Safety. On the ground. Britains prince harry joins crisis talks with the queen saying that he and his american wife. Want to step down from royal duty. Im still welcome to the program. Iranian leaders are denying that they lied about last weeks downing of a ukrainian passenger jet killing all 176 people on board demonstrators accuse the government of tried to conceal the fact that the plane was mistakenly shot down by the countrys elite revolutionary guard but the government says it admitted the air as soon as it was informed processed a supreme taking to the streets demanding that someone be punished for the tragedy. Shouting and chaos as onlookers helped people shot and bleeding on the streets of tehran. The video was taken near a saudi square where crowds have gathered out right at the perceived cover up after iran shot down a ukrainian passenger plane. Video shows tear gas being fired into the crowd they disperse leaving a trail of blood as they flee. In signs of increasing defiance images of irans heroes of being desecrated. Ordinary iranians speaking critically about the crash that even talking about it makes my heart beat faster and makes me sad that i feel ashamed when i think about their families im some sad news feed in this ongoing foreign media try to describe it as a technical problem because of their interests and political and international reasons but later developments changed the game and they had to tell the truth or. Progovernment use papers are also voicing their disappointment and printing lists of the members of the victims shame to the headline in farsi. And unforgivable. Just days early of the Iranian Regime had been celebrating its missile attacks on Iraqi Air Bases Housing u. S. Forces. Now that narrative is also changing the commander of the revolutionary guards telling the countrys parliament they had purposely avoided killing american troops earlier it was falsely claimed they had killed a king. In for the signs of cooling tension around the top officials met with the m e of neighboring u. S. Ally so both sides agreed deescalation was the only way forward. Lets get more on this from both sudar a guy whos International Correspondent for the independent news website hes been covering the middle east and maybe 20 years welcome to d. W. What do you think was there a cover up well it seemed like they were moving in that direction as the aftermath of the crash unfolded but i think there was a couple factors that made them confess basically that they had shot this plane down one was the overwhelming signal intelligence and forensic intelligence that they were being provided with by investigators and International Officials and the other was simply the demographic of those who were onboard these were elite people people who were very highly educated many of them going graduates of the most prestigious universities in iran heading back to their posts at universities and companies in the west after winter holidays these are people who are not going to be silenced these were not the sort of average everyday iranians these were people who have a little bit of clout and know how the system works and so on and so it was very hard to hide this from those people ok so weve seen the pictures of these protests on the streets been dont seem to know how widespread it is this huge deal across the country. You know im going to get like some criticism from some of the very anti regime people in the west but i think this is a relative these are relatively small protests and unless they manage to gather more people and have more of a momentum it will not make a difference i think also in the protests based on the videos that ive seen it represents a rather narrow subset of the iranian demographics the protests that were taking place just in november and the ones that were in 20172018 represented perhaps a more diverse kind of slice of the iranian population more rural poor demographic and so on these are mostly students and like elite if those 2 different crowds could merge their concerns and go up against the regime then it would have something to worry about but right now the regime is able to handle this so as you mentioned there were there were already process in the country but now you have as you say the iranian government by the by cocoa obama conspiracy to killing its own people how how does that leave the regime politically. I mean i think it hurts i think it damages their credibility. I think that theyre in sort of Crisis Management mo but they dont really know how to deal with this kind of crisis is kind of unprecedented you recall that there was also during the the funerals for cars and solar monny stampede in his hometown that left 60 people dead so i think that the regime has some answers to account for and its not able to do that its not a regime that is rooted in any kind of transparency it does not have a mechanism for this kind of thing it just knows how to hold on fast and hope for the best and ride out the storm good talking to you thank you so much for joining us Borzou Daragahi from the independent news website. A 57. 