No definite answers well bring you the latest from kenya. And a different kind of brags that britains prince harry and his wife megan announced that theyll step back from royal duties and spend more time in north america the announcement took the queen by surprise. Plus travel chaos in france in the next phase of a record breaking strike action french workers will take to the streets shut down transport and try to push the president to give up on a campaign promise. Good to have you with us president says iran appears to be standing down in its confrontation with the United States while he himself has not threatened further military action the president was speaking after iran launched a missile attack on u. S. Military installations in iraq calls no casualties. A crucial and highly anticipated moment. No americans were harmed in last nights attack by the iranian regime. We suffered ok. All of our soldiers are safe and orderly minimal damage was sustained at military bases donald trump confirming no troops were injured or killed in irans missile attack meant there was no need to escalate tensions between the 2 countries. Its all about the Iranian State television had earlier claimed missiles fired by irans forces had killed 80 u. S. Soldiers at the ion al Assad Air Base in iraq because. The attack was an act of revenge for the killing of top military commander general kasim any the move has been widely welcomed across iran. Crowds chanting death to america as irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many tell them their message has been delivered. Of god. As life was delivered last night but what is important is that the seditious presence of america. In the region should be and it. Was the countrys foreign minister also spoke out. Of the. Well said very clearly that if the United States takes any further action respond accordingly and we will respond in a very harsh way but proportionately united stunnel trump and did promise further action but in form of economic sanctions military confrontation it appears has been averted for now. For some analysis now im joined here in the studio by rachel russo a us political analyst from the Aspen Institute here in berlin good morning rachel morning so the u. S. Or now holding their fire tehran says that it has concluded its actions to have been the killing of its top general money but what about those militias supported by iran is it not true that the u. S. Is just as vulnerable as it was before this whole confrontation began well thats a great question that you ask and i think based on time speech last night it seems like we have avoided an all out war but you raised a good question about the militias you know iran said last night that they had concluded their operation but that this does give them a little bit of room to maneuver and if militias decide to take their own revenge it gives them a chance to say it was it wasnt that their mission had been concluded so i was able deniability ability and we should point out 1st the there were some rockets fired into the green zone in baghdad overnight just after trump spoke exactly so i dont think anyone is going to be letting their guard down any time soon here what is donald trump strategy now in dealing with iran and what can we decipher from what hes done so far and what we heard in his speech on wednesday well what is his strategy for anything really you know thats a great question i think they just based on his speech last night he were on a path to deescalation no one in the United States no one in iran wants a war but i think that this does really depend on what happens next and so those are steps that i think people in the United StatesGovernment Congress are going to be looking very closely to see exactly what happens but like i said before its too early for anyone to really let their guard down in his speech donald trump called on nato to play. A bigger role in the middle east what do you make of that well i dont really think anyone knows exactly what he means by that rule i mean nato does have a role in the middle east theres the iraqi Training Mission obviously but i think that over the last few years trump has spent a lot of time calling nato obsolete calling our nato allies free writer so its really surprising to a lot of people that he would make a speech last night and call on nato allies to play a greater role i mean this isnt really a mission that nato is is made for this is that why nato exists so ill be looking for more information on that in the days and weeks to come course were here in europe nato does have a mission in iraq a Training Mission there are german troops there and other troops how do you think the nato allies are going to respond to this appeal from donald trump i think thats a great question you know the past few years have been really difficult for the u. S. European relationship the u. S. German relationship especially and so i dont think nato allies are going to be jumping to come to the United States and. Defense in the middle east region i mean theyre really stuck between a rock and a hard place right now and unpredictable United States president and iran thats not a great place to be in rachel thank you so much analyst rachel reason from the Aspen Institute here in berlin thank you. Now what caused a ukrainian passenger plane to crash in iran just minutes after takeoff all of those on board were killed more than 170 people in all the Ukraine International airlines jet was on its way from tehran to kiev the aircraft went down shortly after iran fired missiles at u. S. Bases in neighboring iraq well ukrainian ukraines president vladimir selenski says his country will send a team of investigators to iran. The morning after wreckage and whats left of the personal items of those who were on board. The Ukraine InternationalAirlines Flight from tehran to kiev was carrying over 170 passengers and ukrainian crew the majority were iranian with many canadians and some swedes on board. Many were rainy and students were rainy and canadians returning via kiev having spent the winter break with their families. Around the world expressions of grief like here at Key International airport but also an international scramble to find answers. Since the last inspection took place on the 6th of january there were no comments from the inspector as the aircraft was functional there were also no comments from the crew upon arrival. Since the crash coincided with the wren launching missiles at u. S. Bases in iraq some experts say the plane may have been shut down canadas Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau said his country would join any probe our government will continue to work closely with its partners to ensure that this crash is thoroughly investigated canadians have questions they deserve answers. Say categorically one way or another that the plane was not shot down. I cannot it is too early to speculate i would encourage people not to want to speculate u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has said he wants the u. S. To be involved in the probe but the iranians say they wont hand over the black box to boeing initially