i'm imagining to see al-jazeera. and courage for that matter to. al-jazeera. the. unfortunately because of a very small decision made by an individual this tragedy happened. iran's revolutionary guard admits it mistakenly shot down a ukrainian airliner on wednesday killing all the 176 people on board. and ukraine says iran must offer a formal apology a compensation to the families and bring those responsible to justice. the watching officer on life from a headquarters in doha. also ahead a call for peace the leaders of germany and russia agreed to hold an international

conference in berlin to try and the war in libya. all modern more insult on a long time ruler known for promoting peace in an unstable region his cousin has some been taught to conceal you does name the new leader. hello in a dramatic u. turn iran has now admitted shooting down a ukrainian airliner describing it as a disastrous mistake 176 people were killed when the plane crashed on wednesday a commander with the revolutionary guards. apologized to the nation and accepted full responsibility he says the plane was brought down by a short range missile soon after takeoff from ron it was the same night iran launched missiles that iraq had bases housing u.s. troops as his own image out of there how. those in our aviation services who are

denying responsibility they were saying this based on their findings and i repeat they are not to blame it is us who are to blame. name the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability this was a very small missile and that's why the plane had the time to sort of blend in to crash it did not explode straight away so they were not aware i do not know to defend them so our military forces neither the i or g. was aware about it but we are regretful and we also are in pain and we share the pain of those families who lost their loved ones so basically this happened due to the heinous activities of americans that night we were ready to confront in any way there was a prediction that anything could have happened because there were so many airplanes

in the air some aircraft and fighter jets there was a possibility for missiles to fire at us so we were ready unfortunately because of a very small decision made by an individual this tragedy happened well crowds of students in central to who are protesting the government's response to the airliners. they chanted death to the liars and called for the resignation of those responsible for shooting down the plane the protests are in front of america university where a vigil for the victims had been held earlier and the semi official far as the news agency reported some protesters tore pictures of custom soleimani in chants of against the iranian leadership in a few moments why can't i will be telling us how this news is likely to go down in washington but 1st. joining us from tehran and now that that admission has been made or saw what more can you tell us about the reaction. and across the country.

well i think there's been a sense of shock and disbelief and anger by iranians at the news that was shared with them this morning by the revolutionary guards aerospace unit about what took place this missile strike striking this airline ukrainian airline new boeing $737.00 is something ordinary arraigning just can't fathom the scenes that we've seen outside they are mere cover university of chanting incompetent officials get out they want to the officials responsible for this. horrendous accident to be held accountable and the rain in public is just besides they're trying to come to terms with what has happened we've heard reports from the local news agencies that around the 1000 people have gathered outside this university to protest what has been shared with them that this. bowing that crashed was as a result of

a missile strike by the iranians there is a sense that this is really something they can't let go that people that were accounted held responsible for this need to be accountable that we've also understand that the head of the revolutionary guard will be going to parliament to brief m.p.'s in a closed door session we've also just received word that the reigning president hassan rouhani has been speaking to canadian prime minister justin trudeau they had a phone conversation where the reigning president reiterated iran's continue cooperation on the matter but the president rouhani said that security in the region has reached a dangerous level due to the actions and interference of the united states these are very strong words that the iranian president has been speaking with the canadian prime minister about the cooperation between the 2 sides but stressing that the united states interference in this region is becoming very very dangerous

all right mari thank you for that update from iran let's. but that's all i can i he's joining us from washington so as doris i was saying rouhani the iranian president saying that u.s. interference in the region is becoming quite dangerous and earlier in the press conference we did hear officials saying that the shooting down occurred in the midst of hostilities with the united states how is all of this going down in washington where you are oh there's been no formal reaction from washington to iran's acknowledgment of being responsible for the downing of that airliner there is an atmosphere of restraint it would appear not even the contention that the downing might have been part of a wider sense of hostilities has received any reaction from the united states president trump has been tweeting this morning but it's all to do with domestic issues it appears that the shooting down of the airline and not on his radar at the moment certainly not according to his twitter stream stream the state department also no formal comment so clearly the whole atmosphere of the escalation appears to

