Industry as africans one for chinas pork industry on the for instance a tax that could escalate. Counting the cost on alt 0. The arab worlds longest serving leader has died. Of a man is credited with modernizing his country and in a volatile region prioritizing diplomacy as a division so will that policy continue under the new moniker this is inside story. Welcome to the program im often dennis amman is mourning the death of a man who transformed the nation Sultan Qaboos bin sayit was 79 and had been ill for some time over the course of 50 years he turned a poor country in the Arabian Peninsula into a modern state which stayed to diplomatically neutral in a region divided by conflict amman and several of its neighbors have now declared 3 days of mourning selves and cabooses successor will sworn in just a few hours after his death was announced hey fen been tarik immediately promised to build on his late cousins legacy. But see if were taught in new york we remain guided by the late sul
Had no children and didnt publicly name a successor and voting is also under way for elections that are expected to keep taiwans Pro Independence leader in power much to the annoyance of china now and our top story iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u. S. Forces based in iraq western countries have been piling pressure on iran which is spent days denying that it was responsible for that crash well lets go live now to assad bag whos in terror on for us as a this is an admission as were reporting comes off the days of denial so whats precipitated this now. Well lou weve just heard from the general staff whos. Reported on state media that he said that the Armed Forces Defense system shut the plane down it was he said that it was a mistake saying its a mistake and it was the a unit that mistook the plane it was a se
Mind the result bombs the shock and grief felt by people who lost someone remains high well hear more about the victims and the International Communities who are mourning their loss. Omarion evanston its good to have you with us we begin with breaking news this morning iran has announced that its military unintentionally 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 an Iranian Missile brought down the plane 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 and our profound regrets apologies and condolences to our people to the families of all the victims and to other affected nations
Corcoran going to be so in the words Law Enforcement agency described as africas 1st norco states join us next as we follow an unseen or cortical prediction inside the Capital International airports. Thank you very much for joining us a Senior Commander with irans revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people on board commander im iraq. Says it was brought down by accident by a short range missile soon after takeoff from tehran on wednesday it was the same night iran launch missiles at iraqi bases housing u. S. Troops. As a lot of. Those in our Aviation Services who were denying responsibility they were saying this based on their findings and i repeat they are not to blame it is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability this was a very
Of sexual images. We speak with antidrone activist kareem khan, who disappeared february 5, just before he was due to travel to europe to speak out about u. S. Jerome strikes, including one that killed his brother and son. He was released 10 days later and made it to london. We will also speak to his lawyer. This is what the human face of the victims is, and it is important that American People are told about who these people are that are being targeted in the name of National Security does what we see is really not serving the National Security interest of anyone. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Armed men have taken control of two airports in the crimea region of ukraine as tension escalates in the region. The new Ukrainian Government which seized power last weekend described the move as an invasion and occupation by russian forces. Fleet, denied sea its forces were used. Crimea is the only ukrainian