on wednesday to discuss safety recalls for their respective air campaigns in syria. the announcement comes after u.s. and russian jets flew within several kilometers of each other during separate airstrikes on saturday. washington has ruled out military cooperation with moscow

, but the two sides are working together on safety procedures. a spokesman for the islamic state has confirmed a terrorist group's deputy leader was killed in a u.s. airstrike earlier this year. the white house has already announced in august that he was killed while traveling in a vehicle near the northern iraqi city of mosul. he is the most senior i asked member to be confirmed dead since the u.s. began their bombing campaign last year. more than 40,000 refugees living in germany do not have adequate shelter. that is a big problem, with winter on the way and the weather getting colder. some refugees are making their anger heard. they say that the tents they have to sleep in our both uncomfortable and pose health dangers. we are cold, it says on their signs. around 80 refugees are demonstrating to call attention to their hardship. 10,000 people are not yet winter proof.

>> it's quite hard for us with a child. we are sleeping in the restroom because it is heated. >> at the moment, about 42,000 refugees are reportedly living in tents in germany. his accommodation has no heating, and it night, the temperature drops near the freezing point. >> it is an intolerable situation. people are sick. there are children and babies living there. the refugees are weak and we don't know what to do. it is clear we cannot survive the winter in these ill-equipped tents. >> some already have heating installed but the roofs will not be able to support the weight of snow. it's not exactly a surprise that winter is on its way. we are working on replacing the tents and handling the daily arrival of so many new refugees. it is a huge challenge. many of them are sick with

bronchitis or infections like pneumonia, and many have no idea when they will be up to move into a proper home. sarah: let's bring in our chief political correspondent, linda crane, from berlin. many of these refugees still do not know when they will have a proper roof over their head. does the government have a plan to deal with the situation? melanie: in fact, it is state and local governments that have to deal with the situation in this case and many could be saying i told you so, because they have been warning for some months now that they are reaching the absolute physical limits of their capacity. use all the local official who said we knew winter was going to come. they had been warning of that fact for some time. the fact is, some have actually declared the status of public emergency and others have said they cannot cope with more refugees, but the refugees keep on coming despite the fact that

the federal government has imposed border controls in recent weeks and also has given the local officials more money to try to provide housing, but that does not quickly translate into bricks and mortar, into real housing for the refugees, and therefore local communities continue to struggle. sarah: chancellor angela merkel's party has a new plan that is is currently endorsing that would establish so-called transit zones. walk us through how that would work, and what has been the reception so far for the plan? melanie: these are conceived to be zones of the border of germany and essentially would try to weed out those who have little chance of long-term asylum status. that means people arriving from what are known as safe countries, countries that do not appear to be countries where the refugees would be in danger of persecution or other legitimate grounds for asylum.

and also people whose papers do not appear to be in order. all of these would be taking -- take a side of the border and kept in these transit zones for a very streamlined processing. this of course aiming to cut down on the numbers who eventually reach those overloaded cities that we saw in that report. but the problem here is that many of the spd partners are saying these zones amount to nothing more than detention camp , and germany cannot be part of the solution like that. also, many of them are saying we are not certain that this is really in conformity with eu and human rights law, so there are a number of "it's to be resolved. even the chancellor has said there may be some use for these zones in some cases, but the fact is they will not substantially reduce the numbers we are seeing here.

sarah: melinda crane for us in berlin, thank you. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called an emergency security meeting after a wave of violence by palestinians. three israelis have died and about 20 others have been wounded in shootings and stabbing attacks. two assailants were shot dead. a palestinian was killed in clashes with israeli security forces in the left bank. >> israel experienced the deadliest day of violence it's the current tensions erupted earlier this month. palestinian groups calling for a day of rage took to the streets in the west bank city of heparin. -- hebron. israeli forces responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. the group's secretary general appeal to the international community for help. >> we are demanding the united

nations general assembly convened an emergency meeting to discuss the necessary major steps for the international protection of the palestinian people against the israeli aggression. after meeting with security officials in jerusalem, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu reach parliament on new measures. today we will decide on a series of additional aggressive steps in our struggle against the terror and incitement. they will be implemented on the ground as soon as possible. the mayor of jerusalem has called for the sealing off of palestinian neighborhoods in the city's east. many jewish residents in the west are on edge. >> it feels a bit scary. it feels like there's a lot of tension. i'm not used to constantly looking over my shoulder all the time and paying attention to my surroundings as much. at the end of the day, i still

feel safe here. >> the government, the police, the army, all the right wings who are taking houses, and also the blocked peace negotiations and peace movement. >> with the ongoing political stalemate creating a sense of hopelessness, it is feared scenes like these could become a daily occurrence. sarah: our correspondent tonya cramer is in jerusalem. we asked her if this wave of violence has let people scared to go out on the streets. reporter: i talked to israelis

and palestinians and both sides are saying the situation is becoming worse by the day. i've been to the old city in the morning. many shops there are closed and people really don't know where this is heading. there is a sense of uncertainty. they don't know where the next attack is coming from. i talked to some palestinian mothers and they said they don't want to get in between and possibly being shot at. there is a sense that things are becoming worse. sarah: our correspondent dina cramer in jerusalem there. coming up after short break, the world's biggest air company looks set to get even bigger. what will the planned takeover of mean for drinkers? i'm sarah kelly.

we will see you in a bit.

