to me leading left 20 figures to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically a. lot in america a giant in tom oil coming soon. 0 . 0000 i maryam namazie a watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes a disastrous mistake iran's military admits it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane killing all 176 people on board. after weeks of bombardment by pro-government forces a cease fire begins in syria's last rebel stronghold. on mon barre sultan a boosts the peace making leader who transformed his nation into

a modern bastion of stability. a landslide victory for taiwan's pro independence president has won a 2nd term in power and already delivered a sharp mooning to china. from obvious sims in doha with thoughtless schools liverpool open up a 16 point lead at the top of the english premier league game off to an 8 year wait . to move the cheese back to the gold for a similar it's a these. very warm welcome to the program our top story a stunning admission of guilt by iran which says its military mistakenly shot down a passenger jet last week killing all 176 people who were on board it was the same night iran launched missiles at iraqi bases housing u.s. troops as tensions flared over the assassination of iranian general us and so the

money president hassan rouhani has called the shooting of the plane a disastrous mistake he says and a defense missile had been fired an era bringing down the aircraft outside teheran it's caused an angry reaction inside iran with university students protesting on the streets and condemnation on social media ukrainian why. well as demanded a full apology and compensation along with canada many of the passengers were canadian and prime minister justin trudeau has called for a thorough investigation. begins our coverage now from tehran. the final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a ukrainian airlines boeing 737 for days on iranian officials the night 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 beleaguered 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. says 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 debris from 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 printing together a timeline a group of international aviation experts is now part of the reigning investigation but this case could complicate further a region that's already in crisis the head of or also to syria has asked for all the evidence to be handed over to be investigated and the man in charge of iran's revolutionary guard will be briefing m.p.'s in a closed door session in parliament but what is not clear is how this will impact iran's military and its government in the future dorsett a bari al jazeera tower on well iran's president has signed rouhani has spoken to several world leaders about the disaster promising a thorough investigation canada's prime minister justin trudeau says teheran's

admission is an important 1st step there are still many unanswered questions mike hanna has more now from washington. more than 50 of those aboard the plane were canadian and their passing was monday at a number of moral services the foreign minister summing up the impact on the country this ladies and gentlemen is a national tragedy it's a sentiment echoed by the prime minister and he insisted the iranian admission of responsibility should not in the investigation 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 $7052.00 is an important step towards providing answers for families but i noted that many more steps must be take a full and complete investigation must be conducted. we need full clarity on

how such a horrific tragedy could have occurred the president of ukraine had this to say on his twitter feed i acknowledge in plain shutdown this is a step in the right direction einstein immediately competing identification of the bodies and their return to ukraine the perpetrators must be held accountable we look forward to further legal and technical cooperation. the president also ordered ukraine's prosecutor to open an investigation yes a cook out of season is not on that but it may give a green card call on all international partners of ukraine the entire world community to be warm and persevered in the full and final investigation into all the circumstances of this disaster all of us need it for the sake of a person who needs to feel safe in this turbulent world on earth water or in the. the twitter feed from the white house has been referencing only domestic matters the iranian acknowledgment of responsibility for the shooting down of

a passenger aircraft apparently not at this time on president trump's radar mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well a ceasefire brokered by russia in turkey has come into effect in syria's edler province it comes less than 24 hours after east 20 people were killed in government as strikes in and around and limp dozens more wounded in the attack on the rebel held area which has been on bonded by russian backed forces for weeks now syria's president has vowed to recapture the entire area. let's go live now to jim on the shale he is in the turkish capital ankara so the cease fire has just taken effect is it holding what is the latest you're hearing from the ground. well it is just the 1st few minutes since the cease fire began and we'll be monitoring that quite closely to see exactly how well it will hold but what's more

important to look at is the lead up to or to understand the good faith or lack thereof with regards to each side leading up to this cease fire in the past 24 hours alone as you mentioned at least 20 civilians have been killed due to aerial bombardment from the regime of bashar al assad then also some unconfirmed reports even by russian aircraft we are understood in one attack alone on the markets of the town of been in the province 5 children were among stalls who were killed so it seems that between the initial russian announcement of a cease fire a few days ago or now this turkish announcement there was a hurried attempt by the more powerful side in this conflict namely the government of bashar al assad and its allies to essentially inflict as much damage as possible on that last remaining rebel held area. right and it's not the 1st time that efforts have been made to deescalate the situation and then we see that these

