Plane crashed just moments after takeoff from irans Busiest Airport theres still no definitive on says well go live to kiev for the latest. An Emergency Health care workers focus on a fish market in china it depends to be the source of a mysterious virus thats caused dozens of people to form either some of them are now in a Critical Condition. Plus a shock announcement in the British Royal family and what one tabloid is calling a makes it prince harry and his wife meghan announced they would step back from roy duties and spend more time in north america not even the queen no Prince Charles knew this was coming. Hello and welcome im a touchy about good to have you with us. U. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing down in this confrontation with the United States at the same time he himself did not threaten for the military action now these were his 1st Public Comments in response to irans missile attacks on a u. S. Military bases in iraq contradicting the iranian Government Trump said thered be no u. S. Casualties. Sirens rang out over the iraqi capital on wednesday night its not clear who was behind the rocket attack in the green zone a high security enclave where the u. S. Embassy is located there were no casualties but its a sign that some are still seeking revenge for the killing of a rainy and general kasam celeb money earlier the u. S. President announced a nonmilitary action it would take against tehran as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rainy and aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian Regime these powerful sanctions will remain until around changes its behavior. But to ransom as it will not be cowed by threats of any kind but. We did not start this process of escalation the United States rage an economic war against iran the United States has to come to its senses if it wants to deal with this people it has to deal with these people based on respect not based on threat and not based on sanctions want to thank you and God Bless America thank you very much thank you. Donald trump says iran has stood down from the conflict it appears that for the president this tense chapter is closed but is it also closed for their arch enemy. And for some analysis im joined by racial reasons shes at the to contact the Boss Foundation as well as iraq eugenist a meeting with savi is that mean the city of estimate to build a few i mean me start with us because donald trump says that jock iran is standing down backing down is that how this is being viewed in the region i think the signal went from iran towards you know. Into direction 1st we are not interesting in the direction war with the United States that is our reaction for killing money but im just saying tar they keep their. Active for the next for the next part of discussion maybe even if they werent going to go through the discussion we in the states about a possible solution for all this conflict and just turning to you as we heard donald trump didnt talk about military action in this statement eagerly awaited statement but he did talk about sanctions and putting iran under maximum pressure didnt it changes its behavior so what is the message that so i think the question to ask is what more is there left to thank shannon and what is the ultimate goal and most importantly what is the efficacy of the sanctions if the goal really is to change errani and behavior behavior i think you really have to ask if more sanctions and attempting further economic destruction is really the way to do that and then we know that iran is already crippled by the u. S. Sanctions and we could in our report the Iranian Foreign minister talk about treat the people of iran with respect not with threats and sanctions so if more sanctions are put on how damaging is this going to be for iran i think dissensions as weve already got the inbox in one level against iran but i think the european could work to make a good. Drop in this question when it comes to discussion with iran not because of the sanctions but maybe rewards i think the mixed will be the magic way and talking about reducing the sanctions against iran to to force her to change its behavior in the region i think in the end of the day well learn from that surprises that the power and violence will not bring in the end of the day the bring the solution maybe they do the solution will be better so those of us think perhaps this threat of sanctions is a honda threat and that the time not to move is to was diplomacy and you saying i mean from the european side but on the issue the donald trump was a question of the john nuclear deal and he once again urged the other signatories to this deal from which the us has been drawn to actually also abandon this what is called the joint comprehensive plan of action. What do you think about that region so i think the current state of the j c j c p o a is one of the very unfortunate outcomes of the Trump Administration you know the europeans have been trying to hold this deal together it wasnt perfect it was never perfect but it was better than nothing and so trying to hold this deal together after the u. S. Pulled out is a really tough spot to be in and so i think after this latest move the europeans might not even have to listen to that call might have put the final nail in the coffin himself i mean what are your thoughts on this what i think the end of the day we saw runnion for example to treat get more you know if unification i talked with some people against the Iranian Regime living abroad in europe they say we are of course against iran the regime about whats happened there it is it is a National Think and i think through