00 of the passengers on board that plane were canadian citizens many of them of iranian descent mourners across canada have been paying tribute to one vigil in edmonton Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau said it had been tradition to listen to stories from relatives about them loved ones he said that he would pursue justice undercount ability or the victims families and friends. They will turn to some of the other stories making news today. A court in pakistan has overturned the death sentence against a former military ruler Pervaiz Mashallah ruled that the special tribunal that found him guilty of treason last year was unconstitutional the treason case sensibile general musharraf same position of emergency rule in 2007. Which i opposed but it was 60 spoken out in defense of celibacy for catholic priests observe the same you hear them and you will use an extraordinary intervention retired professor of his successor pope francis is currently considering whether to address the shortage of priests by allowing the ordination of married men. Libyas warring rivals are expected to hold a peace talks later in moscow this after. The u. N. Backed government agreed a conditional truce with rebel leader after both sides accuse the other of violating the agreement. Thats the philippines where authorities are warning that a volcano near the capital could be on the verge of a dangerous eruption that volcano about 60 kilometers south of manila began to spew ash and lava on sunday it sits in a picturesque in lake and is one of the most active volcanoes in the in a region where earthquakes and eruptions are a daily part of life well as International Airport was temporarily closed and tens of thousands of people have fled while others are refusing to leave their homes and farms. Lightning shoots up into huge charge with static electricity its just the opening of what could be one of natures most dramatic shows Little Volcano blast the rock did more than 40 years ago now a steam gushes above the earth quakes rumble below expect c. N. N. Other massive eruption could be just hours away. We were afraid and in panic we were thinking of how we could save our lives. Tens of thousands of People Living in nearby towns have been evacuated rain mixed with all kinds of cash has courted the roods in thick mud making driving treacherous. Difficult to get food because we cant use the vehicle since its muddy and we cant even clean it since theres no water. Ashas affecting the capital manila 60 kilometers north face masks are in short supply at the airport hundreds of flights have been canceled while some tourists are trying to leave others are getting up close to the volcano. Once in their Life Experience for. These phenomena. The danger level has now reached level for just one not 2 away from a house or disarray upson which could affect hundreds of thousands of People Living in the volcanos danger zone. Correspondent has traveled to the affected area and sent us this account. We were up at the site earlier today about 6 miles away from volcano and all throughout the day we saw the volcano spewing out. These ash clouds were initially white and then they turned to gray and at some point they were all so black on the roads going up to. There was the roads were covered with floods this is because of the volcanic ash that mixed with rain so the roads were very slushy and slippery and it was very difficult to move from one place to another because the roads were dangerous also the ash fall covered entire swaths of plantations and mostly pineapples in this part of the country and also you know the weight of the volcanic ash made the leaves on trees droop entire towns were covered in gray they looked like a black and white photo now against all of this some people or most people didnt really look like they were in a state of alarm a lot of them were going about their daily business like for example which is a very popular tourist site was attracting a lot of visitors who were taking selfies in front of the volcano and really mesmerized by the terrifying beauty of its continued eruption you also saw farmers washing away volcanic ash from their livestock and just trying to go about their daily life and people were wondering wheres the panic or wheres the harm now a lot has been said about the resiliency of filipinos in terms of coping with natural disasters but i think that can be drill down deeper to 2 factors both starting with letter f. One is frequency we are one of the most disaster prone areas in the world so we experience natural disasters of all types on a fairly frequent basis so that. You get used to it and on other hand theres also a mix of fatalism which. Very much because of our predominantly catholic country so you kind of believe that you know these things happen for reason and that nothing you can do anything about it so you just try to find ways to deal with it the best that you can. Reporting from the philippines as the burning australian states of New South Wales await some much needed rainfall operation rock wallaby has begun a National Park stuff have been using helicopters to drop thousands of killers of carrots and Sweet Potatoes into remote areas of the state where the brush tailed a rock wallaby is considered to be endangered another species that hit hard by the countrys devastating a bushfire koalas at least 25000 affairs who have died since the start of december. Theyve been through hell burns on their noses paws far and small. Some michel usually has 15 koalas in his wildlife visitor park on Kangaroo Island at the moment there are more than 100 and every day they keep coming. And 23. 00 knots a guy there was a lot of 50 percent of the habitats there over mining but then of course theres a far as i have continued to burn more and more grounds. So we need to collaborate with the government as to where the summer we move to the mine lands however the mine land is also burning as well the arrivals never stop some fear that 80 to 90 percent of all koalas on the island are dead the wildlife park has become a vet and reclaiming the kitchen transformed into a treatment room sometimes vets have to put down half of all new patients. Who are trying to do and hes not a exact science and it is not easy these decide which of these animals have the best chance which of them have no chance. Of growing and the french sentiment has french leaders questioning whether to stay involved in the region the countries have seen a 5 fold increase in deaths from terrorist attacks in the past 3 years ahead of the summit president macross said he wants a clear mandate from countries for Foreign Military involvement in the reason he said dont get it because if he if from and i expect the sahal Member States to clarify their demands to france and the International Community what do they want our presence and do they need us. Yes i want clear and confident answers to these questions i dont want to have french troops on the ground anywhere in the sahal where there is ambiguity towards french soldiers and negative commentary from politicians but the budget distance that. Now britains prince harry is facing the queen today a senior members of the royal family meet to resolve the crisis triggered by his shock announcement that he wants to step back from royal duties the queen is hosting the talks latter country state sandra that Prince Charles and Prince William also attending among the issues to be worked through how harry and meghan might to fund the Financial Independence theyve said they want and indeed theyre both titles the summit comes after 42. 00 burchett of the prince appearing to promote his wifes acting career chief executive of disney the film premiere last summer. Straight to london then and the double comes from the not so welcome lets start with a background why do harry americans want to step down in this way. That you havent given any exact definition as to what it is that they want and why it is they said they want to take on a new socalled progressive role within roth family 3 is of course a lot of speculation as to what the reasons are one is Media Coverage we know that prince harry in particular has long been unhappy with the tabloids the british tabloids in particular he has little susie has food was with them he said they are vilifying his wife so that is one reason the other is continued speculation about him and his brother not getting along as well as they used to so they were always very close but since prince harry has been with magen mochel there was a lot of course of that they dont get along as well anymore that there is not a Good Relationship between the 2 wives so those could be the reasons but of course this is just speculation the havent really given any clear reason themselves ok so todays talks at sandringham that the 3 current to moloch and the 2 as of that charles and william as well as the queen what of one of these talks going to cover. They have to cover lots of ground a lot of bullet points on their agenda so one of the really main topics will be fine and prince harry and his wife say they want to be financially independent and yet they also still want to support the queen is what they said in that sense and said in their statement but how exactly are they going to do that how are they going to split their time for a start as well between canada and the u. K. How many royal engagements will day in the future be able to take part in when theyve got this International Life split between north america and the u. K. And will they be able for example also to retain their royal title all of this will be up in the air will they be able to have any make any commercial benefit any any inroads in any commercial ventures all of this is is most likely going to be discussed and we are expecting there will be some sort of clarification maybe already today but if not in the next days so once the dust settles an agreement is reached this is likely to have much wider ramifications for britains royal family. Well for sure because the big question is is it possible in the u. K. To be a socalled part time royal is it possible if youre born into this fathom as its being called in the u. K. That you can just opt out of it British Class society has the royals really as the backbone and somebody to just go and say well im sammo royal but also somehow not its going to be very very important for the future of the royal family not released for Prince William because it might also have implications for his own children who you know might also in the future be play a bigger role or a lesser role so a lot of people and Prince William and self have a huge interest too to resolve this conflict. In london thank you. The nominations for this Years Academy awards have been announced in los angeles that dark comic book joker has done particularly well directed and produced by Todd Phillips the psychological thriller is up for 11 awards including best picture best director and star phoenix has also been nominated for best actor other films on the shortlist appeared not scorseses an epic drama the irishman in time to