agreements turn out to be quite shaky and fragile and they break apart is this an agreement that will hold. well if we base it on what we've seen before the chances are it won't if we look at it in the context of the ongoing civil war in syria the chances also are that it won't because in reality what. comes down to is the fact that you have. in damascus his allies namely russia and iran and supported militia have been able to support him in recapturing areas and so long as that there are there are other areas not under his control then the fighting will continue because negotiations have failed so far to find some sort of consensus between those who have been calling for democracy and freedom and bashar al assad's rules and those who continue to support him what's interesting however is that in the past $24.00 past few hours rather the russian military has set up

several checkpoints on the entrances and exits of italy but they're saying to allow for citizens of italy to go back to their original homes that's if they still stand knowing that most parts of syria have essentially been bombed so the ground now many are wondering is this an attempt to essentially try and reduce the amount of civilians within it live over this coming period of the alleged ceasefire deescalation to prepare for another round of violence or is this an attempt maybe just to bring some sort of normal normalcy back to syria but this will all be looking looked into through the context of that lack of trust of the desperation we're talking about not just the violence that's been going on but the dire humanitarian situation of people living in tents winter after winter year after year now and essentially just moving from one place to another depending on which has the least amount of airstrikes or violence not necessarily which is completely

safe i can manage share and correct thank you. now in the middle east the longest serving monarch has died at the age of $79.00 alon is mourning the loss of self and it took the throne when the kingdom only had 3 schools and hoshko laws banning electricity radios and even umbrellas and he's been credited with transforming his nation into a long state mediating complex disputes in a region riven with tellme while and his successor has vowed to carry on south and publish his legacy as peacemaker they must drive the reports now from muscat. oman to new sultan hate them been thought 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 sultan 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 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 same bus ravi ultra 0 moscow. well 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 fighting in an angle of merkel say a solution is possible gauge reports. in a press conference just hours before a cease fire in libya was planned flood me putin an uncle of merkel made their position clear in an end to the ongoing violence in libya including peace talks to take place in berlin we're going. to put an end to the opposition between the libyan national army led by half and the government of national accord.

after us forces have been trying to seize the capital tripoli from the un backed government their attempts have so far fallen short brought his forces have gained ground. violence is escalating with european and african leaders fearing the conflict could destabilize several countries turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan has also called for fighting to stop but have to has rejected any suggestion of laying down weapons that are going to continue the fight for the capital libya's prime minister isn't so dismissive i like to call what does a car marshal. russian turkey and. russian but any initiative including their all obvious grass or force out of the german chancellor angela merkel is hoping to russian efforts to secure

a peace end in success or they have onwards i need we agreed to the conference in berlin to be held very soon in order to start the process of a peaceful libya the talks weren't included libya's warring parties and merkel says they will no doubt have to play a significant role. to help end the conflict when we think there is so much this unity any international community will have to have a conference about probably what was michael's world before the people bringing against the will. and of the ceasefire isn't observed after could jeopardize his relationship with russia one of his main allies nicola gage al jazeera. let's go to my home hold up to wyatt who is in tripoli so can some sort of understanding be forged with a life after. well miriam the ceasefire called by bulls to ricky and russia does not seem to be

implemented on the ground at least until this hour but we're still one hour from the time set by turkey and russia for the rival factions of the ground to start a cease fire on the ground. despite the fact that the government of national called as you know will come along with other institutions in the west of libya that cease fire appeal but the situation on the ground is still very tense clashes renewed today and the government forces say that they have achieved a substantial advancement on the ground against have to his forces you know. that have to rejected that cease fire call and in fact he has been encouraging his forces to continue fighting until the take control of the whole

city of tripoli forces also have been taken control of the strategic location of the city it in the coastal city of sit in. east of the city of misrata but in all cases the situation he means is very tense and would just now waiting for a process by the spokesman of huffers forces to announce maybe a new situation to the cease fire. right so very clearly issues with persuading have to end his offensive on tripoli he's invested a great deal in doing this it's been going on since april when he would his backers not just consider then cutting military aid that would be that the quickest way of bringing his drive to tripoli to an end.

