That live from moscow this is our international on calling the world news this hour a sad news to start with im afraid to say a passenger plane has crashed shortly after taking off from the airport and calyx down in central asia killing 12 people dozens are injured including children. Going to bring you. A pretty good did the mention of drug abuse. You could not run their lives even if you can to get out of only because if you want to. Start. It is a. Bit of a. Load on the plate is. The. Consumer look at the risk just as risk. As the shows it was aboard the. You with your. Good perception to. Look at those pictures and we realize what a tragedy it is for kazakstan only a few days before new years eve but if there is a case in which the words good news could be appropriate after a plane crash this is the one because right now we already understand that the doctors have confirmed that the majority of the people who were on board survived which means that this couldnt have been a nose dive from a High Altitude what actually happened was that this back air flight took off from the airport in almaty which is the biggest city and has its stand it was still dark there about 20 minutes past 7 but then quickly started losing altitude then it hit a concrete barrier before crashing into a small building this was just a 2 Story Building i can tell you that almost like i said its the biggest city its a big metropolitan area the airport is not that far from it so there are suburban areas residential areas surrounding the airport so this is apparently where the plane and it up the captain of the aircraft is among the dead what about the plane itself well this is a medium sized twin turbo fan short range regional jet its called focker 100. 00 it was produced by a Dutch Company before it went bankrupt up until 1997 but this particular plane was 23 years old so was one of the final ones to be produced by that company and still the widely operated by 2 Major Airlines in australia for example as a regional jet by quantas and virgin its also being operated by an Iranian Airline and back air this was actually the only type of aircraft that they have and while this is a big company in kazakstan it is the 2nd most popular Domestic Airline that. People used there for domestic flights to the onus now on the catholic authorities of course to establish exactly what happened what they done so far clearly grounded all flights by that type of aircraft and like i said just because its fleet only consists of this particular aircraft now theyre out of operation for how long right now we dont know many people are still in Critical Condition so the doctors are fighting for their lives the president promised that those responsible for the crash will definitely be punished i can tell you that this particular airline was going through some Financial Difficulties lately but previous the no incidents with its aircraft had led to any kind of fatalities and as you saw in those pictures the weather conditions were clear so the catholic authorities are now considering 2 possible reasons for the tragedy either pilot error or a technical malfunction on board and Geoffrey Thomas from Airline Ratings dot com talked to me earlier about what might have gone wrong. Early indications point to possible causes one is that as we can see snow sleet snow everywhere it was very very cold icing conditions and it may well have been that the plane was not correctly g. O. I. Still not do ya asked it all and if theres a build up of ice on the wing as soon as the plane takes off youre going to have a situation where youve lived over the top of the wing the air over the top of the wing is disturbed therefore you lose lift and the plane or you reach now to 40 feet and then crash back to earth. And the other thing we but theres a possibility there was an engine problem we know the aircraft reached takeoff speed of about 175 miles an hour and then quickly lets speak quickly to within a 2nd or 2 of takeoff back to 148 and thats when all the data was lost. So possibly. Problem possible icing problem on the wings. Iran china and russia are due to start a joint naval exercises in the indian ocean on the gulf of them on this friday however with the location of flashpoint between iran and the United States in the past some believe that theres more to the trails than meets the eye despite the official line. Soon coming naval drills that are aimed at deepening exchange and corporation among the names of the 3 countries on war and displays the 3 sides strong will and capabilities to jointly maintain world peace and maritime security. Building a Maritime Community with a shared future. This isnt just a military exercise its a its a political statement the strait of hormuz is the worlds most important oil. Oil flows through it 21 percent of Global Supply every day its a crazy amount and as with oil the strait is highly flammable we begin with this dramatic escalation of tension between iran and the west are serious provocation tonight in the strait of hormuz after iran seized a british tanker iran seizing control of a British Oil Tanker u. K. Is accusing iranian boats of trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker and they seem to be no end to this escalation washington and everyone with a warship or regiment to spare seem to be rushing into the persian gulf i mean wasnt the nicest neighborhood to begin with what with saudi arabia and iran mortal enemies facing off across the tie in iest of channels and minutes seem like things couldnt get worse they did. The attack was launched from the north and was in question of response of by iran. And meet all the calls for deescalation iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the Worlds Energy supply having failed at max pressure secretary players turning to max to seek blaming iran wont end disgust right at the edge of the precipice cooler heads prevailed things calmed down somewhat everyones figures still in the trigger but its more a