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breaking news this hour a ukrainian passenger plane crash near tehran airport the ukrainian interior ministry says all on board were killed. in the. meanwhile in neighboring iraq 2 american military bases are hit by dozens of air strikes as iran responds to the killing of its top general was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike last week our time around so it's not looking for a war with washington. all is well how donald trump responds to the attacks saying he will make a statement later today previously the u.s.
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president threatened to threaten to destroy multiple iranian right to the cultural ones if he ran retaliate in any way. you're watching our 2 international bring you your line news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. our 1st breaking news coming out of iran is a ukrainian airlines passenger jet has crashed just minutes after taking off from the capital the ukrainian interior ministry says there were no survivors the moment of the crash was captured on video. i. live and studio with the details his art his dollar quarter breakdown what happened for us while jackie this plane was bound for key after it crashed 2 minutes after takeoff just about 2 minutes after takeoff from khamenei airport
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airport in tehran that was around 6 am local time iranian reports are saying that 179 passengers and crew were on board and all reports confirmed that unfortunately there were no survivors iranian iranian emergency services had been on the scene for a long time working to collect more information and gathering the bodies earlier we even saw pictures of the absolutely scorched scorched plane wreckage on the ground and the body bags containing people that were that were killed in this tragic event now iranian media had been reporting for a long time that that there were technical problems that brought the plane down and we also heard from an airport representative that a fire occurred on board the plane in the engine made flight now that was also corroborated by the video we showed earlier of the fire on the plane while it was going down. what kind of reaction have we seen from ukraine well
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a lot of ukrainians to to sions were quick to give their responses ukraine's embassy in iran for example so that they have enough information to tell that this crash was not the result of a terrorist attack we've also heard from the country's national security and defense council which said that they will be organizing an operational headquarters to gather more information and get to the bottom of what caused these this crash in the 1st place as for ukrainian international airlines they said that they will not be having any more flights to tehran until further notice and even president vladimir is a lengthy said that there is going to be an inspection of the countries of the country's entire civil fleet including a probe into the crash itself. so if they have been ruled out terrorism then the question becomes what exactly did happen and you are saying mentioning that there was reports of a fire and one of the engines take us through the safety record of the boeing $737.00 the plan that this happened yes so this plane is the boeing 737800 the
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model itself is relatively older than the more recent models but the plane that crashed itself was only built back in 2016 so the plane itself was quite quite new only about 4 years old but this model has actually had its share of crashes over the past couple years in 2016 for example over 60 people were killed in the crash where the plane was coming from dubai on route to russia and in 2010 another similar crash in india that killed over 150 people again same model and this isn't even the the newer boeing $737.00 max model which was also grounded about a year ago for its own series of crashes now it's still you know tough to say it's not it's not clear whether or not this crash was the result of some sort of design flaw in the boeing $737800.00 but airline officials have said that this crash mostly likely did not happen as a result of some sort of mistake made by the pilots they were very experienced and
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knew what they were doing as for boeing the company said that it's still gathering information in regards to this crash but other than that we haven't heard much of course be following along closely to any further developments artist on court i think you providing us the latest. now the ukrainian president has cut short a visit to oman and is heading to kiev on his telegram channel he expressed his sincere condolences to the relatives of all the victims of the plane crash he also said the ukrainian authorities were still clarifying all the details of the tragedy grieving relatives are now gathering at camp international airport where flight 752 was headed people are mourning the dad and waiting for any further information about the disaster. the reports of the plane crash came just hours after he ran fire dozens of ballistic missiles to a u.s. military bases in iraq iranian military is calling the move revenge for the death
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of its top general custom salmoni who was killed in a u.s. drone strike last week. about a group that did it. was . the missile strikes happened at exactly the same time of night as the assassination of samani 5 days earlier and the secretary of iran supreme national security council tweeted this image of the iranian flag of an apparent reference to trump's tweet of the u.s. flying as you can see here just after the drone strike that killed some money artist middle east correspondent paula flair has all the details. well we've recently just heard from the iranian revolutionary guards and i must stress that it's i'm confirmed but they've issued a statement in which they say that 80 soldiers have been killed and some 200 have been injured at the one american base that was hit in the early hours of this morning but we are receiving conflict and reports we've heard from the pentagon