could be but remember that. the fog that have to the forces have been supported by you regional and international poetess that. could add more fuel to the fire meaning that you know that germany has been exerting efforts to bring to the rival faction the libyan rebel factions for peace talks in berlin but this has been derailed by who by the regional powers. supporting both rival factions in libya. we have been getting reports from informants sources in germany saying that the german efforts have been derailed by rival factions backers in meaning egypt for example have been egypt has been supporting the warlord who for have to and it doesn't seem to be in the same line with turkey as you know many of that turkey has been supporting the

west in the camp led by you and the government of national accord but in all cases they're so large face of the baghdad prime minister has been comparing the believe in the d.-day wing of the believe in talks to the derailing of the peace talks that was interrupted by a half dozen military offensive back in april. thank you with the latest from tripoli. will keep a close eye on how those developments around libya unfold but there is much more to bring you on this news hour from london a lot on the attack more than a 1000 polish judges protest against changes the country's judicial system. india's prime minister visits kolkata protest as against a citizenship well we're ready to show their anger. and we'll look at how tennis is latest 220 minutes is proving us shit.

venezuela's opposition leader why dough is calling for a new protest against the president nicolas maduro venezuela is set to hold congressional elections this year although it has not been set a position leaders say they will only participate if the government provides adequate conditions including the creation of a new elections council. latin america and human is in caracas and joins us now as we were saying is just held a rally what was his message today. you know madam you know this was this was the very 1st rally of this year by law and you have to give in mind that exactly one year ago he came out he broke down into the sea and he was able to rally tens of thousands of people out on to the streets. later it's a very very different situation altogether there were between 3 and 500 people and

most here in. the middle class neighborhood he can he came out on to the stage and tried to appeal to people not to give up to continue to to love fight the the government but you know you can tell that there is there is a lot of frustration a lot more fear than there used to be out on the streets and also a lot of disappointment in one guy goes leadership and that of the opposition many people have migrated and left the country others just feel that opponents don't have what it takes to push out the military supported government of president hugo last model so this was his appeal whether or not people will listen is another story right so perhaps even as some forces are suffering from a loss in the months and what then why does options what might his next move. you know. absolutely there is a there is a lot of momentum but that he's hoping that the events of the of recent days in which the the government and the army stopped the opposition from going into the

parliament the opposition remember is the majority and that is for war in another deputy that will vote from the minority government deputies at this is going to somehow rekindle some of that enthusiasm and he called on ordinary venezuelans not to migrate not to give up not basically to be cowardly he didn't use that word but that's really what he meant and accompany him next week back into parliament to see if they can push their way back in again the way they did on last tuesday all right from krakow a latin america and it's. at least 11 migrants and refugees including 8 children have died after the boat capsized off the coast of western turkey another 8 people were rescued near the town of chechnya on the edgy and coast that's according to the state owned news agency turkey has been a major port of entry for migrants and refugees fleeing northern africa and the

middle east in the past few years. meanwhile more than $100.00 migrants including 50 children have been rescued in the mediterranean sea they were picked up on 3 separate missions by the german owned rescue ship the sea watch 3 migrants who were found off the maltese and libyan coast in attempting to reach europe from libya. well now to poland demonstrations that have been taking place in the capital warsaw against a controversial law that could see judges punished if they are critical of court reforms poland's parliament passed the law in december defying warnings from the european union and in baba reports now from the polish capital. on and off in warsaw they sang the national anthem and solidarity members of the public joined more than a 1000 judges from around the country and delegations from across europe to. members of the judiciary saying they're under attack from a new law which among other things means they could be fired for questioning previous reforms the deal. may be used in

