on 00. a diverse range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of a network's journalists on al-jazeera. a disastrous mistake iran's military admits it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane killing all a 176 people on board. a low i maryanne demasi in london you know with al jazeera also coming up on the program a man barry sultan qaboos the peacemaking leader who transformed his nation into a modern bastion of stability. a landslide victory for taiwan's probably dependents a president who's won a 2nd term in office and already delivered

a sharp warning to china also. nicholas hawken going to be so in the words law enforcement agency described as africa's 1st norco states join us next as we follow an anti north cortico prediction inside the capital of the international airports. in a stunning admission of guilt iran says its military mistakenly shot down a ukrainian passenger jet last week killing all a 176 people on board it was the same night iran launched missiles at a rocky bases housing u.s. troops as tensions flared of the assassination of iranian general hossam salim money ukraine has demanded a full apology and compensation along with canada many of the passengers were canadian and the prime minister justin trudeau has called for a thorough investigation it's also by reports now from the iranian capital. the

final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a ukrainian airlines boeing 737. for days iranian officials denied it had been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday iran's revolutionary guard delivered this dramatic u. turn. it is. us who are to blame 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 . the belated admission has sparked protests in teheran they chant death to liars and shameless as they demand those responsible for the missile strike to be brought to justice they're angry about the downing of the plane and they want accountability from the authorities less than 24 hours before saturday's admission the head of iran civil aviation organization spoke to al jazeera. was

uscis it is very obvious that it was not hit by a missile if a missile hit it it should have crashed in its original direction. and this is what's causing more anger among iranians the fact that it took officials more than 48 hours after repeated denials to reveal what really happened there was also criticism when the preform the wreckage was moved from the crash site possibly tainting evidence. the announcement comes a day after iran gave a ukrainian team access to the plane's black boxes evidence that could be crucial for putting together a timeline a group of international aviation experts is now part of the iranian investigation but this case could complicate further a region that's already in crisis well those joins us live now from toronto a 1st of all if we can start by looking at a bit more reaction inside the country because there have been protests in the

capital tehran with people shouting anti government slogans at these protests. yes there's been a lot of anger at the officials in the way they've handled this entire catastrophe there was a number of students that gathered at a university in tehran earlier this afternoon and they held a vigil for the victims 6 of the victims are from that university so they held a vigil service there and that turned into protests very quickly we could hear the chants that they were saying liars need to be prosecuted that they want the authorities who are responsible to be held accountable for this they are also chanting slogans such as i urge you see out out is a very strong sentiments that are being put on display in the capital on saturday since the authorities decided to fess up to what actually happened. in terms of the

ordinary reign is that we've been speaking to there is there are a lot of anger they don't understand why the government didn't actually come out in the beginning to say this is happening we made a mistake it was a huge human error and the number of lives lost are unforgivable but it was an error nonetheless but the saudis didn't do that for 2 days they insisted that there was no missile that hit this plane and they continue with that narrative and people just don't understand why that continued for so long right there's a great deal of anger at the fact that that were repeated denials by iranian officials and despite the fact that western intelligence and other sources of basically pointing to iran being the cause of this crash what is likely to happen now will there be perhaps an internal investigation as to how something like this could have happened how commercial plane could have been targeted in this way.

certainly there is a investigation being called for and underway the head of the country's judiciary has said that all the evidence should go to that department and they can start their investigation the president even the supreme leader have all commented that there needs to be an inquiry about what actually happened how this could have happened the revolutionary guard is being held responsible and we heard from the head of the aerospace division of the revolutionary guard saying earlier on saturday that any outcome that the authorities decide they will take that as their punishment that they they will respect their decision whatever the authorities decide we also understand that the head of the revolutionary guard will be meeting with m.p.'s in a closed door session in parliament to go through the chain of events that led to this shooting down of the plane for now the authorities are very very adamant that they are going to look into this to make sure something like this never happens again but for a rainy and it's a very little consuls consolation right now that this is an error that won't happen

again thank you very much from toronto. well ukraine is offering more than $8000.00 in compensation to the families of those killed in the plane crash president demand selenski was speaking earlier saying that his iranian counterpart he spoke his own account about the investigation. give me store islam school. today. the aircraft was shot down i'm a the guilty party it's international support played a big role and i would like to thank the leaders of the united states canada britain ukrainian experts continue to work into iran and they will inspect the remains of the aircraft i spoke to the president of iran and he agreed to offer assistance to identify the remains of the ukrainian victims. well let's now get more from mike hanna he joins us live from washington so speaking to do also there is a feeling of deep regret and anger in in the iranian capital what about the international