be the trademark of the trumpet ministration at this particular time secretary of state has said that he wants discrimination president trump has said so and certainly in terms of the muted or even a lack of reaction to the iranian acknowledgment this would appear to be the case at this particular point all right mike hanna thank you. now the leaders of russia and germany are pushing for a libyan peace talks to be held in berlin a lot of reports at an angle a merkel held a joint conference in moscow a day before a planned cease fire in libya is due to come into effect at midnight on sunday russia the u.n. representative for libya have called for the ceasefire but the warlords 24 have to it has refused to adhere to its we remain the. welcome the german initiative to have a conference in berlin on libya and we would like to invite all involved parties in states all decisions should be coordinated with those involved in the libya

conflict and we should also have mr salami as the u.n. representative. let's bring in some passengers joining us from los so what was the most important outcome off that meeting stopped well libya was the main topic of that meeting and we can say and the president putin is still hopeful that in the 5 hours from now this cease fire well actually it materialized in libya and he said that he did support this initiative by germany to hold this conference a peace conference and i'm glad merkel also stress that all the parties will be invited to come to berlin to hold this conference but it was also interesting because during this press conference after the meeting president putin was asked about the allegations by turkey that russian mercenaries so to thousands of them have been fighting on the side of her and the president putin said that well if

there are russian citizens there they are not backed by the state they don't represent the state and they are also not being paid by the state but it's also interesting to know that because of this call for a ceasefire which actually materialized came to get a during a meeting in istanbul on wednesday of last week that this call has completely been rejected by have to so there's a lot of question about how much pressure actually and how much power russia has over half of course is very keen and very much interestingly watching this situation because she she doesn't want any more bloodshed and also is also very worried about more refugees coming to europe specifically coming to germany right sussan thank you. had this in tripoli and says it has yet to be seen if putin convince have to add in his forces to implement the cease fire on the grounds. ceasefire does not seem to be accepted by the both.

faction because as you know that have to has rejected this ceasefire called by both of them and putin and meanwhile fighting. today in southern tripoli and the government military sources say that they have killed the sudanese mercenaries fighting along where they have to as forces in a couple of axes in southern new tripoli but the question now is whether or not this cease fire call would be translated into action on the ground as you know that many people here in especially in the west of libya are calling for calm actually the government of national called have accepted the cease fire agreement but again it's not being implemented on the ground but the question now is that many people are asking here in the west of libya where there are not prison putin can put

pressure on have to his forces to stop the military escalation in southern tripoli as the question he answered about the wagner's russian mercenaries fighting along would have to say said that they do not belong to this state and they don't get paid by the state but they get the russians and they're making a change on the ground they have been helping have to his forces taken control of several occasions they have been escalating the fighting in southern tripoli that's also to an assembler marty is an affairs analyst on libya these scientific institutions joining us live via skype from london thanks for being with us on al-jazeera so let's 1st talk about the cease fire and on and right where putin have called for a truce and a cease fire in libya starting from midnight on saturday we know it's been rejected by warlords and if i have to how much leverage this putin have on have to it and can he convince them to abide by the cease fire. well there are 2 elements here it's number one how much of the operation is actually being controlled by harper on

and how much of the operation. continue without russia's support me to give ground forces because it will of article absolutely to chip out of nothing of those numbers a quite of a quality some of hundreds of bodies that most of these on the ground what if russia was to move to remove those and most used the approaches going to lock them absolutely for the most important here is actually it's not really one of those of you control or so much as the question is posed almost entirely for a model that seems of pentecost versus the heart from from the earlier egypt or the last couple of years but the drone strikes that are the sponsible for at least 2050 are all being controlled by the us from an islam which that is the only problem compared to 16 so who do you have to call and want this war to stop of the political is that season and these are the listen much of this work can be done without russia but there's so much of that is not being done by our so there has been a number of photos of bin laden but there are reports mother in