a very eastern mental way to influence the independence of a judge who will decide the court case and we need independent courts to be a democratic. country in december prime minister. got his court reforms through the lower house of parliament where his lord justice party has a majority that's attracted strong warnings from the european union about the separation of powers and rebuttals by lord justice every member state has its right to decide about judiciary system some part of the judiciary system wanted to question the right of other judges to work we cannot tell old dead because this protest very justice system in the country but the country's independent the possible implications a serious 1st was dismantling the independence of the confessional court and right

now we are much further and the concert hall court is not an organ that could provide a proper judicial review of that kind of legislation so so different barriers have been eliminated before and now they are used to suppress freedom they are used to suppress judges many judges here in poland have already face disciplinary measures because of their activism but they're not prepared to stop their campaign to inform the public and to oppose the new legislation the build may well be rejected by parliament upper house next week but the tussle between the politicians of the judges is far from over due to you barbara al jazeera. at least 6 people have been killed after a fire broke out and nursing home in croatia the privately run facilities located north of the capital zagreb media reported flames engulfing a wooden building at the site at around 5 am on saturday morning police say an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire

a creation prime minister has visited the site and pay tribute to those killed. over 100 french forensic officers have demonstrated outside the courthouse they created a simulated crime scene using dummy splattered with fake blood to show the impact of what they describe as working within a contaminated environment a demanding recognition for dangerous work conditions as well as better financial and retirement terms officers have been on strike for 3 weeks now well the french prime minister edward felipe has offered a major concession to the unions who have been striking over those prime pension reforms he is saying that the government is prepared to withdrawal plans to raise the retirement age to 64 conditions the move comes as tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through paris for a 5th week violence broke out on the fringes of the demonstration as police fired tear gas at people vandalizing property. watch while still ahead on this news hour . i'm nicholas hawk and going to be throwing words of law enforcement agency

described as africa's 1st narco states join us next as we follow an anti narcotic operation inside the capital of the international airports. 10 years on why life after haiti's earthquake is still a struggle and major darby in saudi arabia peter have the details of the spanish supercontinent. hello war movie 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 was and so the not where they should be have been even in moscow were freezing the wet and windy stuff that's coming across the british isles stars

a weekend you'll see now has 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 mediterranean hitting southern italy bitsa greece and even sometimes turkey otherwise it's quiet and and folks real problem or just a graze scarring 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 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 parts of libya further south in africa still some big showers to be found in tanzania but the real wet stuff is in angola across d.r. congo and further research was seasonal rains and showing themselves as such.

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a look at the headline stories now in a dramatic iran is admitted that its military mistakenly shot down in passenger jet last week president has sent rouhani described the firing of an ad defense missile as a disastrous mistake which brought down the plane outside temp problem killing 176 people who want that. many all the victims were from canada of course on the country's prime minister justin trudeau says he has a clear on says and what he called a horrific tragedy. and i'm on sultan qaboos has died at the age of

79 his cousin. aside and has been sworn in as success. of course he promised us a cross developments in libya and now we have some breaking news that forces loyal to the eastern based of all of $25.00 to have announced a cease fire that starts at midnight local time in about half an hour from now so important that they have approved this cease fire in and around tripoli the truce was proposed by turkey and russia and this is very important because of course how often his forces launched an offensive to take the libyan capital in april so that has been going on for months now and this truce would hopefully bring some response and de escalation to the civil war unfolding in libya right now. oh on our top story this hour iran's admission that it mistakenly shot down

a passenger plane we can speak to trita parsi he's the executive vice president of the quincy institute and a professor of middle east politics he joins us live now from westen the genya so the iranian government has reversed its position and off this days of denials they are now accepting that they were the cause that they shot the plane down what do you make of the way officials have dealt with this even after that mission of culpability well i think to a certain extent there is a bit of a surprise that they have admitted this mindful of the earlier denials and because this is not a government that has very much been in the tradition of admitting mistakes particularly not mistakes of this kind but nevertheless that does not mean that the anger of the population in any way shape or form has been limited as a result of this admission on the contrary we are seeing protests in iran right now