reaction to all of this there is clearly now calls for a thorough and detailed investigation or generally international reaction has been welcoming of the iranian acknowledgment of responsibility for shooting down the airliner we've heard from the president of germany we've heard from various nato ministers and you heard there from the ukraine president but what the common thread is among the reaction is that while welcoming iran's acknowledgment there's also the emphasis on the need for further investigation the doesn't end with an iranian acceptance and admission of responsibility this was also summed up by the canadian prime minister who had the. canada in the world still have many questions questions that must be answered earlier this morning i spoke with president rouhani

of iran i told him that iran's admission that its own armed forces unintentionally shot down flight 752 is an important step towards providing answers for families but i noted that many more steps must be taken a full and complete investigation must be conducted we need full clarity on how such a horrific tragedy could have occurred and mike and there been any conversations about this between just intrude and a president trump. well the canadian prime minister did say that he had been speaking to the u.s. president but no confirmation of that from the u.s. side in fact lacking in international reaction is any formal reaction from the united states there's been nothing from the secretary of state there's been nothing from the white house the president has been tweeting in the course of the morning

but this is all dealing with domestic issues certainly no reaction whatsoever so the message coming from the trumpet ministration it would appear is one of restraint is one of not pointing fingers any more attempting to deescalate the situation as the secretary of state says that he wants to do so very much an atmosphere of restraint here from the u.s. no acknowledgement whatsoever or reaction to the iranian admission of responsibility thank you mike hanna with the latest from washington. the middle east's longest serving has died at the age of $79.00 alone is mourning the loss of self and took the throne when the kingdom only had 3 schools and hospitals banning elektra radios and even umbrellas but he's been credited with transforming his nation into a modern state mediating complex disputes in

a region riven with turmoil his successor has vowed to carry on the south and to see as a peacemaker same bus ride he reports now from muscat. oman to new sultan hate them been taught it called saeed was sworn in a few hours after the longest ruling monarch in the region and the founding father of modern day oman. sold on hate them made it clear in his 1st speech to the public that he will follow in the footsteps of the late sultan 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 or

instability in one of the oldest dynasties in the gulf region. the new selden will have several roles he is the prime minister controls the government the armed forces finance and foreign affairs. his biggest challenge is balancing a budget that relies on revenue from gwendolyn oil and gas supplies. the death of silt on comes at a critical moment tension has grown in the region after the us assassination of iranian military commander qassam so the money his killing has shattered any hopes of a diplomatic solution oman has in the past played a crucial role in narrowing differences between the 2 rivals it has a long standing neutral approach 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 international efforts to end the war in yemen the new sultan has

insisted he will maintain his nation's neutrality and on are the legacy of. the late ruler who came to power in 1970 at a time when oman 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 so fired members of his government gave more powers to the consultation of counsel and began reforming the public sector the late monarch will be remembered by his people as a unifying figure and by the world as a shrewd politician who turned what many considered a small country into a major regional player saying bus ravi ultra 0 must. still ahead for you on the program a ceasefire just hours away and more than a dozen people are killed in as strike in the last rebel held parts of syria and

a truce and in libya has been rejected by the war not only for after a voice even started. hello woman with the wrong word the temperatures above average for the middle of winter would be correct for most of europe slow moving in means folks to a problem in parts of italy in countries to the east temperatures are single figures are so the not where they should be have been even in moscow were above freezing the wet and windy stuff that's coming across the british isles stars a weekend you'll see now is disappeared the rain is more like to be affecting southern sweden and denmark most other places a dry it's been a few showers around measuring it hitting southern italy bitsa greece and even sometimes turkey otherwise it's quiet and and folks real problem or just a gray sky not much more than that it's not much wind to move it the showers in the

med are hitting the coasts of egypt and libya and iran but i think more especially going to see than the north coast of argyria and tunisia that's at least for sunday possibly still for monday as well in fact if anything if you just look up here the development there also tripoli could see proper stormy weather in this part of the world so tunisia and pounds of libya further south in africa still some big showers to be found in tanzania but the real wet stuff is an ngo across d.r. congo and further research was seasonal rains and showing themselves and such. the story of a british italian man experiencing life caught up in a palestinian refugee camp in big words. coming feast a feast with the daily lives of its residents some of you have lived there for 70

years but he's been there a few germiston his life it's not going oh my short 7 days in beirut. on al-jazeera. to news. the. the world. welcome back a look out top story this hour world leaders have knowledge to iran's admission that it shot down a ukrainian passenger jet saying it could help calm tensions in the region president hassan rouhani described the firing in of a firing of an ad defense missile as a disastrous mistake. or many of the victims were from canada the country's prime

minister justin trudeau says he has asked for honey for clear answers on what he calls a horrific tragedy and our other top story oman sultan qaboos has died at the age of 79 his cousin haitham been aside has been sworn in as his successor. just hours before it was hoped to cease fire would come into force in libya the leaders of russia and germany of call for peace talks all of her life after is refusing to stop the fighting but the team of putin and i'm glad merkel say a solution is still possible. we welcome the german initiative to have a conference in berlin on libya and we would like to invite all involved parties and 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. i want to emphasize general secretary general good tears and me who are setting up