diplomatic battle now for example trump still pressing on with his sanctions trying to force iran to abide by a nuclear deal that trump himself pulled out of big protest in iran as well helped along by washington. The exercise is officially unrelated to this crisis its an anti pirate an anti terror drill its also a very clever move by iran pressured and threatened as it is by america their own decided to cool who has some friends apparently for a friendly sailed together china and russia the 2nd and 3rd most powerful militaries in the world as i said pretty clever. I mean a wide ranging interview with irans chief Foreign Policy adviser spoke to finally about his countrys bearing up under u. S. Sanctions and also about cooperation with moscow. Russia is our Strategic Partner our relations are very dynamic and developing is a bilateral regional and International Partnership if you are currently there is no relationship as you know ron in the way as irans representatives are not negotiating with the americans killed us rejoins the p 5. Weve been living under your sanctions for 40 years now from time to time they would ease the sanctions then crank them however iran has learned to adopt as a way to get around the solution youll need more than just sanctions it is. However a nation. That is of the total length of more than a 1000 kilometers and it borders on 15 country we have already experienced all kinds of sanctions before and after the birth of rome we know how to run our country and despite any american sanctions. Its a tradition of the Holiday Season for World Leaders heads of state and major organizations to deliver their annual greetings they usually wrap up the passing year and generally express hope for a prosperous and happy future this year though it seems there are a few peculiar messages out there so its been taking a look. Christmas the time of year when people gather together to celebrate the bonds of friendship and family as a side note also a very good paired for the brits have to regulate engage an eye contact except well wishes and fame marry much more at the same time sorry this is not my weekly therapy session but anyway weve all grown tired of repeating the same old Merry Christmas and in a bid to keep the good old yuletide going and make it trendy in 21st century the wild over people are getting creative with the traditional greeting sometimes though they how to best put it misjudged the mood while some bake gingerbread houses we decided to go with them 35. 00 jets Merry Christmas to all our christian soldiers and to all those celebrating around the world im a big fan of gingerbread but one in the shape of an f. 35. 00 jet which of. You used to conduct strikes over gaza and just hours after the i. D. F. Admitted that a raid in the gaza strip to 9 members of a Single Family was a mistake i think ill give it a miss as apparently will many others yes nothing says Merry Christmas like a freaking war machine all you are missing is some gingerbread bombs to drop on some gingerbread palestinians maybe the i. D. F. Had a brainstorm session with donald trump because his festive wishes also struck a son but tone i think someone forgot to tell him that joy is a contractual obligation in december on behalf of the entire trump family we wish everyone a joyous and Merry Christmas but can you blame him its the end of the year were all tired poor thing couldnt even hide the fact he was reading off a prompter though he does have other things on his plate i suppose like his possible removal from office even is usually bellicose tweets have been a bit like cluster of late no caps lock no explanation marks that kind of thing also jumping in head fast to the whirlpool of christmas for parts u. S. Customs and Border Protection they congratulated santa for not scaling and he was sorry chimneys this year and applying for his visa on time like youd expect it went down like a sack of presents hundreds of kids in texas are spending Christmas Eve taking care of each other freezing cold insufficient food water medical attention hygiene it resources no contact with their parents many as young as one hope you brought gifts for these kids. He missed the stop and across the pond things want much better Queen Elizabeth the 2nd film test 67th Christmas Speech you think after all these years shed have it down pat but its been a tough year for poor queenie what with Prince Andrew clearly not being a natural in t. V. Interviews perry marrying an american divorcee said divorcee crying on t. V. About being bullied by the very people who pay the heating bill of Buckingham Palace harry saying that he and william are fighting harry being a climate activists while jetting around a private jets her story not my weekly therapy session so instead of the usual Merry Christmas one and all they got this midterm filled. With small steps can make a world of difference. A very legal way of defining being on the brink of a constitutional crisis our fingers crossed hoping your son didnt spend nights sweating away with a convicted sex offender and then the icing sugar on top of the your blog the un decided to pick the day christ was born to talk about how motherhood is a real chore which will apparently leave you poor bond employed and most likely gender discriminated against i wonder if mary and joseph consider these downsides as the road to bethlehem so yeah its tough to know how to wish people while at this time of year but i dont want to miss out on the fun so mary day the christ was born but only if you recognize christ im not forcing anything on you so lets just say its a Winter Holiday if the time winter doesnt offend this is a safe space after all totally up to you how you want to celebrate this day or not your call. This is still ahead kicked out of the British Military for being gay now theres a push for compensation thats our next story in 90 seconds. Is a reflection of reality. In the world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. You good in