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that none of its soldiers were killed and as for the other foreign countries that are also taking place in the coalition against islamic state we've heard from norway denmark australia and the united kingdom all of whom had soldiers at this base said that was hit in the early hours of this morning with these countries saying that they soldiers all safe we are hearing also from the iraqi military that there are no casualties so at this stage of the mains to be seen exactly how many if any soldiers were injured this morning the iranians say that they fired off some 22 ballistic missiles the target was 2 bases 2 iraqi bases where these fallen troops are currently employed the one base in the north of the country did not receive any damage the missiles landed in a nearby field but it was this other base just outside of baghdad that has seen some extensive damage the operation has been dubbed mata silliman and we are hearing that the iranian president hassan rouhani will give an address later today
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we have however heard some of the country's foreign minister zarif who has justified the iranian strike saying that they ought to caution it in line with the u.n. charter clause that allows of course for self-determination and that he ran does not want to escalate and see a confrontation with the united states but that it will defend itself if it has to . run to conclude it proportionate measures in self-defense under article $51.00 if you are in charge or targets in base from which coldly armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched we do not seek escalation or war but will defend ourselves against any aggression now. awesome to hear reaction from the international community india and pakistan have both exercised or called for extreme caution urging they citizens there to avoid non essential travel to the philippines has now started a mandatory. evacuation of its citizens and the united kingdom has condemned the
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red urging you rand not to repeat what it calls reckless and dangerous attacks but it gave you a new revolutionary guard defending its earlier issued a statement in which it said that it would retaliate even further if the united states or any of its allies in the middle east respond to it strikes earlier this morning we warned the great satan our good american regime that any further mounted mobilization will result in a more painful response. of the u.s. government which have given their bases to the terrorist army of the country are warned that any territory used for hostile acts against iran will be targeted the ongoing our concern of course is that the situation could escalate and we could see a potential showdown between some of the major powers here in the region we haven't yet had any official reaction from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu we are expecting him to release a statement in the coming hours if not earlier at the same time the israeli army is
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on a state of high alert countries more than and southern borders and this is out of concern that iran might respond or retaliate for that by activating its proxies either hamas in gaza or hizbullah in lebanon so an extremely extremely tense situation here in the region donald trump has responded to the attack saying that all is well and that he will make a further statement later today the white house says control titians are now on going across live now to sod all month long security security committee member for the local baghdad government how does iraq view the strikes carried out on their territory. yes think very much naturally it is a big problem for iraq we see the americans striking and assassinating iranian official and high ranking iraqi official on the other hand iran send its missiles
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on an american base which basically is an iraqi base we definitely asked both sides to end this charade there's no further need for any further bloodshed i think both made their point and both parties should exercise self-restraint as much as possible this area is volatile. we have many targets that could be turned into a major war that engulfs the region in chaos. the route for international oil crude oil passes through this area there is no need for further escalation in the price of oil that will definitely cause a worldwide recession. we think that enough life has been lost in this matter and we definitely as an iraq invasion and government we would like both sides to
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see sayes to cease and stop any type of aggression on each other and hopefully some form of negotiation could be established to resolve any outstanding problems between the 2 countries we we are not in a great position we don't want iraq to be turned into a battlefield it's not in the interest of the iraqi nation the interest of the iraqi economy we think we are we have been suffered quote for some time now and we think that this should end immediately. did you expect iran to react in this manner . sorry say again did you expect iran to react in this manner with these sort of strikes. yes we think that iran sent a very strong message to the americans that this was
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a proportionate attack this was equal to in magnitude to the american assassination so there's no further need for any further attacks from either side they were aliens made it very clear that they can reach many targets in the middle east the oil fields of saudi arabia are not far from iran the bases in qatar and bahrain and kuwait all american bases within reach of iranian missiles the americans can easily attack the iranians on many many levels so we think and we hold this message has been reached to all concerned parties and i do believe that iran will accept that this is a final point and this don't further need for any further escalation or further strikes from any party after the strikes donald trump tweeted all is well so far so
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good a rather muted tone when it comes to donald trump and he also promised to make a statement in the coming hours what do you think we might hear from him at that point. i think mr trump also will be will think that this was an appropriate reply and since no american lives were lost so basically this is this is the end of this let's hope that mr trump will. some people who have some sense in their heads and not go the adventurous way that he has been selected and let's hope that the wisdom in the united states prevail and his word will be a word of. 'd the word of decision of activities in this
