this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peace adobe you're watching the news live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes we will cut off billions of dollars of support to the iranian regime and we will continue our enforcement of other entities. the u.s. senate sees new tougher sanctions against iran with the goal of further damaging its economy. with tensions high between washington and tehran european leaders scramble to keep the iran nuclear deal alive. the world health organization warns a measles outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is the world's fastest moving epidemic. and with only 4 percent of its waste ever recycled

mexico's biggest city introduces a new plastic bag. washington has announced a new wave of economic sanctions on iran in retaliation for its missile attack on bases in iraq housing u.s. troops sanctions targets iran's manufacturing and mining industries as well as 8 senior officials kimberly hellcat reports from the white house already americans are under attack whether we're 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 textile industries they're also saying sins against 8 senior iranian officials the tropic ministration says are responsible for spreading violence throughout the broader middle east. but havering over the trump administration are questions about last week's killing of iranian general custom solo mommy assassination the white house says was necessary to save american lives without offering proof that the threat was imminent this was going to happen. and american lives were at risk and we would have been culpably negligent as the chairman of joint chiefs of staff said we would have been culpably negligent and we now recommended the president that he take this action a custom so the money. the sanctions come as the u.s.

is at odds with iraq over the future of its soldiers in that country or solo mommy was killed the killing has fueled calls for the americans to leave roughly $5000.00 troops are made as part of the global coalition to defeat eisel on friday the iraqi government said it wants a u.s. delegation to visit iraq to plan for a withdrawal but the u.s. says it's not pulling out as times change and we get to a place where we can deliver upon what i believe the president believes is our right structure with fewer resources dedicated to that mission we will do so. pump ale says any delegation sent to iraq will be for the purpose of discussing strategic partnerships like increasing the role of nato with the region an idea u.s. president donald trump announced this week a nato delegation visited the state department to discuss that prospect of working to develop a plan which will get burden sharing right in the region as well despite once

calling nato obsolete president trump says nato now must be expanded to include middle east nations to reduce tensions and to assist in the fight against eisel it's an issue he insists is an international problem can't really help it al jazeera the white house well those that are is in tehran she says the 8 iranian officials targeted or not likely to be affected by the new sanctions. we've been hearing from one of those people who have been sanctioned most and reza a who is part of the expediency council of iran he's a former head of iran's revolutionary guards he's just commented about being under u.s. sanctions he said that it's not going to this is more of a symbolic gesture and it's actually a point of pride for him to be sanctioned by the u.s. government and that's really how many see these sanctions on these individuals here it's really not something that affects them one of their reality of their lives

they don't have any property or funds in the united states they don't travel to the united states so the sanctions don't really have practical ramifications for them they're seen more of a symbolic gesture he is one of the 8 individuals who has been sanctioned another important figure to point out is alie sham who's the secretary of the supreme national security council that is an organization that is headed by the president that is just in charge of dealing with iran's foreign policy as well as making decisions about the country's nuclear program under the supervision of the supreme leader so these figures are the next the latest batch of sanctions they don't really see it as having any real tangible effects but the one thing to point out is these sanctions are seen as as a further acts hostile acts by the u.s. government against the iranian officials coming at the heel of the fascination of major general hossam silly money which is seen as an act of war here. dosage of our reporting there let's bring in ali by he's the iran project director for the

international crisis group he joins us on skype from washington on a bias welcome back to the news how much extra leverage does this give the trumpet ministration in this crisis with iran. almost none you know the reality is that the trumpet ministration is running out of. things to try to get that sanction iran they've already sanctioned most of the iranian. individuals and sectors in the economy that actually matter from this point on they're just adding new layers which would make it more difficult and the future to remove the sanctions but in terms of their immediate economic impact it's almost negligible we did hear from mr trump saying he does want to achieve some sort of deal and this is we understand all parts of maximum pressure to get the feeling that behind the scenes or indeed in public anyone is talking to iran anyone is working with iran to achieve a deal absolutely not in fact the fascination of general so their money i think

that's close the door on any kind of the right the moment stupid me run and the u.s. and the foreseeable future because the political price of engaging the trumpet ministration has significantly risen as a result of it and the reality is that the trumpet ministration by adding new sanctions today demonstrated that it is so attached to its maximum pressure policy . which it believes it's working that the iranians would probably see no light at the end of the tunnel and would not trust doing gauge an administration that has already by the only existing deal between iran and the u.s. in the past 40 years and has resorted to assassinating iranian officials what's the point of maximum pressure moving forward if maximum pressure isn't attached to the kind of diplomacy that you seem to be saying is an absolute requirement. well that's the that's a good question because if pressure was used to advance diplomacy one could make

