Resolved by the shock and grief of people lost someone remains high and its shared by Different Countries like canada and iran who lost the most citizens. Russia russia wants to play a greater role on the International Stage which take a look at russian president Vladimir Putins goals and ambitions. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us we begin with breaking news this morning iran has announced that its military on intentionally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet killing all 176 people on board tehran says it was a case of human error western countries based on. Evidence including this mobile phone footage had been saying they thought of the Iranian Missile brought down the plane well after initial denials irans military now says the people responsible will be court marshaled. Well meanwhile irans foreign minister zarif tweeted a sad day preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces human error at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism lead to disaster our profound regrets apologies and condolences to our people to the families of all the victims and to other affected nations are right for the latest from tehran were joined now by journalist raise costs day raise a good morning to you what the more can you tell us about the statement that was issued by irans military well this morning the general of the raid in arms or says released a statement by merely meeting to shooting down the ukrainian passenger plane it offered apology sympathy to only found leaders of the victims the reunion nation as beloved the other countries in the tragic incident its said that the passenger plane was flying near a sensitive all your g. C. Believes 3 sides and it was a very critical sensitive time following the ccs lisa let. You was basically you are. Use of american military. Aircraft flying over the region and it was high all their. Human error caused the air to. The passenger plane but the u. S. Aircraft. Tragedy happened. Well in the 1st few days following the crash hearing in officials ruled out a military strike as being behind it razor why do you think they chose to admit to this now. Well the pressure of the Public Opinion of the of foreign on trees all the social media with the live no other choice for the contrie to meet it must of. If happen. In the statement the armed forces that immediately after the incident did or or d it can be to probe into the incident. Include the government. Or in the Investigation Committee so somehow it exonerated the government ive heard from my colleagues and sources that the government was not that. The shoot out. Right. Know mother how the other government was informed or not it is embarrassing. For the concert. Their anger among the nation. Well id like to know more are a balance to the response from the nation or a Public Opinion what are you hearing from people how have iranians been reacting to this admission by the government that this ukrainian passenger jet was shot down by irans military. Well social media people are outraged by the denials or d the tragedy everyone knows that it wasnt human error of course it was not intentional they expected the government established and the military to. Confess to the human error much earlier all the statements. Told in these days have made people who are much angry day now are calling for rizieq nation of all d the officials involved all those who knew about it and kept lying to the contrary. All right. Said journalist from tehran we thank you so very much for that update. Well it was 57. 00 canadians who are among those who died when that ukrainian airliner was shot down many of them were highly qualified iranian canadians who held academic teaching and research posts at universities across canada the tragedy has led to an outpouring of grief for the victims. Of this tragedy has hit an immigrant Community Hard many of the victims of wednesdays plane crash you know iran are dear to the hearts of many here in canada the majority were iranian or jewel iranian canadian citizens returning home from holidays in iran. Has heard about citizenship you want to see his mother on holidays and you know you are so weird and. Your grief about a girl who. Is almost ready to. Spoil you. Their brother. Is so family that last night he said that. The effect of the crash is being felt across regions and professions in canada at least 17 universities have confirmed they lost staff or students. Since the us hot and its policy towards iran the number of iranian students in canada has more than doubled. Knowledge about what course the crash is unlikely to ease the grief of those close to the victims. Lets get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world washington has announced new sanctions against iran top Officials Say theyre in response to irans missile attack against u. S. Troops in iraq last week that attack came after the u. S. Assassinated a Senior Iranian general. Polls have opened in taiwans president ial elections and come bit in one hopes to win a 2nd term in office during the campaign she called the election a chance to protect taiwans democracy opposition candidates want more time with the islands neighbor china. The sultan of oman has died state media said boost been saeed passed away at the age of 79 after nearly half a century in power he had no children and had not publicly and named a successor the. German chancellor Angela Merkel is traveling to moscow today to meet with russian president