a passenger planes crashed in kazakhstan in central asia the back of flight came down shortly after takeoff with 98. year of tension with the united states allies iran russia and china joined drills in the gulf. and rights activists are calling on the british defense ministry to compensate service personnel who were expelled from the military because of their sexuality we hear reaction. we need to recognize the real pain. that was subjected to these men all the time from various groups that we should treat people in the past because they were.

friday december the 27. world news sorry to say sad news to begin with a passenger plane has crashed shortly after taking off from kazakstan in central asia killing 12 people dozens on 2 been injured including children. greene you. could be going to the moon to do good but do you. believe a good number one movie review can begin to do any good if you want to. show you. should see. it isn't. really think it is. how do. you consider look at the reason or are just as risk. as the shows it was a board of the. news is your perception and. you look at those

pictures and we realize what a tragedy it is for kazakstan only a few days before new year's eve but if there is a case in which the words good news could be appropriate after a plane crash this is the one because right now we already understand that the doctors have confirmed that the majority of the people who were on board survived which means that this couldn't have been a nose dive from a high altitude what actually happened was that this back air flight took off from the airport in almaty which is the biggest city and has extended was still dark there about 20 minutes past 7 but then quickly started losing altitude then it hit a concrete barrier before crashing into a small building this was just a 2 story building i can tell you that almost like i said it's the biggest city it's a big metropolitan area the airport is not that far from it so there are suburban

areas residential areas surrounding the airport so this is apparently where the plane and it up the captain of the aircraft is among the dead what about the plane itself well this is a medium sized twin turbo fan short range regional jet it's called focker $100.00 it was produced by a dutch come. but me before it went back bankrupt up until. 97 but this particular plane was 23 years old so it's one of the final ones to be produced by that company it's still the widely operated by 2 major airlines in australia for example as a regional jet by quantas and virgin this was actually the only type of aircraft that they have and while this is a big company in kazakstan it is the 2nd most popular domestic airline that the people used there for domestic flights to the owners now in the catholic authorities of course to establish exactly what happened what if they don't so

clearly grounded all flights by that type of aircraft and like i said just because its fleet only consists of this particular aircraft now they're out of operation for how long right now we don't know many people are still in critical condition so the doctors are fighting for their lives the president promised that those responsible for the crash will definitely be punished i can tell you that this particular airline was going through some financial difficulties lately but previous the no incidents with its aircraft had led to any kind of fatalities. iran china and russia rid you to start doing to naval exercises this friday in the indian ocean and the gulf of amman however with the location being a flashpoint between iran and the united states in the past some believe the move to the drills the. coming.

deepening exchange and corporation among the movies of the 3 countries and displays the 3 sides strong will and capabilities to jointly maintain world peace and maritime security while actively building a maritime community with a shared future. this isn't just a military exercise it's a it's a political statement. the strait of hormuz is the world's most important oil 3 a 5th of odd daily oil flows through it 21 percent of global supply every day it's a crazy amount and as with oil the strait is highly flammable we begin with a schematic escalation of tension between iran and the west or serious provocation tonight in the strait of hormuz after iran seized a british tanker iran seizing control of a british oil tanker u.k. is accusing iranian boats of trying to intercept a british oil tanker and they seem to be no end to this escalation washington and

everyone with a warship or regiment to spare seem to be rushing into the persian gulf i mean wasn't the nicest neighborhood to begin with what with saudi arabia and iran mortal enemies facing off across the top of channels and when it seemed like things couldn't get worse they did. the attack was launched from the north and was in question a response of by iran amid all the calls for deescalation iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply. having failed at max pressure secretary turning to max to seek blaming iran won't end disgust or right at the edge of the precipice cooler heads prevailed things calmed down

somewhat everyone's figure is still in the trigger but it's more a diplomatic battle now for example trump still pressing on with his sanctions trying to force iran to abide by a nuclear deal that trump himself pulled out of big protest in iran as well helped along by washington. the exercise is officially unrelated to this crisis it's an anti pirate an anti terror drill it's also a very clever move by iran pressured and threatened as it is by america to ron decided to cool who has some friends apparently for a friendly sailed together china and russia the 2nd and 3rd most powerful militaries in the world as i said pretty clever. arabic channel spoke to the chief foreign policy adviser to the leader of iran and in