sense of it but it really appears that pressure here is not just the means but the end sort of trumpet ministration and they believe that they have been able to put iran in a box and contain it but the reality is if you look at what has happened in the region in the past few months iran and the u.s. have come to the brink of a military confrontation 3 times in the past 7 months iran has been doing taking actions that it hasn't really in the past 40 years targeting u.s. bases in the region targeting oil infrastructure in saudi arabia targeting shipping in and the persian gulf and you know the more to situation continues the more of a risk the future confrontations that could easily spot a lot of control because the risk of next miscalculation or increasing and they're extremely high and dangerous we are in an election year in the united states could the next president if it's not mr trump or indeed if it is mr trump could they lift

pull off some of these sanctions if they felt in so i guess put words in their mouth iran was moving in the right direction the direction they want iran to move in. it will be a very heavy lift it's not impossible i think if it's president trump it will be quite difficult because he seems to be primarily interested in some history and the pageantry of meeting as iranian counterparts which again i don't think is any longer possible because neither president rouhani nor his successor nor any other iranian official would ever sit with a president who ordered the killing of one of the most revered military figures inside iran and but if it's a democratic president who promises to return to full compliance with the j p o way and then tries to build on it i think there is some prospect for diplomacy the real question is candid nuclear deal so vive between now and u.s. presidential elections and can the 2 countries birth

a full out conflict between now and then although it's only 10 months doesn't sound like a long long period of time but given the dynamic that we've seen in the past 2 weeks and months it is a particularly dangerous treacherous time on a bias in washington thank you very much. my pleasure. well the u.s. state department says it won't discuss troop withdrawal with the iraqi government this after iraq's prime minister abdul markey asked the u.s. secretary of state send a delegation to baghdad to discuss the issue mr marty's request follows the assassination of the iraqi politician of madiba hundreds and the iranian commander qassam somali last week now on sunday iraq's parliament voted to expel all u.s. troops from the country. 2 iraqi journalists have been killed in basra in southern iraq thanks to say there's a campaign by armed groups backed by iran to drive them out of the region it comes as protests take place in several iraqi cities a revival of antigovernment rallies which began in october demonstrators also

chanted anti us and anti iranian slogans osama bin laden has that story from baghdad. a chorus against those who follow the united states or iran it's they $100.00 foot iraq's pro-democracy demonstrators who've been camping out in multiple cities they say their demands are simple give us rulers who have honor and corruption and foreign influence and hold early elections. out of iraq is not a walk around we want the government to leave we want harms we want dignity we wanted an independent iraq with no external influence. there pressure has forced out prime minister i've been i've been mattie but weeks after his resignation he's still in charge albeit in a caretaker capacity and iraqis are still no closer to an interim government acceptable to all parties have not read what i mean we've cut our way we want to

live in dignity we need a united country with sovereignty we do not want others to interfere this interference happened because of the weak leadership with head since 2003 this is by far the largest crowd that needs to be in baghdad in recent weeks people have been coming here from or more to the country they are saying that they are against the influence of the united states. has been in iran in the country was the defensive atmosphere here makes it difficult to imagine that it's the same city which was on edge just 48 hours ago missile warnings helicopters in the air and threats of a major conflict between iran and the u.s. . but it's still a pressing issue in baghdad's corridors of power the iraqi p.m.'s request for the u.s. to send a mission to discuss foreign forces the draw has been all but ignored by the united states we are happy to continue the conversation with the iraqis about what the right structure is our mission set there is very clear we've been there to perform a training mission to help the iraqi security forces be successful and to continue

the campaign against isis we also have today nato team that's here at the state department working to develop a plan which will get burden sharing right in the region as well. but since the assassination of. 100 and operations have been suspended and some coalition troops have been relocated for their safety and the government here is questioning when foreign troops are hunkering down to protect themselves what's the point in keeping them in iraq some of it down to the area baghdad. now with tensions high in the region even foreign ministers met in brussels and repeated their continuing support for the 2015 iran nuclear deal e.u. foreign policy chief just a bell so the deal is critical for regional stability he says europe wants to maintain the deal with iran must uphold its obligations to the deal has survived more than 4 years but only just iran signed the agreement with world powers in 2015