Vladimir Putin the leaders are expected to discuss ukraine and bilateral relations but to their talks are also likely to focus on the middle east the russian president has been working to cement his countrys influence in the region by presenting himself as a mediator in conflicts we now have this look at how putins role in the region has evolved. But the near future and a friend to all in the middle east from the leaders of iran turkey to israel and syria is presenting himself as a mediator who can be relied on since russia began its military campaign in syria in 2015 the country has become an important player in the region russia joined forces with iran to back the Syrian Government providing air support. Most recently russia and syria have stepped up their Bombing Campaign in its live province the last remaining rebel stronghold russias military support has helped prop up syrias president Bashar Al Assad and guaranteed moscow an important geopolitical foothold in the middle east as the u. S. Pulls its troops out of syria russia has remained. Forces and our military equipment have demonstrated the growing power of the russian army and navy and the high combat capability of its forces. Russia also condemned the us assassination of the reigning in general. This week as reckless and has repeatedly back to iran and its ongoing confrontation with the us. Putin consistently criticizes american policy in the middle east and has tried to present russia as a more reliable partner after u. S. President trump decided to pull out of the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018 the russian leader has repeatedly said his country would continue to support the agreement ballgames truly believe that the only sensible decision is for all the participants in the Iran Nuclear Deal to honor the commitments and that is exactly what russia intends to do meet in the. This week put in calls for a cease fire in libya as well fighting there has escalated in recent months and although russia has refused to officially side with one of the warring parties according to media reports russian mercenaries have been on the ground for months supporting general. Against the un backed Libyan Government as u. S. Influence in the middle east wanes russia is working hard to fill the void. Well for some analysis on miracles visit to moscow lets bring in correspondent constantine eckert hello to you constantine so russian president Vladimir Putin is hosting americal shortly after returning from a trip to syria and turkey earlier this week and now in light of the crisis between iran and the United States can we assume that the middle east is whats going to be topping the agenda. Well i think very much so i suppose that not cole is that rosy misquotes and because i do think that at least my sources are telling me that in moscow there are certain irritation with the iranian edited to the United States to some extent mr putin told me that much said that he to see the his iranian allies cut down to size by the by the americans and because i do think him as far as i know. Hes quite irritated by irans positioning itself inside syria as the future Decision Maker and to think one of the reasons he went to see this us and quite suddenly by the why is that he wants to consolidate hes in fact his influence in damascus and not clear the iranians from russia. So youre saying that theyre putting is a bit wary of irans influence in the region and yet russia is among those trying to salvage the Iran Nuclear Deal with iran along with germany and yet germany and russia dont always agree on how this can be done and how do you think they can Work Together on this issue. It will be very hot because in my personal view this is an salvageable deal now after the iranians decided to rule that we launch their program full scale icon see how theyre going to back off from that also i do think that putin is not very much looking forward towards possible confrontation military confrontation between the United States and iran if it ever happens because he wont want to have a side in this conflict he doesnt want to back the iranians because that will break him into a disastrous war for dish of the United States and the backing of the allies will show him at a big basically not as real as reliability as he pretends he is so for him the best thing is actually an iranian climbdown and i think thats what he would like to work for now he is not interested in any conflict that will involve the United States and iran because that will not make him look pretty. All right well aside from the situation in the middle east what else can we expect from this meeting what is protein hoping to accomplish i think the middle east will dominate its i do think that issues pertaining to north stream to a gas pipeline the builders of sanction by the United States may also be on the agenda what we do know is that mr putin respects miss america and really would like probably to talk a broad range of subjects have the ghost frankly speaking that are not too many western interlocutors this day these days talking to him all right to govern a correspondent confident anchor thank you very much for your analysis. Theyre up to date now on d. W. News a stay tuned for shifts to w. So im cutting Edge Technologies omarion edelstein from me and the entire news team here in berlin thanks for watching. What secrets lie behind the small. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. To double your World Heritage 360 getting up now