the right way or are you being. In a world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallows. Taxes are not going to do it you have to go right to the root of things its assets and debts at the Balance SheetBalance Sheets is what they should talk about and thats where we can be clear because taxation is the dumb why of trying to get the wealth back from the from the wealthy. And i get more of a Headline News this friday rights activists in britain are calling on the Defense Ministry there to compensate more than 150 people who say they were expelled from the military because of their sexuality. Campaigners say that the armed forces passed policy of discrimination did untold damage to the lives of many Service Personnel and the victims must receive her address. Many people suffered horribly under officially sanctioned discrimination and persecution as a result of the ban on l. G. B. T. Plus people in the armed forces the m. O. D. E. Has been far too slow to offer proper apologies and the recompense for their suffering ministers should be doing all they can to put this right. Gay people were banned from serving in the British Armed forces until the European Court of human rights rule but that policy was unlawful that was back in 2000 since then though the m. O days paid out 4000000 pounds in compensation and says its settled 51. 00 cases of discrimination that said another 100. 00 other claims have been either rejected or withdrawn l g b t activist insists though that many more military Service Personnel are likely to have been affected by the ban leading british rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says thousands of gay people were forced out of the military between the late 1940 s. And the turn of the century in the eightys he says as many as 300. 00 people were kicked out each year because of their sexuality in many cases it had a severe impact on Service Members lives the day does accept that policy was unjust. We are we are fewer than 200 cases in which individuals may have been dismissed on the grounds of their sexuality although we accept that there may be cases that arent known about we accept our policy in respect of serving homosexuals in the military was wrong discriminatory and unjust to the individuals involved. Or Peter Tatchell who i mentioned earlier and andre walker a new York Observer columnist and political commentator give us their reactions. We need to recognise the real pain suffering that was subjected to these men they not only lost their job and their income but because theyre in the forces they lost their forces accommodation their home they also lost their pension rights and many of their friends at the time the law of the law and gay people for being in the military there are similar rules that are people being in the military for a variety of reasons medical conditions what have you throw out the purpose of the armed forces to protect and defend the United Kingdom that is their primary role they were not bad soldiers otherwise Perfect Service records but of course some of the people who signed up didnt realise they were gay when they enlisted their only realised much. Later on in their career and it would be very very perverse to punish people on the basis that they should have known they were gay but when they signed up when they were 1617 or 18 years old look we hear this all the time dont we for various groups that we should treat people in the past as idiots because they were less in lights and that was what is going to be difficult or easy if its so at some point in the future we change our opinion then were suddenly compensating people from the past are my concern is there any organization or group or political view might be able to come forward in the future and attempt to sue or get compensation out of the British Government so i think it is fair and reasonable to say that these men do deserve compensation commensurate with the suffering and injustice that they serve the numbers currently under compensation is tiny indeed a tiny fraction of the numbers who were victimized by this unjust law what we need is a military that is capable of fighting with the commanders not politicians or indeed rights activists to decide who military personnel are and how theyre deployed. Mexico claims that its observed a heightened number of police and security agents around its embassy in the city of the parts of bolivia describing it as a siege it also says that its going to file a complaint against bolivias interim government to the International Court of justice in the hague. Is that was established we are addressing the entire International Community because not even join the worst moments of the military coups of the 19 seventies and 19 eighties was the integrity of Mexican Embassy buildings or residences ever put at risk. The Mexican Foreign ministry claims the number of security agents started to increase on tuesday and comes after the country gave refuge to a group of politicians loyal to the ousted president theyve immoralities bolivias foreign minister however says it was the mexican ambassador who requested more security she also says mexico will have to retract the accusations. I considered illegal file a suit because no one can file a lawsuit based on facts or presumptions how the Mexican Foreign ministry. Or political analyst we spoke to believes the new government is trying to put pressure on anyone that supports a for morality. Every country bound to protect i respect every diplomatic representation in every country to do something very clear under International Law so in that sense mexico is correct when he was breaking the law he did not try to put pressure on any country that would support evo morales thats the point of the garment 38. 