it lifted sanctions on tehran and in return iran agreed to restrict its nuclear activities but less than a year later president trump withdrew from the agreement he said it was bad for america and reimposed sanctions other nations try to keep the pact alive but following another wave of tough u.s. sanctions in may of last year iran began rolling back its compliance 1st it increased its stockpile of enriched uranium then on sunday tehran scrapped all limits on its nuclear program iran says it will continue to work with the un's nuclear watchdog and allow inspectors into the country and sasha buckler has more from brussels she says the e.u. is looking to mediate the crisis. the e.u. foreign policy chief burrell's of really came out and wrapped up that foreign ministers meeting an emergency meeting that was held to discuss the situation the crisis between u.s. and iran and he touched on a few main points he 1st of all said that whatever happens the message from the e.u.

is that we cannot afford another war he said that all sides must deescalate tensions he said that another war would risk on raveling the good work that had been done to try and stabilize iraq in the priority really had to be to fight eisel he also said that the priority for new member states was to maintain the j.c. p.o.a.'s you mentioned the j c p o 8 the iran deal it was signed in 2015 e.u. leaders have been battling to try and save it since 2018 when donald trump pulled the united states out of that deal saying it was a very bad deal but the e.u. has kept the line they've always maintained so far and that is that this deal is absolutely necessary for the stability of the region in fact burrell said that without this deal it's quite likely that iran would have a nuclear weapon right now and he also said that iran must now try and fully comply with the deal and that comes after the fact that tehran this week said that it was withdrawing from many of the key commitments that it's made to that deal which

would really see that deal on the brink of collapse so the message there the e.u. member states really want to save the j. c.p.o. way and i think we also saw you foreign ministers perhaps trying to maneuver the e.u. into a position where they could try and mediate in this crisis a brawl saying that we must move away from weapons we must move away from conflict and really we must try and find some form of political solution. plenty more still to come for you here on the news hour what's predicted to 2020 over the edge political analyst lists top global risks plus. india's top court describes kashmir's internet blackout as an abuse of power and orders orders an urgent review and in sports news rundle fights back to lead spain to victory over belgium and reach the semifinals of the aid to.

ukraine says its investigators have been given access to the black box of the boeing 737 that crashed in tehran on weapons day so far it insists the plane wasn't hit by a missile that's despite countries including the u.s. u.k. and canada saying the crash was likely to being caused by a mistake in tehran's air defenses that assessment is also being backed by nato. we have no reason to not believe the reports we have seen from different or nato allied capitals they have expressed concern about. information indicating that. the plane may have been downed by iranian air defense systems and that's exactly why we need a photo of the nose to geisha and that's exactly why we need to establish all the facts and that's exactly why it is important here. we have full cooperation from

the rain side in such an investigation. iran's maintained should carry out the investigation into the crash after several western countries offered to play a role the head of iran's civil aviation authority has spoken about where the inquiry has reached so far. it's very obvious when the plane took off from the airport after 2 or 3 minutes of court fire the reason it's not clear now the pilot tried to return to the airport and change the route towards the airport and he shows that he was aware that an accident that happened he crashed on its way back if a missile that hit it it would have crashed in the original direction he says the plane did not explode till it hit the ground. well canadian government officials are traveling to iran to deal with the aftermath of the crash which killed 63 canadians at home people holding vigils across the country daniel lak reports from toronto. a vigil at canada's parliament joined by prime minister justin trudeau

he's also made private visits to victims' families the country's iranian canadian community has been devastated by the tragedy in tehran and claims denied by iran that an iranian surface to air missile brought down the plane have only made things worse. so when you go online you see the name of your friends your family names those people you got to talk to the day before. so this is for the community today just the author wants to send investigators and is said to be concerned about reports that the crash site has been tampered with cleaned of day brie by bulldozers and possibly looters. canada is also hoping to get diplomats consular officials into iran a country that it severed ties with in 2012 that complicates efforts to help families recover bodies and to find out what happened to their loved ones it was very difficult in the best of circumstances certainly even if we had