a sort of multiple to those heads of state specific instances i don't you and those at the front to get them to hold back while on the other principle and yet so what could be happening behind the scenes and particularly ahead of this planned schedule for peace talks in berlin as we heard the german chancellor announced just a few hours ago in moscow what are the chances of success if this conference does go ahead. well the conference is actually on most of this members only look at the actual content on the opposite ends of the conference it's a conference they try to get international players to agree among themselves about who they're going to support and again it's not a conference within both parties whether in kind of off their own along with january or follow sort of but it's not that that's not the subject but the conference is even more startling when we think there are so much this unity in the international community will happen have a conference about partly what are question marks of the public and even bringing of instal that's the main issue here is that there are some lunch what is being

said about much of the supports agenda in general that's the u.n. but. in truth they offer almost little to no support role which has been the case for the last my months which is why helicopter has not been function when it's not due to land wasn't criticized and that's what do you learn about government generally have to go pluck it fall apart and military support over the last month and a half that's really what we saw before and what if the if this if much of it was your number one little thing called depression and that's what's what this public conferences i think were very very far off look these were sort of well i think what's the because there seems to be only just more of our to rein in on the battles of the month that's really important things look if we want moms and bottle we're properly the 1st one that's going to ripen the local faction the believe they can't get it if the flow of weapons and that's on the ground at the very least in addition to the forces the vehicle but by explaining lightly but not that controlled by libyans if those 2 elements are not in the look of absolutely no

chance of how or what we're going to get this the one from soon all right on that there we thank you very much anderson cannot say for joining us. still ahead on al-jazeera. taiwan's president trying one wins a 2nd term in a vote closely watched by beijing. broken homes and broken promises to talk to survivors of haiti's earthquake hussein life hasn't improved by decades after being displaced. however after it rains heavily in the gulf and he did that yesterday through that thing so you get the oil which means all the rain is now going to toss around in towards pakistan and the breeze is blowing fairly strongly afterwards with a high temperature on the very low side 19 in doha 14 in riyadh 18 we are below

20 that's colder than it should be the rain will be useful briefly heavy i think in the u.a.e. in parts of our mandate runs through so by monday it's probably gone on the shamar weakens but temperatures are really recovering in the levant there are few showers around still nothing like as heavy as they were there all the same the heaviest stuff went east woods and there's a full cost us and pretty big downpours in baghdad and eastern iraq during monday that is this part of the world the further west you go the drier it is but that's true most any time of the year to hamas and still blowing through sudan through chad and the jam but to see a thing in the sky we go to go to the coastline area or tunisia otherwise it's a fairly dry picture and expect that there are a few showers today in kenya and somalia but the what is weather after of course is for the sox season the it should be from angola east which is the heaviest downpours but not so much in south africa.

frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires usage really well you're not the politics of climate change informed opinions the economy i think is actually what's keeping damo truck afloat right now critical debate sequel on those do schoolchildren know what the noise on 'd a bogus argument is astonishingly patronize their in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. roots.

hello again the top stories on al-jazeera iran has admitted shooting down a ukrainian airliner in describing it as a disastrous mistake a revolutionary guard commander says a short range missile brought down the plane shortly after takeoff from to one airport on wednesday. the announcement by the revolutionary guards has been met with protest in iran students into iran have denounced the response are calling on the government and those responsible on trial. the russian president vladimir putin says he supports libyan peace talks that are being planned for berlin and german chancellor angela merkel says the united nations should be involved in those talks. oman has declared 3 days of mourning after the death of its leader assault on. the region's longest ruling monarch died after a long illness at the age of 79 his cousin has some been taught it and science has

been sworn in as his successor has some how about a husband. this is no man's new sultan haitham been thought it. sworn in a few hours after the death of his predecessor. the oldest rolling monarch in the region and the founding father of modern day oman. sultan haitham made it clear in his 1st speech to the public that he will follow in the footsteps of the late silt on see if. we remain guided by the late sultans wisdom going forward we will preserve and embark on the achievements he made this is what we are adamant to do to follow in his footsteps with respect to international relations we will follow in the same course set out by the late sultan we will embrace foreign policies based on peaceful coexistence without any interference in domestic affairs of other states. the succession ceremony was swift and smooth dispelling any concerns about

uncertainty and instability in one of the oldest dynasties in the gulf region but the new sultan would have several roles he's the prime minister controls the government the armed forces finance and foreign affairs his biggest challenge is balancing a budget that relies on revenues from dwindling gas and oil resources. to better the death of couple's comes at a critical moment tension has grown in the region after the us assassination of iranian military command some say money is killing has shattered any hopes of a diplomatic solution oh man has in the past played a crucial role in narrowing differences between the 2 rivals it has a longstanding neutral approach to the problems of the region in 2017 when saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar oman refused to take sides calling instead for dialogue.