sarah: welcome back. dutch investigators have released their report into the downing of malaysia airlines flight mh 17 over eastern ukraine last year. they said the plane was shot down by a russian-made missile, but did not say who fired it. there is something big brewing in the world of mergers. ben joins us with a whole lot more. it's going to involve a lot of beer. ben: in this case it was the fifth time asking. the world's biggest rumor, anheuser busch, has reach an

informal agreement with sab miller. with just over 6% market value, heineken is closer to sap miller. but team up number one and number two in the industry, miller and the group that owns budweiser, and it's the biggest beer deal in history. the new giant would -- would control almost a third of the market. that puts them way ahead of the competition. >> it will be a real beer and he met when they take over sab miller. every third beer in the world will be buried by the company. it could be a way into the african market, where miller has been selling successfully. sab miller had rejected several earlier offers, complaining they were undervaluing the company's

worth. sab miller's. about you had been in decline since march, but shot up in mid-september. in the three weeks since then, there value grew by a quarter. however, the merger that would give them 30% of the global market share is expected to draw scrutiny from regulators. the company is allegedly already in trouble with u.s. authorities are buying up distributors to limit the sales of smaller, rival beers. >> let's head over to wall street. what do the guys there think about this big merger, takeover, deal -- what would you call it? reporter: it's seen as an opportunity for anheuser busch, one of the key markets, the u.s.

market, is in a bit of a decline. sab miller would act to grow the market. in africa and parts of latin america. >> what are its chances of actually getting past regulators? reporter: it won't be smooth and easy. if you look at just the u.s. market, this new giant roughly would have the peace of the market of about 75%. so far anheuser busch already has about 45% in the u.s., including joint ventures. sab miller has another roughly 25%. so to get the deal through authorities, there will be some divestiture, some selling and it could take up to a year before they clear the deal. >> some of the analyst

expectations i was looking at were saying around 80% chance of getting through. i think the big check -- the question everyone is asking, is it going to get through? reporter: probably not. ticket prices increased after all the mergers and acquisitions. i would not bet on cheaper beer in the future. >> i guess it's in the time of falling consumer number so up goes the price. thanks to the bad news. sticking with corporate news, twitter is looking to expand its user base and company boss jack dorsey is admitting downsizing is the way to go. he announced the giant will be shedding 8% of its employees as part of a roadmap designed to expand by focusing on the launch

of several key new products. greece gets its first bailout review later this month. it has a long list of reforms to get through in exchange for cash from its international lenders. parliament votes on the first set of measures this weekend. some include cutting pensions, raising the retirement age and cutting down on tax evasion. >> athens trash collectors are rolling out the big guns to get their message across. note to pension cuts and no to retirement reform. they say the proposals hit the workers who can least afford them. we are the lowest paid sector employees and what they are about to do is a crime. it's not only a. i'm here in solidarity with all the workers. all workers face problems. the bill up for vote in parliament with the retirement age raised to 67 over the next

seven years. additionally, pensioners who have already retired and not yet turned 67 would have their pensions cut by 10%. the government hopes the bill would help secure a deal to restructure the country's massive debt, expected to top 180% of greece's gdp this year. but that is of little concern for these trash collectors. they hope to drive their message home before parliament votes on the measure on saturday. >> there are concerns about the outlook of the world's emerging economies. the confidence indicator has dropped from 12 points to just below two points. volkswagen announced it will trim investments at its biggest car division i one billion euros a year and accelerate its cost-cutting program to yield with the fallout of the program.

the current five-year investment budget was 100 billion euros. imagine having an r and d budget like that. sarah: the u.s. presidential race heats up tonight as the top democratic party candidates take to the stage in las vegas for their first televised debate. former first lady hillary clinton still leads in opinion polls among democrats, but she's facing a strong challenge from senator bernie sanders, who has been drawing support a way with the populist left-wing message. other debaters include former maryland governor martin o'malley and other relative unknowns who are barely poling. they hope they can jumpstart their campaigns. correspondent richard walker is following developments from washington. richard, hillary clinton has a lot riding on tonight's debate

because her campaign has lost a bit of steam recently. is she known as a strong debater? richard: she is certainly a very competent one, and above all, massively experienced. you don't forget that she already ran for president back in 2008. at that time she ran through o fewer than 25 debate performances against barack obama and a run of other candidates. she did not go on to win the nomination that your but no one blamed that on her debate performance. how she might deal with the fallout and the brouhaha about her using a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state, but i think it's important to bear in mind that when you are the front

runner in a race like this, it's even more important not to make mistakes that might hurt your front runner status, then it is to try to make substantial gains. that would perhaps point to reducing the risk of her performance tonight. sarah: bernie sanders has certainly been gaining a lot of momentum. tell us a little more about him. richard: he certainly has provoked some surprise with his success. probably not least with himself. for many years he was a congressman from vermont, not that prominent on the national stage until this race came along. and certainly not your average smooth talking politician, but exactly the kind of cracking he seems to show on the campaign trail is what in gears him too many voters.

people are warming up to people who are little rough around the edges. the question he has to continually address is that he might be to left wing. if he did actually win the nomination, to win the general election next year. we will see how he might try to address that in his performance tonight. sarah: and the big wildcard is potentially joe biden entering the race. what more do we know about his decision? richard: there are conflicting signals coming out all the time, sarah. one coming out just to few hours ago was a video released by the campaign are that's trying to push biden to run. i posted that on my twitter link if anyone wants to see that. lots of quotes from him talking about how his father taught him the value of working, playing to

his image as an ordinary joe who can relate to ordinary viewers in a way that hillary clinton cannot. many might think he will not risk it. certainly we have no idea what he is really going to do. we will be watching the debate very closely. sarah: richard walker for us in washington, we have to leave it there. thanks for watching us on dw. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocative sites. this was the seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries.

st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in around 1100, an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then, as it does today, over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland.

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