Im nick spicer welcome to the program the u. S. Government has unveiled new sanctions against Iranian Industries and senior regime officials the announcement came from secretary of state mike pale and treasury secretary steven minucci they describe the sanctions as a response to irans missile attack against u. S. Troops in iraq last week or so it followed the u. S. Assassination of a Senior Iranian general just mentioned sanctions targets 8 senior officials of the Islamic Republic who the u. S. Says were involved in the attack on u. S. Troops. And lets get the you from the United States now from d. W. Correspondent pavel foley 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 friends of sanctions focuses on several Key Industries in areas of the economy the iranian economy 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 to all 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 the 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 theres 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 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 it was going to be the embassy in baghdad thats referring to these plans u. S. Administration have been talking about that the iranian general had a he was they were saying that he was going to be attacking american. Targets and now he did 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. Western governments and experts are expressing concern about finding out what really caused a ukrainian passenger jet to crash near tehran on wednesday ukrainian investigators have arrived at the scene but experts worry about pieces of wreckage being moved or left unguarded 176 people died in the crash western governments allege the plane was shot down by an iranian missile. Mobile phone footage cerified 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. 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. To get out of. You 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. 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. Looks none has since. The incident or crash investigation boulders in america britain and canada will not confirm that. American politicians have talked without paying attention to technical matters. Scientifically speaking the 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. Against. Id like to underline that 7 possible causes are under investigation but journalists are somehow only prioritizing one of them but out of it 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. 57 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 Hard the victims of wednesdays plane crash in iran are due to the hearts of many here in toronto. And. Many were rainy and or june a rainy and canadian citizens returning from holidays in iran was clear about food from the ship he went to see his mother for the holidays and you know you are so weird and you know youre going to have a group of people. Its almost we want them. To spoil you. Their brother. And so the family lost in egypt and. 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 what caused 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 and thanks for joining us how how has the tehran plane crash affected the canadian Academic Community its been a very difficult week right across on campuses large and small and i what i what i say in all this is for all those who lost loved ones this we in this is and particularly if you will be sad. And relatively speaking so that we understand what whats happened is it fair to say that people of iranian descent had a pretty big presence in academia in canada. Well they do they were making and continue those injured in wait and i would say need needed Academic Research light. Headed as attractive as to the birth of brightest from around the world and this community its been a turtle loss of the no risk continue to grow over 20 years in effect and its over 40 academics have been launched from all fields from students from engineering to physics to chemistry social sciences. And its snowing students new students and graduates students its full professors people with holes later who are working her to solve d problems call her out or this little loss is felt. Across the country and we are very appreciative of the messages condolences seats around or so this is a loss not just of human lives but also it will affect research and possible future scientific discoveries teachings of new generations of students is that fair to say. You all us that life is tragic but what were feeling particularly this week is a loss of attentional these were a lot 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 but i guess what cuts particularly close is that the academic enterprise the Research Enterprise the learning enterprise really depends on the flow of people and ideas and we thought weve had a major loss weve had it as a result of the crash into. Ok thank you for that professor Paul Davidson of the universitys 3. And now to some of the other stories making news around the world. And government demonstrators in iraq have held mass protests across the country fridays demonstrations were intended to revive the movement that began in october but has been overshadowed by tensions between washington and tehran protesters are demanding fresh elections and for iraq to reassert its sovereignty. The sultan of a man has died and according to state media been studied passed away aged 79 until his death he was the longest serving arab monarch still in office he had no children and had not publicly named a successor. Tens of thousands of people have rallied in major australian cities to protest against the governments handling of the bushfire crisis and to demand action on Climate Change the protests came as the country braced for more high temperatures and strong winds which are likely to set off more blazes at least 26 people have died in the fires and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed. Burnt out pick up trucks and fires that still small to her on the side of the road the village of co barco was an inferno a couple of days ago. Kyle moser shows us the chicken coop in his yard he was in such a hurry to escape that he forgot to open the door his parents had no chance the storm was ferocious just we were standing up in a hero and you could just hear the rumbling the roller of it was it was. Its the sound that never forget its horrible kyle and his partner david assessed the charred heap of rubble that was once their home they say they feel numb but david is also outraged he feels things should never have come to this point. In australia we werent equipped. For a 14 year trough we should have had we should be spending money you know on this issue peace thoughts we should be. It. Says. They knew they needed it even the building right next door to the local Fire Department burned down after months the government has now set aside extra funds for firefighting many say its too late but the fire chief appeals for calm in the middle of the fire season everyone here is a volunteer. At the moment all arkansas is we have a lot of top people we have a lot of committed people. And when they just get through at this stage get through the faults that we hit we have to have taken on more for. Kyle and david took refuge in the local post office which they also run power still comes from a generator. Kyle has adopted 3 kangaroo babies alys mother succumb to the flames well he washes out milk bottles tells us that many villagers here are angry with the australian Prime Minister and his Crisis Management hes not still not thinking about us he came through our town only broady is his medicaid he didnt bring any help he didnt bring food you know i. Would have even offered books people water it was just his i need to wing it to cover themselves. Many australians have donated necessities clothing and pillows are piled up in the local Community HallSarah Cowling and her 4 daughters are looking for a new shoes. Their house burnt to a cinder. They had just. Got my family lost their highnesses well so kind of the whole community as a whole has lost something so its good to see everybody working together and as a community will do it will cool band together and everyone will help each other before but as a community. Some do not even have insurance but the people of cobar go are trying to make do with what they have left meanwhile the blazes burned on in other parts of australia. Up next a g w news africa with christina milian. I mean exposing all the news team expert watched. In the height of Climate Change. Africas most of. Whats in store for the past. Month to come for the future of. Comic book in major cities the multimedia insight click culture. Means time to take one step further. And faced. Him