iranian and ukrainian officials both blamed mechanical problems but the ukrainians later backpedaled declining to offer a cause while the investigation is going on. For more now lets bring in matthew cook from the kiev post he joins us from kiev matthew answers are still being sought as to why this plane fell out of the sky what can you tell us about the investigation. Right now theres no official information on the cause of the plane crash president selenski this morning announced that a team of ukrainian experts had been dispatched to tehran to take part in the Iranian Commission investigation these are 40 specialists and possibly even more individuals from ministries like the ministry of defense the interior ministry of ukraine. Is against he did not really say anything more concrete than that just that the the investigation would go forward that they expected cooperation from iran and that he encouraged people not to draw any preliminary conclusions until the crash had been fully investigated and were hearing that iran does not plan to turn over the black box to boeing for example are ukrainian authorities really confident that they will get full cooperation from their rainy and counterparts and investigating this crash. So far they appear to be confident in his message to the public which he released on facebook video message president he said that he expected the ukrainian specialists and the ukrainian experts would have access to the black box or would be involved in the process of opening the black box so right now that does seem to be the case it should be mentioned that ukraine has pretty normal relations with iran so there isnt really reason to believe that there will be Serious Problems at least not yet many ukrainians died in this tragic accident how are people in ukraine dealing with this situation. Well there has been an outpouring of grief. To many members of the public and also people involved in aviation different pilots flight attendants brought flowers to a memorial for 9 of the 11 ukrainians who perished in the plane crash these were crew members of the ukrainian the plane International Airlines flight theres been theres been a lot of people remarked. The tragedy in social media at the same time because the last lack of information about the causes of the crash. In a lot of issues of people speculating that it was a rocket attack that it was a bombing in his message president he called on people not to spread these rumors because right now theyre unconfirmed and the Expert Opinions on what could have caused the crash are still rather divergent there isnt there isnt exactly a consensus on what the reason was matthew thank you very much that was journalist matthew cook from the post. Down to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the fire crisis in southeast australia looks set to worsen due to soaring temperatures and stronger winds forecast for friday authorities are advising local residents to evacuate quickly 26 people have died in the fires and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed since september. Hundreds of thousands of roman catholics in the philippines have joined an annual per session to pray to a centuries old wooden statue of jesus christ known as the black. To vote are walking barefoot along a 6 kilometer route with procession expected at least 15 hours. An ammonia break in china may have been caused by a new type of virus thats according to the World Health Organization more than 50 people have caught pneumonia in the city. The w. H. O. Said the illness could come from the same family as the sars virus. To taiwan where there are real concerns about chinese interference in the islands upcoming president ial election the allegations are hard to ignore for an island that beijing claims as part of its territory china looms large in daily taiwanese life. Its graduation for these Young Students at Taipei University but while their thoughts may be on their careers their hearts are with fellow students in hong kong. A quick glance around the cafeteria makes it clear where their sympathies lie and who their common enemy is china. The disease in the past chinas interference was not so noticeable but now it is if we allow this to continue it would be not the frog in the slowly boiling water it doesnt it is the heat until it dies. No one in the current political mood in taiwan is really unpleasant. Tensions are growing red paint attacks on activists critical of china hooliganism and vandalism and solidarity demonstrations for hong kong. Foreign journalists have been verbally abused by pro china advocates like mrs john here member of the china patriots association. But. The groups headquarters are here in taiwans capital taipei a chinese flag flies over the building inside a portrait of taiwans former president Chiang Kai Shek hangs alongside current chinese president Xi Jinping China born mrs john is busy painting patriotic slogans this one reads for unification with china against taiwans independence. Thats a quite home and as a chinese in taiwan is sons and daughters of the chinese nation taking on their. Sponsibility of pushing for the unification of our country says. Then they plaster their campaign bus in slogans they want to give taiwans liberal Pro Independence president a piece of their mind taiwans authorities strongly suspect that the c. P. A. Gets resources from china through back channels. But taiwan has a powerful opponent china groups and media organizations often financed by wealthy businessmen and women are the most obvious means of chinese influence but more subtle mischievous methods are employed using social media. The politically independent Taiwan Fact Check Center in taipei has been monitoring the sharp increase in fake news. These include repeated claims often using manipulated content but taiwan has been behind the protests in hong kong. Now then soon as this is how one since local elections at the end of 2018 at least become aware in taiwan that we have become victims of an information war that china has been waging against us in order to manipulate time when the society and elections. Since. Those local elections saw the meteoric rise of a man that previously no one had heard of how will you from the opposition prochoice women down party now a president ial candidate a populist propelled by a well oiled political machine whos especially gaining ground in social media. And where did this sudden momentum come from. Claims china has nothing to do with it. But jiang and her patriotic Chinese Association waged their fight for independence out in the open at taiwans president ial palace they proudly hand over their petition. While the no woman just in the petition quit clinging for the president to recognize that there is only one china and for a peaceful unification with the main. You know. They hope that in the not too distant future chinas flag will eventually fly over taipei. Big changes could be coming to the British Royal family prince harry and his american born wife have announced they plan to step back from their duties as senior members of the family prince harry and megan have just