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Hit the passenger plane and all one 176. 00 people on board but kids also on the program. Everything will fall because the bear me of the old highway and all the trees are on call at every one of the loop and he defined evacuation orders to defend his home against a wall of flames you have a remarkable story of survival me just really has 1st thing bush crisis. Plus gestures like these will not be allowed at the 2020 years since the games in tokyo we have details on the i. O. C. Music new rules on to the good protests. And welcome im attaching my thank you for joining us on the w. U. S. And canadian Officials Say its highly likely that an Iranian Missile brought down a ukrainian passenger jet at their don earlier this week canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says monte evidence suggests an iranian surface to air missile hit the airliner shortly after takeoff but iran has rejected that claim 176. 00 people on board most of them iranian and canadian were killed in the crash which came just hours after attack against u. S. Targets in neighboring iraq. Verified by 2 Media Outlets appears to show the plane exploding in the sky just seconds before it crashed western leaders say the evidence points towards an Iranian Missile. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the 1st to publicly announce the theory. We have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by entering a surface to air missile. This may well have been unintentional. This new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation into this matter u. S. Officials have told us media they have a quote high degree of certainty that it was a missile that hit the plane earlier President Donald Trump had also suggested it might have been an accident iran vehemently denies the theory that an Iranian Missile brought down the plane. Thing that is clear to us and that we can say with certainty is that this plane was not hit by a missile. As i said last night the plane was on fire for more than one and a half minutes in the air. And the location shows that the pilot was attempting to return joya help on issues with a high level of house in the valley just as the ukrainian officials have also said they were quote not ruling out a missile attack they have sent a team to tehran to investigate and are insisting on full cooperation iran has invited the u. S. Aviation Company Boeing to join that probe and said it would provide visas for accredited investigators from the countries involved. Joining me now is have us is a correspondent for the a. F. P. News agency in tehran and why is iran so certain that the ukrainian plane was not hit by a myside. As you heard from the irans. Civilian authority saying well death 1st thing for them is that they dont think its possible that it was a missile because the playing chips lying course 6070 seconds. And they believe that if it was supposed. Engine all the planes wings it really should have been able to keep flying thats one thing and the other thing theyre saying is that if the coin was hit by massaro the real round the crash site should have been much more stutter and sis is limited to a rather limited space again cannot be a message. That they seem to be very adamant on this point on dogs. But all these points are also depend on the scale and the size of the myside. Oh well of course but the thing is that iran is ruled out that missile in the 1st place and that the scale or the size of the is not really the point for them sheer and one thing to have in mind here on the ukrainian side many people seem to be talking about it is that its not exactly a good situation to be in that this new incident regarding the plane has somehow this tractor you could say you know all narrative from what happened to general wasnt selling money something that iran was of course very much headed out in the open and was talking and working on it and this cannot exactly be a good scenario for a lot slower intentional massaro or stake otherwise its not something that we all wanted to have but. The other point is that iran equality or other countries of the. Nationals has a big come on this funding in canada are being sweden and some other countries are also france as the engine manufacturer is also short of goodwill or you rob and i think thats also one of cord point to. Focus on i mean most of the people who died in this plane crash were iranians how is the country dealing with this tragedy whats the mood. Old well its definitely one of the sorrel again so ive been looking at the reactions on social media. First of all the fact is that a lot of them will not just your brain i mean it can be used to all the actions of a lot of them were our procedures at the mix and that the its its in a way is the is symbolic that are those who seek opportunities other opportunities outside of your own borders with needs such a grim fate and i saw that kind of the balls the sorrow and also you have to realize that this happened in a very. Bizarre story packed week in a sense been we had our job was on was assassination then there were people who died during the morning interim on and then. We had this plane crash and there was also an earthquake the fog of course that all damages what the site in a sense is rather scored here right iranian journalist in karen thank you very much for that update from there. And of course for the families of victims is really important to find out the cause of the crash that we now draw in aviation expert Stephen Wright stephen the focus right now is