Other investigators have been given access. Australianss patience wearing thin a as they rally a against e governrnnts s handling of the bubushfire crisis as those in te countryside brace for more mega blazes. Gestures like these will not be allowed at the Olympic Games in tokyo, we take a look at the new rules against political protests. Phil welcome to the program. Im phil gayle. The u. S. Government has unveiled new sanctions against iranian officials. The announcement came from mike pompeo and the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, describing the sanctions as a response to the missile attack against u. S. Troops in iraq, which followed the u. S. Assassination of a Senior Iranian general. The sanctions target eight senior officials to the u. S. It says were involved in the attack against u. S. Troops. We will now get the view from the United States and European Union, from Pablo Foley Elias in washington and teri schultz in brussels. Tell us more about the sanctions, pablo. Pablo well, you sort of said at of it already. Some of these individuals who will be targeteded are involvedn irans financial, manufacturing, and mining sectors. They are also against officials who were described as being involved in destabilizing activities. This, the idea behind this is to basically cut billions of dollars of revenue for the iranian government and it came, it was announced in a News Conference here in washington, which was very much geared toward the reasons why the assassination will of the iranian general took place in the first place. Secretary mike pompeo said once again, and justified once again, that he had specific information on an imminent threat, including attacks on u. S. Embassies. So he was justifying why the new sanctions were put in place. Phil the administration has a said the endgame is to bring iran back to the nuclear negotiating table. But what makes the white house think that more of the same, because the sentients have been in place for some time, what makes the administration think more of the same will do the trick . Pablo the administration has believed in this maximum pressure idea. They believe that putting these sanctions will strangle the economy even further and we see that with these new sanctions, which are being put on the country and adding to that long list already in place. President trump said this week that the idea is to sit down and get back to the negotiating table and to sit down with iran and come up with a new deal. He has not been shy about the fact that he did not agree with the previous agreement and the idea is that now these new sanctions will lead iran to a new deal. Perhaps with the support of u. S. Allies. But of course, the u. S. Administraration, the Trump Administration has been unclear at times over what the endgame is. Phil teri schultz in brussels, lets bring you in. The nato secretarygeneral has been at the Foreign Ministers meeting. The u. S. Has called for more nato support in the middle east. What has been the Nato Response . Teri President Trump called sesecretarygeneral stoltenbnbeg moments s ter he announced in aa White House Press conferenence e wanted nato to be more involved in the middle east and secretarygeneral stoltenberg said, ok, we can do more. And in fact, i have just learned that nato has dispatched a delegation to the state department, this group is there now, talking with the state about what more can be done. Now, what nato is offering is is more counterterrorism work. And i am not sure that is exactly what President Trump had in mind, but the people who actually do the work are there discussing it now, so nato is taking the request seriously and im sure will do Everything Possible to try to help the United States. But these are not going to be combat operations, there is no way that 28 allies would agree to such a thing. Phil the eu Foreign Ministers meeting, what was the agreed position today, and does anybody besides the eu care what they think . Teri you know, i can hear in the comments from the Foreign Ministers,s, even from fororeign policy cef j josh buburrell, that they are slowly acceptiting that perhaps they are not goinig to be able to keep the deal alive. Although, that is still the unified position. Even as the rereign ministsters were meetingng, more sanctioions wewere piled on iran, and ththat puts pressure on the European Union as well isis on tehran, becacause one of t the eus obobligations s undethe iranan nuclear deal is to increase trade with i iran. That is impossible with u. S. Sanctions threatening both the government of iran and any eu company doing business there. So this is a very difficult road. In fact, my colleague just interviewed the latvian foreign minister, who said without the u. S. This is probably dead. So we may be hearing more about that andnd perhaps thehere is st of a new realization that there needs to be new negotiations, including the u. S. , and possibly getting it back on the table. Phil teri, pablo, thank you. Meanwhile iran is denying , accusations that one of their missiles downed the Ukrainian Airliner that crashed outside of tehran. The canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau is one of a number of National Leaders to say that evidence