particularly around 2 of the major universities in tehran many of the people who were on the airplane were students and people are absolutely outraged at the incompetence that lie behind this decision tell us more about what's driving this resurgence in anti-government protests and obviously people see it as a tragedy and they are shocked at the senseless loss of life but beyond that why they so angry about what has happened well of me at the end that it did in many ways does captures a major problem the iranians have had which is that some of these forces are supposed to be protecting the country but it's those very same forces that oftentimes have constituted a threat to the country and the shooting down of an ukrainian airliner and killing civilians on the plane all civilians is in some ways capturing that all too perfectly. and of course an hour has to be a full investigation in an international investigation but presumably there will be serious questions asked inside the country about why a passenger plane

a commercial plane was targeted in this way and could it prompt some sort of serious reform perhaps even restructuring of the i.r.g.c. it could it all depends on how the government reacts this if they at this moment decide that they're going to go and clamp down on protests with the same brutality that they did in 2017 as they did in november of 2019 that i don't foresee this being this leading to some form of reform but if there is a greater openness and an understanding of the mission that the political power in iran had started to become all too narrow and too many groups were being excluded and too many groups were being repressed that perhaps this can start leading to some greater degree of openness i'm not talking about a liberal democracy but some degree of openness which the population have been demanding for more than decades now. and how might this plan out in the context of

recent hostilities between the u.s. and iran. well the amount of times that things have changed dramatically in this story i mean the number of plot twists are too many to follow and i think it's exhausting people but this i don't think will have a significant impact on list 2 other major driving forces of that conflict are addressed the 1st one being that the trumpet mr asians economic warfare that they're pursuing against iran that's their own terminology by the way and the iranian counter escalation to that is one of the main causes that is constantly leading the u.s. in iran towards the edge of war the other thing is of course what happens in iraq and if you have iraqi militias who will exact the revenge on american forces because of the killing of iraqi militia men we're not talking months away money here which then the u.s. may nevertheless pinned on iran then we also see a major escalation. and we've also had these reports in the past hour also of the

u.k. ambassador in iran being briefly detained in the midst of these anti-government protests . the understanding is that he was detained and then released but nonetheless the tests could cause a fair bit of international criticism reports the foreign secretary the u.k. foreign secretary dominic robb saying that the arrest of the british ambassador to iran during these protests was a flagrant violation of international law so more international pressure will likely be heaped on on iran what are your initial thoughts on why the ambassador would have been detained even if only for a brief time. we don't know the circumstances on exactly what happened here if that was a mistake it is important to note that apparently he was released rather quickly if he was still kept by the iranians and i think the risk of that leading to and it dition an international crisis would have been far more significant but we don't

know enough about the circumstances of how this happened to be able to draw any major conclusions and given the level of friction that we're seeing between iran and international pals at the moment do you feel as though we are going into a phase where we are likely to see consequences of what we've seen just in the past few days and weeks very difficult to predict but it could lead to well even greater great a conflict in the coming months yes but i think 1st i think it is important to note that the conflict is primarily between some western countries and regional countries and iran we're not seeing a conflict between iran and russia iran or china or iran and india right now but also the main reasons why these things can elevate towards a conflict at war level is not because of those incidents it's more because of what happened what can happen in iraq and also if this maximum pressure economic warfare

strategy continues with the iranian counter escalation just i guess the other reason that could be an escalation is because there is no clear mechanism to bring the tensions down. certainly absolutely you're absolutely correct about that as long as we have these other drivers and we don't have a conflict deescalation mechanism in place there's no real property law mysie taking place there were a lot of messages that were being exchanged between iran and the united states in the midst of the assassination of so late money but that is not what amounts to diplomacy diplomacy takes far far more effort far more time for more in gauged and in the eye and the absence of that is diplomacy deficit that just does not just exist between the u.s. and iran but also between iran and several of the regional countries is very very defensive trita parsi thank you thank you for having me people getting this hour awaiting the verdict of a massive drug smuggling trial at 2 tons of cocaine was seized the biggest hole in the nation's history a case highlights how the tiny west african countries become an international hub

