on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter dhabi you're watching the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes amman sultan qaboos spin side al side has died at the age of 79. a man's defense council is meeting right now to discuss who will be his successor he had no children. in other news the u.s. hits iran with more sanctions one of the commanders target says has brushed them off as symbolic. canada's pushing for more access to the investigation into what that passenger jet in iraq.

let's get going with this news breaking news out of a man state media has announced the death of sultan qaboos been side i'll cite he ruled since 1970 but had suffered illness in more recent years there has been intense speculation for several years now about who will replace him because he never publicly named a successor we'll examine his legacy here on the news for you 1st matheson looks back at his life. couple. was an only son born in 1942 a life of royal privilege and to a father he would overthrow 30 years later what he did basically is modernizing the country opening the country to outsiders and thirdly looking at the domestic politics and try to move on to the state formation where building is institutions

and related elements so to uncouple us was educated in oman and then at a private school in the u.k. before graduating from sandhurst military academy and serving in the british army for several months on his return to a man in 1966 his determination to modernize his country is said to have been ignored by his father. 4 years later backed by the british sort of seize the throne he was immediately plunged into his 1st crisis an uprising by communists in though far in the south of a man who wanted independence it took a further 6 years before the fighting ended with the man being supported by forces from britain jordan and iran. a man's links with iran as well as its foreign policy of maintaining good relations with other neighboring countries have made it one of the main negotiators in the gulf a man basically rely on it is on understanding of geopolitics. being

realistic and also maintain his own legacy of being you know the oldest state. experience in the gulf as a whole that flexible foreign policy has been controversial in october $2800.00 sort on caboose met israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the omani capital muscat the meeting dismayed critics who said arab states should not be hosting israeli leaders until peace was established between israel and the palestinians a man's. modern minister said his country was simply facilitating efforts towards negotiations. so don't go bruce had rarely been seen in public since he went through lengthy medical treatment in germany in 2015 he was on married and had neither children nor siblings and he did not publicly name a successor the foreign policy ordeal was i would say dynamic brad matic

and also open to. the idea of engaging with the international community and that that to dimension make me i think make me believe that we should not expect a major change now the world waits to see who will replace a man who modernized his small gulf nation and maintained a delicate balance of loyalties in an often unstable region. well the process of choosing sultan qaboos his successor is already underway with a man's powerful defense counsel convening right now council members will be called on if the sultan's family members concentrate on a successor within 3 days in advance of and defense council members and other senior government officials will open a sealed envelope in which the sultan qaboos himself secretly wrote down his choice and that person will then be enthroned for a man who's played a largely neutral role and acted as a mediator in the region mohamad chatah is standing by for us in the yemeni capital

sana'a 1st let's go to a big who is live for us this hour here on the news in tehran asset the iranian authorities whatever political hue they were they always found a friend in oman. absolutely let me just tell you about some of the history between the 2 countries in the 1970 s. when the sultanate of all miners facing the rebellion in the south of the country iran was under the leadership of the shah of the time but they sent 4000 soldiers over to help the sultan out jury rebellion and iran lost around 700 soldiers now omar never forgot that although there was a change of leadership in this country in recent years they've paid a mediator between iran and the rest of the world even during the iran iraq war between 198-1988 there were secret talks between iraq and iran held

at muscat held in muscat and although there was an agreement reached it helped reduce mistrust between the 2 countries and also on one strongly supported the resolution to the united nations asking for a cease fire during that conflict in recent years this was the case of the united states. hikers that were detained in iran and again amman mediated and helped to have them released and in april last year there were the joint military exercise naval military exercise between iran and oman and because they share that strategic waterway the strait of hormuz where it is narrow point between iran and oman is about 33 kilometers wide and as important like the nuclear deal the 2015 nuclear deal it was actually oman approached the united states from these are from reports from former u.s. diplomats there was a man approached the united states and said that there's

