on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching the news live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes iran appears to be standing down. donald trump seeks to dial down tensions with iran and wants europe to take on a bigger role in the middle east. iran's president says the real revenge over the assassination of its top general will be to push america out of the region. questions remain over what caused the crash of an aircraft in iran 176 people were killed. these allegations are untrue and i should have never

been arrested in the 1st place miss urns former chief makes his 1st public appearance since skipping bail in japan ahead of a trial on allegations of financial misconduct. u.s. president donald trump says iran appears to be standing after a series of strikes on iraqi military bases hosting u.s. troops the strikes were in retaliation for the assassination of the top iranian commander qassam so the money he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in baghdad on friday mr trump said he'll be imposing new sanctions on tehran until it changes its behavior white house correspondent kimberly how has the latest. with the u.s. and iran edging dangerously close to war president donald trump proclaimed that

tehran appears to be standing down truck gave no indication that the united states intends to strike back hours after riding in missile attacks on 2 bases used by the u.s. military in iraq we suffered ok. all of our soldiers are safe. and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases it was a stark contrast to the president's threats of retaliation without hesitation that have dominated his twitter feed in recent days instead flanked by top advisors and generals trump made a surprising suggestion that members of nato to become much more involved in the middle east process it was an astonishing claim from a president who once called nato obsolete he also encouraged u.s. partners and allies to abandon the j c p a way an agreement put in place in 2050 and by world powers to live it iran's

nuclear program we must all work together toward making a deal with the rain that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place however truck didn't ounce new sanctions would be coming without giving specifics he also left open the possibility of diplomacy speaking directly to iran's leaders he insisted the united states desires for iran a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the united states is ready to embrace peace. with all who seek it but missing from the president's speech evidence that the u.s. killing of iranian general qassam solomonic was justified and necessary to prevent an imminent attack on americans it's evidence opposition democrats are demanding

from the trumpet ministration also absent a clear strategy something the administration has promised to provide in closed door briefings on wednesday to members of congress including top republicans iran didn't just taken off ramp it took a u. turn because they know they have no capability to fight against america at least based on the presentation that was made. it does not meet what i consider to be you know the threat but if president trump chooses to respond by sending even more soldiers to the middle east he breaks a major campaign promise to pull the united states out of what he once called its for ever wars can really help at al-jazeera the white house. ok live now to washington correspondent john hendren so john when he says the sanctions more sanctions in place until iran changes its behavior what does that mean. well there aren't that many more sanctions that you going to levy against iran

particularly from the n ited states but it seems to be the targets would be a series of businesses and individuals. but those sanctions would be largely symbolic and one of the reasons for that is there are already sanctions against $700.00 individuals and businesses in iran there are even secondary sanctions against other countries who trade with those those bodies that are sanctioned in iran so that iran cannot essentially launder that money so the united states could target yet more people yet more businesses and government institutions but already it seems to have had a crushing effect on the iranian economy the troubled ministration has been targeting iran since pulling out that. iran nuclear agreement in 2015 and since then the economy is scheduled to shrink just over the next year by 9.5 percent it's

a $440000000000.00 economy. and inflation is at about 30 percent right now which is very little more the trump administration can do but by ratcheting up these sanctions it's sending a message that it is still not satisfied and that it wants to cut a deal with iran that with these other countries as well that would finally resolve the disagreements between the 2 countries reaction like john in the holes on capitol hill after we were hearing from mr trump. well that's extraordinary it's extraordinary to think that just 24 hours ago the world seemed on the brink of a new war in the middle east and then you heard president trump saying that iran had stood down well the united states and stood down as well there is among the things that he said was not the word retaliation the world seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and then the but the administration went to capitol hill and tried to present its case for why it is asinine it custom somani and republicans were by

and large convinced that that was a necessary thing to do democrats on the other hand said no that there was no imminent reason to believe that there were attacks to take american lives and in the senate which is controlled by republicans there are a couple of key republicans who are also very unhappy with what they heard from the trumpet ministration just listen peter to how angry this one republican mike lee is as he talks about it. i had hoped and expected to receive more information outlining the legal factual and moral justification for the attack that was left somewhat unsatisfied on that front which i would add it was probably the worst briefing i've seen at least on a military issue in the 9 years i've served in the united states senate when i found so distressing about that briefing was that one of the messages we received from the briefers was do not debate do not discuss the issue of the appropriateness