on the black and black box and flight recorders recovered from the crash site do we know have been a condition to be analyzed properly and if so what kind of information can we get from them. The black boxes have been recovered by the iranians already. There are photos of both of these devices. Being removed and then presented to the media typically what happens is the right by accident investigation all sources with the hardware specialization to be able to download all the premises will they be able to read the riot absolutely the material the way that they work is that they use effectively computer chips inside. Stylist steal books is pretty much indestructible and its a case of then taking these boxes to realistically a 3rd country so maybe somewhere like france where it can be plugged into a computer and then everything is downloaded. And see what the debris now if this plane was brought down by a missile surely there would be signs of explosive material on the debris of the plane exactly and these were some of the things that came to light off to the mh 17 shoot down which is the Malaysian Air line that was shot down over the ukraine a few years ago and the da page accident investigation authorities were able to pinpoint where the missile flew up to where it detonated how it damaged the aircraft and then how the aircraft was then brought down before it crashed so the physical evidence is what the ukrainian crash investigation will be looking to secure and to then light as much information as possible during these early stages so i guess well just have to wait to see what the investigation reveals Stephen Wright an aviation expert thank you very much for that. In the u. S. Meanwhile the house of representatives has voted to limit president dollar trumps ability to engage in military conflict against iran the chamber voted almost completely along party lines to pass a resolution it would become binding if the senate also supports it trump ordered the killing of iranian general qassam silly money last week without approval the rising tensions in the middle east has prompted an emergency meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers in brussels later today they are hoping to find a way to guide the u. S. And iran reframe for the confrontation. First the assassination a few rands top general. Then iranian retaliation. In the deepening conflict between iran and the United States the European Union seems caught in the middle the country says deeply affects not only the region but all of us and the use of weapons must stop now to give space to dialogue talks seem to be the only feasible option here in brussels at the moment the european kind of dilemma is that they of course want to put additional pressure on iran but at the same time they dont want to side too openly with the United States thats the dilemma that the europeans are in this is what their politics looks like you know how do you find the magic formula that you know keeps you in that position that you know satisfies both both needs the e. U. Is clinging on to the 2050 nuclear deal signed by e. U. Countries france the u. K. And germany among others. The socalled j c p u a is supposed to prevent iran from developing Nuclear Weapons in return for the lifting of un sanctions. However u. S. President trump pulled out in 2018 he since re imposed sanctions. A move met with anger in tehran which in response has step by step produced its own commitments to the deal further limiting the use ability to weigh in on the issue. Is the only stake the europeans really had in the iran issue thats you know what made them important in the iran context and now thats out of the window plus the situation is escalating and they have no influence now some hope lies in this man Mohammed Sirleaf the Iranian Foreign minister hes been invited to back to brussels in an attempt to bring iranians back to the table and negotiate a way out of the crisis. Joining me now is iran analysts going in this idea hes from the German Council on Foreign Relations welcome to you connie just as you mentioned the e. U. Foreign ministers are meeting today in brussels for an emergency meeting what can make spectrum that talks well on the one hand its an emergency meeting as its called on the other its about bringing this issue back into the formal policy making processes of the European Union its been a frantic week things happening on the ground on a daily basis and now the Foreign Ministers are meeting to carve out a way what is it that the europeans would want to do what are the opportunities that they see from the selves because over the past days it was more individual statements it was one country or another it was the president of the European Commission the president of the European Council now they need to get together to get to a more formalized and unified approach cyclonus what can the e. U. Play in deescalating these tensions which have spiked between iran and the u. S. Well thankfully the 2 sides managed to deescalate without the intervention of the European Union they did so on wednesday with a more moderate actions that each of them took the United States and iran but now with a view to the midterm the you know the European Union would have to get involved to take a role on the Regional Security side so far the europeans have focused only on trying to save the nuclear deal thats important in and of itself but its only half of the story we see what is happening in iraq with the possibility of the Islamic State becoming more important there so this is the European Security interest