Blankets australia after months of catastrophic bushfires the possible country and now struggling to cope with the downpour and more rain is forecast. Im told me our lady well welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump has warned irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to be very careful with his words it comes after how many did denounce the u. S. And urge iranians to unite behind their government in a rare appearance at a friday at friday prayers he dismissed trump as a clown adding that his support for the iranian people is a pretense that ayatollah also defended irans military after it admitted shooting down at a ukrainian passenger jet by mistake. After weeks of National Trauma thousands turned out to see irans Supreme Leader in a rare show of strength i the main cheered and chanted as ali how many railed against irans enemies in it then i call you these american clowns who falsely and despicably say that we are standing with the iranian people and say they can see wh
Great welcome to the program the commander of irans revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday iran says the firing of the missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error after the plane reportedly flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in the crash tehran had previously denied claims from the u. S. And canada that it was responsible. An explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect an Iranian Missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial iran admitted its guilt the military was 1st saying that with armed forces on the highest level of alert the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight had appeared to fly like a hostile target near a sensitive military site politicians followed human error had caused the missile to be fired irans foreign minister tweeted meanwhile the countrys president Hassan Rouhani
At 1 00 p. M. Today. Time now for global exchange. Tom hong kong to beirut, berlin, brussels and washington come our bloomberg voices are on the ground this mornings top stories. We want to begin in china. Chinese vice premier liu he will travel to washington next week to sign the first phase of a u. S. Trade deal. Ranthe current enda cur joins us. In some ways, no surprise. Enda no surprise, but is the first indication that we will find this next week. It will be a pretty heavy delegation with the vice premier. Other trade and commerce related officials. We dont have much more detail be on. The Foreign Ministry didnt give much more detail. That agricultural goods are part of the agreement, but we dont know what else. While this is obviously a positive sign that the trade deal will go ahead, a lot of people will be looking for any final hiccups in the days before the signing, and of course, when the details come out, there will be a lot of scrutiny. Alix thank you very much. In beirut,
The peace summit. Plus irans Supreme Leader hits out at the United States leading friday prayers for the 1st time since 2012 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei just missed President Trump as a clown who wants to push the poison into your grounds back. And its a new kind of space race as space x. And boeing battle to become the 1st private company to take astronauts into orbit. Im jared raid welcome to the program tensions are simmering in libya where opponents to the countrys internationally recognized government have blockaded a number of Oil Production facilities in protest this is threatening the countrys main source of revenue friday so demonstrate. By supporters of the 2 rival administrations it comes ahead of a Major International summits g to be held here in germany and that stopping libyas fighting. Demonstrators in a divided libya in the east of the country and benghazi protesters loyal to general. Voiced their frustrations on friday. Chancing notice a rush and no to revolutionaries the p
Unions continue their battle against proposed Pension Reforms its now the longest such strike in france in the world than 15 years. Im carl assman thanks for joining us u. S. And canadian Officials Say an Iranian Missile brought down the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says mounting evidence suggests an iranian surface to air missile hit the airliner shortly after taking off from tehran on wednesday all 176 people on board died many of them were canadian iran says it has ruled out a missile strike by its air defenses u. S. And canadian aviation safety officials have now been invited to join the investigation. Wreckage from the ukraine internet. Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran leaving the world with many questions and few answers canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the 1st to publicly announce a possible cause an Iranian Missile we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own