of further miller military intervention against iran. and that if you do you'll be emboldening iran nancy pelosi a little late so it's a day out symes tomorrow morning your time we understand joan will try something to see things she has to rein in the administration what's she going to do. that's right nancy pelosi wants to introduce a new war powers act that is something it would rain in president trumps ability to declare war or were to engage in military hostilities with iran and the reason for that is the trouble ministration has been using to authorizations for military force one was in 2001 the other was in 2002 and as rand paul a republican in the u.s. senate said it is ridiculous that the administration is using a 2000 to act which authorized war in iraq to assassinate an iranian general so

in the house nancy pelosi and her democrats are offering a resolution that would in her words limit the president's military actions regarding iran she says that our concerns were not addressed by the insufficient war powers act notification and by the administration's briefing today there was a similar bill in the senate and 2 republicans have signed on to that the democrats need at least 4 but it is now conceivable that limits on the president's ability to engage in military hostilities with iran could pass in both houses peter john thanks very much well earlier on weapons to iran's president hassan rouhani said the real revenge this. money will be kicking u.s. forces out of the region that's money and sees him on all. the heads of dia's soleimani as you saw his revered head and his body had videos

and pictures the revenge for vets is to force america out of this region the real revenge of the ultimate response by regional nations as we america is expelled from this region and its head of aggression its castle for eva. that's a big since iran with war all for the reaction the. president rouhani has had some strong words for the united states he said the united states should know if they commit another crime even if it is a threat that they would receive a decisive action from the armed forces also we've had. enough for many speaking in the rare live broadcast usually they're recorded and then put out on state t.v. but you have to live broadcast to speaking to followers he said that yesterday's missile attack was a slap in the face for the united states but military action alone wasn't enough and that the u.s. presence in the region needed to end but we've also had response to what the nato

secretary general secretary general who condemned iran's missile strikes against u.s. forces devolves reached the foreign minister said that those those attacks were an illegal and he said that the nato had been nothing in the region except for destruction and instability but also the foreign office spokesman has said that the nato had become a tool to justify u.s. u.s. crimes and terrorism so we're still having some very strong language come out from iran despite donald trump saying. that iran is standing down iran also released video footage showing them assembling the missiles and those missile strikes and again trying to appease public opinion here people have been out in the streets over the last few days asking for revenge over the assassination of qassam so the money. jonah holes in london he says donald trump used his speech to give nato

powers a dressing down for what he considers the muted response to the killing of cost some sort of money. remember donald trump has a fairly checkered history with nato ones calling it obsolete now apparently supporting it but frequently railing against its members calling them to take on a greater share of the burden a greater share of the cost for their own defense on the collective coffers of nato now i think he will see nato alongside european powers as having disappointed the administration my compo the secretary of state said as much in failing to full throated lee support the actions last week against carson solomonic. an opportunity i think in this address to give everyone a sort of dressing down here a bit of naming and shaming and in nato as case presumably as i said to take up some of the burden in iraq opening the door for the u.s. possibly to draw down its forces there something we know donald trump is keen to do and something of course that we also know that the iraqi parliament at least he's

keen for him to do. let's bring in max blumenthal who joins us live on skype from washington he's the author and editor of the gray zone dot com an online news website max blumenthal welcome to the news hour is there an overarching strategy here i mean all u.s. actions in this region still have potential consequences here. well if you listen to donald trump's beach the strategy is the status quo that produced this kind of escalate tory cycle donald trump's speech sounded to me like an impersonation a very slurred in person asian of benjamin netanyahu who is rife with the kind of dissent from ation he's used to justify his maximum pressure policy and it was bookended with a promise to sort of deescalate this latest round because even elements in donald trump's domestic base are in open revolt against escalation towards actual conventional war with iran donald trump couldn't even pronounce the name of the man

that he called the worst terrorist in the world but the most significant aspect of his speech today is a restatement of the maximum pressure policy of sanctions then even hardliners in washington agree that sanctions that were split in place in 2017 which almost every democrat in the senate voted for are responsible for this escalation with iran it's left iran with no choice but to begin to retaliate because the demands that the u.s. has imposed on iran for lifting the sanctions would mean a complete dissolution and suicide of its revolutionary government has to say that mr trump hasn't simply spurred on tehran's proxies however. well if you consider what happened today with an attack on the green zone by what i would consider possibly iraqi partners of iran mark asper the secretary of defense made a stunning statement today during