for drug trafficking nicholas had joined an anti narcotics operation in the south acting on a tip off from brazil's anti narcotics officers get it so as police believe passengers on board this flight from lisbon are smuggling cocaine. detectives believe or cop and his team are looking for 3 individuals one of them is this man wearing a yellow jersey again in national from this hour 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 . so do these are the 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 through the night before 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 asked to 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 the 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. i'm not skeared i'm doing this for my family i'll be freed. taken into detention at the police station. stripped and searched now under arrest he risks 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. or test as a broad the indians have called catalyst stance telling the visit by the prime minister narendra modi they are angry over a new citizenship law which many believe is discriminatory towards muslims so how raman reports police in kolkata were taking no chances the prime minister was

arriving a barricades were being put up. at the same time protesters were also getting ready with songs and childs and preparing the banners. they're angry over a new law to grant citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims was though this protest consisted maybe it students people from all walks of life extend their support and voice their concerns me all because i feel our country the way we understand our country is in crisis and we need to war raise our voices and demand our democratic rights the prime minister is coming to this city today and pretending like everything is fine still we need to show it to him demonstrate that it is not by. as the numbers swelled their voices became louder of the several hours of negotiation

between the students and the place several 1000 of them now gathered here in one location down the road in through old settler house the police have been very clear about the instruction to be able to go so far but they won't be able to go all the way. as the march began the protesters and fell that banners in all shapes and sizes denouncing the prime minister and his citizenship law the route was lined by police the protesters remained loud but peaceful. it was unclear if any state politicians would meet the prime minister but late in the day west bengal's chief minister the banner g that the red remote to discuss the citizenship law which she and her political party are opposed to she later said this about that meeting i told the prime minister that the national population register and the national register of citizens and not acceptable i asked him to roll back the citizens' register a new law keeping in mind that no man should be left behind or discriminated

against. back at the protest things came to a halt at a major intersection protest leaders wanted to take the barge to government house where bodie is staying but the police were in their way after some to go she is. the box continued they say they're determined to keep diaries until the cold devotional citizenship law is withdrawn. so robin al-jazeera called cutting. thailand's prime and as president assad of writing a landslide election victory after a vote has handed her a 2nd term in office. has won china not to threaten the island with forced high reports from taipei. in a major political comeback after being nearly sidelined a year ago taiwan's incumbent president side where it was handed a historic victory winning the most votes of any president in the island's election history and the comeback and 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 trade relations according to the will of the people. sized main competition hon 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 the people of my age the threat from china could not have been more real just time. where there is pressure from china there is resistance and the need to speak out against. this is on 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 or p.r.c. has been managing potential. 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. it's been 10 years since haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake hundreds of thousands of people died and humanitarian aid flowed into the country but many survivors never saw the benefits to reports now from port au prince. 1st arrived to the orphanage when he was 6 years old his 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 to develop 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 and 72. 56 children are supposed to give some food to the time when it was supposed to give what are you supposed to do all seem to groom the tildes 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 calls haiti's earthquake killed over 300000 people over 1000000 and a half were 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 term

programs to assist people with food 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 money totally bypassed the haitian government haitian companies haitian organizations haitian civil 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 prioritize their needs as opposed to the needs being driven by members of congress in washington over the years 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 it is. time now for with.

thank you very much liverpool's incredible season in the english premier league gets better and better and open up a 16 point lead at the top of the table after a one no victory at tottenham hotspur roberto from a no go at the decisive goal to stretch their record to 20 wins from 21 games this season 2nd place leicester were beaten at home by southampton they were also wins on saturday for manchester united chelsea and everton but it's 12 in a row now for the leaders. the really cool exception i told the boys we've made kind of in our lives directly after the game i told what we should have done better what we could have done better but of course i know it would be easy to have the winning streak then it was only a multiple of 10 is obviously very exceptional. it needs leaders in similar to have dropped points at the top of said after being held to a one will draw at home by atalanta also on saturday's last any bring him of age scored his 1st goal for ac milan in 8 years when they too moved when at the yardie