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region and would accept this as a score settled and this is the end of that. security committee member for the baghdad government thank you for joining us on the program today. the u.s. federal aviation agency has banned all u.s. flights over the persian gulf over security concerns previously trump threatened to strike 52 iranian sites if it retaliated in any way that so far washington's response has been somewhat muted with donald trump tweeting so far so good. all is well missiles launched from around a 2 military bases located in iraq assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far i will be making a statement to morrow morning well we have a tweet from donald trump it begins with the phrase all is well followed by a statement that there is an assessment going on of the casualties and the damage
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done to us bases as a result of the attack by the iranian missiles furthermore we do have the white house saying that trump has been briefed on the situation and it we have this point it's expected that down trump will speak to the media regarding the events tomorrow this is what we heard from the white house we are aware of the reports of attacks on u.s. facilities in the rock the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team now the response from members of the u.s. congress has been quite different depending on which party they are in closely monitoring the situation phone bombing starr getting u.s. troops in iraq we must ensure the safety of our service members including and needless provocations from the administration and demanding that iran sees its violence american world cannot afford war. iran is now openly calling for
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americans to turn on each of the the time will come to debate u.s. policy tonight's american and allied troops have come into direct attack by nation state and americans must come together to support and protect them and respond appropriately may god protect and watch over our troops stationed in iraq my thoughts are with them and with their loved ones i condemn iran's attacks which targets u.s. coalition and iraqi military personnel in the strongest terms i'm monitoring the situation in iraq closely and praying for our men and women in uniform the iranian regime has made a great miscalculation by launching his attacks and long term supporters the decision to kill qassam solomonic is being celebrated as a heroic act an act against terrorism however among many democrats though they have not much good to say about qassam solid money they seem to however argue that this was an unnecessary ask elation that put american lives at risk so many democratic voices seem to be speaking up and saying that donald trump could possibly be asking
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lading to a war with iran and didn't consult the u.s. congress on that matter so there seems to be some pretty solid divisions about how to assess the recent events between the usa and iran at this time people are waiting to hear what trump will say when he does speak to the media as the new day comes in the united states now on tuesday the iranian parliament unanimously passed a bill classifying the u.s. armed forces as a terror organization tensions in the middle east have soared in just the past week .
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these are pictures from the state funeral of the slain major general is buried in his hometown there's been an outpouring of grief across iran with almost killing viewed as the death of a national hero if you're all attracted bass crowd of mourners and at least $56.00 people were killed after being crushed in the crowd there in tuesday's funeral
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procession for 2 decades served as the commander of iran's qods force which is the external wing of the islamic revolutionary guard he played a crucial role in iran's military decision making process and helped expand iran's role in the middle east. and let's go back to our other breaking news story this hour the plane crash and he ran for ukrainian international airlines passenger jet has crashed just minutes after taking off from the capital tehran the ukrainian interior ministry says there were no survivors of that crash. we're not going to go live to use after ali iranian state press t.v. journalist for more on this use of what's happening at the scene right now. well boeing being cranium boeing 737 took off from the capital to run here. at 6 12 am local time and it was bound for the ukrainian capital kiev and
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just a few minutes around 10 minutes after taking off and crashed and reports show that we receive images and footage showing the plane crashing while in fire and the crash site is reportedly around 30 kilometers west of the one in a district called shot we are so far the emergency crew that were dispatched there for a cleanup and emergency operations are disappointed with the operation because the entire crush side is in a blaze is a blaze and that is why it hinders and impedes any kind of emergency operation the fire is still raging and the debris are there and the cleanup operations are hampered let me tell you a little bit about the people on board which may come as a very interesting information for the viewers 82 iranians the majority of the
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passengers who were on board a boeing 737 were iranians $82.00 iranians were onboard and only 11 ukrainians were on board that plane. 63 of the passengers were canadians 10 swedes 4 afghans and 3 germans and 10 brits on's. there are rumors circulating right now in iran and outside iran some of the news outlets are blaming the crash the plane crash on terror attack or rocket attack by the united states but so far official reports show that an engine failure is the main cause of the incidents and the ukrainian embassy in tehran has said that there is no link. to any terror attack or a rocket attack by the by the united states so was the situation is very is developing very fast and we're waiting for more information to be received yes it