a press conference at the pentagon where he said that the u.s. must now distinguish between iran and its proxies meaning the popular mobilization units that would've been a great policy to have imposed or a strategy to take before the us decided to kill the one of the most important iraqi military figures mohandas who is the general leading the popular mobilization units in the same car as console the money so they started wised up after they've realized the catastrophe that they've produced inside iraq lindsey graham today representative carolina saying it be a nice idea if we got a deal going with iran and presumably several of the countries that's my extrapolation get a deal going we had one that was called the g c p o 8 we had it from 2015 yet i didn't hear him say anything in favor of the j c p o a lindsey graham seems to be the key representative in the senate of the permanent war state and is one of the major forces who's been pushing trump not only towards

this maximum pressure policy but towards actual hot war with iran and regional war so it's unclear when trump or any of his allies talk about a deal what they mean and it seems that they've completely shredded the j c a p o n alienated all of europe the j.c. pos just now there's a hollow hawk of a dead mess that probably will never be revived does he mr trump i mean does he genuinely believe he can get nato or the nato countries to do more given that just last choose day germany and the nato countries said we are leaving the area asap. well this might be trumped by finding another way to justify not paying so much into nato his budget which president after president has been annoyed by even barack obama complained about having to pay so much into nato one nato is really struggling to obtain to. demonstrate its relevance

but what i see happening here is just general frame of u.s. european relations i mean trump made this statement a week after he threatened to impose sanctions on the government of germany for the nordstrom deal with russia to get gas at a very cheap price much cheaper than u.s. gas you know after trump has supported bragg's it so basically europe is going to after being alienated on the iran deal and now being threatened with u.s. sanctions and now this latest statement by trump i think we're going to see a more independent europe and this maximum pressure policy towards iran won't change unless there's another administration in place in washington ok we'll have to leave it there thanks very much for talking to us michael intel the in the states. 20 more ahead here on the news hour for you including australia's bush fire crosses firefighters and residents brace the return of dangerous weather conditions this weekend also ahead 5 years in the making i'm finally it's open how russia or

stands to benefit from a new gas pipeline through turkey i'm one of its a whose biggest clubs pays the price for their fans racial of you so a star striker details coming up in the sport skiers will be other major story we're following out of iran is the crash of that ukrainian passenger plane the boeing 737 went down shortly after takeoff from tehran killing ole 176 passengers and crew among them 163 canadians need barco reports the passengers and crew were flight p.s. 75 to didn't stand a chance minutes after takeoff the ukrainian international airlines flight from tehran to key have went down in a city suburb recovery team is pick 3 what's left of the plane from people's lives

most of the dad ari rainy and more than 60 canadians will also killed many reporter the students for turning from vacation the boeing 737800 was less than 4 years old and had been recently serviced video and social media shows a light hurtling to the ground and then a fireball iranian officials say there was no distress call this is a losing from selma claims fortunately it didn't christian the reason a intially area of but the ricketts hez scarce it around that the gardens a villas with an a large radius nobody his survived across bill airport in kiev the arrivals board bears the grim news. this mother and father had been waiting for their son to arrive missing so someone probably knew my son is a senior flight attendant my daughter called at 615 this morning to say that in the

u.s. they were reporting that a plane had crashed a ukrainian international airlines plane ukraine's now canceled all flights overran the country's embassy in tehran initially blamed engine failure for the crash later removed the statement. we made our decision to suspend all the activities of all ukrainian of the asian companies in iranian airspace until the causes of this tragedy become clear. the crash comes amid heightened tensions across the region following a u.s. drone strike that killed top iranian general has. in a sign of worsening ties iran's civil aviation authority says it will not give the black box flight recorder to u.s. plane make a boeing for analysis it's not clear which country iran will send the box to. the safety audit and it had no accidents whatsoever so there they really do this is a very very good airlines but i do believe it will be mechanical or possibly it may

possibly be a terrorist act it's too hard to tell at this stage the crash is a major setback for boeing would struggle to regain trust after the grounding of its 737 max aircraft following 2 fatal and crashes within 5 months. the boeing 737 is one of the most popular aircraft in the sky with a good safety record investigators must now to turn in how and why so many lives ended here. al-jazeera or staying with the story of the canadian prime minister just in food for a news conference about the crash of a couple of hours ago he said canada expects to have a role in the investigation. ukrainian airlines plane just landed in toronto from kiev according to the airline there are 138 passengers who weren't on that flight because they died in the crash this summer day comes in the wake of deeply concerning events in iraq canada condemns the missile attacks launched by iran

last night i am relieved as are all canadians that all personnel deployed in iraq are safe. because in toronto he says canada is seeking more from the plane crash investigation. canada has a large and rather influential iranian canadian community let's not forget that more than half of the passengers on that plane or bound for this country 63 of them full blown canadian citizens others may have been on their way to citizenship or students researchers working here as student on student visas or work visas so this is not something the government can take very lightly least of all because it's a tragedy for so many canadian families communities universities businesses we're hearing of all sorts of reports from around the country the people who died the canadians who died in this they were real estate agents dentists there were 2

married in june nearing professors from the university of alberta in edmonton in the west of canada they and their 2 young daughters died these stories are emerging in the media so the government is very keenly aware it needs to get to the bottom of this justin trudeau said that they weren't ruling out anything when they were looking into this they offered canada's help with the investigation they called repeatedly and firmly for a thorough investigation and when asked about iran's refusal to submit the black box to boeing or u.s. authorities mr trudeau said he hoped that other countries perhaps ukraine or italy would involve canada in their aspect of the investigation were they to become involved he did say however it's an iranian led investigation and they're going to be reaching out to the iranians to talk about it that's a little difficult because canada and iran don't have diplomatic relations they were broken off in 2012 by a previous government but mr trudeau said they can work through allies and eventually direct with the iranian government they seem determined to get to the bottom of this bring some sort of closure to those people who are grieving.

firefighters and residents in the south east of australia are bracing for the return of dangerous weather conditions in victoria and new south wales on thursday the authorities have issued new warnings and evacuation notices residents in high risk areas to leave 25 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by the bush fires which have burned through an area the size of south korea. for more on this we're joined live by jessica washington who's in sydney and so jessica before we get so what we think will happen tomorrow there are questions being asked about the potential political fallout here as well. that's right there's been so much attention on the prime minister since this crisis began this sense of frustration that prime minister scott morrison simply hasn't done enough to appease people's fears about this bushfire crisis we know of course that when this crisis was unfolding even in the midst of

a state of emergency prime minister went on an overseas holiday since he's returned he's really been unable to shake off some of that anger that's been directed at him he's been suring visiting bushfire affected communities getting quite a frosty reception from many voters who say he's not welcome in their community the anger is really very much or not so much about the money that the government is allocating to these bushfire affected communities the government has said that that amount will be uncapped the anger is more towards the facts that were paid many people are asking what information was known before this crisis unfolded we know that just months before the bushfires began the group of fire chiefs actually requested to meet with the prime minister they said that the drought conditions the incredibly dry ice age of australia made the country at risk and meant that the impending bushfire season would be far more dangerous than anything we had experienced in the past the prime minister did not meet with those fire chiefs at

the time and they say that if he had perhaps the disaster could have been dealt with in a much better way is it likely these fires might be a turning point in australia's environmental policy. what we're hearing from ordinary australians is that this bushfire season has made them much more aware of the climate the dangers of climate change the fact that this is really having a personal impact but climate change is not something in the fall a distant future that it's something that is happening now there are protests planned calling on the government to change its environmental policies but these surely governments really navigating a bit of a tricky line strangely it is one of the world's largest producers of coal incredibly reliant on fossil fuels but there is also this sense that something needs to be done in terms of changing environmental policies we haven't heard any indication from the prime minister or from senior ministers that we can expect any

changes in terms of a certainly its reliance on fossil fuels but that is the sentiment that's coming from many people in the public that something does need to change we've just from some independent ministers who are saying that they will be putting forward an initiative trying to sort of forward plan to make sure that australia can be better prepared for disasters of this nature knowing that a straightly is one of the countries on the front lines of climate change jessica thanks very much. still to come here on the news for you the desperate search for the disappeared mexico's missing people now numbering more than 16 hours. and in the sports news the olympic flame isn't the only source of heat making an impact but we didn't use olympics.

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further economic sanctions on tehran he was speaking off iran launched more than a dozen missiles of air bases in iraq which hosts u.s. forces. but loss to be heard in baghdad on weapons day night 3 rockets reportedly fell inside the heavily fortified green zone starting a fire there are no reports of casualties. and ukrainian passenger aircraft has crashed moments after takeoff 176 people on board were killed because of the crash in tehran is being investigated. let's return to our top story the tensions between iran and the u.s. in his speech on western states highlighted some of his foreign policy achievements specifically highlighting the fight against eisel in iraq and syria we killed the savage leader of isis al baghdadi who is responsible for so much death and looting the mass beheadings of christians muslims and all who stood in his way he

was a monster al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration so let's bring in now lincoln mitchell he's a political analyst and a scholar at the salzman institute of war and peace studies at columbia university he joins us from new york lincoln mitchell welcome to the news a deescalation undoubtedly is a positive thing that's a step in the right direction but is there a sense for you perhaps in which they've got rid of the symptoms they haven't dealt with the course. well they certainly haven't dealt with the cause and that's been going on for years but i'm not sure the symptoms have fully subsided yet if we want to continue with that medical analogy i don't know that iran is through here and i don't know that the u.s. will not be easily provoked so i think this is a good development but i'm not putting too much weight on it is there a clear strategy as far as this administration is concerned i think would ever

regarding this administration whatever you begin a question with is there a clear strategy the answer is no this is not it other than the strategy of trying to keep donald trump in power somehow in the united states and trying to not be impeached they don't have a clear strategy here they don't have a sophisticated approach to this they haven't really thought this through they may get lucky here and so far they have and that lucky break they're getting is certainly good for the united states but they haven't planned this out to 3 or 4 let alone 567 moves down the chess board and that's true of every policy did they get lucky because of what the iranians didn't do this time yesterday i.e. the iranians didn't kill any americans they apparently knew what they were doing and they went for a bit of a big 10 mc target knowing that real people weren't really going to get killed. that's what we think happened and tehran tried to thread the needle here in

a way that they could send a message that you can't just you know take out our our leaders and at the same time show their people that we're going to fight back and the same time not push the united states too far they thread that needle rather well and the question is is the united states going to be ok with that and begin to walk away because if our response united states response is to tighten sanctions or to do any other you know military type actions meant iran is going to have to respond much tougher so right now the question to united states is is donald trump able to walk away and say enough and you know it's interesting because trump is always full of bluster but on matters of war and peace he's been more cautious than most republican presidents in the recent past have been so so we don't know what's going to happen here we are not a 1000000 miles away from the election campaign in the states as far as mr trump is concerned and iran and foreign policy is the juice worth the squeeze now. not quite

sure what that but that metaphor means but. i guess as we move election is 10 months away and 10 months is a long time in american politics particularly with this administration so what we heard today was trump doing what every incumbent has to do which is to say look at my successes look at my accomplishments and between the economy and foreign policy there is something that trump can say that it would be a compelling message for those american voters that can look packed the racism the bigotry the corruption but but the question that the question for trump is that will voters be thinking about that in 10 months and what happens if things with iran go south what happens if this turns into a real war and there are casualties if that happens 34 months from now this will very much backfire on the president as he heads towards reelection forgive me if my next question is is fantastically simple in your opinion did he do what he's done talking about donald trump here did he do what he's done since last friday because

of impeachment and does he get out of the consequences of the potential consequences of what he's done because of the imminent election campaign. i think that's actually a very important perhaps the most important question he did this not to get out of being impeached because the house of peach him and the senate was always going to acquit him what he did was he changed the nature of the trial in the senate what we will see if this kind of climate between iran and the u.s. stays where it is is that as the senate impeachment trial moves forward switch mitch mcconnell is smart enough to want to do relatively quickly the republican senators will say donald trump is fighting terrorism donald trump is standing up for america and for that the democrats want to impeach him that is you know irrelevant to the issues that are around impeachment but it's probably the best message the republicans can use right now is it going to persuade voters on balance probably not but they could do a lot worse this is what donald trump's singular political talent is getting us and

all of us whether we're americans or not to talk about what he wants to talk about and right now talking about iraq and talking about isis is a lot better than talking about impeachment and talking about ukraine just looking forward through the next 10 months i mean lincoln the chances are if you and i had a conversation say weeks from now we would be talking about iran would be talking about another aspect and there might be a dynamic to who mr trump is that plays to his favor because the speeds of the tempo and the timbre of donald trump is super fast all the time and it's difficult to keep up with it sometimes and you have to have a long memory and you can remember things and think well oh that was 2 months ago and you go oh no that was just last week that's right you know there's an old saying in american politics not supposed to a politics everywhere when you're in a hole the 1st thing you should do is stop digging and what donald trump has done extraordinarily successfully and surprisingly successfully is turn that after him

on his head for donald trump when you're in a hole jump out and immediately start digging another one ok we'll leave it there lincoln mitchell great to get your thoughts as ever on the news hour good to talk to you. my pleasure well the targeted killing of the iranian general custom sort of money by u.s. forces will be debated during thursday's session of the u.n. security council iran's foreign minister who has called the attack illegal was not granted a visa by the u.s. and won't be allowed to attend al-jazeera kristen salumi spoke to legal scholars ahead of the briefing the united nations came to existence after world war 2 with the stated goal of eliminating armed conflict and the suffering it brings under its charter assassinations on foreign soil are prohibited with narrow exceptions for self-defense when it comes to the killing of iranian general kasam salaam mani international law experts say the argument that he was planning an imminent attack put forth by the united states falls short that self-defense exception is very

narrow it's really aimed for emergency situations not situations where other kinds of steps could be taken to prevent a conflict from escalating but this isn't the 1st u.s. administration to use such logic. of all arc is a major blow to most active operational affiliate president obama in particular use the so-called war on terror to justify hundreds of drone strikes against individual suspected of association with al qaeda including an american born citizen anwar. the us circumvented its own prohibitions on assassinations by calling the attacks targeted killings aimed at non-state actors with few politicians willing to tie the president's hands on national security we suffered ok shelties some say tromp has now used the same vague legal justification on

a government representative because the authorization for the use of military force provided no geographical or time limits on what could be done in the name of retaliation for the war on terror and we still live with it today here at the united nations member states will have the opportunity to debate the killing of general samani on thursday at a security council meeting which aims at upholding the u.n. charter but iran's foreign minister won't be allowed to take part as the united states has yet to issue him a visa legal experts say that too is a violation of a longstanding u.n. agreement and the spirit of international cooperation the charter was meant to promote christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. tokyo prosecutors have tonight accusations by innocence former chief of conspiring with the car company to us to me as leader carlos go in made the claims doing a 2 and a half hour news conference in lebanon where he maintained his innocence on the

charges of financial misconduct against him zina orders in beirut with more. it's his 1st public appearance since he jumped bail and escaped from japan the former nissan and renault chief carlos gone arrived in the lebanese capital beirut over a week ago his case has brought international attention many were waiting for the businessman to disclose details of how he reached his country of origin but gone who is facing trial in japan on financial misconduct charges used the news conference to reiterate his innocence it is important for me to emphasize that i'm not the above the law and i welcome the opportunity for the truth to come out and to have my name being to keep it and my reputation restored i did not escape justice. justice. political persecution gone who was detained a number of times in japan was under strict house arrest when he fled he says he did so because he didn't believe he would get

a fair trial japan's judicial system has been criticized by human rights groups gone who holds lebanese brazilian and french passports says conditions during his detention were harsh and he was bound to access to lawyers and his family he's believed to have arrived in beirut via istanbul on a private jet turkish media released video they say show him being transferred by vehicle to a 2nd jet turkish authorities have made arrests and international fugitive but carlos vaughn is not being treated as a criminal by lebanon's or sorties they say he entered the country illegally the caretaker justice minister albury sarhan for lebanon received the interpol red notice and would take the necessary steps but at the same time he stressed lebanon and japan don't have an extradition treaty gone has been summoned for questioning by lebanon state prosecutor and japan's ambassador to lebanon asked for more cooperation but it seems tokyo officials have few options even if the extradition

treaty exists the decision to hand over someone is in the hands of the lebanese authorities and they still need to question japan has also issued an arrest warrant for glistens lebanese wife for giving false testimony but gone is a man who has friends in high places and believed to enjoy political cover. i am proud to be bunnies. and lebanon is the only country in the world that stood by my side the businessman turned fugitive doesn't hide his confidence and his words he's ready to stay a long time in lebanon. paid a lot. the former french president nicolas sarkozy will stand trial on corruption and abuse of power charges in october but date was set by a court in paris on wednesday sarkozy is accused of trying to bribe a magistrate with a prestigious job in return for information on a criminal inquiry into his political party he denies any wrongdoing this is the

1st of several corruption cases against the former premier turkey and russia have called for a cease fire in libya to be implemented by this sunday the announcement came shortly after vladimir putin met with russia up time birder want to inaugurate a pipeline in istanbul stuff is there. the leaders of turkey and russia use the opening of a major gas pipeline to highlight improve through lation between the 2 countries but destroyed teach it to extreme project that offers an alternative route for russian gas to be delivered to europe via turkey was overshadowed by events elsewhere the s.s. summation of an iranian military commander by the u.s. and a missile attack on u.s. bases by iran both strikes taking place in iraq have raised tensions in the region . over a feat no one is the strength to pay the further price though $1.00 is the right to put the whole region especially iraq into a new circle of fire for the sake of their own interests turkey will do all

possible not to load the region to be drawn in blood and tears flooding may put in sat by overcoming their differences turkey and russia giving a good example. solution we are living in a very difficult time in our region we are facing it it's a situation that can fuel tensions but russia and turkey are showing a very different example. but their body language at a meeting earlier in the day made it clear not all is good between the 2 leaders the behind the smiles and handshakes there are some big differences between the 2 nations russia on opposing sides of the war syria. and turkey is an insistent pressing. both nations confront things in china face to face. turkey has accused russian mercenaries of fighting alongside khalifa haftar u.s. launch an offensive on the libyan capital tripoli after

a meeting in istanbul put an end to one urged all parties involved in the war in libya to commit to a cease fire starting on january 12th so a peace process can take place but for the syrian city of it lip there was no such call hundreds of thousands of syrians have been displaced in the past 2 weeks alone after russian and syrian troops increase their operations in the last rebel held province while the turkish president has raised concerns about the influx of refugees he did not get a commitment from put in to stop the fighting there step fasten al-jazeera istanbul well our steps package from touched on there russia and turkey have launched a pipeline project which will help funnel gas to europe it allows moscow to bypass ukraine the turks stream pipeline starts in the southern russian town of another part and runs more than 100 kilometers deep under the black sea to the turkish tanuki half of that will be delivered to southern europe servicing up to 3 percent

of the e.u. current needs russia already supplies about 40 percent of europe's gas the route is important because it helps russia bypass supply lines through ukraine faces losing billions in gas transit fees the $2.00 countries have been in conflict since 2014. spain's socialist leader pedro sanchez has been sworn in as prime minister a day after he narrowly secured backing for the country's 1st coalition government in decades is expected to announce his cabinet next week at least 3 members from his coalition partners though and he austerity but their most movement. mexico now says more than 61000 people have gone missing since the start of the country's extreme violence involving powerful cartels in 2006 that's 50 percent more than the government previously estimated john holeman spent a day with families searching for their missing relatives and sent a lower in northern mexico is the lump us the beginning of another day for isabel

looking for her son you'll see maher garcia she's turned a home into the headquarters of the search for him and others in similar lower mexico this is somebody who. this is a father and son these ones are brothers that have disappeared this one is my son across the country there are many more disappeared 61000 by the government's new estimate victims of rival criminal groups and even authorities. every weekend isabelle and other women who have joined together and called themselves sub wessels get aired as warriors sniffer dogs go out to look for them they have rudimentary tools to check for bodies under the sort of low level 30 minutes but i think we sniff to see if it's got any strange smell when you find a body and you smell it it burns itself into your mind you'll never confuse that smell with any other. they say they've had to carry out the search by themselves

let's look even as i say the last 2 years my life have been passed off it for me my life just flipped 360 degrees since they took my son and it turned me into a search and human rights defender i've become a place woman lawyer friends a collector and others in different parts of the country have told us the same they've had to do it all alone. groups of volunteers like this one have sprung up all across mexico over the last decade and they exist they say not because they want to but because authorities themselves are interested in looking for their lost loved ones. the administration of president lopez obrador has changed the tone admitting mexico has got a huge problem and setting up a commission to help find the disappeared but many say on the ground little changed meanwhile as the country suffers record levels of violence it's a sure bet that more are going missing and so the warrior sniffer dogs continue

searching even as they break for lunch another terrible story emerges. in the middle that is here they had him for 3 days tied up and tortured and they left him to die alone it's almost too much to say this is mostly a book to much i can't go on but they do go on as anyone would if their son or daughter had vanished and they were the only hope of finding them john homan how does it or similar prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex make an markel have announced they're stepping back from senior roles in britain's royal family they also said they're going to live in north america as well as in the u.k. and strive to become financially independent as understood no other roles were consulted about their decision buckingham palace official said the news was disappointing prince harry has previously hit out at what he's called racist media coverage of his wife. still to come here on the news hour some of the world's best

young footballers are taking a shot at making it to tokyo 2021 explain in sports when we come back. from.

the war room or. time for sports as far. thanks very much english football association is reviewing its decision to allow betting companies to buy broadcast rights to stream f.a. cup games online since last season bookmaker bet 365 has been allowed to stream some matches anyone that had made a bet or placed a deposit with the company 24 hours before kick off had access to the games the

f.a. had actually decided to cut ties with gambling firms back in july 2017 this deal was done before that nonetheless the u.k. government has urged them to reconsider the contract well earlier i spoke to sports writer rob harris explains how concerns have been growing in the u.k. over the closeness of the gambling industry and sport we've just had 3rd around that weekend and that meant that for some games that weren't on television in britain the only way to watch them was to sign up to a betting website this time of growing awareness and concern about the role of the gambling industry in sport the prevalence of them and particularly the last weekend when the f.a. was promoting a mental health campaign that's championed by prince william and obviously there are many concerns about the links between addiction and gambling and mental health problems was only in the in the mid 2000 is that betting companies could start to advertise across british media before then only lotteries and such forth could

advertise but there are growing questions over just how much we should be seeing betting companies across sports in the last couple of years something called a whistle to whistle ban was put in place so again that are out on television before 9 o'clock in britain the combi betting advertising within those broadcasts so there was already a sense that something had to be done to address the issue and indeed the gambling industry in itself has become increasingly aware as well of the need to sort of highlight the not continuing to bet when you've gone too far in actually putting restrictions in place as well. have both their spot in the final the spanish super cup blanco speak palencia in the semifinals in jeddah saudi arabia they ran out 31 winners wral are looking to win the cup for the 11th time. league champions barcelona face athletic a majority in the other last 4 match this is of course the 1st time

a semifinals and final are being used cup was previously decided by just one game a showdown between the spanish league and copa del rey winners not everyone's a fan of the new format when. they're playing the super cup with full team with a bit strange but it is what it is if i could choose i would pick the previous form but it's up to the federation and this is what they've decided. it's only in syria a club a lot syria has been fined for its fans racist abuse of brush a striker mario balotelli babbin during sunday's match the game was temporarily halted and an announcement to stop the chants was made to the fans at the stadium in brusha was fined $22000.00 but avoided a stadium closure telly later said the fans should be ashamed of themselves now over the next few weeks footballers in asia have a shot at winning a place in the tokyo olympics the asian under $23.00 championship in thailand is

serving as a qualifying tournaments with the top 3 teams earning a spot and opening match australia took the lead against iraq with a free kick foreknow piss kapo but iraq level things up with this effort from the home of not 11 the finest were. a russian ice skater is in life threatening condition after falling during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the youth winter olympics in switzerland she reportedly fell from 5 metres on to the ice while attached to a cable the ceremony is due to take place in those then on thursday games organizers and the international olympic committee said in a joint statement that they wish the performer a fast and full recovery police are investigating the incident 6 time super bowl champion tom brady says he has more to prove the new england patriots quarterback gave his fans more him studies not done. in football in the n.f.l. a 42 year old season ended when the reigning champions failed to make the playoffs for the 1st time since 2015 brady who has spent his entire 20 year n.f.l.

career playing with the pats becomes a free agent for the 1st time in his career and his contract and in march here's what brady posted on his instagram earlier and both life and football failure is inevitable you don't always win you can however learn from that failure pick yourself with great enthusiasm and place yourself in the arena again and that's right where you'll find me because i know i still have more to prove. and that's for now more later. that was your broadcast that was news of me and everyone on the team here in doha thanks for watching to check out the web site it's always there for you all the news the headlines the background articles as well al jazeera dot com is in the chair in about 3 minutes i will see you very soon. landlady.

was the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every lug layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say retention has to start from day one whether again you're in detention or you're incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a voice so far there are studies that support our coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on out is iraq. january on down to see the. president donald trump is that the president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u.s. leader on the brink of an election a former chilean presidential candidate explores the defeat of left wing political parties across latin america and look at how this year's world economic forum to focus on ways to tackle the impact of climate change the next probation of family links to the sudanese regime examines it it's really may now be embracing fascist

ideologies most believed gone forever with the general election out of the way bricks it is now so how will the u.k. proceed with a transitional period in the coming months january on al-jazeera. his new tory is the creation fake passports that full flower seeds be is one of many speaks the most a forger as he reveals the secrets of the strike on al-jazeera. al-jazeera . and.

iran appears to be standing down. donald trump tries to dial down tensions with iran and wants europe to take on a bigger role in the middle east. iran's president says the real revenge for the assassination of its top general willing to push america out of the region. from doha everyone i'm come out santa maria with the world 'd news from al-jazeera at the headlines questions still over what caused the crash of an airliner in the.