from multiple intelligence sources suggest an Iranian Missile hit the airliner shortly after takeoff. All 176 people on board, most of them canadian and iranian, were killed in the crash that came hours after iran initiated an attack against u. S. Targets in neighboring iraq. The flight data recorders have been recovered. Ukraine saysys investigators hae been given access. Correspondent t mobile phonone foototage verified by two Media Outlets appears to show the mimissile exploding near t the airplala before it c crashed. Western leaders say the evidence points toward an iranini missile. We do believe it is likely that the airplane was shot down by an Iranian Missile. We are going to let the investigation play out before we make a final determination. It is important we get to the bottom of it. Correspondent iran denies shooting the airplane down. The thing that is clear to us and that we can say with certainty is that this airplane was not hit by a missile. Correspondent but they have 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. We are confident that the crash investigation bodies in america, Great Britain and canada will not confirm it. American politicians have talked without paying attention to technical matters. Scientifically speaking, their statements are not valid at all. Correspondent ukrainian investigators were the first to be invited since the airplane was flown by ukraines national carrier. But the country now risks becoming a pawn in the game between washington and tehran. So far they are urging caution. Again, i would like to underline that seven possible causes are under investigation, but generalists are somehow only prioritizing one of them. Correspondent 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. Phil we will bring in steven wright, a professor of aircraft systems. Welcome to dw. What do you make of the images that have emerged that appear to show the airplane being hit by a missile . Stephen gooood evening. The images i have seen are very striking and so much in so much youou can see what apappeao be missiles s that are climbing a multitude and there is sosome form of detonation. To me, it looks like a missile hitting an aircraft. Obviously, there is not much information we can see in so much that it is dark. One of the r reasons youou can e it so o clearly is the fire from the exhaust of the missile seems to be cacaptured rather well wih the image. Thatat is what we hahave seen. The intereresting part from mymy peperspectivisis in order r to determine e if it was actutualla missile, investigators will need to look carefully at the wreckage. Phil tell us about the investigation. I believe it will be international, so who will be involved and who will be responsible for what . Ststephen the actual formal investigation, this was determined many years ago with something cacalled the chicago convenention, which quite a numr of signatotories signed in 1944. And as the namee suguggests it , giveves you an idea whwhere is gned. It is all about the freedom m in order to operate airircraft and one thing that was agreed on in 1944 was who is going to do this. The idea is this has taken place in the aircraft crashed in a given country, in this case iran, so they will be investigating. The aiaircraft is owned and operated by the ukrainians, so clearly they will take a heavy focus here. Interestiningly, the manufacturr also has an interest, and input that is very important and very valuable intoto the , investigatation. So it is a team approach. Phil right. Stephen now to complicate , matters a little bit more, because we think it has been downededy a missilile, this then introduces potential elements of criminality, which means that in order to determine it was a missile from this location fired by this person, you then have to ensure the continuity of evidence, like what the police do. Therefore e that becomes a very becomes very forensic in how we approach it. Phil thank you so much h for joining us, professor. Professor stephen wright, professor of aircraft systems. 63 canadians died in the Ukrainian Airline crash, many of them highly qualified iranian canadians who held research posts at universities across the country. Correspondent this s tragededys gripped a nation. The victims of the plane crash in iran are dear to the hearts of many in canada. At a vigil in ottawa, Justin Trudeau joined mourners as they struggled to come to terms with their loss. Many of the victims were iranian or dual iranian canadian citizens returning from holidays in iran. This boy is her brother. So, that family lost two children. Correspondent in toronto, another tributute. The impact of f the tragedy isis being g felt across regions anad professions in cananada. At least 17 universities confirmed their lost staff or students. We lost a lot of young individuals who are now one e by one being identified as leaders in their fields, where they were doing research or where they were working. Correspondent since the u. S. Hardened against iran, the number of iranian students limited, those in canada have more than doubled. The disagreements between iran and western countries over what caused the crash will be of little help now to the victims loved ones. Phil we will take a look