four france twenty four .com. in a comparison fronts twenty four the headlines this hour. donald trump response to iran's missile attack terror on five twelve missile at an iraqi air base used by american troops from system in a casualties says tiranë piece to be standing down. iran s says it will not hand over the black boxes from the ukrainian and lines passenger jet which crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran. although some people harassed most of the victims came from iran canada and on this plan to technical. cranes ready to. and the for many s samples colores got into says he's not playing justice

he's fleeing persecution by japanese authorities go jump bail this guide to lebanon. prosecutors in tokyo have twenties comments one sided . the us the us president donald trump past threatened fresh sanctions against iran and says he would profeti use economic strength of a minute three nights in the ongoing conflict trump was speaking hours off three run loads t to ballistic missile attack on an iraqi air base that houses u. s. troops. the attack was retaliation for u. s. s. strike that killed iran's top general lost week coming to danych has the story. he has promised to have thrown a fost and hard if it retaliated after the killing of general qassem soleimani. but

now he was president donald trump is stopping short of military action. iran appears to be standing down. which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world the united states will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. these powerful sanctions will remain. until around changes its behavior. the announcement cacame after t the islamic repuc launched missiles into iraqi territory bombarding american facilities in a bill and i sides in the early hours of wednesday morning. iranian tv claims the attack killed eighty americans and cause significant damage to military equipment. the us president says that no americans were hurt and some believe that tehran may have even miss target some purpose to avoid escalation. spots if iran's actions mocked to step

down the president's words remains defiant. madad about all that on the call i got mishi mean any poiointing. we turn to retreat in the face of america shaul paul so america's committed a crime. you should know that you will receive a decisive response. iran hans pledge to seek revenge against the united states after wrong stoped general was killed in an american as striking a rock. is deaf schools and i'm pouring of grief and anger in both iraq and iran with thousands at his funeral chanting death to america. well to talk more about- president trump's response to that iranian attack on the advice in around the houses us troops are we can get out to washington our correspondent cantidad go just on the is there and catch that kid about. trump's speeches has been described as a kind of a mixture of both threats and de escalation. yes t that's exactl-

what it was it was also a complete changee in rhetetoric- frfrom what we've heard from the president in and the days. as seen said the killing of ocem as salen money but it was it really it de escalation in the sense that- what many feared was going to be at the next steps in and thatt conflict it did not happen donald trump. as very focused and very in measured in his words of for once and talking about economic sanctions even though he did say that the- the west was still contemplating. other possible retaliation options which leaves the door open for a more retaliation but- in the end of this as beach was really one at two it basically is send a message to. the wrong hands as saying that okay you seem to have stood down we will be standing down but we will keep the pressure on you because

that was really. at the other part of the message and from donald trump it to iran and the mamaximum pressure a strategy continuing on a wrong- the- president and that the united states really a focus. on telling iran and that quote at the campaign of terror will not be tolerated any longer so and he's basically telling iran- we've their show you what we could do you. try to show us what you can do but we are stronger and we will keep you in check. and that democrats. have in recent days strongly criticized trump accusing him of trying to drag the us into war in the middle east. how have he'e'come is gogoing down with senenior democratss. well e initial reaction was definitely a sigh of relief because everyone was waiting to see if that escalation was actualllly going to mateterialize. so t the democrcrats welcome to the factt is that donald trump. trying to de escalate the situation

however at the- basically said andd that evenn though a wee avoioided the worst and we're still worse off and then we were before and thahat strike ad there was and bob menendez is senator. and demococratic ass senator who said and that i if you ratchet up a conflict then de escalated i don't think it's a good strategy it is a risky one e and that's pretty much for the message. of and the democrats were also still a veryry critical on the reasons behind the strikike in the first placee a at the house o o representatives a were and have been briefed. on a classified briefing as senators are and being briefed as well ends and the representatives who came out of that briefing. as said that they hadad n not heardrd anything and thahat really and gagave it evidence a and intelligence that there was an imminent threat the a are not convnvinced at all. of course te rerepublicans on the otherr hand

say that yes it was a minute and it was the right thing add to order that ststrike and kilia handsome selain mononey and theyey're democrats war. is stil a very criticacal and they are considering a resolution both in the house and in the senate a to try to limit the powowers f donaldld trump andnd vis a vis. iran and visit me a possible conflict i in. iran kevin thank you very much kifungo just ani that. well iraq was because the sight of both the s. strike that killed general soleimani and the iranian missile attack on an and face the houses u. s. troops today. in iraq's southern city of basra students turned out to protest against both iranian and american interference in that country. and iraq's foreign ministry has said it rejects teraz missile attack and will be summoning teheran's ambassador in baghdad. iraq is very much cool out in the middle of the conflict between washington and tehran. catherine connect if it has more on the international