returned from a 6 week stay in canada in a statement on their website and on instagram they said they would continue to support the queen but wish to become financially independent and balance their time between britain and north america. We spoke earlier to our london correspondent charlotte punks and asked her just how significant this announcement is it is really addressed to move unprecedented in modern royal history and i think we have to take a look back at the couple of history their marriage and their relationship in a 2018 was met by huge and susie essman also their charitable work that theyve been doing through their foundation and all of that changed in 20191 of the highest there of course was the birth of their son they opted for a royal title already for that baby so maybe a sign of what were seeing happening now but the couple was met with huge scrutiny criticism by a british tabloid media to a point where harry stepped up and said that the tabloid magazines were driving a Ruthless Campaign against the couple and that he was afraid that what happened to his mother to Princess Diana would happen to his wife meggan formally meghan mako now the duchess of sussex so that was his fear and he probably trying to take themselves a little bit out of the public eye of course that move though doesnt mean that they are completely out of the public eye but at the moment very much in it france is expecting thousands of people hit the streets in another day of strikes and protests against president manuel mccollums proposed pension reform because push to change the Pension System has unleashed one of the longest strike actions in france and decades its caused weeks of travel chaos. For more than a month no french workers have taken to the streets they are worried they will have to work longer for and contribute more to their pensions. The reform is one of the manual mark homes key electoral promises a single point based Pension System for all replacing the 42 separate pension schemes that offer early retirement and other advantages mainly to Public Sector workers. Faced with popular anger the government consulted Union Representatives earlier this week but wants to get the proposed reform through parliament as soon as possible meanwhile unions insist that the planned increase in pensionable age be taken off the table. Pension age measure must be withdrawn its what our actions will be about in the coming days and weeks. As the standoff between unions and government continues strikes go on dividing public opinion. Sick she says its horrible im tired af come back from holidays and poor things have improved but no i think its even worse. I hope things return to normal soon because i think its getting on everyones young and old its quite annoying. But this will. It annoys me but its fine its for the common good. I think its worth it because from what i understand were going to work a lot longer a lot less. Concessions have been made to some in the Public Sector with those born before 1075 exempt from the new system but others especially the Younger Generation are determined to strike until they get what they see as a fair pension deal. Here watching v. W. News still to come actor will smith for the World Premiere of his latest movie in the bad boys series its 25 years since he 1st teamed up with comic actor Martin Lawrence. But 1st more news making headlines this hour bolivias interim government plans to start a corruption investigation into 600. 00 officials who were part of former president evo morales is administration or alice was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee bolivia in the wake of disputed elections. E. U. Leaders are meeting with libyas human backed government as the conflict in the country worsens germanys foreign minister and the e. U. Council president met with the leader of the un backed government by as the so raj the e. U. Turkey and russia have called on Government Forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. Hundreds of thousands of people in puerto rico are without electricity and water after a series of earthquakes hit the u. S. Territory earlier this week the strongest quake had a magnitude of 6. 4 making it one of the worst in a century at least one person died and hundreds were made homeless. Some movie news now and for fans of actor will smith and the bad boys film franchise the wait is over its been almost 17 years since the last movie in the series and now the 2 miami detectives are back german fans got a 1st look at the film called bad boys for life as the World Premiere was here in berlin on tuesday night. Its been 25 years since the 1st bad boys movie that proved will smith had what it takes for the big screen he and costar Martin Lawrence are back in action now in their fiftys secret. The real secret to this blockbuster franchise is of course the comedic chemistry between the 2 cops mike and marcus. Come on man you had that buffed out no you can get that but they are older but not much wiser in talk not not. One but enough and told his behind your head right now ive got this im a penetrators man so with one whats certain i realize that you dont sometimes. Martin lawrences character wants to take it easy you got no chance with a friend like will smith so im done my time here we go you want your legacy to be. A body count. Look at this carnage 7 i didnt do all this you wouldnt shoot anybody. Compared you know our shots and yet. We came into this movie and i was like im doing all my stunts you know i dont know just whatever it is tom cruise can do all his stunts i can do all my stunts and we got we got about 3 days a day its a whole lot easier doing a fight scene and trying to fall out of a window and all that kind of stuff at 25. At 50 say thank god for special effects. Bad boys 3 does have plenty of those. But its also about the 2 cops ride and die friendship that gets put to the test when an old enemy resurfaces. Black would come when the last of the been made up. Some of the jokes have an edge to them a lot of them they were just about being middle aged 9 oclock to. 4 year still cool even with classes these are like a steep. Hill which. Lets you got to the one we. Knew would never go i will never do that again. Just a reminder the top story were following for you here today on t. W. News President Trump says no americans or iraqis were hurt in Iranian Missile strikes 2 on 2 military bases in iraq trump said the u. S. Would impose new sanctions but did not announce a military response to rounds strikes were in retaliation for the u. S. Killing of a top iranian general while he was in iraq. Youre watching d. W. News from berlin coming up next the prosecco war in italy part of our program focus on europe and theres more news of course coming up at the top of the next hour ill be back with these then dont forget you can always get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site thats at d w dot com im terry martin and youll find me on twitter at t. On news stream thanks for watching. In asons they call him the king of the homeless. Christos on the countries. 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