a process which is to give the libyan parties a possibility to have a future in a peaceful country noninterference and sovereignty and that is why the countries who are present in opposing position in libya want to mention mr saracen after that that they will be closely involved in developing this solution algis there is not what up there why it is in tripoli and says it's likely to be challenging for putin to convince have to change his mind about the ceasefire . ceasefire does not seem to be accepted by the both. factions because as you know that have to has rejected this ceasefire call by both of them and putin and meanwhile fighting mean you would do it today in southern tripoli and the government military sources say that they have killed the

sudanese mercenaries fighting along where they have to his 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 whether or 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 this was they said that they do not belong to this state and they don't get paid by the state but they get on the russians and they're making a change on the ground they have been helping have to his forces taken control of

several locations they have been escalating the fighting in southern tripoli. meanwhile at least 17 people have been killed in government as strikes in and around the syrian city of idlib dozens more were wounded in the attack on the rebel held area which has been bombarded by russian backed forces for weeks now on thursday russia announced a turkish brokered cease fire that's 2 to come into effect in a little under 2 hours time. well tensions between the u.s. and iran a being felt widely in the region right now in iraq they are raising doubts over the presence of foreign troops said the countries can take a prime minister has visited the kodesh regional capital air bill to discuss troop withdrawal. has held talks with members of the regional government at the presidential palace iraq's parliament held a non-binding vote last week to expel all foreign forces after they sas nation of the iranian military commander. in baghdad where the kurdish regional government is opposed to the withdrawal of u.s.

troops as the abdul hamid explains. this is the 1st time. comes to kurdish regional he's coming now in the capacity of a caretaker prime minister not a prime minister but these are difficult times and you do need the kurds on board you were mentioning this known by the vote taken by the iraqi parliament well the kurds have abstained of that and they made it very clear that they are against any withdrawal of the coalition troops from this country they say that at the moment there is a resurgence of ice is they have noticed that the borders of their region and certainly now that custom silly money has gone who and he played a big role certainly at the beginning when they will when isis sort of stormed central iraq he is tactics made a difference on the ground with the help of the. coalition forces from the sky and

according to the kurds from their point of view well if you remove all of that then iraq would be very vulnerable to every surges from eisel and that's a big concern for the kurds here well now more than 100 migrants including 50 children have been rescued in the mediterranean sea they were picked up on 3 separate missions by the german and rescue ship the sea washed 3 my clients who were found off the maltese and libyan coast at attempting to reach europe from libya at least 6 people have been killed off to a fire broke out at a nursing home in croatia a privately run facilities located north of the capital zagreb local media reported flames engulfing a wooden building at the site around 5 am on saturday morning police say an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire equation prime minister visited the site and pay tribute to those killed. well now to demonstrations in poland they have been taking place in the capital walls or

against a controversial all that can see judges punished if they are critical of courts reforms parliament passed the law in december defying warnings from the european union the law allows the government to fire judges for critical remarks but protesters fear it could endanger the independence of the judiciary. hundreds of people blocked streets in the indian city of call kata to protest against a visit by prime minister narendra modi demonstrators carried banners while chanting we don't want modi and response to the government's new citizenship will it allows religious minorities fleeing persecution in neighboring countries citizenship but the measure excludes muslims opponents of the law say it violates india's secular constitution there have been nationwide protests we are against the citizen amendment act and we are against the national population register we want to tell modi that if he will repeat the history of hitler then we can also repeat the

history of freedom so don't let it come to this taiwan's problem dependence president is celebrating a landslide victory after a vote has handed her a 2nd term in office in when who is also taiwan's 1st female leader is war in china not to threaten the island with force chinese government views taiwan is a breakaway province while party prefers independence scott highly reports now from taipei. in a major political comeback after being nearly sidelined a year ago taiwan's incumbent president signed wed was handed a historic victory winning the most votes of any president in the island's election history yeah right the comeback in victory are likely a result of the increasing tensions with china and how beijing has crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. i saw in her pro independence

democratic progressive party led the charge against chinese pledges of reunification iran or egypt or whatever the taiwanese people reject the one country 2 systems model we respect democracy and our sovereign rights as the president of taiwan i must deal with the cross trace relations according to the will of the people. sys main competition on quo you called and congratulated her a few hours after the polls closed he and his party strategy with china was engagement it's a big victory for sign when and the d.p.p. yes because it means another 4 years in the president's office but it also sends a strong message across the straits of taiwan the majority of the people here want this island to remain independent from china and they think she's the president to do it with the added importance of this election nearly 75 percent of eligible voters turned out more than the last 2 presidential elections you know what you are going to be people of my age the threat from china could not have been more real