it also plays a central role in the international 1st and the war in yemen. the new sultan has insisted he will maintain his nation's neutrality and honor the legacy of salt. the later came to power in 1970 at a time when our man was underdeveloped divided and facing a rebellion in the south but managed to overcome those obstacles and turn it into a modern state. faced another challenge in 2011 when thousands of people protested demanding better wages and more jobs. as the arab spring was spreading sultan qaboos 5 members of his government gave more powers to the consultative council and began reforming the public sector. the late one arc will

be remembered by his people as a unifying figure and by the world as a shrewd politician for turned a small nation into a regional player but i'll just 0 taiwan's pro independence president sighing one has declared victory in the general election the declaration came shortly after the opposition candidate conceded defeat the vote has been seen as a choice between moving closer to china or continuing to resist beijing's push for re-unification. the results of this election carry an added significance because they have shown that when our sovereignty and democracy are threatened the people will shout our determination even more loudly back over the past 3 years our ministration have been firm on our bottom line on taiwan's sovereignty but we also continue to maintain healthy exchanges with china in the face of china for diplomatic pressure and military threats we have maintained a non-provocative non adventurous that has prevented

a serious conflict from breaking out in the taiwan straits scott had a reports that size reelection as a rejection of china is one country 2 systems policy. it was expected that she was she and the party the d.p.p. were going to win this election but they won handedly in fact they broke records she broke a record of the most votes ever for president so really kind of resoundingly message coming from the people of taiwan on this election day and she reiterated some of the main points some of the feelings as to why they supported her and there's the support of the d.p.p. she said that they are reject this election is a rejection of china's one country 2 systems policy that is the main message they really kind of has come across and obviously the people of taiwan the majority of people to want that picture as the president to lead that initiative one thing that really inspired and shifted feelings toward the d.p.p. toward her remaining as president happened since really july when those protests

those pro-democracy protests in hong kong took place no one thing you really need to focus on you know the economy here is reliant on mainland china but what people became very concerned about is when they saw how china was implementing the one country 2 systems and their iron fist and how the pro-democracy protesters were treated in hong kong so that was a very very a touchstone to the voters here and that's why you saw a big shift because just a year ago the political party the d.p.p. the ruling party and simon were on the ropes the political world they were not doing so well that they didn't fare well in a regional election in 2018 and there was even talk about the senior members encouraging her not to run for reelection what a difference just a couple of months have made and now squarely behind her the good the people of taiwan and squarely behind the idea that they want to reject one country 2 systems and that intimidation as as she has said from mainland china. north korea says a strong personal relationship between its leader and the u.s.

president are not enough for it to return to talks the north korean foreign ministry says donald trump sent greetings to kim jong un for his birthday fall to be on january 8th but an adviser says more than warm words are needed and that washington must make substantial concessions before any more negotiations are held demonstrations have been taking place in the polish capital against a controversial law that could see judges punished if they're critical of court reforms poland's parliament passed along december defying warnings from the european union the law allows the government to fire judges for their remarks and protesters fear it could risk the independence of the judiciary. as in the polish capital warsaw this demonstration here in warsaw as attracted many thousands of people including judges and public prosecutors from around the country but also from other european countries as well the judges have been around the country

campaigning to spread the message that their profession is under attack clearly they have got a fair amount of support at least here in warsaw next week the senate will be judging on this reform bill they're likely to reject it because the opposition controls the upper house in parliament but it will go back to the lower house which is controlled by the ruling lurid justice party in the next few months that this issue is likely to hold up here in poland more than a 1000000 and a half people were made homeless when a devastating earthquake hit haiti in 2010 a decade on survivors are still struggling many never saw the benefits of the humanitarian aid that flowed into the country and they see little chance of that changing. as a bow as in the capital port au prince and has this report. 1st arrived to the orphanage when he was 6 years old he's parents died in the

