Americas top Infectious Diseases expert says he is confident we will have a vaccine by the end of the year as infections slow and california and arizona, but florida reports record deaths. Secretary of state mike pompeo praises australia for standing up to china as the traditional allies strengthen defense ties. Shery thats get a quick check of how markets are trading at the moment. U. S. Futures opening to the upside, point 1 , this as stocks fell. We had traders assessing corporate earnings, not to mention contentious negotiations on a legal stimulus package. We have the s p 500 nearly raising money. We had traditional sectors gaining grounds. Real estate, utilities performing while energy declines. We had worse than expected results from a few companies 3m. Uding mcdonalds and the nasdaq composite also lost more than 1 . Tomorrow is the big antitrust showdown. We have the big tech giants including jeff bezos and Mark Zuckerberg testifying, so we will be watching that closely. Take a
A cease fire in syrias last rebel stronghold plus returning to the streets workers in france continue their protests against pension reform plans with the transport strike entering its 37th day. Top story iran is denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crashing at tehran on weapons day its calling the allegations against them psychological warfare video posted by the New York Times does appear to show the moment a missile hit the plane near tehran airport the video shows a small explosion when the airliner was purportedly struck but the jet did not immediately explode the aircraft did continue flying for several minutes and turned back towards the airport whilst it was at the same time on fire alan fischer has more. This was taken seconds before a ukrainian passenger jet crashed near tehran security cameras captured the dramatic moment of impact on the ground 176 people died including 63 canadians that countrys Prime Minister says it was down by in
A bill to limit the President Trumps ability to attack iraq. In the libyan war Khalifa Haftar rejects a call for a cease fire going against a plea by turkey and russia. And the top stories including. Trying to cash in on celebrity status public shock and anger part time. And in sports the tennis world number one makes a losing start to the new year actually barty sapper is a shock to a dinner opening match the brisbane national. So we begin this news with breaking news u. S. President donald trump says that he has suspicions about the crash of a ukrainian airliner outside tehran on wednesday all 176 people on board were killed when it came down shortly after takeoff u. S. Intelligence sources of concluded that it was shot down accidentally by an Iranian Missile a view that donald trump shared with reporters. I have my suspicions it was very i dont want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. Its a tragic thing when i see that its a tragic thing. But somebody could
A ceasefire. And in sport of a joke of it helps serbia secure a semi final place of the a. T. P. Cup djokovic starting his team to victory over canada the us will sign with russia. Well iran is the starting point for us this news our aviation officials inside iran have rejected accusations under rainy and missile mistakenly shot down a ukrainian airliner killing all 176 people on board the head of irans Civil Aviation authority says the plane caught fire and was having technical difficulties the flights had taken off from tehran on wednesday on its way to kiev it was the same nights that iran launched air strikes into iraq in retaliation for the u. S. Killing of its Top Commander rob matheson brings us all the latest. This video posted by the New York Times newspaper appears to show an explosion as Ukraine Airlines flight 75 to is struck. The plane flies on for several minutes before turning back towards to han airport where security cameras capture the moment it hits the ground among
Officials warn residents to be ready to evacuate. And in sport the Olympic Committee is banning protests at the 2020 tokyo games the i. O. C. Warned that political statements like this one not be tolerated and happily break the rules will be punished. There are growing claims that a missile strike possibly accidental was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash in iran on wednesday all 176. 00 passengers and crew were killed moments after taking off from tehran u. S. Intelligence officials have already indicated they believe the plane was most likely brought down accidentally by iranian ed defenses and the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed he has seen intelligence which backs up the claim we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile this may well have been unintentional. This new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation int