Can be. Everything was all for the. Old highway and all the free for all for it was one of them and. He defied evacuation orders to defend his home against a wall of flames we have a remarkable story of survival amid a street is worsening bushfire crisis. Does chiles green party celebrates its 40th anniversary we look at how the film outsiders made it into the mainstream and became the 2nd strongest Political Force in the country. Kind of a warm welcome to you im on the dutch. Iran has denied wriston allegations that one of its own miss down the ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside the head on canadas prime misadjustment shooter has said the evidence from multiple agencies suggests that. A surface to air missile hit the airliner shortly after takeoff or 176 people on board most of them iranian and canadian were killed in the crash which came just hours after iran your sent attack against u. S. Targets in neighboring iraq. Verified by 2 Media Outlets appears to show the plane exploding in the sky just seconds before it crashed western leaders say the evidence points towards an iranian missile. That canadian nationals were killed in the crash. Prime minister Justin Trudeau attended a vigil in the capital ottawa earlier he announced what he believes brought down the plane we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by entering a surface to air missile. This may well have been unintentional. This new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation into this matter. U. S. Officials have told us media they have quote a high degree of certainty that it was a missile that hit the plane President Donald Trump echoed the theory that it might have been an accident but iran vehemently denies the theory that the plane was downed by now we. Know that the thing that is clear to us and that we can say with certainty is that this plane was not hit by a missile. As i said last night the plane was on one and a half minutes yeah. Russian flight shows that the pilot was attempting to return. To the Ukrainian InternationalAirlines Flight was traveling from tehran to kiev with 176 people on board. The boeing 737 crashed in good visibility just minutes after takeoff. Most of the victims were from iran many of them dual iranian canadian citizens due to take a connecting flight to canada. Western leaders are demanding full transparency from tehran the focus is now on the black box flight recorders they could hold the key to revealing the cost of the crash joining me now is nick whartons hes a senior investigator belling katz thats an investigative collective welcome nic now youll organizations verified the video clip allegedly showing the airplane being hit by something what exactly were you able to confirm. So we found this video yesterday it appears to show a missile impacting an object in the sky we worked up a slice of the where that video was taken and we noted the altitudes we believe but we wont tell occasional explosion and its precisely in the flight path of the plane so we believe that the video shows a missile mighty hitting the plane. And it also pictures of myside fragments circulating on the internet what do they show and what do we know about the append to city of those speeches so there are 2 images showing the heads of. Missiles. These have not been verified they do not appear to have been posted on usenet previously. However we cannot work out precisely where these images were taken so they remain on birthright images ok there are also reports now that bulldozers ah being used to clear the crash site what does the investigation show. So we 1st started hearing these rumors yesterday. This morning and music crew much to get to the scene and appears the crash site has been cleared needless to say that would not be beneficial for any kind of investigation that was carried out. Ok it was a business on your evidence that he organized issue has a very defined uncollected sofa what do you think happened to the plane. So currently the information makes me lean towards believing this plane was in fact hit by a missile. We cannot confirm to any level of. Us but i think its also important to note that you or any authority is kind of we saw it and. It was a technical malfunction. Yes so we have basically saying it is not possible to say whether it was definitively a missile strike nad look at it conclusively though that the iranian version that it was a mechanical failure so he says you have a video that shows an explosion on the fly past of this plane which has to be caused by a missile. Of course no one can be certain and so the investigation is complete however the information that we have thats available to us indicates this plane was a missile this new quote is from the Investigative Journalism collective that in cats thank you very much for that. And of course for the families of victims its really important to find out the cause of the crash that may not go in a vision expert Steven Steven the focus right now is on the blacks the black box inside the court is recovered from the crash site do we know its in a condition to be analyzed properly and if so what kind of information can we get from them. The black boxes have been recovered by the iranians already. There are photos of both of these devices. Being removed and then presented to the made typically what happens is the right by accident investigation all sources with the hardware specialization to be able to download all the promises will they be able to really be read absolutely the material the way that they work is that they use effectively computer chips inside. Stainless steel books is pretty much indestructible and its a case of then taking these boxes to realistically a 3rd country so maybe somewhere like france where it can be plugged into a computer and