a diplomatic presence there is always sound it's a very bureaucratic place and it's a very hard place to maneuver around but the fact that we're not there creates extra complications in canada's worst ever aviation disaster in 1905 an air canada flight from toronto to delhi was brought down by a bomb over the atlantic ocean nearly 300 canadians died successive governments in ottawa failed to bring perpetrators to justice nor bring comfort to victims' families the response to events in tehran 35 years later has been much more timely and assertive. canada is the g 7 countries we do have the methink leverage because we have allies we are members of nato would be a huge mistake on the part of iran who easily dismissed canada as if we were some insignificant body. that may provide some comfort to those whose family members friends and colleagues have been lost whatever the cause of the tragedy author was

seems determined to press its case with tehran and find out why so many canadian lives were lost daniel lak al jazeera toronto. the u.s. navy says one of its warships is being aggressively approached by a russian naval vessel in the north arabian sea. the destroyer the u.s.s. farragut sounded its own 5 times the international maritime signal warning of the danger of collision but the russian ship continued to move closer russia's defense ministry denied the allegations saying the farragut a cut across the path of their vessel. russia and turkey have also called for a cease fire in libya by sunday but that's been rejected by the wallet only for half his forces have been trying to seize the capital tripoli from the u.n. by the government and fighting has escalated in recent weeks reports from tripoli. libyan warlord $24.00 have to says the fighting will continue. the

ceasefire called by russia and turkey has been rejected and have to his vow to take control of the capital tripoli has been renewed. libyan arab armed forces will continue to target that you know me by ear and land moving forward and spritz control of new forces in all areas from the capital from a waste of sirte to the outskirts of us rotter international concern is growing across the region have met with italy's prime minister jersey picante in rome hoping to stir support from the european union then there is russia and turkey which support rivals on the ground uncle has begun deploying troops in support of the un who could nice to governments and by turning down the cease fire have could be pushing away in russia one of his main allies. fighting has escalated between have to his forces and those loyal to the internationally

recognized the government in tripoli. attempts to take control of the capital have fallen short but have that his forces have gained ground especially in the coastal city of sirte libya is a strategic importance it has the largest oil reserves in africa the country's location along the mediterranean coast has become a gateway for african migrants fleeing to europe. tunisia's president basis i met with france's foreign minister to warn about the potential consequences of the conflict because. of all together with my european image reps and colleagues we are highlighting the risks of an ocean in libya that it would threaten to destabilize the entire region from the market to the. leaders from the european union are banding together warning that libya could become a 2nd syria if a ceasefire is not reach it soon the latest incursions by have to us forces have

brought the fighting very close to residential areas the sound of explosions can be heard clearly across the city and many people here are scared they may be killed or displaced. tripoli. developing story coming to us for you out of the u.n. security council in new york the u.n. voting to extend the cross border humanitarian aid operation. to syria but it has been scaled back some wants authorization for the aid which enters the country without the formal permission of the government in damascus has been in place since 2014 it was shuttled to expire on friday now russia which backs the syrian government's offensive in italy province have been pushing for a reduction in a in effect we need to flip that around there's not been

a formal reduction in a but they have renewed the syrian cross border aid operation the number of crossings the length of the authorization those 2 things put together have been halted by member countries on the u.n. security council to avoid a russian veto of the whole thing. so it's going ahead it's happening that's a plus but it is constrained within this construct of various aspects of it being cut by 50 percent but it will happen we'll be talking to james bays our diplomatic it is a developing story for you within the next half hour or so. still to come here on the new pressure on the indian government continues as thousands protest over a new citizenship will. last after 3 years of limbo there's a breakthrough in northern ireland's political deadlock. has had to wait but the

future president finally gets to see to the top table of world sport all the details coming up later with far. from. hello there all eyes on sudden states across the united states because we have got this big storm system building some very very warm and ahead of this massive cloud they can see here and this is. a lot of this is saturday and we could well have some tornadoes developing within these severe thunderstorms but look at these temperatures 22 in atlanta 20 celsius in washington these temperatures are about 12 to 14 degrees above the average meanwhile we've got this a preset turning over to snow for kansas city minus 3 the temperature and widespread flurries really out across much of the west so very much in the picture on sunday some strong winds particularly pushing into the pacific northwest but