that. Would say stronger reaction from United States. Iran got more spirit spirit in the public and unified the right in public and also thats why no one talk about the protests in iran a month before absolutely richelle the final question to you know there were protests in both iraq and iran before this targeted assassination of general salim money this some people who describe this the u. S. Policy of this targeted killing as an own goal because as we heard from a meet it has got no support now for the Iranian Regime the presence of u. S. Troops in iraq has been called into doubt and iran feels it can go ahead with this Nuclear Program without any restrictions this is entering its interesting you say this because a lot of people in the u. S. Are calling this a win but i think this is what trump is really good at hes good at creating creating conflict taking the u. S. To the brink and then if things deescalate taking credit for himself and calling it a win so i think well have to really wait and see what happens next here absolutely i think we just have to see how this plays out meanwhile. An american analyst as well as be jealous from the middle east thank you both very much for your analysis. Of. What caused a ukrainian passenger plane to crash in iran just minutes after takeoff all of those onboard were killed more than 170 people the Ukraine International airlines jet was on its way from the head on to kiev the aircraft went down shortly after iran 5 missiles at the u. S. Bases in neighboring iraq ukraines president vladimir. Putin will send a team of investigators to iran. The morning after wreckage and whats left of the personal items of those who were on board. The Ukraine InternationalAirlines Flight from tehran to kiev was carrying over 170 passengers and ukrainian crew the majority were iranian with many canadians and some swedes on board. Many were rainy and students were rainy and canadians returning via kiev having spent the winter break with their families. Around the world expressions of grief like here at Kiev International airport but also an international scramble to find answers. Since the last inspection took place on the 6th of january there were no comments from the inspectors the aircraft was functional there were also no comments from the crew upon arrival. Since the crash coincided with the wren launching missiles at u. S. Bases in iraq some experts say the plane may have been shut down canadas Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau said his country would join any probe our government will continue to work closely with its partners to ensure that this crash is thoroughly investigated canadians have questions they deserve answers. Say categorically one way or another that the plane was not shot down. I cannot it is too early to speculate i would encourage people not to speculate u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has said he wants the u. S. To be involved in the probe but the iranians say they wont hand over the black box to boeing initially iranian and ukrainian officials both blamed mechanical problems but the ukrainians later backpedaled declining to offer a cause while the investigation is going on. Now to some other stories making news around the wild the wildfire crisis in southeast australia looks set to worsen with soaring temperatures and strong winds forecast for friday authorities are advising local residents to evacuate quickly 26 people have died in the fire and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed since september. Hundreds of thousands of people in puerto rico are without electricity and water after a series of quakes hit the u. S. Territory earlier this week the strongest quake had a magnitude of 6. 4 making it one of the worst in a century and at least one person was killed and hundreds were made homeless. Believe this interim government plans to start a corruption investigation into 600. 00 officials who were part of a former president evo morales is administration what alice was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee bolivia following disputed elections. A mysterious form of pneumonia that has hit the chinese city of who han is the lead is the last in a few weeks that has sparked intense concerns across the region the World Health Organization says the virus may be related to one that caused the deadly saas outbreak the most recent wave of illness has been linked to a single food market many of the patients worked at or visited the Seafood Market the city is around 900 kilometers inland from hong kong but officials there have also put precautionary measures in place. The border entry exit control points affan hands held surveillance and inspection medical personnel have been advised to stay alert and transfer and quarantine the suspected cases as early as possible the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau will keep in close contact with the World Health Organization like china has been hit hard by novel pathogens in the past the sars epidemic in 2003 killed over 700 people in the region now experts in china say theyve already confirmed this is a different disease one that appears to be less virulent so far there have been no fatalities among the reported 59 people who contract at the illness but Health Officials remain on high alert. We have conducted a Risk Assessment we have activated the severe response level. Under this in relation to new Infectious Diseases the immediate effect on Public Health is moderate. In the meantime the number of confirmed patients has remained steady and chinas state broadcaster reports the patients were released on wednesday after