at other stories around the world. Antigovernment protesters have gathered in iraq, holding mass gatherings, adding criticism to their chants of the u. S. They are trying to revive the movement that began in october, overshadowed by the increasing tension between tehran and washington. They are demanding fresh elections and for iraq to reassert its sovereignty. Police i in pakistan say at t lt 13 people have been killed in a bombing at a mosque in the southwest. A Senior Police officer amongst the dead. There has been no claim of responsibility. Police are investigating whether this was a suicide bombing. The internetet has been shut don in the kashmir region and it has been ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court. The government proposed to shut it down after a controversial move to repeal the territorys spspecial constitutional status. In itsts ruling, the supreme cot descriribed the freedodom of ininternet access as a fundamenl right. Tens of thousands of people have rallied in major australian cities to protest against the governments handling of the bushfire crisis and 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 even more blazes. 26 people have died in the fires with 2000 homes destroyed. Correspondent burnt out pickup trucks and fires and that still smolder on the side of the road. Ththe village herere was an inio a coupuple days ago. Kyle shows us the chicken coop in his yard. He was in such a hurry to escape thatat he forgot t to open the. The birds had no chance. This one was ferocious. Just, we were standing on ththe hill and you could hear the rumbling, the roar of it. It is a sound i will never forget. It is horrible. Correspondent kyle and his partner, david, assess the charred heap of rubble that was once their home. They say they feel numb, but david is also outraged, he feels things should not have come to this point. We were not equipped, we did not have the firefighting aircraft we should have had, we should not be spending money on nasa flights, we should d be fixing up our fire services. They kneww that they n needed i. Correspondent e even the builig nextxt door to the local Fire Department burned down. After months, the government has now set aside extra funds for firefighting. Many say it is 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 i can say is we have a lot of tired people, we have a lot of committed people, and we need to just g get through this stage, t through thee f fights we e haveo haveve with tangng on morere fi. Corresndndent kyle e and dad totookefuge in t the local post ofoffice, whicththey also rurun. Power comes from a generator. Kylele has adopted three kangaro babibies. The mother succumbed to the flames. While he washes the milk bottles, he says many villagers are angry with the australian Prime Minister and his crisis management. He is notot thinking about u. He came through our town, all he brought was his motorcade. He did not b bring any helelp, e did not bring food. Water, even, they did not even offer people water. It was just he was only doing it to cover himself. Correspondent many australians have donated necessities. Clothing and pillows are piled up in the local community home. Sarah and her four daughters are looking for new shoes. Their house burned to a cinder. They had just moved in. Mommy. Mom. I have other family that lost their homes as well, so thee whole community has lost something. So it is good to see everybody working together and as a community we will do it, we will all band together and everybody will help each otherer and we wl move forward as a community. Correspopondent some e do not e insurarance, but the people aree trying to make do with what they have left. Meanwhile, the blazes burn in other parts of australia. Phil now to more of the stories making news. The pentagon h has accused the russian navy of agaggresve actions in t the north ararabiaa ne the persi gulf after onee of their ships ignored a llision n alarm. This u. S. Nanavy video is said o show the aircrcraft coming exextremely closose. Moscow says the u. S. Vessel crossed its ships path. An 11yearold boy has shot dead a gym teacher and has wounded five pupils at a school in northern mexico, before turning the weapon on himself. Authorities say the boy had two guns when he opened fire. Germanys green party is marking its 40th anniversary and they. And that they have a lot to celebrate. What began as a protest movement has now become part of the countrys political mainstream. Recent opinion polls show the party is the second strongest Political Force in the country. Correspondent a Birthday Party with the german president. 