a possibility of talks and had got that process going between the 2 countries and what we hear from former u.s. diplomat says that oman very much was saying to united states try and look at the region from the iranian perspective and that helped get. both parties around the table to negotiate and even recently after the assassination of general carson for the money by the united states it was rumored that oman had approached iran and asked for deescalation asked for restraint and on iran has really found a friend in oman they have constant delegations between the 2 understand that divides the reef visits regularly i think he was there last month so they are very close and iran would be watching this the situation in amman very closely because whoever leads the country iran will want again and neutral on mon and on mon that

will continue to pay mediate in the region and given the difficulty and the toxicity of so many relationships at the moment across the broader gulf region you know there's the emir of kuwait he's 91 he's not a young man the gulf has lost somebody who brought a calming influence to those very important conversations that had to be had and still have to be had. yes very much so a martyr was instrumental in time of trying to restore diplomatic relations between iran and saudi arabia also the united kingdom and what's interesting about a mine is the theological split sometimes within this region this sunni shia split like and amman is not shell sunni they follow bodies of which is the only country in the region that does that so that makes it very unique puts them in

a very unique position not to be party sent but yes it's this region is always. on a fine balance we have aging leaders in the region we have increased tensions increased military build up in the strait of hormuz and and the gulf and every country in that region now would be looking at amman and wondering who will be taking over and what the political direction of amman will be ok ok thanks very much. who joins us from santa barbara what does he bring to or should have turned into the yemeni peace process i guess but stalled after the discussions in stockholm what coming 2 years ago. yes. this sort of plan to close inside has played a major role in bringing to the negotiating table the yemeni warring sides

especially the whole of these and also the international governments and also he has played a major role in facilitating the the and easing the. saudi imposed a blockade in yemen which has negatively impacted the treatment of some people especially the he made it. easier for people to travel through his. dover's. like the like the medical flights and also the diplomatic flights which are used to go through or from sun are to oman must cut. the money roll was a positive role model to to bring political factions in the country and also all the. omani role also has in many ways that his policy their policy of friend to all and also an enemy to none has played

a major role and also turn resolving many do. difficulties especially their. resolve to the the long time to the long years. problem about the yemeni or many bloggers. resolve such. difficulties or such issue peacefully between the former government on the cobbles so the the upcoming pretty decisive whosoever will be will face many difficulties many special young man who are the upcoming protests will play the mayor the same role like aircel time and carlos in. becoming an. mediator a neutral mediator and also specially now we are living in a volatile region and the the tensions between the u.s. and iran also the current is collations in the region so the or whosoever will

replace. the. cardinals will face many difficulties. people here also are watching the developments in on oman very closely and they are keeping an eye on that the upcoming predicts will continue the marshal the the sultan. mohammed thanks very much well staying with her story a diplomatic out of the james bays has more now from the united nations he says the death of the sultan does leave a void in both gulf and international diplomacy to. i think this is devastating news for the people of amman but it will be felt i think right across the region this is the longest serving ruler in the middle east in power for 50 years and beyond the people of amman a country where it's still not clear who is confirmed successor will be i think

there's going to be a great deal of reaction and a great deal of worry about the situation because 1st amman played an outsized role in the region particularly in the gulf but also in the wider middle east you have a gulf cooperation council deeply divided in recent years with the spat with in the gulf that's been going on and amman very much has been a mediator and a peace keeper there but it's also been a mediator and peace keeper on much bigger issues for example the u.s. and iran oman is the known back channel amman is the destination where people go to meet away from prying eyes to try and do deals and it was in amman that the the key early meetings that led to the iran nuclear deal took place so i think people be