then everything is downloaded. And see what the debris now if this plane was brought down by a missile surely there would be signs of explosive material on the debris of the plane exactly and these were some of the things that came to light off to the mh 17 shoot down which is the Malaysian Air line that was shot down over the ukraine a few years ago and the dutch accident investigation authorities were able to pinpoint where the missile flew up to where it back tonight it how it damaged the aircraft and then how the aircraft was then brought down before it crashed so the physical evidence is what the ukrainian crash investigation tell you will be looking to secure and to then light as much information as possible during these early stages so i guess well just have to wait to see what the investigation reveals Stephen Wright an aviation expert thank you very much for that. In the u. S. Meanwhile the house of representatives has voted to limit President Donald Trumps ability to engage in military conflict against iran the chamber voted almost completely along party lines to pass a resolution it would become binding if the senate or to support said trump ordered the killing of iran in general custom so in money last week without congressional approval. The rise of tensions in the middle east has prompted an emergency meeting of European UnionForeign Ministers in brussels later today theyre hoping to find a way to guide the u. S. And iran away from for the confrontation. First the assassination a few irans top general. Then iranian retaliation. In the deepening conflict between iran and the United States they European Union seems caught in the middle the country says deeply affects not only the region but all of us and the use of weapons must stop now to give space to dialogue talks seem to be the only feasible option here in brussels at the moment the european kind of dilemma is that they of course want to put additional pressure on iran but at the same time they dont want to side too openly with the United States thats the dilemma that the europeans are in this is what their politics looks like you know how do you find the magic formula that you know keeps you in that position that you know satisfies both both needs the e. U. Is clinging on to the 2050 nuclear deal signed by e. U. Countries france the u. K. And germany among others. The socalled j c p u a is supposed to prevent iran from developing Nuclear Weapons in return for the lifting of un sanctions. However u. S. President trump pulled out in 2018 he since re imposed sanctions. A move met with anger in tehran which in response has step by step produced its own commitments to the deal further limiting the use ability to weigh in on the issue. Was the only stake the europeans really had in the iran issue thats you know what made them important in the iran context and now thats out of the window plus the situation is escalating and they have no influence now some hope lies in this man Mohammed Sirleaf the Iranian Foreign minister hes been invited back to brussels in an attempt to bring iranians back to the table and negotiate a way out of the crisis. Let me now being updated with some other stories making news around the world the Russian Military says a ceasefire has come into effect in syrias region situated in northwestern syria it leaves the countrys last rebel stronghold the syrian governments push to retake the city has forced hundreds of thousands to flee towards the Turkish Border and the ceasefire follows talks between turkey and russia earlier this week. The internet shut down an indian administered kashmir region has been ruled unconstitutional by India Supreme Court the government imposed the shutdown and august following its controversial move to abrogate the territories special constitutional status in the ruling the Supreme Court called the freedom of Internet Access a fundamental right. The leader of thailands opposition says he has been charged over an antigovernment grabby he staged last month john. Who founded the progressive future forward has denied the charges saying theyre politically motivated is accused of breaching a lot of the gatherings by not registering the rally at least 24 hours in advance. Proven president amata thena bishara has pledged to plant 1000000. 00 trees around the ancient site matchup each year to protect the area from forest fires and mudslides its the latest measures taken in recent months to safeguard the countrys most popular Tourist Destination as well as recent plans and wildlife. Australians are bracing for more danger from the countrys bushfires with higher temperatures and stronger winds set to increase the risk by the weekend at least 26 people have died in the fires and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed despite this some tough a stray lions are choosing to risk their lives and fight the fires themselves. This is how jack last come spend the new year in a life or death fight against australias raging bushfires his only weapon a garden her one man against a mega blaze jack was born to leave but he was determined to defend his home and he did jack save his house and his life. Brian did the same his wife stayed with friends brian wanted to go it alone then the fire came. I remember looking here and everything was on for the track to be a near the all highway and all the trees around for every one of the and or social of. His neighbors fled just in time the house now in ruins brian narrowly made it out alive. But ron rale they put the 4 it right in the face lloyd and then a can mean the runner in the front and then i had a fire in the veranda. For the truck to really put that up and youre just back and forth although. You just really had a cake to gather and you didnt have time to be scattering about that you had to