nose once upon a time in hollywood which picked up ted nominations each way. We like it so who knows all about this sort of stuff we saw scott from d. W. Culture welcome scott lets talk about the joker then with the most nominations this year did you expect movie based on a comic book character to lead the nominees because of the unthinkable even just a couple years ago that you could have a comic book movie that would be so dominant at the Academy Awards i thought the film was amazing i saw it last year at the Venice Film Festival where premier and what i thinks amazing about this movie is that it just combined combines the comic books on which is this moment is the most commercially successful genre in film and so dominant but it combines that with sort of the dark psychological dramas that we know from 1970 s. New hollywood prickly the Martin Scorsese films this film really smart scores as they throughout the movie and to be able to be able to bind these 2 movies and make a commercially successful film that takes us to really dark. Unsettling places i think is very very impressive and shows at a time when people are talking about the end of movies that movies arent significant anymore and that theyre yesterdays medium this really shows that you can make a movie if you do it differently than overly appeal to a huge audience and also have sort of a real Cultural Impact but this is from has been incredibly incredibly controversial it really has got people to. Any of the surprises well i was surprised but it was a disappointment to see again this. Dear there were no women nominated for best director same for last year i look back i think last 20 years have been 3 female nominations in the best director category i really thought who did little women which picked up a few nominations but not for her best director really thought she had a chance to get in was very tough year this year you had some incredibly great directors friends or says its difficult to be with a man like that or Quentin Tarantino but i really hope that the discussion that weve been having over lack of representation a particular lack of female representation in hollywood would had a bit more impact on the voters of the Academy Awards because it was christened with the Golden Globes i just recently as well for the same sort exactly on another controversy which the bafta is a seen and seen here is a lack of representation of people of color i think the acting nominees theres only one person of color among all the acting nominees of the oscars obviously theres a long way to go there. Favorites for me the great great to see is parasite 6 nominees its nominations including best film best director korean movie 1st movie to ever be nominated for best film at the oscars this. One can last year and its my absolute favorite film of the year its sort of a hitchcockian comedy thriller horror movie. I think is one of the best directors working today and hes able to take on a take like comedy and then switch on a dime and suddenly within just a door to your something in a horror movie what about whats happened whats happened he does things with anyone else is doing at the moment and i think its phenomenal that hes getting recognized in this way and maybe just maybe hes got a chance to take home the big prize in a months time. Thank you for that. For. Sport in tennis know about djokovic help seal victory for serbia the inaugural a. T. P. Cup in sydney after defeating his long term spanish rival rafael nadal after the singles results were tied to walla walla doubles match decide the title of which are part of the Viktor Troicki to beat spains problem. And felicity on a low press 6364. This is the w. s these are our top stories protesters are taking to the streets of iran accusing the government of a cover up of a last weeks downed ukrainian passenger jet this after the military admitted that its forces accidentally shot the plane down demonstrators are cold lives for initially did not hang they were behind the disaster. A volcano near the philippines capital manila could be on the verge of a dangerous or eruption the tao volcano has been spewing ash and lava causing manilas International Airport to close and thousands to flee. Britains prince harry is attending a crisis meeting with the queen and senior members of the royal family over his decision to step back from a senior royal duties on the agenda. Is what titles here this wife of will keep up what you choose they will continue to perform. This years Oscar Nominations have been announced comic book drama joker is tipped for 11 Academy Awards including a best picture and best director it stopped working phoenixs of the shot for best actor. This is d. W. News from there for more followers on twitter at w news or visit the website d w dot com. Coming up next tomorrow today a Science Magazine this week in talk about the ways in the ocean and how we can harness that power i dont have that website to get all the latest news and information around the clock dot com. World news of the top of the hour im good to. Far away after all. Mine are sung the song a. Poke in the past harness the energy. That we find the sound. Of not seeing the traffic oasis from some. Place. Thanks to a myth. D. W. Every 2 seconds a person does forced to flee their homes nearly 71000000 people have been forcibly just placed. 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