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is important to point out that the ukraine did rule out that it was a terror attack saying that there was some sort of engine failure likely to have happened there can you tell us a little bit more of did you see some of the videos of the plane coming down itself what sort of reaction there was about what's happening. well into what the people are overwhelmed by the news of the iranian r.g.c. forces attack on the un in on an american air base and on the iraqi soil so very few information are covered about the incident which took place early in the morning in teheran but the iranian emergency. relief organization has said that has said that it is disappointed of any possibility of anyone to be survive in these event so of right now the emergency operations are underway and
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the district called shot we are 30 kilometers away from the capital tehran this is not the 1st time such an incident is taking place inside iran of course this particular incident is of course has taken place with regards to a ukrainian airplane bud's within the aviation industry of these numbers republic of iran such incidents are not as shocking a surprise because iran has been long suffering from the u.s. imposed sanctions and aviation sector and a nearly every year we witness such an incident taking place inside the iranian skies the latest one was in 2019 last year when a again a boeing 7007 which belonged to the iranian army crashed in west of there one and all of the 15 people on board that airplane were killed so every year nearly every year we witness such an incident taking place in iran because of
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the sanctions that were imposed by the united states against the iranian civil aviation industry and iran has time and again called on the united states to avoid any sanctions on the it's a sector civil it's especially civil aviation sector and the sanctions against the islamic republic are taking a humanitarian form. but the united states did not take of course any action to stop its sanctions against the iranian aviation industry but this particular one is shrouded in mystery what has happened and that the fact that the plane was not did not belong to iran to these lot of the public it raises many questions as to the cause the major cause of these events which we have to wait and see what are the major cause was of course we'll be waiting to see what comes out of the investigation into this tragedy is have jalali iranian state press t.v. journalist thank you for joining us on the program that's
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a news wrap up for now but i'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest thanks for tuning in. so these terms inflation and deflation they tend to hand the connection between the finance economy and the real economy and sometimes the finance economy gets out of hand and you have crashes and sometimes the real economy gets out of hand then you have stagflation because wages are too high but sense 2000 and getting even more pronounced since 2008 we have 2 separate economies there are 5 for kate it there's the privately owned central banks who print money for private the top 110th of one
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percent of private citizens and then we have the surf class or the neo feudal class and these 2 don't interact any.
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i'm action or time theme we going underground it a brand new season as the world arguably face is its greatest conflict a the 21st century spock by donald trump's u.k. backed assassination of iran stop soldier qassam silly money the man credited with saving countless lives in nature nations by defeating nice is die ashley and al qaeda coming up in a show watch was israel's role in the us assassination that is arguably set the middle east on the pathogen nuclear conflict we'll ask former israeli foreign minister an ambassador to the united states danny eye on them on and after the iraqi parliament voted to throughout to british an american soldiers i would zach the will baghdad work would tap more on to exact revenge on nations which of
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supported donald trump's drone killing we speak to member of baghdad council security committee sod i'll my blabbing plus as u.s. president drum threatens to destroy dozens of cultural sides in a run we talk to your primes and colonial blunder with one of the world's greatest human rights was geoffrey robertson all is a more coming up in today's going underground a 1st the world is not the same sins donald trump old of the killing of earring in soldier caught some salaam aini who along with his iraki popular mobilization unit counterpart would drone strike to on friday at baghdad airport joining me now from tel aviv is former israeli ambassador of united states downey i ahd on thanks so much i'm bout to for coming back on the show let's just begin with what is you think your a well indicted prime minister netanyahu of meant when he said israel should not be dragged didn't to what was an american event yes it was a totally american wholly owned american operation and i believe it's came following the attack on the american embassy in but the but basically i think the
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united states was fed up with the intervent of iran through. the iranian revolutionary guard and most of the of. force the locals force which was headed by general wesley money their responsibility was actually to subvert all over and. i would say make sure that the iranians. get the influence all over the area and we see it not just in iraq but also in syria in lebanon in yemen and i believe that after a restraint that the americans showed especially following the attack on the oil installations of saudi arabia that was just one bridge too far for them and they just decided to take action how is it then that israel was informed of the drone strike assassination of general soleimani ahead of time whereas london wasn't moscow wasn't beijing was.

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