reaction to iran's latest attackck. following iran'ss reprisise a rocket attacks on to military bases in iraq that house us and coalition troops the european union condemned what he described as yet another example of escalation. and increased confrontation between tehran and washington the use of weapons must stop now. to give space. to dialogue. we all are called upon to do everything possible. t to rekindle talks and- that cannot be enough of that brazil's also said it will spare no efforts and its attempt to keep alive an international deal preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons meanwhile longtime around foo and us online israel praised washington's killing of iraniann commander general so the money. after keeping a low profile since that strike on friday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued a strong warning. we stand strong

against those who seek to harm us. we stand with determination and strength. whoever will try to attack us will receive a resounding blow. china call for restraint from all sides saying it will play a quote responsible role in defusing the situation. well known what we've said many times that it is not in the interest of any party that the situation in the middle east war since further ensuring peace and stability in the region is crucial to the world when will. a permanent member of the un security council beijing is a key partner of tehran and a major buyer of the country's oil. tensions between iran and the united states have been steadily rising ever since donald trump pulled out of the international nuclear agreement with iran. and re imposed sanctions on the regime should be simple looks back at the key moments since may twenty eighteen. donald trump had vowed to make a u. turn in america is a wrong policy it may twenty eighteen he

delivered on that promise we have. terminated a a terrible terrible deal that should have never ever. been made what the us president called a terrible deal was the multilateral agreements designed to contain iran's nuclear ambitions tronn believe the deal allowed to iriran to pursueue an offensivie stratetegy across the middle eat with a network of militias backing its interests the us reinstated its economic sanctions and twisted international companies arms to endear economic relations with iran to. tensions between the two countries reached new lows over the summer after a series of attacks on oilil tankekers in the gulff of oman which do o you es blamemed on tehran. on the twentieth of june ron shut down a little as u. s. drone it said was in the air space. president

trump tweeted thatt the us were cocked and loaded minutes away from a retaliatory attack but he said he pulled back fearing casualties. in september multiple drone strikes hit two major oilil fieldss in n saudi arabia crippling half of t the kingdom's production the us firmly pointed the finger at tehran. two months later iranian president hassasan rorouhani announced iran is set to resume uranium enrichment with a new generation of centrifuges breachingng its obligations under the twenty fifteen nuclear deal. and media invesores. step in the room as of tomorrow mean improves dish that i will order your timing i. energy organization five diamonds or them do so out for you all starts gas injection. at for domain gomme jenin. as

twenty nineteen came to an end a us contractor was killed in kirkuk and rocket attack on an iraqi military base. donald trump order to strike local pro in run militias believed to have carried out the strike. days later a pro iranian mob tried to take over the us embassy. donald trump blamed iran for the unrest. that escalation culminated with the killing of the head of iran's lead could force qasem sosoleimani one of ron's most powerful in popular figures the mastermind of its regional military strategy. trump saying sosolely money was a terrorist leader who was planning new attacks on us targets in the region that is atrocities. have been stopped for good they are stopped for good. well this is the scene at kiev'ss international airportrt tonight people are laying flowers and putting out candles for the one

hundred and seventy six victims of an egg crash a ukrainian passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran international airport the vast majority of those on board will from iran and canada. iran has blamed technical failure but ukrainian authorities say it's still too early to determine the cause of the crash iran says it will not hand over the plane's black box recording equipment to american investigates is. as emergency responders rushed to the wreckage site they lost any hope of finding the by the. the plane drug dealing with ground for about five hundred meters. fortunately it did not crash in a residential area but it's wreckage was scattered around the gardens and then as far away. nobody has supplied as of tonight and then after. they were one hundred and sixty seven passengers and nine e crew members on board among them

eighty two uranian zamisli students sixty three canadians and eleven ukrainians. the boeing a badly managed to lift off before crushing it back down iran's ministry for transportation said one of its engines that quote fire ukrainian aututhorities they say it's too early to pinpoint a cool. ukrainian internationonal airlines flight ps seven five two was bound for gm. when this couple rushed to the airport i need a flight attendant son. my daughter called to ask where you were was flying to and we said terror on and i told her that he was returning on the morning flight. then we saw the video of the plane crashing out. the deadly crash came just hours after iran attacked us bases in iraq. escalation and the region has caused several commercial airlines to cut service in both iranian and iraqi airspace. efron's and leave tons of for example and fishing up alternative slightly.