just time. to where there is pressure from china there is resistance and the need for us to speak out against funds that this is all not that unlike previous elections we had more young people are speaking up this year their voice is louder and hurt during this election. so how do things move forward some think there will be major changes in the way beijing's communist party r.p.i. . see has been managing the tensions. i don't think the p.r.c. is going to suddenly decide that you know well i guess we have to work with her because she's been reelected. but i also don't anticipate that they will view this as an immediate provocation that they have to deal with. the victory has been savored one of the major task for president size 2nd term will be getting beijing to respond to her promise of their willingness to start a positive dialogue it's got to either al-jazeera type. people in any are

awaiting the verdict of a massive drug smuggling trial where 2 tons of cocaine was seized the biggest hole in the nation's history 12 people accused of smuggling the drugs last year the case highlights how the tiny west african countries become an international hub for drug trafficking a class act joined an anti narcotics operation at the airport and the capital pacelle acting on a tip off from brazil's anti narcotics officers going to be so as police believe pounce injuries on board this flight from lisbon are smuggling cocaine. detectives lever com and his team are looking for 3 individuals one of them is this man wearing a yellow jersey again in national from who lives in the brazilian city of south paulo he doesn't know it yet but he's about to be pulled aside for questioning. where are you coming from are you carrying anything illicit drugs who are you

visiting here where are you staying detective is already building his case this was going to sell to these other folks that i've seen life is the people who smuggle drugs are often vulnerable and from poor backgrounds but they're not stupid they know what's illegal and there are consequences to their actions but only for the other for you and there's you take sarah lives in sao paulo working in maintenance and earning $256.00 a month he says he's here to visit his family but the police believes he's hiding something so they ousted check his luggage. this is where most seizures take place at the airport and it's often over small quantities just a few grams of cocaine could lead the person that's being stopped. 10 to 15 years in prison but most cases go unprosecuted. the united states drugs in foresman agency says guinea-bissau is turning into what it calls a narco state the qs is latin american drug traffickers of bribing state officials

to let cocaine destined to europe transit through the country and into this hell region where armed groups use the drugs to fund their fighting $75000000.00 worth of cocaine was seized last year some of it hidden in cat food on a fast this is a war it's a threat to our country and to the region the traffickers a well organized and well financed it's difficult to fight them as investigators go through take serra's bag a bundle of drugs is found after urine test to accelerate admits to having swallowed 18 packets of drugs $5000.00 worth of cocaine lays in his stomach and. but that is without the rebirth of the are not skewed i'm doing this for my family i'll be freed. taken into detention at the police station to accessorize tripped and searched now under arrest he received decades in prison yet he seems calm he says this is not his 1st offense has been set free before the powerful

drug cartels are looking after him nicholas hawk al jazeera bizarre. all noise nation on all the stories we're covering right here you can watch us on life streaming there as well and plenty of comment and analysis to keep you busy to. the top story this hour in a dramatic new turn iran has admitted that its military mistakenly shot down ukrainian passenger jet last week president hassan rouhani described the firing of of an air defense missile as a disastrous mistake which brought down the plane outside to iran killing all $176.00 people on board and of the victims are from canada and the country's prime minister justin trudeau says he has asked rouhani for clear. canada and the world still have many questions questions that must be answered earlier this

morning i spoke with president rouhani of iran i told him that iran's admission that its own armed forces unintentionally shot down flight 752 is an important step towards providing answers for families but i noted that many more steps must be taken a full and complete investigation must be conducted we need full clarity on how such a horrific tragedy could have occurred. amman sultan who is seen as a neutral voice in the middle east has died at the age of 79 sultan qaboos took power 50 years ago and has been credited with modernizing the nation while maintaining peace with its neighbors his cousin aside has been named as its successor following a family council has vowed to carry on sultan qaboos his legacy as a peacemaker at least 17 people have been killed in government as strikes in and

around the syrian city of idlib dozens more were wounded in the attack on the rebel held area which has been bombarded with russian backed forces for weeks on thursday russia announced a turkish brokered cease fire that is jus to come into effect in around an hour and a half from now. and taiwan's president has won a 2nd term in a rebuke to china's campaign to reunify with the island nation when says landslide victory over pro china nationalist party candidate han kewl you shows that taiwan's people are committed to defending that democracy i'll have another news update for you in about 30 minutes from now coming up next it's the listening post with a focus on media in iran and the u.s. .

states. stop curse on us us. all drugs strike toxic. i know i've. got to say that that after all money he was killed in a canal right by us hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week the u.s. and iran after the assassination the media are playing their part in both countries just not the one they are intended to for anyone concerned about this conflict turning into world war 3 twitter has some handy ideas about how to dog a possible draft india bollywood is giving prime minister modi the cold shoulder as

his government struggles to sell its new citizenship law and by how they're covered by brazil's mainstream news outlets the people in rio's for.