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ok normally at this point to be bringing you an update on the headlines instead of which would take you live to the government buildings in the canadian couple all to work but to listen in to the canadian foreignness of france were full of champagne he's holding a news conference on the aftermath of that ukrainian plane crash in tehran the killed 63 canadians who were on board the plane at the time let's listen always count on the parent you and meyer their child you watch. these people help us make we are losing them like this on expectedly and explicitly it is devastating for each and every canadian it is a tremendous loss not only for their families but for the entire country and the days since the crash there has been an outpouring of support from canadians

across the country vigils were held stories were shared messages of loff of love and support were sent i hope the families can find some comfort and knowing that the entire country is grieving with them doing this extraordinarily difficult time shift in a gun mount devices and it's ok and it's you know it's going to be and always will dreams today but families are sure to get them so and i stress i don't is to choose to continue devaluing. defame afterwards he not science let me know and i thought i got some of the hat but what i needed if i also notice you know is shelter to what i predicted at any rate he sold on a jam. to that end i have a few updates to share with canadians tonight 1st the prime minister of canada has asked the clerk of the privy council to set up

a nym urgency taskforce of senior officials to ensure that the families and loved one of the victims have the support that they need a 2nd our government will be setting up a dedicated process to address any visa issues for those affected by the crash it goes without saying that these extraordinary circumstances and our government is mobilizing as quickly as possible to provide more support to families many of whom are currently separated from their loved ones i were priority at this time is providing support to the affected families they need us and we are looking at all possible options to do this the prime minister has also meant they did is parliamentary secretary omar all

governor up to work directly with the families as they navigate this very very difficult time as far as the investigation is concerned but i repeat our call for a full and thorough investigation we have a team of officials from global affairs canada and the transportation safety board in place in ankara in turkey to date the arrangements have issued 2 visas and we expect the other visas will be granted soon so we can begin providing consular services help with the advent of fixation of the victims and obviously put this update in the investigation. finally the prime minister and i have spoken with premiers as well as a physician leaders over the past few days all canadians should know that we stand

united in this difficult time this like i said before is nothing short of a national tragedy and all levels of governments are working together to support families and their loved ones and obviously the loved ones of the victims to ensure that all the questions that they may have would be answered the prime minister also just concluded the 5th meeting of the incident response group he will also be speaking with prime minister of japan later this evening canada as establish the international coordination and response group for families of the victims of flight 752 this group brings together

representatives of ukraine sweden i've got this stuff on and the united kingdom we're all grieving and also searching for answers earlier today i led the 1st call with our partners all participating countries reaffirm the need for a full and transparent investigation into the causes of the fatal crash. question is your letter i mean nothing to it i mean this tony i mean it's not that the canadian foreign minister francois fillon champaign saying that they've set up a dedicated process over the visas the requirement for visas to get canadian investigators into tehran the issue there as we've established over the past 24 hours is that there's no formal diplomatic relations between tehran and also where they were severed 2012 they already have 2 visas however according to mr champagne they key priority because he termed this

a national tragedy is to give all the support from across the political spectrum in canada to the families of the people the 63 canadians who lost their lives on that flight when it fell from the skies near tirant international airport list stay with these pictures coming to us from the government buildings there in office who are just in case the foreign minister gives us any more information and as we're watching these pictures we'll talk to daniel lak our correspondent daniel what's your reading of what the foreign minister was saying. well he certainly outlined a pretty busy day for himself in the prime minister a pretty busy week there's no doubt peter this is probably the biggest combination foreign and domestic policy challenge for this government since it was elected. not just last year but 4 years earlier than that so what they're doing is actually taking it extremely seriously they're setting up task forces that will handle the

domestic side of things helping families some of those visa issues he's talking about were also to help iranian based members of families who were affected perhaps get over here to grieve with their relatives and also on the 4 inside there their marshalling allies their marshalling countries that have that share in the bereavement from this crash and trying to get them to put pressure on iran to open up the investigation process this is not just a government that is doing things it wants to be seen to be doing things and that's absolutely what the canadian public and especially the families of those who were killed in the crash really need and want to see to get the feeling daniel that the canadian government is signaling to the authorities in tehran look don't delay don't obfuscate on this we know there is an issue for example over the fact that the iranian authorities don't recognize jule citizenship because there were canadian iranians on there who had a canadian and an iranian passport so please just get through this as quickly as we

can. i have as best they can given the lack of diplomatic ties and the fact that there hasn't really been an official presence on the ground in canada since 2000 you know i'm going to interrupt you there because we're going but i must to the foreign minister because he's begun to take questions yes winter is on the site and if if that's happening what canada might be able to actually do when you get there well obviously i'm concerned like all canadians we're looking at the images that are coming and the 1st thing that we need to do and i called upon the iranian government is to issue those visas we have a rapid response team which is currently based in ankara this is a team of 10 people from global affairs we have 2 officials from the transport safety board of canada which are also on their way to ankara we need visas for these people to get on the ground to have eyes on the grounds and boots on the ground to be able to provide the assistance and be able to provide obviously consular services to canadian today as we speak the latest information i got is

