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Unions continue their battle against proposed Pension Reforms its now long is such a strike in france in the 50 years. Im called aspen thanks for joining us u. S. And canadian Officials Say an Iranian Missile brought down a Ukrainian International Airlines Flight canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says mounting evidence suggests an iranian surface to air missile hit the airliner shortly after taking off from tehran on wednesday all 176 people on board died many of them were canadian iran says it has ruled out a missile strike by its air defenses u. S. And canadian aviation safety officials have now been invited to join the investigation. Wreckage from the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight. Crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran leaving the world with lots of questions and few wants as. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the 1st to publicly announce a possible cause an Iranian Missile we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a rainy and 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 quote a high degree of certainty that it was a missile that hit the plane earlier u. S. President donald trump had suggested it might have been unintentional i have my suspicions it was very i dont want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. Its a tragic thing when i see that its a tragic thing. But somebody could have made a mistake on the other couldve couldve made a mistake ukrainian officials have also said that they were quote not ruling out a missile attack having sent a team to tehran to investigate. And at the u. N. Ukraine insisted that iran fully cooperates. The circumstances who these guys through are still unclear it is now up to the experts to use to gate and and to find answers to the questions what caused the crash do so x. Mas receive on conditional support who their investigation into the ins incident soon after the crash iran had said it wouldnt hand the aircrafts black boxes over to the american manufacturers boeing but on wednesday iran did say it would give the ukrainian investigators access. Lets get more now from gadget brown hes a correspondent in ottawa gary to understand you attended Justin Trudeau his press conference we heard him saying that there is intelligence now indicating that iran in fact shot down the ukrainian plane by mistake what more can you tell us. So this was really a very very remarkable press conference by the by the Prime Minister who were yesterday was very careful not to speculate about the reason behind this tragic event and today he called in this press conference on a show of short notice and then he said this is what we heard right now that canada has intelligence and thats the plane was shot down by hearing in surface to air missile but its very important is that he. Emphasizes that this is in from through information by the allies but also own intelligence so its also a canadian intelligence that hes referring to when this is very important to to judge the over the situation because there are some die was from where i get this information coming but with with this story we refer to the canadian. Information it seems to be this strong that the Prime Minister. We decided to go to a public and to tell the canadian people what he knows and what he fears happened last night in tehran more than 170. 00 people died in this crash including at least 63 canadians how is this latest development now being received in canada so when news broke yesterday morning that 63 canadians have died and there were more people citizens from iran who were where on the map their way to canada to visit people it was clear that this incident this catastrophe is really a canadian tragedy as well so its not something that happened far far away but it hits the ground everywhere in canada are from coast to Coast University communities for example at month 30 people from. Died in this crash so now to get this information that this must might not be just a technical disaster but an error and that rocket and missile have brought this airplane down its really absolutely shocking for the canadian public and for the families who are grieving and looking for answers why did this happen. Well the families are looking for answers investigators also looking for answers canadian investigators have not been granted access there in iran its unclear boeing will get access to those black boxes that have been recovered how likely do you think is the bill gets credible and the thorough investigation that Prime Minister trudeau wants and this is one of the very very important and open questions because to do several times he repeated credible thorough Investigation International experts have to get access to the to the to the side and the. Canadian Foreign Affairs minister had been in contact with his iranian counterpart this morning and. Clearly indicated that canada wants to have access the problem with the canadian hearing in relation is that they have no diplomatic relation the former Government Cut diplomatic with iran in 2012. You know we are asking why did justin credo when you came to power 4 years ago not every store this relationship would have made it easier get giving us the latest there from ottawa thank you very much thank you well the plane crash came on the same day that iran fired missiles at bases hosting us troops in iraq now president trumps ambassador to the United Nations has said that the u. S. Is quote ready to engage without preconditions in serious negotiations with iran it piers to be a sign of deescalation although the region still remains on edge. Sirens over baghdad on wednesday night rockets