worried a particularly at this time of turbulence a time when relations between the u.s. and iran are so bad when in recent days the 2 countries have seemed to come so close to war so i think this doesn't help an already difficult situation in the middle east there's one small opportunity of course here and that is the fact that there will be a funeral and almost certainly there's going to have to be high level delegations going there i think it's quite likely you'll see the president of iran there will you see the president of the united states as well you'll certainly see high level representation so you will see high level delegates from iran and the u.s. in the coming days i suspect in oman but a worrying time a further blow i think to the region. well a man's royal family will have 3 days to decide who will replace sultan qaboos for inside outside under money law if they fail to agree the position will go to

a person whose name was written in 2 sealed letters from the late sultan that individual will be revealed by muskrats royal court before being enthroned the process is in place because as we mentioned had no children and never publicly named a successor. joining us here in the is my juve's wherry director of the gulf studies center at castle university great to talk to at this difficult time for a man who was his legacy. i think we can talk about. 4 main components with comes to its is his legacy the 1st one is actually the state formation of a man a man who's been. takes its own shape as a modern state and that was important when it comes to the. infrastructure when it comes to the structure of the state when it comes to the military institution with . state formation with all its meaning and the 2nd one is actually the structure of

the state you know trying to reform you know having the constitution 1963 reform trying to look at you know the engagement or having elections and more than once now they have a problem and the elections so trying to open up the country gradually and that help basically the country to tackle a lot of challenges and respond to a lot of challenges coming because of the do politics and is happening in the region and the 3rd one many join the relation with with with the neighborhood with the neighboring countries you know a man was was able you know to manage its relation with saudi arabia with iran with an artist it live you're still with the great britain united kingdom so they were able to manage their relations and to survive as a country and actually capitalizing on this and benefiting when it comes to the issue of mediation as which is the 4th element of this legacy what were the influences under and under which he fell as a child and a teenager and a young man so that when he comes back from santos when he comes back from military

school if you will in the u.k. he i guess you would want to assume that he was going to become a firebrand firebrand sultan type figure because usually i know this is a sweeping generality usually in the arab world if you have a young prince you expect them to get. into trouble at some point you expect them to have a situation with another country never happened with him serves or where did he push it where did he placed himself in that i think his choice was a clear in the early 1970 s. that he wants to move a man to be a mother in a state and that was if you look at the response of the countries to the father of illusion the communist against the with the 1st challenge axis of bunker was mitt if you look at those countries supported him and that tells you you know those countries were more for you know calling for modernization of the states pushing 2 more opening up and then that was in an opportunity for

a man to move on and that was i think a great opportunity for him where he capitalized it and acts like see them doing that so he did have a quality though didn't he sometimes or in the past for 15 years or so there was a certain curial enigmatic element to his personality other people were going to these big set piece lavish rich arab summit he would send a delegation and he just say no it's not worth me being there i'll go to the next one so he managed to kind of unsettle some people in in an almost playful way sometimes you know. his appearance his engagement politically was very interesting because he was attending some summits vents and he said being of others i think he has a character of showing that the country itself has a weight anyone comes from a man has to wait it was it was obvious that he you know despite the fact that we speak about a man who was but he managed to introduce other individuals who can

convey the message of a man regardless. who those people that basically did not rule the fact that he is the center he is the core of the car. you want comes to politics the national relations engagement all of this is the center is i mean according to you know all of those important meetings he is there i mean look at the last evidence he was engaged in receiving the prime minister of israel basically it was controversial and that tells you how much his personality is important when it comes to money politics and going back over the half century that he ruled the country he seemed to have this this high water mark of it's more difficult to stay out of a fight in absolutes than it is to get involved in the fight which was i guess some sense is in some ways precisely what other arab leaders would not want to hear because they were kind of getting ready to get involved in iran iraq war or some

conflict in the g.c.c. a lot of interest or whatever whatever the situation may be he'd say actually guys know stay out of it don't get involved basically he meant it i mean if you look at their theme important milestone being part of you know being close to iraq and iran in 1980 s. that was a very interesting and not being involved with any won't those countries keeping the embassy open and toran and having a relation with iraq that's very very significant from a country later on that the 2nd one you know being in gauging with iran iran and the severe pressure even in iran being isolated and you have the same time the friend of the united states and not involved in for years and suddenly you become an important player when it comes to the it seems the timing the the geopolitics what's happening around them is also determine the money move or what they would they would they do again if you look at their role in yemen now for a while