showing no signs of fever for several days. And that report by. Derek williams from science desk joins me in the studio welcome derek now it seems that officials has officials have identified the virus as one which is linked to the some pretty serious is it well i mean the fact that theyve managed to identify it already is very big news weve been following the story for a while and identification is going to be key in deciding what kind of measures youre going to take against it this virus apparently belongs to a family of viruses known as coronaviruses because they do the way that they look at this corona when you look at them in the microscope sort of similar to the sun and that includes viruses that cause symptoms similar to the common cold but also cause more severe acute respiratory diseases such as stars of your acute respiratory syndrome or. Or mers which is a middle eastern syndrome and respiratory syndrome and there is a very very Positive Side of this or at least at the moment which is that appears that theres been no human to human transmission thats really very very important they seem to have gotten the people who have it seem to have gotten from a single place this market and move on and the 2nd aspect of it is that it doesnt appear to be as virulent for example as sars was but sars killed around 10 percent of the people that contract it ok so what has been the reaction of course on high alert and as we saw in hong kong theyve put screening procedures in place well thats thats actually also a very positive aspect of this story you know back in 2002 in 2003 with the stars struck and china the Chinese Government tried to tried to quash the story and tried to tried to bury it and you just simply cant do that in a modern society theres just too Much Movement transparency is absolutely key and vital to controlling any kind of outbreak that might happen and it seems like this time around china has really commute is communicating with the w. H. O. At the levels that it needs to be communicating with the w. H. O. In order to keep this. Under control at this moment everybody feels informed people know whats going on these measures have been instituted but theyre precautionary measures still at this point it does not seem to have spread to any great extent and it will do you say that this virus is linked to this disease this does appear to be something entirely new how does this happen to suddenly a new disease appears on the horizon its interesting jumping whats called the species barrier pathogens actually coevolve with their hosts and within their host within their natural host whether that be an animal or a plant they dont seem to cause that they often dont seem to cause very serious symptoms however when they make that jump to a new host and then thats the moment when they became can become quite virulent and and interestingly these socalled zoonotic diseases interestingly we believe that one of the reasons that that happens is because the body is confronting its actually an immune system reaction or contributes greatly to the virulence of the of the virus because its the body has never seen anything like that before so when you when you have a novel pathogen it can cause the immune system to go into overdrive and cause really massive terrible medical symptoms fortunately that doesnt seem to be the case in this particular there are about 6 people who have been listed in Critical Condition out of 59 that have are known to have contracted it or have been cloned called as patients and none of them have died yet so thats compared to stores thats a very positive development they informative Derek Williams from debbie science desk thank you. You moshing didnt is coming up ahead taiwan sex is democratic losses ahead of the vital election but china is ever present on the island that it regards as a renegade territory. But 1st a shock announcement in the British Royal family britains prince harry and his wife meghan say theyre going to step back from their voyage and spend more time in north america one tabloid has described the move and makes it reports say the news to Prince Charles and the queen by surprise and the royal monaco is apparently hurt by the decision. And meghan on their wedding day it was thought to be the start of a new chapter for the British Royal family but it was not meant to read like this in an Instagram Post the couple explained they would step back a senior royals and would aim to become financially independent it seems the even the queen of our guard shes reported to be heart one commentator said it was beyond belief last year was pretty dreadful for the world family this has begun in a way that is not only completely unprecedented but potentially its undoubtedly has various serious consequences in a terrorist statement the Royal Household said these were quote complicated issues that would require time to work through. Ever since they revealed their relationship to the world harry and megan never looked all too comfortable with the rule when their son archie was born the kit the details and the wrap much to the era taishan of britains for racial top lloyd price after the african last summer their rift with the media why didnt when they said they were suing a newspaper over invasion of privacy. And in december they said they would break from tradition to spend the Christmas Holidays not with the queen but in canada outside Buckingham Palace and the reaction to the bombshell news has been mixed a little bit from taking a step back from the media because of being there in the media so much so if they want to live a private life that little problem but maybe theyre going a