38 year old has rejoined the time as it struggles to re-establish itself at the top of the game. 4 and a half 1000 kilometers from madrid the city's top 2 sides are preparing for a darby clash in the final of the spanish super cup radio and atlético meet in jeddah with saudi arabia hosting this revamped tournament for the next 3 years at least knocked out champions barcelona in the same means and coach diego simeone e says they're ready to spring a surprise get him. yesterday afternoon i was showing the barcelona match again and 5 of the players were watching like when you're a kid and watching with admiration looking for a little mistakes that is great for me gives me strength my energy is my players when i see them doing well i have my fear of the world's top 2 tennis players have set up a 1st title clash of the new year and we haven't even got to the australian open it rafael nadal spanish team will face and novak djokovic in the final of the in or euro a.t.p.

cup spain seal bay spot by beating hosts australia in the same means 1st about things got the better of the us 6164 victory and then del was forced to 3 sets by alex damon or the world number one prevailing 61 in the decider all the more impressive when you consider his team's call to find it with belgium finished in the early hours of the morning. had been a part of a getting of them our talents have been playing at a very very. high level one for me was the energy was a little bit lower than 9 years old yes there have been a very long day with. heavy conditions but yeah i have been a very emotional evening for me have been a pleasure to play in front of all of you guys. with be already one the up in the time joke a bitch was also pushed by russians daniel medvedev in the semifinal jacket which found himself a breakdown in the 2nd set and that wasn't the only thing to get broken taking out his frustrations on his records but poor boy boisterous pro serbia crowd in sydney

back in the 3rd set the pace sharing some great rallies it's just a bitch to finish the decider and with this place in the form i'm considering using michelle criticism for yet another team event the serb seems to be enjoying himself . to get to share this kind of quality moments on and off the court with them and it feels like you're travelling with a family and and. that that that gives you even more. reason to keep on playing. naomi osogd is preparations for the australian open have hit something of a bump the defending champion was knocked out of the brisbane international in the same ease by a title holder catalina pushed over the czech saved match point in the 2nd sets and came back to beat osaka in 3 in the japanese players biggest korea winning streak at 14 victory. over in new zealand top seed serena williams took just 45 minutes to

beat 18 year old amanda and it's him over and reach the final of the oakland classic she will face jessica peculiar for the title saloon also into the doubles final at the event playing alongside carolina bosnia. the competitors in the 1st middle east edition of the dac already had a day away from the sand dunes on saturday the drivers and riders taking advantage of a race day defending champion cutters. is still hopeful of lifting the trophy again he's in 2nd place in the caulk at agree after 6 stages the race ends on friday. it's not easy for everybody even for me you know i like to stand but the i try to do my best because it's look the many of the. laws and this is define you know always to get that is helping each other you know but the day i will try to do my best then to win this race defending champion the rule you kobayashi is off to the

top off the top of the world cup ski jumping standings he's been replaced by called off the big german one saturday's event to bowl the fi year in austria leaps of 104.5 and 103 newtons giving geiger his 1st ever victory on the world cup circuit kobayashi finished way down in 26th place. and there was also made in world cup victory in the women's downhill event in austria switzerland. taking the honors on the old son mark of course tutors when also saw her take the overall lead in standings for this discipline as well. at all the small teams for now i'm going to hand you back to mary i'm in london all right that's it for the news hour but most of bringing you in a moment i will continue to follow it continue follow all the day's developments around iran and the united states of course that downed ukrainian passenger plane more just a couple minutes. taiwan's

president seeks a 2nd time facing one core you who advocates restoring closer ties with china will this election move beyond and closer to the mainland who continue to resist beijing's push the unification taiwan's trying to trying to presidential election on to syria. he's notorious for creating fake passports the food and flowers he's been use one of many makes the most a forger as he reveals the secrets of the strike on al-jazeera.

was the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every love billboard layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say entry has to start from day one whether again you and attention or you incarcerate this is a dialogue everyone has a voice so far there are studies that support a rush coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation on al-jazeera. examining the impact of today's headlines you use the misinformation but i do use the term by setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique elopement is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to racism you have the makings of a nail fascist moment international filmmakers and world class john analysts bring

programs to inspire you. on al-jazeera. the british ambassador to iran is briefly detained in what the country's foreign secretary calls a flagrant violation of international law it comes as iran's military admits it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane killing all 176 people on board. a low i maryam namazie and under and you are watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program the libyan war logically agrees to a ceasefire despite previously refusing to allow its forces to put.