a man was monitoring the situation a man was calling for peace a man did not. reject to be a part of the size of the storm and but at the end of the day they found themselves in good they found themselves the center of negotiation and mediate. receiving a hoot isn't it so it seems they managed to distance himself for a while but the changes actually come just behind the door and when the changes come behind the door they found him so no no way but to be engaged that did he get his people to get involved in these various kind of dog whistle issues that he was involved in or did it to him self i'm thinking here as a big was mentioning they're talking to tehran 201120123 american hikers they're on the wrong place at the wrong time if they get lifted by the iranian authorities so it's a diplomatic crisis oh no it's not because a man's getting involved everyone has a sigh of relief and he secures their release you know the end of the day this is

a monarch you have you have the tools 1st of all there is sort of international respect to him and he has also a good communicator through his institutions you know he have a very sophisticated military institutions and they are well connected regionally and internationally and those actually they help in all of those matters and also he has a very sophisticated diplomatic institution institution or even individuals and you know and those and these kind of students and the group of people they helped to convey his message and to implement and to reflect on his vision on the country i think that helped him basically to be everywhere but himself is actually not in any way a united heard lots of conversations about how various arab mia's will sultans or who have his rule in the country is what has been maybe perceived as being at risk when the arab spring kicked off he never was because at 29 years old he took all

wealth in a country that had virtually no road network no education network no health service to speak of and turned it into a successful middle income country anyone by and large genuinely middle income country lots of oil money coming in. the ground but also a content country the country genuinely held him in high affection so no one was going to go after him there were never going to be demonstrations on the streets not that he shot it down because it just never happened because it was never going to happen i think what happened in a manner similar to what happened and morocco. there was some demonstrations in a man there was some criticism there were calls for reform but there was no serious demonstrations all the money was was was 3 or 4 groups of people and yes yes so basically in a man you know many leadership respond quickly to the movement and by calling for more. you know reform when it comes to the elections when it comes to the presence

of hooman in public sphere and recent problem and i think i think more than 6 women were elected actually in the parliament so you know pushing more to the you know the young the young generation to be more involved in politics opening up more opportunities you know benefiting from the crisis around them i mean if you look at the for example the siege impose and cut that it was it was a serious you know earthquake in the region a man has been effected politically and economically from that because of its relations with qatar and at the same time many of the ties with other gulf states big question who will succeed him that's that is that is an important issue according to the information available we know that you know the constitution speaks about. article $5.00 and $6.00 basically they are giving the ruling family 3 days to. clear the name already the defense counsel of

a man has called the family actually to meet and decide they speak about 2 individuals 3 individuals who seem to be close. and i think they can you know the names just to keep basically the. 23 names the 1st one is i said been been thought of. and also been thought of who served as minister of national heritage and culture for a wide and also this week about she had been thought of who used who served as advisor to the salon since 2004 interesting about shihab he said he was a commander of salt on a man navy since 1990 that that's that's something very interesting. for example them was in charge of. the recent movement of a man declaring the vision of

a man $24.00 teeth which basically were among what heading in next 202020 years so i think those names now are now on the table and do it been circulated for a while ok. again i'm sure in the coming hours or the next few hours but in the meantime thank you so much for. pushing house on ya he is a professor of international relations and security issues at sultan qaboos university earlier we spoke to on the telephone from london about how sultan qaboos spin side al side will be remembered it's a shocking news of though. we did we didn't expect it to come because this sergeant was to see a recent event to belgium or treatment and that he came back share kids huge days after he left that was a sign that the treatment was not a success what although it was in the news after his youth that he was ok

at that east point i believe it's a crave. for your money i have sympathy. how do you think he'll be remembered. remembered as a great. that door it was somebody who cared to care o'meara from stone age you can say to a very very modern society has 50 years to go you know there was already one or 2 schools. religious schools and now there are so many universities in terms of people prosperity to same came during the 2nd world war for example. you could find very very poor people really are bad now in terms of. revenue per capita. has a good place among the nations and also maybe more importantly.

