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Ukrainian airliner that crashed in tehran was hit by a missile the planes black box flight recorders have been recovered ukraine says its investigators have been given access. Im nick spicer welcome to the program. The u. S. Government has unveiled new sanctions against Iranian Industries and senior government officials the announcement came from secretary of state might pump a 0 interest recycle terry steven. They describe the sanctions as a response to irans missile attack against u. S. Troops in iraq which follows a u. S. Assassination of a Senior Iranian general last week. Target senior officials of the Islamic Republic who the u. S. Says were involved in the attack on u. S. Troops were striking at the heart of. Yours. And lets get the you from the United States now from d. W. Correspondent public fully in washington a pavlo there are already lots of american sanctions against iran whats new this time you said that there are many sanctions already in place on iran from the United States and this new and fresh round of sanctions focuses on several Key Industries and areas of the economy the iranian economy its financial construction manufacturing textile and mining sectors and also the sanctions also focus on aid to iranian officials involved in what was described as destabilizing activities and the idea behind this is to essentially close all of revenue from being generated by the iranian government to the point of billions of dollars so this would add to the already billions of dollars that the iranian government is losing because of the sanctions that are already in place. We understand as well public the President Donald Trump has been talking about the reasons why he ordered the killing of general custom soleimani what did he say. Well 1st and foremost President Trump has followed a policy of maximum pressure so the maximum pressure is related directly to those sanctions that i was just speaking about the idea is to put iran there so much pressure that eventually theyll have to sit down and renegotiate a deal with the United States and their allies and also just sort of basically put in a final end to the nuclear deal from 2015 that the United States is no longer part of but President Trump who is speaking to one of the big networks here in the u. S. Fox news was saying that it will tell you that probably was going to be the embassy in baghdad thats referring to these plans the u. S. Administration have been talking about that the iranian general had he was they were saying that he was going to be attacking american. Targets and now he had lob aerated further and said that he can reveal that he believes it would have been for embassies and one like i said would be baghdad so this in many respects gives gives President Trump in his eyes justification for carrying out this killing and subsequently these sanctions which were seeing now have these new fresh sanctions which have been imposed on iran ok public thank you for that. Iran meanwhile is denying western accusations that one of its missiles shot down the ukrainian airliner crashed outside Tehran Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other International Leaders are saying that intelligence sources suggest an iranian surface to air missile hit the airliner shortly after takeoff. All 176. 00 people on board most of the iranian and canadian were killed in the crash it came just hours after iran launched an attack against u. S. Targets in neighboring iraq the cockpit cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder have been recovered and ukraine says its investigators have been given access to the. Mobile phone footage cerified by 2 Media Outlets appears to show the missile exploding near the plane before it crashed western leaders said the evidence points towards an iranian missile. We do believe that its likely that that plane was shot down by an arabian missile were were going to let the investigation play out before we make a final determination its important that we get to the bottom of it iran denies shooting the plane down. If you want to give out a little more. You know that the thing that is clear to us in that we can say with certainty is that this plane was not hit by a missile. But theyve been softening their position irans official News Agency Says authorities would meet with officials from the u. S. And canada as well as other countries. Crush investigation builders in america britain and canada will not confirm that. American politicians have talked without paying attention to technical matters. Scientifically speaking their statements are not valid tools. To the. Ukrainian investigators were the 1st to be invited since the plane was flown by ukraines National Carrier but that country now risks becoming a pawn in the game between washington and tehran so far theyre hedging their bets and urging caution. Again id like to underline that 7 possible causes are under investigation but journalists are somehow only prioritizing one of them but. With all sides sticking to their own stories the focus of the investigation now shifts to the black box flight recorders they could hold the key to revealing the actual cause of the crash 60 if you canadians died in the ukrainian airliner crash many of them were highly qualified iranian canadians who held academic teaching and research posts at universities across the country. This tragedy has his an immigrant Community Heart the victims of wednesdays plane crash in iran are due to the hearts of many here in toronto. And. Many were rainy and are june a rainy and canadian citizens returning from holidays in iran is clearly marxism if you want to go see his mother for the holidays. You know i swear if. Youre going to buy a girl who. Is almost willing to. Explore you. There brother. So that family at last in. The impact of the crash is being felt across regions professions in canada at least 17 universities have confirmed the last stuff for students. Since the us hardened its policy towards iran the number of iranian students in canada has more than doubled. The disagreements between iran and western countries over walk cause the plane crash will be of little help right now. To the victims loved ones in their grief. To get more insight on this tragedy im joined now by Paul Davidson the president of universities canada the National Umbrella organization of canadian universities mr davidson thanks for joining us how how has the tehran plane crash affected the canadian academic community. Its been a very difficult week right across canada on campuses large and small and i what i what i said you know this is for all those lost loved ones this we and canadian campuses and particularly acute will be set. And relatively speaking so that we understand whats whats happened is it fair to say that people iranian descent had a pretty big presence in academia in canada when they do they were making and continue those survive and generate an outstanding. Academic and research life. Has attracted the best and brightest from around the world and this community its been a turtle loss the numbers continue to grow over 20 universities in fact its its over 40 academics have been on this from all feel. From engineering to physics and chemistry social sciences. And its snowing students new students and graduates students its full professors people of holes later who are working on her to solve d problems or this little loss is felt. Across the country and were very appreciative of the messages condolences its borrow more so this is a loss not just of human lives but also it will affect research in possible future scientific discoveries teaching of new generations of students is that fair to say. You know all loss of life is tragic but what were feeling particularly this week is a loss of attentional these were all of these were standing students there are great students great researchers working on tough problems and really advancing knowledge for the public good for the world good and i guess what cuts particularly close is that the academic enterprise the research at rutgers the learning enterprise really depends on the flow of people and ideas and weve gotten weve had a major loss this week as a result of that crash into. Ok thank you for that professor Paul Davidson of the kadian universitys through thank you very much and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. Antigovernment demonstrators in iraq have held mass protests across the country fridays demonstrations were intended to revive the movement that began in october but have been overshadowed by tensions between washington and tehran protesters are demanding fresh elections and for iraq to reassert its sovereignty. Police in pakistan say at least 13 people have been killed in a bombing at a mosque in the southwestern city of quetta a Senior Police officer and cleric are among the dead no group has claimed Responsibility Police are investigating whether it was a suicide bombing. Is ships. An 11 year old boy has shot dead a gym teacher and wounded 5 peoples at a school in northern mexico before turning his weapon on himself Authorities Say the boy was armed with 2 guns when he opened fire in the city of tokyo on. 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 a disciplinary action but 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 ensign ants 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 boycott for whatever reason is against the submission of the Olympic Games and them to respect these new trial or tee off the Olympic Games and by not using them. Of 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 athlete 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. Up next is the news that africa is christine thanks for watching. Actually this news just shows the 1st spread of shows. The misuse of. Credit card ways to get where youre going to. Go blow his mobility show every week w