the presidents of turkey and russia have been meeting in a stumble to integrate and you'd natural gas pipeline thehe tech streamline bosses russian gasas to turkey through nearly one thousand kilometers of pipeline under the black sea. it's a base to turkey which face losing out in ththe race for oil and gas in the region sam refuse reports. you tens dream of supplyingng natural g gas too europe while bypasassing ukraine is one step closer to becoming reality. the russian and turkish president's inaugurated turks stream on wednesday a pipeline project consistiningf two nine h hundred and thirty kilometer achieves that will allow for thirty one point four billion cubic meters of natural gas to be fed to turkey and then on to europe. the path first agreed on the project in two thouousand and sixteen. turkey is alreadydy russia's biggest best customer we're going g on imports for most of its energygy neeeeds. to extrems

set to increase the strategic importance of the country as bután remarked after t the first section o of pipeline was completedd but i think you g gus wowould it. it will undououbtedy make turkey and essential transit points in the transport of energy to europe. the ceremony comes just five days off to greece slippers and israel signed a deal to extract official gas in the mediterranean to supply southern europe. despite the us congress voting on tuesday to impose sanctctns on companies involved with her extreme and otheher russian pipelines russin gas remains relatively cheap and could become increasingly important as an energy source for europe. the fugitive car executive carlos ghosn has accused nissan and japanese prosecutors of plotting against him this call the japanese justice system regt scones jumped bail and fleled japan lat month in the midst of an investigation into alleged financial misconduct. today during a lengthy press conferenence he insisted he was

innocent or investiture polls. speaking publicly foror the firt time since fleeing japan a defiant carlos ghosn vowed to clear his name and denounced the vast conspiracy to oust him from the company he led for seventeen years. i am unimimaginable or read over thee past fourteen months is the result. of a handful o of. unscrupulous vinindictive individuals at the song. the last time and working slow firm which is support of the tokyo prosecutor's office. hi am inacepeptable. full o of the chargeges for the- in a two hour press conference going accused nissan executivess of colluding with japanese officials to set him up and block his plans to integrate the for more closely with a whole new. its french partner. the former auto industry titan referred to several documents which allegedly support his claims. he also lamented the conditions

of his incarceration casting himself as the hostage of a system designed to break his spirit and force a confession. gone said he had no choice but to escape claiming that he would never face a fair trial in japan. an allegation rejected by the country's justice minister i'm not going is absolutely intolerable japan's criminal justice system set out. each is a local guaranteeing basic individual can write. if defendant grande has anything to say i hope that he makes his case with. a criminal justice system is on the math. carlos ghosn who refused to divulge any details on his dramatic escape said he was ready to collaborate with legal authorities in france in lebanon. to countries where he holds citizenship. and which do not share extradition treatities with japan. well becausese going has had a rocky two years once one of the world's most respected cedidos he's now a wanted fugitive in bayay ridge

meyeyer soo force has more on te dramatic down full. of colors gun. both admired and feared colores gone the former chief of run a nissan and mitsubishi who safe nisan from bankruptcy once wielded considerable influence. yet everything fell apart for him on november nineteenth two thousand and eighteen when he wasas arrested about his private jets that take you aportes. three investigations with an opened over his financial dealings. two for allegedly under reporting his income by more than sixty million euros and one for breach of trust. allegations that he made the sun shoulder around forty million euros in personal investment losses. at the end of two thousand and eighteen goan was taken into custody having already been removed from his position at nissan. in january two thousand nineteen he appeared in court for the first time looking thinner than before his arrest he declared his innocence. he claims that his lawyers were not allowed to be present during his questioning nor would they

allow to access his case files. on march sixth two thousand and nineteen after one hundred and eight consecutive days in custody gone obtained conditional release. then in april he was re arrested and taken into custody for a second time. a full of investigation was opened again for breach of trust. from the end of april to december two thousand and nineteen done was placed under house arrest and his tokyo residents. his passport was confiscated and he was only permitted limited internet access. his home was fitted with cameras to track his movements. than shock on the thirtieth of december of last year gone disappeared having escaped to lebanon. well i let's get the busy severino kennedy's back with us in the sheet and can you put a bit more on that call scones out very long press conference myself today and we are now starting to get some reaction from. the companies and the work is at the places where he worked yeah absolutely unions that run no here in front i have said that their former

boss should be judged by the french legal system. in addition to those allegations of financial misconduct in japapan as the then head of nissan goans also under formal investigation here for possible misuse of company funds. on wednesday afternoon he said he would be prepared to address french officials about those claims. union leaders said he hadn't't faced a real challenge. we had a lot to answer for. mr would. turn on the nothing today ordered until he stresses. without the possibility of anyone contradicting him. he's too so can you talk a poll the first. you must. of the red i i wororks soulul did not rule he is accusd of helping insidide money from companies you seeee under it's trtrue. was it at that one. done who is unacceptable de because he knows the future of course. sicily just toto. but to me abot what a runner with. really