a wide ranging interview that wearing it he's been talking to us about syria president trump impeachment u.s. sanctions and cooperation with russia. russia is our strategic partner our relations are very dynamic developing is a bilateral regional and international partnership currently there are no relations between iran and us iran's representatives will not negotiate with the americans until the u.s. rejoins the p 5 plus one group we've been living under u.s. sanctions for 40 years now from time to time they would ease the sanctions then crank them up again however iran has learned to adopt to get round the sanctions you'll need more than just sanctions to subdue such a big and powerful nation is a wrong it has sea and land borders with a total length of more than 8000 kilometers and it borders on 15 countries we have already experienced all kinds of sanctions both before and after the war with iraq we know how to run our country despite any american sanctions. tradition of the

holiday season for world leaders heads of state and major organizations to deliver their annual greetings usually wrap up the passing year and then generally express hope for a prosperous and happy future but this year it seems of a few peculiar messages out there that tells but taking a look. christmas the time of year when people gather together to celebrate the bonds of friendship and family as a side note also a very awkward period for the brits have to regular engage an eye contact except well wishes and feign merriment all at the same time sorry this is not my weekly therapy session but anyway we've all grown tired of repeating the same old merry christmas and in a bid to keep good old yuletide going and make it all trendy in 21st century all the world over people are getting creative with the traditional greeting sometimes though they know how to best put it misjudged the mood while some gingerbread houses we do so i get to go with them $35.00 jet merry christmas to

christian soldiers and to those celebrating around the world i'm a big fan of gingerbread but one in the shape of an f. $35.00 jet which are regularly used to conduct strikes over gaza just hours after the i.d.f. admitted that a raid in the gaza strip can not i member of a single family was a mistake i think i'll give it a miss as apparently will many others yes nothing says merry christmas like a freaking war machine all you are missing is some gingerbread bombs to drop on some gingerbread palestinians maybe the i.d.f. had a brainstorm session with donald trump because his festive wishes also struck a somber tone i think someone forgot to tell him that joy is a contractual obligation in december on behalf of the entire tribe we wish everyone a joyous and merry christmas but can you blame him it's the end of the year world todd poor thing couldn't even hide the fact he was reading off a prompter though he does have other things on his plate i suppose like his possible removal from office even his usually bellicose tweets have been

a bit like cluster of late no caps lock no explanation marks kind of thing also jumping in head fast to the whirlpool of christmas for parts us customs and border protection they congratulated santa for not scaling and he was sorry chimneys this year. and applying for his visa on time like you'd expect it went down like a sack of presents hundreds of kids in texas are spending christmas eve taking care of each other freezing cold insufficient food water medical attention hygiene it resources no contact with their parents many as young as one hope he brought gifts for these kids. he missed the stop and across the pond things want much better queen elizabeth the 2nd film test 67th christmas speech you think after all these years she'd have it down pat but it's been a tough year for poor queenie what with prince andrew clearly not being a natural in t.v. interviews perry marrying an american divorcee said divorcée crying on t.v.

about being bullied by the very people who pay the heating bill at buckingham palace harry saying that he and william of fighting harry being a climate activist while jetting around a private jets house story not my weekly therapy session so instead of the usual merry christmas one and all they got this and midterms as you have filled. with small steps can make a world of difference. a very legal way of defining being on the brink of a constitutional crisis our fingers crossed hoping the son didn't spend nights sweating away with a convicted sex offender and then the icing sugar on top of the you'll log the un decided to pick the day christ was born to talk about how motherhood is a real chore which will apparently leave you poor bond employed and most likely gender discriminated against i wonder if mary and joseph consider these downsides as the road to bethlehem so yeah it's tough to know how to wish people while at this time of year but i don't want to miss out on the fun so mary day the christ

was born but only if you recognize christ i'm not forcing anything on you so let's just say it's a win to hard to if the time went to doesn't offend this is a safe space after all totally up to you how you want to celebrate this day or not your call. this is r.t. from moscow still ahead kicked out of the british military for being gay now there's a push for compensation it's all next door in 90 seconds. the washington consensus led by the united states says the liberal world order must be defended at almost all costs said differently the foreign policy blog demands the post cold war you know polar moment be preserved but alas it would seem multi-polar world has already arrived.