they need to get involved in that im talking about the Nuclear Treaty that iran has been saying it doesnt feel compared to the debt to the writ of destruction sposed by the joint comprehensive plan of action. Has the treaty ceased to exist in a defacto sense well people have been saying for quite some time now its on life support and thats probably true but its still somewhat to life and the europeans are trying with meeting with the Iranian Foreign minister today if they are trying to to keep it alive the one thing they would need to do is to. For at least humanitarian trade with iran exports of medical devices of medicine thats and drugs and also food stuff so trying thats on that side reviving so to say the economic side of the deal is important and they would have to do that against the wishes of the United States thats right because the European Union is still very very keen to hang on to this day despite whatever pressure that donald trump is splitting on them what if they dont succeed well we see how much they can do today and over the midterm if they do they do not succeed if there is no more nuclear deal we will see tensions rise again because iran if and when they start resuming enrichment to higher levels if they are edging closer at least in the perception of neighboring countries they edging closer towards the bomb this will escalate and then we will see a military scenario developing because diplomacy has been tried in the in previous years the deal was the result of diplomacy and now countries like United States and israel they will not invest in diplomacy again they will try to solve this militarily i think implications i hears from what you think on any side of a financial and council on Foreign Relations a pleasure to talk to you thank you my pleasure. Theyve been having up to date with some of the stories making news around the world the Russian Military says a ceasefire has come into effect in syrias lived region situation situated in northwestern syria it leaves the countrys last rebel stronghold the syrian governments push to retake the city has forced hundreds of thousands to flee towards the Turkish Border the ceasefire follows talks between turkey and russia earlier this week. The internet shut down and indeed it. Has been ruled unconstitutional by India Supreme Court the government imposed the shutdown in august following its controversial move to abrogate the territories special constitution status in the ruling the Supreme Court called the freedom of the internet a fundamental right. The president of colombia says the country has destroyed a Record Number of coca leaf plantations last year coca is the main ingredient in cocaine and colombia is the Worlds Largest producer of the drug the countrys army had to manually rip up trumps a spot of efforts to crack down on illegal trade. Australians are bracing for more danger from the countrys bushfires with higher temperatures and stronger winds set to increase risk levels on friday at least 26 people have died in the fires and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed despite this some tough struggle ins are choosing to risk their lives and fight the fires themselves. This is how jack blasts come spend the new year in a life or death fight against australias raging bushfires his only weapon a garden her. One man against a mega. Jack was born to leave but he was determined to defend his home and he did jack save his house and his life. Brian did the same his wife stayed with friends brian wanted to go it alone then the fire came i remember looking here and everything was all for the track to be on me we all highway and all the trees around for every one of the and or social of. His neighbors fled just in time the house now in ruins brian narrowly made it out alive. But run around they put the forit right in the face lloyd and then i can remember from right around the front and then i had a fire in the verandah so i brought the tractor trailer put that up and you sit back and forwards all know it and you just really have to keep begad and you didnt have time to be scattering about that you had to concentrate on what you were doing brians other neighbor phil also stayed behind the 2 defended their homes side by side with the one the other living i mean in my short story they not only cant tell him thats right if thats all they do much at all that we. Know we dont care for each other just like you rubes though still kick in. The fire burned everything in its path fill managed to capture the blaze on his phone as it came rolling towards him or he described as a monster a monster he fought with a garden hose. To take the last thats to the place thats the food fight he fought for. Trade now this. May all of that to discredit. The australian survive to hiring feet one that is deeply touched their lives. All right there was a lot of water on the right here. And around us our side of the house now. Are still crawling. But my folks. Brian and phil beat the odds but they do it again without a doubt they say but they also understand why many chose to flee. Joining me now is obvious Senior Business editor ben physician whos just returned from the street leah welcome ben such courage and resilience we saw there from those men in that report how common are these stories and people just stay back and defend their homes despite evacuation warnings you do hear from time to time people who stayed back and people who stayed back and died i mean its an extremely dangerous situation and as you know youve done the Fire Training the roof Fire Training in