somebody who brought some peace and security to amman east but also you see their protection. in amongst foreign policy this is why oman was almost the only chase in the entire middle east where believe it's could go negotiate talk to each other and try to resolve their problems you could if you didn't have such an example in the entire region that even just in the past year or so he was still doing that thing that he's known to have been very good at that kind of a molly into effect and one remembers in 2018 oman was playing a quiet but pivotal role in the u.n. driven desire to get peace in yemen when the u.n. special envoy to yemen was shuttlecock ing around the region oman was was folding itself into that hopefully equation trying to achieve peace in yemen. indeed.

most can't be happy to out of our money to place. who he's used to though it is to be sent on it's used to going to go shake the dishes while if you look at it almost foreign policy that dip a result for months for quality on non interference in other countries f.a.'s and on so do not expecting others to interfere in your. return on a face. out of that point is he was no troll activity. positive or. no trinity meaning that although i'm on had this policy of not interference but it was. a place to go in order to find or to negotiate for peace and security you mention those

things not that may be one of the most discussed being found in the. 5 plus one we create power negotiations for nokia i came into everything you started you know months long before it became public and then had a result that was an example so that this is basically the policy down at certain call loose used to. have during his time as he is now in power and a consequence he was although the country is very small the 10s of economy population maybe 3 capability on all of those issues that nevertheless on how to taste among the nations that we see

a unique place among the nation precisely because of the. majesty's politicians. memories of the sultan of oman who's dies at the age of $79.00 but developing story coming to us out with mascots dominating our coverage of course here on the news hour we'll get you all across the latest developments when we come back on the other side of the break with a recap of the headlines but also still to come here on the news out the u.n. security council in use a syrian aid operation but scales it back to avoid a russian veto. also ahead with only 4 percent of its waste ever being recycled mexico's biggest city mexico city introduces a new plastic bag. it's not to wait but the feet the president finally gets a seat at the top table of world sport all the details coming up with santa in about 20 minutes.

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since 1970 has died after what's believed to be a long illness he was 79. let's take a look at what happens next for oman following that announcement will the 79 year old have no children and no publicly announced successor meaning no one to immediately take over the throne that decision now falls to a man's ruling family who've been called on by the country's military council they will meet to choose a successor if they consecrate within 3 days it will default to a person secretly chosen by the late sultan himself that person's name is written inside a sealed letter let's talk now to georgia he's the c.e.o. of gulf state and a little geopolitical risk consultancy firm focusing on the arab peninsula he joins us from palo alto in california giorgio cafeteria welcome back to the news so we're discussing here a man whose legacy cost a long long shadow for all the right reasons across the middle east.

yes 1st of all thank you very much for having me on the show tonight i want to begin by a respect to his majesty sultan qaboos i want to say that the sultan into oman and its citizens are in my thoughts right now you know for many years analysts and observers of the gulf region have known that this moment too would come when oman will need to transition into the host spirit. given the fact that. whose is such a popular revered that leader who's taken this so much credit for the transformation of all modern that that took place after it is arise in 1970 so much of the current omani state is connected to. as a leader when he came to power in 1970 oman which is

a very poor country it's under his leadership that so much development took place and in such a short period of time and also in an extremely volatile region we can. all hope that the peace that oman has experienced for decades will be able to outlast sort on caboose longest serving ruler in the middle east off a century how did he manage it how did he manage to stay on that long. well you know oman is internal policies and external policies are very connected one of the things that assault on couples did to ensure stability within his own country was to promote stability throughout the region even in a region is

