This is bbc world news. Im james reynolds. Our top stories Iranian State television says the countrys military did shoot down a ukrainian passengerjet, blaming human error. Polls open in taiwan for the countrys president ial election where relations with Mainland China have taken centre stage. The death has been announced of the sultan of oman, the longest serving ruler in the gulf. And, plants living the high life why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas. In the past hour, iran has admitted it did shoot down the ukrainian passenger plane that
crashed near the iranian capital tehran on wednesday killing all 176 people on board. Irans foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif wrote on twitter that preliminary investigations by the armed forces concluded it was human error at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism he went on to say our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations. Irans presi
Ukraine says its getting full co operation from iran in the investigation into wednesdays plane crash which killed 176 people. Kiev says 50 ukrainian experts are in iran and have been given access to the black boxes and the accident site. Tehran has again rejected suggestions that the ukrainian jet was brought down by one of its own missiles. A reminder of what we know the flight took off from tehran airportjust after 6am in the morning but two minutes later, the data on the flight stopped. The plane came down to the southwest of the capital. 57 of the victims were canadian. Our north america correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports from toronto. So this is about two weeks ago when they got to iran. The siddiqi family travelled to iran from canada to plan a wedding. They never came back. Alvar and his wife negar, his sister sohand and her five year old daughter sufi all died in the crash. Its left close friend utterly dazed. First, it was shock and denial because, you know, you cant fathom
For the countrys president ial election, where relations with china have taken centre stage. Hello, and welcome to bbc world news. Ukraine says its getting full co operation from iran in the investigation into wednesdays plane crash which killed 176 people. Kyiv says 50 ukrainian experts are in iran and have been given access to the black boxes and the accident site. Tehran has again rejected suggestions the ukrainian jet was brought down by one of its own missiles. A reminder of what we know the flight took off from tehran airportjust after 6 00 in the morning, but two minutes later, the data on the flight stopped. The plane came down to the southwest of the capital. 57 of the victims were canadian. Our north america correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports from toronto. So this is about two weeks ago when they got to iran. The siddiqi family travelled to iran from canada to plan a wedding. They never came back. Alvar and his wife negar, his sister sohand and her five year old daughter suf
The response that youre seeing rolled out here in australia at a state level and a commonwealth level is unprecedented. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome. Its 9am in singapore and 1am here in london, where prince harry and his wife, meghan, have unexpectedly issued a personal statement saying they will step back as senior royals and work to become financially independent. The duke and duchess of sussex also say they plan to split their time between the uk and north america. The surprise move comes after the pair publicly revealed their struggles with the media spotlight. Heres our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. Canada house in london yesterday. Harry and meghan had just returned from their extended break in canada. Laughing its now clear that although they had been discussing a new role for themselves with other members of the royal family, they did not tell senior members of the family or their officials that
Ukraine says its getting full co operation from iran in the investigation into wednesdays plane crash which killed 176 people. Kyiv says 50 ukrainian experts are in iran and have been given access to the black boxes and the accident site. Tehran has again rejected suggestions that the ukrainian jet was brought down by one of its own missiles. A reminder of what we know the plane took off from tehran just after six in the morning but two minutes later, the data on the flight stopped. The plane came down to the south west of the capital tehran. 57 of the victims were canadian. Our north america correspondent Aleem Maqbool is in toronto. So this is about two weeks ago when they got to iran. The siddiqi family travelled to iran from canada to plan a wedding. They never came back. Alvar and his wife negar, his sister sohand and her five year old daughter sufi all died in the crash. Its left close friend utterly dazed. First, it was shock and denial because, you know, you cant fathom it, itj