40 years ago, this wouldve been unthinkable. Now Frankwalter Steinmeier is there toto honor the former rebels. The greens haveve changed the country, and the country has changeged at the greens. Germanany has become more e oped didiverse, more e humane and mon in the last 40 years. Correspondent the greens were a creation in the conservative germany of 1980. Environmentalists and animalrights activists, feminists and peace lovers, the slogan was strident, propeace and prowomen. Just three years later and they had a presence in parliament. Their culture worlds apart from the other parties. Fischer, the first green environment minister, took Office Wearing trainers. They were a provocative force in parliament, where they would where they would needle the established parties. But they got the spirit of the age. Nearly 20 years after the foundation, they enter the entered the federal government for the first time in coalition with the social democrats. They backed the involvement of german troops in kosovo, a controversial move for the pacifists. And the foreign minister was pelted at the party conference. The party went along with him but with reluctance. , their dreams came true when germany decided to phase out nuclear power. In 2011, another breakthrough, the greens ousted the christian democrats in a deeply conservative state. Winfried kretschmann becoming the first green state premier. The current leadership is popular, and even a green chancellor no longer seems inconceivable. Of course, society has also changed us and i think that is a good thing because anything else would mean a standstill. The fridays for future Climate Movement has also given them a boost. A party that once seemed exotic is now part of the mainstream. Phil now to sports. The International Olympic committee has issued guidelines that will ban athletes from kneeling or making any kind of political statement at this years games in tokyo. The Committee Says anybody who breaks the new rules will face disciplinary action. The athlete support groups say silencing participants should never be tolerated. Corrrrespondent t over 50 years ago, amerirican sprinter t tommy smith and jo c carlos famouslyly did the black power salutete 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 Colin Kaepernick and megan rapinoe. Lalast august, t two athletes se placed on probation for 12 months for incidents at the panamerican games in peru, considered by some to be a warning ahead of the tokyo olympics. The International OlympicCommittee President said that previous protests had no effect and the mission of the games is to unite, not divide. He cautioned athletes. Any kind of boycott for whatever reason is against the mission of the Olympic Games, and i ask them to respect the political neutrality of the Olympic Games by not using them there as a stage for their political purposes. Correspondent potential violations of the new guidelines according to the ioc, would be , evaluated by the national Olympic Committee and respective sport federation. Disciplinary action will be taken on a casebycase 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 bachs support of a joint north korean and a south korean team at the 2018 window olympics Winter Olympics as an example of pushing politics at the games. Amid rising political tensions worldwide, will the athletes abide by the new policies set by the ioc . We will have our answer win the games start in tokyo on the 24th of july. Phil lets get more on this. Why have they set these new guidelines . Ollie they have long outlawed political protests at the games. Basically, what it all comes down to is this sort of juggling act that they are doing with having all the countries come together at one event. That will of course involve countries that have especially poor relations at times, they do not want to be the forum for disagreements and conflicts. You only need to look at what is going on with the usa and iran, with those rising tensions that tensions, the ioc doesnt want the olympics to become the forum for those kind of conflicts. But it also comes down to the backlash often associated with these kinds of political protests. The backlash that can involve sponsors dropping out, people stopping watching, that comes down to income and it is also very important. Phil money is so important. Is it likely to stop athletes from taking a stand . Ollie some of them may think twice, but ultimately athletes have always faced consequences for standing up for what they believe in, whether it is in terms of competing, being dropped from a team, whether it is financial when they lose a sponsors, or if it is alienating a portion of their fan base. So ultimately if an athlete believes strongly enough in something, i do not see these guidelines stopping them. Phil morally loaded question, are they right to say that the olympic should be neutral . Ollie if you go to any political post made by an athlete, you will see many people responding, saying stick , to sports. I do not think that is really possible. Athletes are people and people often are political, and that means you will never be able to rule out completely telling some they are not allowed to protest and to stand up for their beliefs. It is like telling them not to breathe. And bach himself said that the olympics is the only show that brings everybody together, but that is what makes it such a big platform for them to get their views across. Phil ok, thank you. Now here is a reminder of our top story. U. S. Secretary of state and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin have unveiled new sanctions against irans Steel Industry and against senior officials of the islamic republic. The sanctions are a result of the missile attack on the basis bases housing u. S. Troops in iraq. 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