is like the child in the room it's impulsivity it's narcissism it's us versus them it's fear the prefrontal cortex it's empathy it's compassion it's thinking about the future in terms of what we do today that's where we need to make our decisions based from from the prefrontal cortex unfortunately when we eat the modern diet of our planet or when we watch the news or we spend too much time online we lock in to the we lock in to the child in the room and we're not able to make good use is. welcome back rights activists are calling on the defense ministry to compensate more than 150 people who say they were expelled from the military because of their sexuality. say that the armed forces passed policy of discrimination untold damage

to the lives of many service personnel and the victims must receive her address. many people suffered horribly under fishel is sanctioned discrimination and persecution as a result of the ban on bt plus people in the armed forces the m. d. has been far too slow to offer probably apologies and the recompense for their suffering ministers should be doing all they can to put this right a gay people were banned from serving in the british armed forces until the european court of human rights ruled that policy was unlawful in 2000 since then the m. o. d. has paid out $4000000.00 pounds in compensation and says it's settled $51.00 cases of discrimination that said over $100.00 other claims have been either rejected or withdrawn l.g. bt activists insists though that many more military personnel are likely to have been affected by that over the years leading british rights campaigner peter tatchell says that thousands of people were forced out of the military between the

late 1940 s. and the turn of the century in the eighty's he says as many as 300 people were kicked out here because of their sexuality in many cases it had a severe impact on service members' lives the about a dozen except that that policy was unjust. we are aware of fewer than 200 cases in which individuals may have been dismissed on the grounds of their sexuality although we accept that there may be cases that aren't known about we accept our policy in respect of serving homosexuals in the military was wrong discriminatory and unjust to the individuals involved are peter tatchell who i mentioned earlier new york observer columnist and political commentator give us their reaction. we need to recognize the real pain suffering that was subjected to these men they not only lost their job and their income but because they are in the forces they lost their forces accommodation their home they also lost their pension rights and many of their friends at the time the law of the law and gay people for being

in the military there are similar rules that ban people being in the military for a variety of reasons medical conditions what have you thrown out the purpose of the armed forces to protect and defend the united kingdom that is their primary role they were not bad soldiers otherwise perfect service records but of course some of the people who signed up didn't realize they were gay when they enlisted their only realised much later on in their career and it would be very very perverse to punish people on the basis that they should have known they were gay back when they signed up when they were 1617 or 18 years old we hear this all the time don't we for various groups that we should treat people in the past as idiots because they were less in lights and those what is going to be difficult here is if it's so at some point in the future we change our opinion then we're suddenly compensating people from the past are my concern is there any organization or group or political view

might be able to come forward in the future and attempt to sue or get compensation out of the british government so i think it is fair and reasonable to say that these men do deserve compensation commensurate with the suffering and injustice that they serve the numbers currently the compensation is tiny indeed a tiny fraction of the numbers who were victimized by this unjust law what we need is a military that is capable of fighting with the commanders not politicians or gay rights activists to decide who military personnel are and how they're deployed. mexico claims that it's observed a heightened number of police and security agents around its embassy in the city of la paz and bolivia describing it as a siege it also says it's going to file a complaint against bolivia's interim government at the international court of justice in the hague. is that was we are addressing the entire international community because not even join the worst moments of the military coups of the 19 seventies and $980.00 s.

was the integrity of mexican embassy buildings or residences ever puts at risk. the mexican foreign ministry complains that the number of security agents started to increase on choose day and comes after the country gave refuge to a group of politicians loyal to the ousted president evo morales bolivia's foreign minister vote says it was the mexican ambassador who requested more security she also says mexico will have to retract the accusations. i considered illegal file a suit because no one can file a lawsuit based on unproven facts or presumptions from the mexican foreign ministry . and the political analysts we spoke to believe that delivery is new governments trying to put pressure on anyone that supports saver or a less every country is bound to protect i respect every diplomatic representation in every country to do something very clear under international law so in that sense makes a good school record where he was breaking the law he did not try to put pressure on any country that would support evo morales and that's the point of the garment.