that 2 visa yes i've been issued to our team so they remain 10 visas that we want to that we need obviously for people to move into tehran and i've been calling the foreign minister of turkey today to seek his assistant as well to make sure that the iranian embassy in ankara would be issuing to visas as quickly as possible because we all know that in circumstances like the one where facing time is of the essence every our worst mother and we are pursuing that vigorously with all the authorities and partners around the world michael can i do it kind of move right into more. it's easier as you. ministers to prevent for the last hours dizzy from a. parent's invest in evolution. theory time executor in conversation with daniel lac our correspondent there in

canada as we monitor what the canadian foreign minister francois fully champagne has been saying about the aftermath he was confirming as well that daniel it's actually the death toll of canadians is $57.00 not $63.00 he's saying time is of the essence and also saying time matters and he'll be well aware of what the rest of the world is aware of as well the way that what was left of the aircraft has been bulldozed literally or scavenged away yes and goodness knows if the bodies are being treated properly because they'll need to be forensically examined as well as be and be be given proper funerals so all of that you know is a big question mark hanging over what is so far a pretty opaque investigation you mentioned dual citizenship they'll want to know whether some of the 80 odd iranian nationals on the plane listed on the manifest were indeed dual canadian arabian citizens some of them certainly were we know that

for a fact we just don't know the numbers again it's all a question of can canada and its allies and others get the information they need to really make sure this is investigated and i guess the ultimate goal make sure things like this don't happen again whatever the cause whatever the cause is found to be together feeling where you are daniel that the canadian government is using its friendships and allegiances in there in the middle east to exert extra pressure on the iranian government to do all the things that it should be doing and do it all very quickly. it's definitely leveraging it's a very good relationship with turkey when the diplomatic relations ended between the 2 countries when canada cut them off in 2012 formally there was no declaration of where canada would monitor iran but that has emerged to be ankara they're also using diplomats based in the u.a.e. and elsewhere to keep an eye on things but to be honest i think most diplomats would tell you privately that there's no replacement for being there for having boots on the ground ears on the local situation figuring out what's actually going

on a team even a small team of diplomats in the aftermath of this crash canadian diplomats and consular officials could have had this thing probably much more advanced from the point of view of canada than it is right now. ok daniel for the moment thanks very much let's just dip in just for a couple of seconds just to see what mr champagne is saying he's taking a question there from the reporters i don't know not match up that's inside the about the holland building if you're just joining us what you're looking at right now is the relatively new canadian foreign minister he's been in the job since the last election in 2019 francois felipe champagne he said we have a dedicated process to get the necessary visas we have already got 2 visas in place they have one team on the ground in ankara waiting for their visas that team is being or commented by another team of specialists who are on their way to ankara

from canada but he said right at the top of this news conference that the main priority was they want to get to a situation where the canadian government can offer the most support to the families of the 57 canadians who lost their lives when the ukrainian airlines 737 fell from the skies just adjacent to tehran's international airport having taken an unusual course because it turned right when it was in trouble it turned right let's just listen to what the foreign minister saying never going to have to and i'm also wondering when our when our investigators get on the ground should they get these visas are you confident they're going to have access to everything they need in terms of the wreckage and crash say as well as the data from the black box well time will tell you know i cannot speak for the iranian government i think the world is watching the iranian authorities as to the access they will be providing as we said we want to full and complete investigation that's why the international

coordination and response group want to speak with one voice because not only canadians want to know when canada but you have families across the world and i would say you have also iranian families who want to know what really happened on that night and therefore are we are pushing obviously. for a more active role for a big canadian investigator because they have the the knowledge they have the technical know how to be providing assistance with the black box would also interpret thing with me have happen so i hope that the government of iran welcome the offer to provide and additional assistance in getting to the truth like you just pointed out obviously it starts with the visas because until and unless we can of our people physically on the ground at the site at that meeting we are obviously not in a position to have all the influence we want so we have been stressing to the iranian government to issue these visas as quickly as possible and tomorrow morning i would