arrested mobile today seeking yeah. exacerbatete out former chief executive hero to sekai wa as well as board member meses suco toyota. the renault nissan mitsubishi alliance had been the world's number one auto manufacturer is since dropped back to third place. guns defiance appearance capped painted a picture of a partnership that is struggling to find its way. on kids report. he says they lost without him since con a scones arresting twenty eighteen share pririces f nissan and renault havave droppd by a third. the fugitive contai *-*- hunt a acted as a go betwen for the group. and without him the alliance has lost some of its luster in two thousand seventeen. the alliancece was te number one automotive group. gross has is a pure profits are down. i'm finding it hard to

understand the strategic direction. no more technology could innovation coming nissan has struggled with a leadership crisis the japanese con meka replaced it ceo in october of last year and is cutting the twelve thousand five hundred jobs. logan's a placement at renew terry blue ray was ousted off to ten months on the job. profits at the french ocean maker down by 50% and a proposed merger with fiat chrysler fell through. the tallinn kami this is a demonstra the french government which evans a 15% stake in renault what to extreme. the line missed nie all miscible witches fiat chrysler. let didn't go with their lines they always say. how can you lose your job opportunity to become the dominant player in this industry. the crisis comes at a difficult time for the global

kama kit with consumer demand down from china to the us. tensions betweween the us and iran and iraraq led to choppy trade on the o oil markets at te international benchmark brent crude was tradiding att over seventnty dolls a barrel on monday nowow closer to sixty y e us wti d dropping to fifty nine dollars and seventyty cents. is he a fairly sharp fall after donald trump seem to ease away from the prospect of further military action analysts say the higher the risk of escalation the high oil prices will climb. moving on dresses is trading action the major europepean indices closed slightlyly h higher at the docks outperforming their desespite another slump in germany's industrial output. wall street's trending higher as well in what analysts are describing as a rally of relief. after the us president's remarks there the nasdaq up nearly one percentage point with less than an hour of trade to go. s. and p. five hundred has hit a new all time high. meanwhile shares of boeing have dropped after the deadly crash of another one of its airirplanes in iran. its

share price has already declined it 20% since march when it's seven thirty seven max model was grounded around the world. you can see chairs trading down just over 1% this hour. the ukraine i internationl airlines flight was a seven thirty seven eight hundred that's a different model from the beleaguereded max. we don'nt yet know what caused the accident on wednesdayy morninin. understood that one of the black boxoxes h has beeeen reco. iranian officials though balkingg at sending that data to the united states. boeing is based. the president of f the european commission has warned the uk will have to compromise in ordrder to seal a post brexit trade deal with the block. or slow vonderland met with. british prime minister boris johnson in london. holding talks about talks which can only be launched after the u. k. exits t the european union on january thirty first. while johnson has been outwardly optimistic about the chances of a quick and fair trading deal. the eu chief said a full deal this year remained unlikely. the economic ties wouldn't be as close. that will be tough

talks. and each side will do what is best for them. but i can assure you that the united kingdom will always have a trusted friend and partner in the european union. as commuterss in paris prepare for yet another d day of strikes and major demonstrations on thursday transliterated had at least one piece of good news residents who hold a year long transporte past known as the past ninety go will be reimbursed for their subscription for the month of december when trains and buses were few and far between. the r. a. t. p. agreed to that move after meeting with regional officials this wednesday national truck train service the sncf is also paying back uses for canceled trips. it has faced sharp criticism about the slow pace of payments. meanwhile french stores have officially kicked off their winter sales period with retailers hoping the customers won't be deterred by those on going strikes. shoppers a flooded to the major department

stores of central paris on wednesday morning. on clear if that discount bonanza will be able to make up for rather dismal holiday period. overall sales for the month of december dropped by 3250% in paris for that month. according to data from retailers associationons it was the result of that nation wide destruction. consumer confidence meanwhile is weakening and tourist bookings have dropped. many small retailers say they're increasingly worried about their future as does the strike strike on a certainly does bargain hunters this morning didn't seem to be deterred laura. whether that will continueue ovever the four r wes that the sales will be held at remains to be seen what if you gonna get some half price she's a train strike is not going to stop you thank. you sir not if you have to walk to enhance his name and a lot of people do need you she's outside the *-*- all right then que thank you very much in the que

01/08/20 01/08/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democrcracy now! a they were struckck with such slap last night. that is another matter. military action like this is not sufficient. what is important is ending the corrupting preresence of america in the region. amy: after warning iraq, iranian forces fired 22 missiles at a pair of mililitary bases housing