The arab worlds longest serving leader has died. This 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 among these 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 to pull 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. 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 we taught in new york we remain guided by the late sultans wisdom Going Forward we will preserve and embark on the achievements he made this is what we are adamant to do to follow in
The u. S. Has imposed additional sanctions on iran in retaliation for the Iranian Missile attack on u. S. Forces in iraq they targeted irans manufacturing and Mining Industries as well as 8 senior officials White House Correspondent can be healthy it has more already americans are under attack what are we tensions between the United States and iran still escalating on friday the u. S. Secretary of state and treasury secretary and oust more sections against iran in retaliation for its attack on iraq the military bases used by u. S. Troops the president has been very clear we will continue to apply economic sanctions until iran stops its terrorist activities and commit that it will never have Nuclear Weapons the sanctions target or raw and steel iron trade construction mining and techs. Tile industries are also saying sins against 8 Senior Iranian officials the trumpet ministration says are responsible for spreading violence throughout the broader middle east. But how bring over the Trum
Pro independents lead a in power much to the annoyance of chaya now the middle easts longest drilling monarch armand Sultan Qaboos been side outside has died aged 793 days of mourning have been declared on the process has begun to choose who will take over could be you said no children and never public you name just successor hes credited with modernizing the gulf country and mediation between rivals in a volatile region rob matheson looks back at as life bin Saeed Al Saeed was an only son born in 1942 a life of royal privilege and to a father he would overthrow 30 years later what he did basically is modernizing the country opening the country to outsiders and thirdly looking at the domestic politics and try to move on to state formation where building is institutions and related elements sort unco boss was educated in oman and then at a private school in the u. K. Before graduating from Sandhurst Military Academy and serving in the british army for several months on his return to a m
Taiwans Pro Independence leader in power much to the annoyance of china. Now 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 it spent days denying that it was responsible for the crash well the iranian president Hassan Rouhani tweeted saying the armed forces and tunnel investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired due to human error caused the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and deaths of 176 innocent people investigations continue to identify and prosecute this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake but well go live to rob reynolds in washington d. C. In just a moment but lets begin with a setback in tehran. This admission is coming off to days and days of denial so whats precipitated this now. Well yes it has come after
The way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. What caused the ukrainian plane to crash in tehran iran rejects allegations it mistakenly shot it down but ukraine and western countries are pushing for evidence so will the truth behind this crash be revealed and cold facts spill into wider political conflicts this is inside story. Thanks alex thank you hello and welcome to the program im Martin Dennis now theyve been claims counterclaims and outright denials the head of irans Civil Aviation body insists the ukrainian airliner that crashed near tehran this week wasnt shot down by uranium missiles but canada says it has intelligence and evidence indicating the plane was downed by iran but just 4 hours before the plane came down killing all 176 on board iran had fired a volley of missiles towards bases in iraq that hosts u. S. Troops u. S. President donald trump says theres no question tehran is involved but many of wondering whether america is partly responsible for raising