have even more to know because obviously today that was a holiday i understand in ankara the end this the iranian embassy is opening up in a few hours and we do hope to be really able to report to canadians. that all the visas that we have been asking for have been issued but only there to investigate a minister there contingency questions inside the parliament building in also a little early he described what's happened as a national tragedy he said they're also talking to the other countries directly affected by this week in the u.k. and afghanistan who lost nationals on board that plane he was very clear as well time is of the essence here not least because we've seen the pictures we've reported the claims that the wreckage of the aircraft has been bulldozed some of what was left in a couple of locations very close to each other on the ground adjacent to to ron's international airport have been scavenged away which is absolutely appalling if

it's true of course because technically that's a crime scene that's an international multi agency multi country crime scene as we've also established over the past what 36 hours since this tragedy happened the dead may provide more clues. as to what happened because they will literally when they when the bodies are returned to their home countries as is the custom and practice in this kind of situation they are put through a post-mortem process and then literally the scientists can detect explosive material contained on or within or inside the remains of the people who were onboard the plane there's no delicate easy way to talk about that we'll get more on that for you just as soon as we count. india's supreme court has ordered a review of the internet shut down inside indian administered kashmir the ruling says the indefinite suspension is a violation of the country's telecom rules the territory has not had internet now for more than 150 days in. the lock down an indian administered

kashmir amounts to an abuse of power. that's the ruling from india supreme court 5 months since the government removed the territories autonomy restricted people's movements and blocked the internet or the use of the even those who challenge the shutdown say it's a significant word aked this plan by the state was that these are national security issues please leave it to the state the court has struck that down and said no this will be subject to judicial review. the indian government argued it needed to block the internet to stop what it called separatists and terror groups from communicating with each other. but the court found the government had breached telecom rules and gave authorities in the territory a week to review the restrictions. and enjoy reading a student history another the capital of indian administered kashmir has welcomed the court's judgment. if the new government is trying to suppress us or the are not

going to work against our should be by the others. and that's where the operating on this goes on the internet other things. for over 5 months the journalists in the valley have been given access to just a few computers enabled with the internet but it's always difficult for journalists but when you are. depriving him of. the basic tune which is the internet then you are then it's a deliberate attempt to make his work more difficult. several restrictions including on phone connections have already been lifted now many people simply limited after that mr smith the indian government deployed the same measures in assam and an authorization during protests against the controversial citizenship amendment act of war on al jazeera in delhi. my school's capital city has banned the use of plastic bags it's the racists in a series of cities around the world trying to cut out single use plastics is that.

residents of mexico city are looking toward a plastic free future. the city has announced a ban on single use plastic bags the new law is largely seen as an important step to curb back pollution businesses that don't comply with the mandate could face fines or other penalties. leaders within the plastic industry however say the new measure is too extreme and could result in tens of thousands of jobs lost. but. the fine is absurd there are serious crimes that one could commit that carry a lesser penalty than having a plastic bag because that back cost you more than $8800.00 also the city doesn't even have the infrastructure to enforce this. plastic manufactures are the only voice criticism against the new law. environmental scientists like pablo double see authorities rushed the initiative without properly consulting experts as well as

important. this is a political decision and dare i say the wrong decision because it is not founded in science or technical ability what i would suggest is that this be studied instead of simply following trends taking place in the rest of the world the 12000000 residents of the mexican capital produce some 13000. true tons of waste every day. and much of that waste comes in the form of single use plastics which often end up in rivers lakes and the ocean mexico city officials say the ban on plastic bags is only a 1st step there are plans to prohibit the sale and distribution of a wide range of a single use plastics by january of 2021. critics of the legislation say the government lacks the necessary enforcement mechanisms to make the initiative successful city officials however say this is a necessary measures one that requires everyone's commitment is the but i must add that as we put it then the mask is that. instead of inspecting stores and policing

we're putting our trust in consumer as we believe the primary watchdog for this regulation should be can shame is consume issued under no circumstances allow plastics to continue to be distributed. there are exceptions to the rule although the law remains vague on exactly what bags are or are not allowed. the challenge now is the city seeks a future with 0 plastic waste will be developing an innovative and sustainable alternative when measured up a little and jersey to mexico city. still to come here on the news hour. does anybody know the position of possible in i think it was ago people but you know it seems funny at the expense of the special one more details in sport.