a war torn in this volatile as the middle east there were examples of sorts on caboose successfully bringing different parties together to find common ground in recent times we can point to the talks which oman hosted. during obama's presidency in which american and iranian negotiators began talks that later led to the watershed passage of the nuclear deal in 2015 oman has also hosted talks aimed at resolving the conflict in yemen. oman is also try to be a bridge between israelis and palestinians a bridge between iranians in error in iranians and westerners and this is a very very unique kind of foreign policy we don't see really other arab states in

the region able to pull off such a balanced and careful foreign policy with any without a doubt much of this i think needs to be attributed to the wisdom of sorts on caboose as an individual leader we are just at the very beginning of a 3 day process so it's saturday sunday monday tuesday but by the end of choose daily weapons they we should in theory know who his replacement is would it be fair to say that you think george you that whoever ends up ruling oman will have been chosen either by the family oh by the. special council that's now also in session we understand because they've they will be perceived as somebody who can bring to the table a mindset of if it isn't broken don't fix it because oman clearly would like more of the same indeed the gulf region because there are so many conflicts going on now around the arabian gulf the persian gulf coast what you

will cook whatever you want i mean but more of the same would go down very well with everyone sure you know a when you talk to omanis they are able to look around the region to yemen horn of africa rock afghanistan syria how this die in libya so on and so forth they see all of these fires nearby and they are very grateful for the fact that the sultan interval mon as we need to figure it simply speaking it's been an island of train quilty and stability there's no doubt that what omanis are hoping and praying for is that the kind of peace that has defined oman's internal environment for decades will continue to define it for hopefully many many decades to come ok you know the next sort on is going to

have some very big shoes to fill but again there's going to be a lot of support for a moment nice when it comes to. putting forth strategies that are aimed at continuing the peace that oman has benefited from for so long georgia. in california thank you thank you. ok that's the latest from oman we'll wrap up some of the top stories for you now the u.s. has imposed additional sanctions on iran in retaliation for the iranian missile attack on u.s. forces in iraq they target iran's manufacturing and mining industries as well as 8 senior officials can be helped it's in washington 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 how boring 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 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 in the president believes it's 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 at al-jazeera the white house officials in canada poised to travel to iran to deal with the off the mouth of the ukrainian and crash which killed $57.00 of its people they say this evidence suggests in the plane was brought down by an iranian missile a claim tehran denies but counted as foreign minister spoke within the last few hours saying still waiting for visas for the crash investigation teams. we 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 iranians 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 participate in the investigation. and ukraine's main intelligence agency is now focusing its investigation into possible causes for the plane crash either terrorism or a missile strike the crash killed 176 people and now several governments are sharing information about what may have led to the disaster catching the person the young reports. a missile strike or terrorism attack these are the 2 possibilities ukraine's national security services says could have caused a ukrainian plane to crash into iran killing all 176 people on board the statement was made after ukraine's foreign minister said iran had given his team access to the plane's black boxes said

a special committee that in the midst of inversed we planned to begin with the reconstruction of the conversations that took place before the crash we also have access to the dispatcher's records of the flight control center tehran airport and our pilots. washington has shared intil with ukraine the u.s. canada and other western governments say they have evidence the plane was brought down by a rainy and messiah probably by mistake iran has denied responsibility and says the tragedy has been politicized but international pressure is mounting and now nato is looking into the investigation the plane may have been down the body iranian air defenses systems that's exactly why we need a photo we noticed a geisha and that's exactly why we need to establish all the facts. iran has said the plane had mechanical problems it has invited international experts from france ukraine the u.s. and canada to examine the wreckage but some of the debris has been moved and