earthquake in 2010. he arrived with his 4 year old brother looking for help both of them have been living here for the past 10 years. i was the 1st kid to arrive here my life's been very difficult and yvonne still alive because of the grace of god i feel very sad because i don't have anyone i don't even have an answer if i leave here i don't know where i'm going to end up. the orphanage is all riginal building was destroyed in the earthquake so the directors were forced to search for a new space levy them yet says they have been struggling to care for the children since 2010 when you have a whisper in 72. 56 children are supposed to give some food 3 times one a day was supposed to give what are you supposed to give all you seem to care and to whom that fields if you call to find the money and sometimes go to the

organizations they can give you their good work once response but sometimes you go back to. haiti's earthquake killed over 300000 people over 1000000 and a half who are displaced because their homes were destroyed thousands of survivors came here to guard their 30 minutes outside of port au prince this place used to be filled with tents for those who were displaced by the earthquake it's now become a permanent settlement with no basic services most of these children were born here and when you talk to their parents they say that they do not believe the situation will improve any higher. moved here with his wife and 2 daughters they lived in makeshift shelters for years he says he was promised a house but he situation remains. unchanged 10 years on. we have been made lots of promises but the poor never see anything if they delivered

we wouldn't be here they never come to the camp and see how we live the ngos did not spend the money on us over $13000000000.00 were pledged to help haiti recover from the earthquake it was led by the united states but according to the united nations only half of that money was released much of it was spent on short temporal rams to assist people with fooled water and health care is after the earthquake there was a real effort to say this is going to be different because we're here to put ourselves out of a job right you build local capacity but the way to do that is to actually give money to local institutions to give money to local companies and instead we saw money totally bypass the haitian government haitian companies haitian organizations haitians that will society was left out and i think you know if you're looking for a sustainable solution or something that can be done better right it is to build up the local community to to prioritize their needs as opposed to the needs being

driven by members of congress in washington over the years the international community has prioritized stability over improving people's lives millions continue to be exposed to an endemic cycle of poverty and hunger that has been haunting haiti for a very long time that is how will. the headlines on al-jazeera this hour iran has admitted shooting down a ukrainian airliner describing it as a disastrous mistake a revolutionary guard commander says a short range missile brought down the plane shortly after takeoff from ron airport on wednesday. the announcement by the revolutionary guards has been met with protests in iran students have denounced the response and are calling on the government to put those responsible on trial for

such a bari has more on that front to one. we've heard reports from the local new news agencies that around the 1000 people have gathered outside this university to protest what has been shared with them that this. bowing that crashed was as a result of a missile strike by the iranians there is a sense that this is really something they can't let go that people that were accounted held responsible for this need to be accountable that we've also understand that the head of the revolutionary guard will be going to parliament to brief m.p.'s in a closed door session russian president vladimir putin says he supports libyan peace talks that are being planned for berlin and the german chancellor angela merkel says the united nations should be involved in those talks. the german initiative to have a conference in berlin on libya and we would like to invite all involved parties in states all decisions should be coordinated with those involved in the libya

conflict and we should also have mr salome as the u.n. representative. has the clear the 3 days of mourning after the death of its ruler. his cousin haitham been taught and saeed has been sworn in as the new leader he's pledged to maintain the late sultans policies of peace and noninterference taiwan's pro independence president has the clear victory in the general election the declaration came shortly after the opposition candidate conceded defeat the vote has been seen as a choice between moving closer to china or continuing to resist beijing's push for reunification those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story that's coming up next.

the arab world's longest serving leader has died. this of a mom is credited with modern eyes in his country and in a volatile region prioritizing diplomacy as a division so will that policy continue under the new moniker this is inside story . welcome to the program i'm often dennis among these mourning the death of a man who transformed the nation sultan qaboos bin sayit was 79 and had been ill for some time over the course of 50 years he turned to poll country on the arabian

peninsula into a modern state which stayed to diplomatically neutral in a region divided by conflict.