to pee or prevent any possibility that morales supporters not only can win the next election but any possibility of more lives coming but mexico supported morale is because they are on the say we're all related in relation to the most free what is really a democracy morally it stops being a precedent because we could have our mexico if against the hutaree entirely. meanwhile in bolivia itself arrested region has kicked out a police force loyal to the interim government and formed its own law enforcement body. i mean come on but it means the police didn't get so many arrests and so many after the coup that's why as many as 400 were injured and between 1403800 there arrested

. ugh. god. this will allow us to have some unity and agreement from below rather than just receiving suggestions by having candidates appointed from above we're going to have a poser from the grass trees give some names and then have our official candidate to be our representative and president of the multinational state of bolivia. and to chat about it because the rule of law must be extended to every corner of our country we cannot allow our public with the knowledge territory the union polices need the legal constitutional.

law and the police will not and to the tropical cochabamba will stand up and confront them when of building to sit around with our arms crossed. we're not going to leave people on the run over christmas and new year we'll be standing firm we'll be ready for any conflict that comes our way. cochabamba. the resistance. regions. and they've established in autonomy defended in eternity amidst this. right u.s. sponsored school in libya who governments not only in particular interest body it's unpopular across libya because it does not repeat the 99.9 percent of libya it only represents more stratum of the leats believe. the region so there is resistance

a lot of repression this repression rid the resistance. to invade in. there is a great. morning police and military have no control. so turning. back to our top story and that passenger plane crash site our mattie airport in kazakstan in central asia the number of fatalities has been revised down it's now known that 12 people were killed at least 12 people killed in that crash dozens are known to have been injured children among them mostly though at least 60 people have survived we're going to bring in now geoffrey who's the editor of airline ratings dot com welcome to the program and to tell us on the metrics then that you analyze and your area of expertise 1st of all what about the plane itself the falcon $100.00 it's not been produced for a while but how safe is it. yes indeed it has it's been out of production since

seems $997.00. look it's a very very good airplane foka in holland built excellent airplanes along a long history of building the outstanding aircraft. and the before 100 itself has a very good record considering you know particularly where it's being flown in remote parts of world mountainous region short runways sort of challenging areas but yes it's a very strong europe line structurally very strong as long as it's well mine time and it should go on serving the world's air routes rather 10 or 15 years of least it is looking at the pictures of the crash site that yes snowy and cold but extremely clear conditions but of course takeoffs and landings are the most hazardous times for a jet. looking deeds and the early indications point to 2 possible causes one is that as we can see snow snow snow everywhere was

very very cold icing conditions and it may well have been that the plane was not correctly d.-i still not diaz did all and if there's a build up of ice on the wing as soon as the plane takes off you're going to have a situation where you would need the lift over the top of the wing the air over the top of the wing is disturbed therefore you lose lift and a plane or you reach now 2 to 40 feet and then crash back to earth. and the other thing we but there's a possibility there was an engine problem we know the aircraft reached takeoff speed of about 175 miles an hour and then quickly let's speak quickly to within a 2nd or 2 of takeoff back to 140 and that's when all the data was lost. so possible engine problem possible icing problem on the wings.

and i suppose it's nothing short of remarkable that so many people most of flee have survived because of takeoff of course the plane would have just been loaded with fuel. looking deed and you make a very good point there was no fuel explosion which i would say saved a lot of people's lives. and that we could have a very very great tragedy if they'd been an explosion with the fuel tanks again pointing to the integrity of the foka 100 design that the fuel tanks did not rock just so very very lucky. you talk about the safety of the falcon 100 it's right below see what about the airline or indeed as safety generally in that part of the world catholics down in central asia. well 1st of all dealing with becky here becky is been in operating since 2011 as far as an airline is concerned it's markets itself as a low cost carrier a regional carrier within the country it's got out for q one hundreds of they've

had a couple of minor incidents but essentially a fatality free record that can't be said for the country there's been quite a few crashes mostly small but still taking lives over the last. 20 years ok thanks for sharing your insight with us geoffrey thomas in perth and one ratings dot com editor in chief thanks for your time. but ok that is your news for now thanks for watching cross talk up next on our team from moscow. i'm going to fulfill the repeated promises apologise to the people and promise to be you know we've all pots be. ready

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