australia as a journalist base there so did i when you get the orders to leave youve got to get out of there its a really dangerous situation to decide to stay home and to try to fend off a fire with a garden hose exactly in the training suggested defendable many if not. Now this these fires have taken such a huge stone on people this man is the country but what about the wives life this is the interesting part i mean we occasionally see these cute and cuddly videos that are going viral of kangaroos hugging people and koalas climbing up cyclists bikes for a drink of water but the reality is. Its like opening the doors to hell one person told me a Wildlife Rescue of these animals a stead or aggressive clinging to life in clambering and trying to do everything they can to get away from the fires and this one rescuer told me he could hear koalas screaming trying to rip out his eyes chlorine at him snakes writhing on the ground because they inhofe buns. Kangaroos buds with singed fed is running around on the ground because they cant fly with their own feet and its an absolutely horrible situation and sure were talking about a couple dozen people who died which is horrible but the atta mills the wildlife were talking about a 1000000000 a 1000000000 which is an astonishing figure and you know for the tourists who want to come to australia to see a cute cuddly koala theyre going to really have to search for what gosh thats such a tragedy that to me at the moment the 1000. Of australians have come out on the streets and theyve been protesting and making the link between these bushfires and Climate Change what do people that make off the governments handling specially the Prime Minister whos come in for a lot of criticism well theyre making that link between the fire as and Climate Change because the government isnt and the government is in a difficult position its trying to defend jobs in the coal industry which is one of its most Important Industries and its 2nd biggest export it is what has made a straight affluent but think about all those cop emissions from from coal. Strader is a huge polluter per capita and strains dont want to know that the government doesnt want to do that and the government does not want to change its policies on Climate Change so its going to be a real struggle here and people are getting extremely emotional about this and taking to the streets the government has been trying to ban climate protests but unsuccessfully. Benches it is just back from the sort of thank you very much for sharing your personal insights with us new guidelines from the International Olympic committee if you have that athletes from needing into test or just think any kind of political messages at the 2020 summit games in tokyo the Committee Says those who break protesters will face disciplinary action however actually support groups is say silencing athletes should never be tolerated. Over 50 years ago american sprinters tommie smith and john carlos famously did the black power salute at the Olympic Games in 1968 bringing attention to the then plight of africanamericans in the u. S. In recent years there has been a rise in political activism by athletes most notably call them kapur nick and Megan Rapinoe last august 2 u. S. Athletes were placed on probation for 12 months for evidence at the Pan American Games in peru considered by some to be a warning ahead of the Tokyo Olympics International Olympic Committee President thomas bach said previous protests had no effect and the mission of the Olympic Games is to unite and not to divide box cautioned athletes any kind of quote for whatever reason is against the submission of the Olympic Games and i ask them to respect. The Olympic Games and by not using them. Of their stay for their. Political purposes potential violations of the new guidelines according to the i. O. C. Would be evaluated by the athletes national Olympic Committee and the respective International Sport federation disciplinary action will be taken on a case by case basis athletes however will be free to express themselves during interviews and on platforms like twitter and instagram some ethnic groups have criticized the new rules calling it a violation of human rights and a double standard they point to the i. O. C. President jacques support of a joint north and south korean team at the 2018 Winter Olympics as an example of pushing politics at the games amid rising political tensions ruled why will athletes abide by the new policy set by the i. O. C. Well have our answer when the games start in. Tokyo on the 24th of july. Youre watching the news heres a recap of the top stories were following feel canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says multiple intelligence sources indicate an Iranian Missile brought on a ukrainian fastened to a plane yet there on u. S. Officials have also said they believe its likely that an iranian ed Defense System hit the plane by accident killing all 276. 00 people on board. And australians are bracing for mounting danger from bushfires with higher temperatures and stronger winds set to increase risk levels on friday the wildfire crisis in the country southeast has claimed at least 26 lives and destroyed more than 2000 homes since september. And dont forget you can always get the news on the go just down to the afternoon google play it all from the after story that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if youre part of a news story you can also use the after send us photos and videos of whats happening. 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