questions are being raised about the integrity of the evidence possibly a little pulse of sailed right at the end of the recording that would be indicative of a ball morning explosion and looking the other way around the wreckage would be looking for holes in the wreckage that might be caused by something exploding outside or something exploding inside the. hours before the plane crashed iran launched missiles targeting the u.s. military in iraq and iran's air defense forces were on high alert. redrew. the people would know there are all sorts of attempts to quickly blame this accident to iran i believe it's unacceptable to speak out on the so quickly. a plane crash that has turned into an international investigation that could complicate regional tensions even further katia llopis a began al-jazeera. the un security council has voted to renew its cross border operation to deliver aid to syria for the next 6 months but the number of crossings

and length of the program will have to avoid a russian veto the security council will allow a deliveries to continue from turkey but dropped crossing points from iraq and jordan. mexico city has banned the use of plastic bags as the latest 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 to say 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 metric 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 require. everyone's commitment is the bottom muscle because as we put it then the mask is that. instead of inspecting stores and policing we're putting our trust in consumers we believe the primary watchdog for this regulation should be consumers can shima should 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 al-jazeera. does anybody know the position of. i think you ought to go here but you go and talk to some fun

of the expense of the special one more details in the sports. the fall of the burning inspired you to pin dreams of peace and democracy but how many came to pass they transform from the social democrats but it was a fake democracy people in power travels from the former eastern bloc to wasp-y. post cold war optimism to succumb to darker more authoritarian realities the police called a cop or brought a bomb to the launch and they were ready to detonate beyond the wall one on al jazeera 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 immigration 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. prejudiced some tried in hungary on al-jazeera. fort hood. 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 in a 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. star pair

eventually won the match in a tie break with the dallas spending close to 4 and a half hours on court in total spain will play host australia on friday. now me 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 she can britain's to move into the semifinals to title wins at the end of the 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 headed russia for your ban from international sporting events as punishment for manipulating laboratory data in a doping scandal back in 2015. the ban also bars russia from good 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 important for the are you see also for the international federation sees to that we get a decision which does not leave room to any kind of interpretation.

of these must be voter approved 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 he and i 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 favor as a 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 jos 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 toss a plate or was

a goal people. well there was a goalkeeper does anybody know what was the more you know what it is you play come on the i want to know it all the more we do google it now we have time. i have time . and the. story has it. probably won't distract marino too much as far as boss has a major problem to deal with his star striker harry k. 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 that. 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 time darker rallies happy and stephan petter

hansell has one stage 6 of this year's race in saudi arabia the result puts a 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 already 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 that just cleared to join in the fight romero was one of the players objected from the game. and that's all your support for now more later. that's it for me and the 2 g. news team here in doha on the stand so you will have more for you from oman on the

other side of the break from 3 g. also use of a. versatile problem is something which is a geopolitical issue that's for governments international institutions to manage on their $1000.00 refugees don't have the right to walk freely on the other boards and will freely as far and as much as they want it's a national colonialism this is a v i'm not and over the democratic process these companies they just want the money europe's forbidden colony episode $1.00 on al-jazeera 3 years after cholera was discovered in haiti this is just one example of how the death toll from this epidemic could be much higher than anyone knows and al jazeera investigation into who should be held responsible travel to the united nations headquarters in new york. we spoke to the secretary general again in this room

we're going to try to catch up with the times but has justice now been served for the victims rewind haiti in a time of cholera on al-jazeera. january on i want to see. president donald trump is the 3rd president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u.s. leader on the brink of an election of so much ily and 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 progression of family links to the city's regime examines if it's early may now be embracing fresh study on the g.'s most believed gone forever with the general election out of the way breaks it is now certain how will the u.k. proceed with the transition. moves january on al-jazeera. among

sultan qaboos been inside outside dies at the age of 79. a man's defense counsel has met to discuss who could take over congress had no children and didn't publicly name a successor. lam. that i missed or is it a and this is al jazeera live from also coming up the u.s. hits around with more sanctions one of the commanders targeted has brushed them off as symbolic. inviting begins for elections that are expected to keep.