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time for sports is far. thanks very much robin adele had to dig deep to help spain secure their spot in the last 4 of the a.t.p. cup nidal suffered a shock to feed and his singles match during the tie against belgium the world number one was handed his 1st loss in the tournament by devon golf fan often beating it down for just the 2nd time in his career to set up a deciding doubles match their return to the cord in sydney alongside bloodstar bear eventually won the match in a tie break with the dow spending close to 4 and a half hours on court in total spain will play host australia on friday. now only osaka looks to be heading form ahead of the 1st grand slam of the season

osaka will start the defense of her australian open title later this month and is through to the last 4 at the brisbane international world number 3 beating tiki burtons to move into the semifinals to title wins at the end of last year this was a soft is 14th street victory. or marathon world record holder wilson kipsang is been provisionally suspended for doping violations the 37 year old kenyan has been charged with breaking into anti-doping rules tampering with samples and failing to tell authorities of his whereabouts kipsang cannot compete in any event until he is cleared kipsang broke the marathon world record in berlin in 2013 and a year earlier won bronze at the london olympics ahead of the international olympic committee thomas boggs says a decision from the court of arbitration for sport regarding russia's participation at the tokyo olympics must be made as soon and as clear as possible world anti-doping agency had russia for you're banned from international sporting events

as punishment for manipulating laboratory data in a doping scandal back in 2015. the ban also bars russia from the pitting in this year's summer olympics and the 22002 winter games in beijing alike in rio 2016 athletes who can prove they are clean will be able to compete as neutral competitors but what is this important for the eye you see also for the international federation sees that we get a decision which does not leave room to any kind of interpretation. of these must be voter group decision where everybody concerned knows when reading the decision what to do and what not to do and what the decision means and what he does not. jenny and fits you know has been elected to the i.o.c. ending fief as 5 year absence from the committee and since you know took over as

chief of president almost 4 years ago the admission of the head of world football is usually almost automatic other corruption investigations involving fees that the foes of former president sepp blatter prompted the olympic governing body to delay infant tino's admission english premier league leaders liverpool face taught him on saturday out of the clash reds manager you're going to have a little fun at the expense of his counterpart joe's a marine yellow club was asked who he thought was the better footballer and of the 2 cop of course played in germany 2nd division while murray neo was just a semi pro by about i don't know actually did talk to play it was a go people. well there was a goalkeeper does anybody know what was it more you know what he did you play come on no i want to know it out of all we do know we have time. i have time. and. so it. probably won't distract

marino too much as far as boss has a major problem to deal with his star striker harry kane needs hamstring surgery and is ruled out until at least april and a low taught him are currently 6 points off the top 4 rainy of says he won't be rushed into making panic bodies. if we don't find the right solution the right opportunity. we are going to wait for. for the next summer. to try to make the right decisions for. the evolution of. of the team 13 times back or rallies happy and stephan petter hansell has won stage 6 of this year's race in saudi arabia the result puts the frenchman 3rd in the standings behind defending champion nasser alex you have kept our race leader carlos sainz of spain but her hand so was one minute 35 seconds

ahead of saints on friday race resumes on sunday. former major league baseball player alex romero has been finding new uses for his bat and r.t. ill temper game in venezuela escalated to a whole new level when remeron was hit by a pitch and struck out at the nearest target the benches cleared to join in the fights romero was one of the players a jacketed from the game. and that's all your support for now more later. last more news on the website the address you know al-jazeera dot com was used i'm back in a couple of minutes on the other side of the break with 30 minutes about just i will use all 3 of them.

across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary it's presented as a pressing issue we didn't have immigrants' at all 0 in the race but this is the one political topic anybody and everybody is discussing the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudice some pride in hungary on al jazeera. trouble began at the end of the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. more horse shopped and killed during a demonstration in 2017. right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are set in your.

accusations some. displacement between the community the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa. the community has taken its case before west africa's regional court because they say the people have little for you in the justice system. or for the burning. dreams of peace and democracy but how many came to pass. but it was a fake democracy people in power travels through the former eastern bloc to ask why post cold war optimism has succumbed to a darker more authoritarian reality the police called. to the march and. beyond the war 10.

the u.s. hits iran with more sanctions one of the commanders targeted says brush them off as symbolic. meanwhile canada is pushing for more access to the investigation into what a passenger jet in iraq. watching al-jazeera live from also coming up the u.n. security council renews a syrian aid operation and scales it back to avoid a russian veto. voting begins for less.