00 a man who he or prevent any possibility that the rally supporters not only can win with next election but any possibility of more lives going big supported morale is because they are under say will relate relations with the most what is really a democracy morales stopped being a precedent because we couldnt. Make the call hes against the entire. Russias Antidoping Agency has lodged an official complaint with the world body covering drugs in sports have the countrys athletes being banned from major Sports Events for 4 gears this month the world Antidoping Agency water ban russia from the 2020 lympics in tokyo and also the football world cup in cattle only proven Clean Athletes can participate and then only under a neutral flag musher also will be able to Host InternationalSports Events for the next 4 years russias sports minister pavel club called says waters decision is politicized. To the principle in my opinion and that of lawyers the wider decision runs counter to a number of sports norms as well as the International Olympic committees charter and other lives. And we will bring this out for the jury in the appeal trial yes there have been violations in connection with the athlete listen code were not going to deny that its a proven fact and listen coherence self has to it and he will now face the punishment as of well as his coach we would need. Over the past few years weve essentially built a whole new system of the founders of the saga are now russias and in pick and ellen pick of committees it has they can actually clique transparent of the Management System in the past rushes a ministry of sport was accused of interfering with their activities but now there are no such accusations and the reason of the other saga come from this work i was evaluated and the team satisfactory pari the. Band and the council of europe some of them despite all that. Made this decision i think it was a great leader politicised before they made this decision despite the fact that as i just said we have fulfilled all the requirements while what the board i think. And. I believe. This point should adopt a unified firm stance and talk to those who are doping and talk privately we need to take this problem on together because we all bear responsibility not only the minister because it would have an awfully swallowing some of the pills in my fellow Clean Athletes on the next day is keeping silent about that that Clean Athlete is to responsible and theres no other way to over. Com which is it with the ok thats it for me thanks for watching tyler and kevin i will keep you updated for the rest of this friday december the 27th international from moscow. My name is stuck. On the world social media thats exactly what i dont see its a. Little bit over the. But i know weve got to get it out. To cause you need to move it up you know. 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To head the embattled aviation giant boeing is back under fire for quote very disturbing documents that have been handed over to the u. S. Congress r t correspondent allan head of age brings us up to speed on the shaky situation from bali and later our friend bart chilton may be gone but his legacy lives on through the bar Children Fellowship Program we managed to catch up with chainbearer malley of the carving group and peter know hes a very smart the city and of the fellowship youre not going to want to miss this we have so much to get to sell lets get straight in. A space one of the trade deal between china and the u. S. Start to firm up china reports a surge in soybean imports in november up 3053. 7 percent year over year this is more than double from the previous month to 2600000. 00 tonnes while beijing said that it will buy more u. S. Ag chinese officials have yet to confirm the possible scale of these purchases a formal signing of the deal is reportedly being arranged for early january but as of yet no official text has been released analysts are still wary that this may just be an illusion of progress as no real details have emerged regarding the magnitude of chinese purchases of u. S. Exports or the timing of the u. S. Tariff rollbacks making the. All things sketchy at best the future of economic relationships between the 2 world superpowers remain uncertain with phase 2 which supposedly focuses more on intellectual property still far as a ways off and now to catch us all up on the new developments we bring in Todd Horowitz chief strategist above the trading so todd even with the announcement of the long awaited trade truce between u. S. And china most experts agree that this is more of a face saving optics for both sides than a true reconciliation so much damage has already been done in 2019 so are china and the us headed for a new cold war air and 2020. Euros i think that it very well could be again phase one phase 2 phase 8 i dont know where we are but i can see by your prices that we are seeing a little bit of a surge in grain prices which is a good thing but its also has to do with whats going on here and overall demand throughout the world is far as china concerned i dont think anythings really been set in stone or done i think you are one earns the sun correct in the fact that its more of a face saving deal right now i dont think that weve seen anything major we have certainly havent seen a major amount maybe a year over year in one month we had a big increase but overall there has not been any increase from what they had was in the last calendar 12 months and i think thats more important to watch than one particular month over month and right now china has not agreed to any hard figures or numbers regarding the u. S. Purchases we only heard that from the u. S. Side in fact china is taking great care to not alienate other trade partners right now such as the e. U. Brazil and argentina all who are key suppliers that replaced the u. S. During 2019 so what do you think about this move keeping plan b. In the back pocket in case this phase one falls apart again at the 11th hour so does the u. S. Even have a plan b. In case it does. Well you know i think one that we have to remember is that china and any other country thats buying goods is going to go to where they believe theyre going the best bet