concentrate on what you were doing brians other neighbor phil also stayed behind to defend their homes side by side. I think its one of the already i mean in my short story they not only cant tell him thats right if thats all they do much at all that we. Know we dont care for each other just like your roofs do still kick in. The fire burned everything in its path phil managed to capture the blaze on his phone as it came rolling towards him. He described as a monster a monster he fought with a garden hose. To fix that was thats took place but its a good fight he thought the 4. Things janet trade now this. I think theyre really made out of that to discredit. The astray and survive to hiring feet one that is deeply touched their lives. Were running a war fought out of what tom uren. And around us are side of the. Truth of. The marshall. Brian and phil beat the odds but they do it again without a doubt they say but they also understand why many chose to flee. Joining me now is the obvious Senior Business editor ben from sooner whos just returned from the street idea was combined such courage and resilience we saw there from those men in that report how common are these stories and people just stay back and defend their homes despite evacuation warnings you do hear from time to time people who stayed back and people who stayed back and died i mean its an extremely dangerous situation and as you know youve done the Fire Training the rule Fire Training in australia as a journalist base there so did i when you get the orders to leave youve got to get out of there its a really dangerous situation to decide to stay home and to try to fend off a fire with a god works exactly in the training suggest to defend your home and if not. Now this these fires have taken such a huge toll on people theres that is the country but what about the wives life this is the interesting part i mean we occasionally see these cute and cuddly videos that are going viral of kangaroos hugging people and koalas climbing up cyclists bikes for a drink of water but the reality is. Its like opening the doors to hell one person told me a Wildlife Rescue of these animals a scared or aggressive clinging for life and clambering and trying to do everything they can to get away from the fires and this one rescuer told me he could hear koalas screaming trying to rip out his eyes chlorine at him snakes writhing on the ground because they inhofe the birds. Came to roos birds with singed fed is running around on the ground. Because they cant fly with burnt feet i mean its an absolutely horrible situation and sure way talking about a couple dozen people whove died which is horrible but the atta mills the wildlife were talking about a 1000000000 a 1000000000 which is an astonishing figure and you know for the tourists who want to come to australia to see a cute cuddly koala theyre going to really have to search for what gosh this is such a tragedy that to me at the moment the thousands of australians have come out on the streets and theyve been protesting and making the link between these bushfires and Climate Change what do people to make off the governments handling of these bushfires specially the Prime Minister whos come in for a lot of criticism well theyre making that link between the fire as and Climate Change because the government isnt and the government is in a difficult position its trying to defend jobs in the coal industry which is one of its most Important Industries and its 2nd biggest export it is what has made a straight affluent but think about all those cop emissions from from coal. A stranger is a huge polluter per capita and a strange dont want to know that the government doesnt want to do that and the government does not want to change its policies on Climate Change so its going to be a real struggle here and people are getting extremely emotional about this and taking to the streets the government has been trying to ban climate protests but on successfully. Mentions it is just back from the sort of thank you very much for sharing your personal insights with us. And you have these greens are in their 40th anniversary and they have a lot to celebrate the fozzy began as a small protest movement this is now part of genuine political mainstream recent opinion polls show the green party is the 2nd strongest Political Force in the country i talked to a Green Party Politician in just a moment but 1st lets take a look at how the greens got here. The greens were an exotic creation in the conservative germany of 1980 environmentalists and Animal Rights activists peaceniks and feminists the slogan strident and to nuclear propane east and pro women. Just 3 years later in the greens had a presence in parliament their culture worlds apart from the other parties. Jaska fischer the 1st green environment minister in the state of hessen took Office Wearing trainers the greens were provoked to force in parliament where they would need all this stuff mr parties but the greens cooked the spirit of the age nearly 20 years after their foundation they entered the federal government for the 1st time in coalition with the search will democrats fischers foreign minister backed the involvement of german troops in the war in kosovo a controversial move for the pacifist greens and he was pelted at the party conference. By. A unilateral and indefinite suspension of the bombing at this time would send completely the wrong message why should i think not. The party went along with him with some reluctance the greens greatest victory came with a decision to phase out Nuclear Power in germany then in 2011 another breakthrough the greens ousted the christian democrats in the deeply conservative state of pardon version birth in frege christian and becoming the 1st green. State premier. The Current Party leader r