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Crashed ukrainian plane was hit by a missile but canada says multiple intelligence sources show otherwise that nobody in missile likely shot down the airliner by mistake. Im assuming so much god its great to have you with us the u. S. Government has unveiled new sanctions on Iranian Industries and senior regime officials secretary of state mike on peo and the treasury secretary steven minucci and made the announcement saying the sanctions were the result of irans missile attack on u. S. Troops in iraq and that attack followed a u. S. Assassination of a Senior Iranian general last week the sanctions targeted 8 senior officials of the Islamic Republic whom the u. S. Says were involved in the attack on u. S. Troops. Or at lets get more on this with our correspondents public. In washington and teri schultz in brussels good to see you both public lets start with you there in washington the u. S. As we saw announcing new sanctions against iran also reiterating its justification for a killer killing a general soleimani secretary of my pump aoa secretary of state rather spoke we saw him there what more can you tell us about what he said. Thats right i mean youve mentioned some of that already there sumi but just to reiterate what he was saying with regards to the justification for the killing he said that we have specific information on an intimate imminent threat and those threats included attacks on u. S. Embassies obviously regarding at the justification for the killing of the iranian general custom silly money last week also used details as well some of what he spoke about with regards to the new sanctions lets not forget that these are further sanctions which are already in place on iran so far reaching and sanctions as well with regarding to many of the Key Industries within iran including construction manufacturing textile and mining sectors and also as you mentioned to the 8 iranian officials who were involved in what he said were destabilizing activities the effect of this is to obscenity could billions of dollars of revenue for the iranian government. Come to you now in brussels the e. U. Has been scrambling to find a response Foreign Ministers have been meeting in an emergency session there to come to a response together what can the European Union do here. Sumi what the e. U. Is focused on is trying to keep iran in the nuclear deal which is hanging by just the thinnest of threads now and these new sanctions that are going to be announced while the u. S. Wants to make it harder on iran it will also make it harder on the e. U. Because the reason iran has been walking away from the nuclear deal is because it says the European Union has not fulfilled its obligations under the agreement to pump up the iranian economy in the face of u. S. Sanctions so the more the u. S. Targets the the iranian economy the more pressure there is going to be on the e. U. To try to do more business with iran and it hasnt been working well at all which is why iran has breached all 5 of the obligations under the Iranian Nuclear deal and as the e. U. Ministers meet at this very moment what secretary pompei announced in washington is going to make their job even harder its completely unclear whether theyre going to be able to bring iran back into compliance and that is their main focus today kerry we saw President Trump said that he wants nato to do more in the middle east he didnt specify exactly what that meant but nato secretary general stoltenberg said he agrees with the president so what could that look like. Yeah that was a bit surprising to hear secretary secretary general stoltenberg say that he agreed that nato could do more in the middle east because nato does have some rules there it has Training Missions it has it has this 500 person Training Mission in iraq thats been suspended because of the unrest after the killing of customs of the money and so what the secretary general stoltenberg has said is that he will look into what further Counterterrorism Measures can be taken thats really where nato believes that its strength is even if the United States may be picturing nato troops taking the place of u. S. Troops somewhere theres no way that all 28. 00 other nato allies would agree to such a thing so i fear there may be some mismatch in expectations between what President Trump wants and what nato may be able to provide but these are very new developments and well certainly be discussing them at length in the days to come talk about what President Trump wants what is his governments strategy here and there are biting sanctions new sanctions but they havent until this point brought iran to the table so is the white house actually confident that more sanctions will be effective. Well the times its been hard to follow exactly what the end game is here for the trumpet ministration but the idea appears to be that the maximum pressure that the United States is putting on iran will eventually force them to the negotiating table we know that the United States wants a new deal with iran we heard this week being discussed so perhaps the idea here from the administration the u. S. Administration is that further sanctions will put further pressure on iran and also lets not forget as well that iran is under pressure as well not just from the United States following to downing of this aircraft so perhaps theyll be able to garner some support from some of their allies here in the United States and that will force the iranians to sit down and negotiate a new deal with the u. S. And their allies problem fully elise reporting in washington and teri schultz for us in brussels thank you both meanwhile iran is denying western allegations that one of its own missiles down to ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside tehran canada us from it minister Justin Trudeau says the evidence from multiple intelligence sources suggest that an iranian surface to air missile hit the airliner shortly after takeoff all 176 people on board most of them iranian and canadian were killed in the crash it came just hours after iran launched an attack against u. S. Targets in neighboring iraq. Mobile phone footage verified by 2 Media Outlets appears to show the missile exploding near the plane before it crashed. Western leaders say the evidence points towards an Iranian Missile scores of canadian nationals were killed in the crash Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a vigil in the capital out of work earlier he announced what he believes brought down the plane. We have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by in 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 a quote high degree of certainty that it was a missile that hit the plane President Donald Trump echoed the theory that it might have been an accident. Iran vehemently denies the theory that the plane was downed by an Iranian Missile. But once you got to. Know that the 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 on the end of the direction of floyds shows that the pilot was attempting to return. To us that the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight was traveling from tehran to kiev with a 176 people on board the boeing 737 crashed in good visibility just minutes after takeoff. Most of the victims were from iran many of them do iranian canadian citizens do to take a connecting flight to canada western leaders are demanding full transparency from tehran the focus is now on the black box flight recorders they could hold the key to revealing the cause of the crash and we can speak now to julian bray an Aviation Security expert hi julian much has been made of that video clip we saw that allegedly shows the airplane being hit how credible do you think that video is. I think we can say its fairly credible because the supply of balun colt sourced it has done an awful lot of work on it so i would say on balance probabilities we should except that what about the focus of the investigation now julie julian it was on to the black box flight recorders that were covered from the crash site do we know if they were in good enough condition to be analyzed properly when i seen the pictures the flight recorders were delivered to a press conference this morning and they were in wooden crates theres some superficial damage on the data stack seems to be apart from the unit itself but i would imagine you should be able to get all the data off but it needs to go to an independent well resourced the borer 3 in old stood just frankly i dont think the ranger with ortiz has the expertise to decode this properly what about the debris at the crash site if the plane was brought down by a missile would there be signs of explosive material on debris of the plane. Its very difficult because i came down i was a far everything was being consumed. That is not something we would look for normally in these situations you make sure that the area was secure. The area literally measuring everything out taking photographs no see where all the objects are before you remove the bodies then the bodies are taken away and then you are left with the debris field then you go through now what ive seen just about everybody has been allowed to trample over that site and so i dont know if theres any thought of residence we have from it all right avian aviation expert julian bray speaking to us thank you lets check in now on some of the other stories making headlines around the world antigovernment protesters in iraq have held mass protests across the country adding criticism of u. S. And iran to their chance fridays demonstrations are intended to reinvigorate the movement that started in october but theyve been overshadowed by spiraling tensions between washington and tehran protesters want fresh elections and for iraq to reassert its sovereignty. And Pakistani Police say at least 13 people have been killed after a bombing in a mosque in the southwestern city of quetta a Senior Police officer and a cleric are among the dead nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attack while Police Investigate if it was a suicide bombing. The International Olympic committee has issued new guidelines that will ban athletes from kneeling in protest or making any kind of political statement at this years games in tokyo the Committee Says those who break protest rules will face disciplinary action by the athlete support groups say silencing participants 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 that 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 cautioned athletes any kind of boycott for whatever reason is against the submission of the Olympic Games and i ask them to respect the. Neutrality or the Olympic Games and. Their state for. 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. And lets get a recap of our top story here on t. W. U. S. Secretary of state my fun peo and treasury secretary stephen the new should have unveiled a new sanctions on iran Steel Industry and on senior officials of the Islamic Republic the sanctions are the result of irans missile attack on bases housing u. S. Troops in iraq. Coming up next business africa with their head out 1st will be looking at tech friday in malis capital stay with us. Every 2 seconds the person is forced to flee their home. The consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises from. Focus thing we dont have time to think i didnt go to university to kill people i think i mean a handful of people feel for their cars and their future so they seek refuge abroad but one