hit the iraqi capital green zone a high security area housing the u. S. Embassy no casualties and no sign iran was involved observers blame local militias those rockets landed a day after iran launched Ballistic Missiles at iraqi bases Holding American troops retaliation iran said for the killing of general custom solar money but the situation now appears to be easing iran has indicated its satisfied for now and the u. S. President is shying away from more military action as we continue to evaluate options in response to rein in aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. These powerful saying shoes will remain until around changes its behavior as both sides soften their rhetoric religious and World Leaders are calling for diplomacy you know. I renewed my appeal. Interested parties avoid an escalation of a conflict. And keep a life of flame of dialogue and so free strained. Though there are signs of deescalation unsolved problems like the Iran Nuclear Deal remain iran to you has made it clear that its determined to drive u. S. Forces out of the region. Is a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the u. S. House of representatives has voted to limit president trying to build each wing again and military conflict against iran the chamber voted almost completely along party lines passed that resolution which would become binding if the senate also backs ordered the killing of iranian General Assembly so the money last week without congressional approval. Of military officials in mali say 25. 00 soldiers were killed when heavily armed assailants attacked a base in there more than 60 suspected terrorists also reportedly died in the attack which was close to the border with mali. At least 20 people the majority of them soldiers have reportedly been killed in a militant attack in northeastern nigeria its back in the town of mangano also sparked a fire that left hundreds of already displaced people homeless Extremist Group linked to the socalled Islamic State as claimed responsibility. In france hundreds of thousands of people have hit the streets in yet another day of strikes and protests against president emanuel mccollums proposed Pension Reforms is push for change has unleashed one of the longest strike actions in france in decades now familiar scenes like these playing out police are using tear gas to control protesters the strikes have caused weeks of travel chaos across france. Lisa lewis our correspondent is covering the strikes in paris she says the protests are reverberating across the French Economy hundreds of thousands of protesters have been marching today here in paris and in other cities across france according to the figures we are getting it was between 20600000 depending on who you listen to to the unions or the police thats about the 30th how many people were out protesting on the 17th of december thats the last day of protest against the pension reform today was the 3660 day of protest of a strike here in france and the strike is actually happening in different sectors across the friends economy especially in the transport sector you know that there are very few trains running and also here in paris the local transport the are a. T. P. Which is running the metro the metro has as lashley grout to a halt so this is the longest strike really since none straight away strike since the 1930 s. Here in france that was least there was reporting there now china says a new type of virus could be the cause of a mysterious pneumonia like illness that are sent 59 people to the hospital the virus is related to the one that caused the deadly sars outbreak in china in 2003 the outbreak is in the central city of all hon has been linked to a Seafood Market in the city many of the patients worked out or visited the wu 11 on Seafood Market in the city is around 100 kilometers inland from hong kong but officials there have also put precautionary measures in place. The border entry exit control points affan hands held surveillance and inspection medical personnel have been advised to stay alert and transfer and quarantine the suspected cases as early as possible the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau will keep in close contact with the World Health Organization like china has been hit hard by novel pathogens in the past the sars epidemic in 2003 killed over 700 people in the region now experts in china say theyve already confirmed this is a different disease one that appears to be less virulent so far there have been no fatalities among the reported 59 people who contract at the onus but Health Officials remain on high alert. We have conducted a Risk Assessment we have activated the severe response level. Under this in relation to new Infectious Diseases the immediate effect on Public Health is moderate and in the meantime the number of confirmed patients has remained steady and chinas state broadcaster reports 8 patients were released on wednesday after showing no signs of fever for several days. While in for ruth thousands of people have marched in the streets in support of cock and bull fight thats because bruce Constitutional Court is deciding whether to make those activities a legal ruling is expected soon but 540 bull fights take place and rule every year in the country has a cock fighting to dish as well Animal Rights activists want to ban both activities. Right heres the top story were following for you this hour canadas Prime Minister just injured when u. S. Officials say an Iranian Missile likely brought down the Ukrainian International Airlines Plane that crashed on wednesday trudeau says multiple intelligence sources suggest the wrong down the plane possibly by mistake. 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