this is al jazeera. this is a new life and coming up in the next 60 minutes libyan warlord honey for have to agrees to a ceasefire despite previously refusing to allow his forces to put down a. shooting down a civilian aircraft is horrific canada and ukraine demand full on the state and accountability from iran after it admitted to accidentally attacking a passenger jet. taiwan's probe independent president is reelected in a landslide as voters deliver a stunning review could china's campaign to isolate the island. oman's new need

to uphold the late sultans peacemaker policies part of the day the middle east's longest ruling. so than to cease fire as one and libya and the other in syria now in effect both were brokered by russia and turkey the libyan truce was initially in doubt because warlord honey for half that was refusing to halt his offensive on the capital tripoli however he eventually changed his mind making the announcement through a spokesman for. the general command of the libyan arab forces announces a cease fire in the west inside of libya the cease fire starts from one minute past midnight on the 12th of january 2020 the other party should stop any type of military operation at the same time we will respond harshly to any violation of this cease fire. while leaders meanwhile are working on putting together

a libya peace summit in berlin as for syria the lead up to the cease fire in rebel held province or at least 20 people killed in as strikes by russian backed government forces will have a moral not a little bit later but 1st let's speak now to mahmoud on the wall had he is in tripoli hands or mahmoud what encourage this change of june do you think from haiti for have to. most probably just because of the amount of pressure put on have to have by his regional and international allies as you know. the united arab emirates egypt and russia have to allies and after today's meeting between the russian president vladimir putin and the german chancellor angela merkel in moscow and the call for an immediate fire in tripoli to pave the way to the believe in peace talks between the

factions but it does not seem i mean the announcement by have to a spokesman short a little while ago does not seem to be concrete as we're getting reports now from the front lines saying that have to us forces are now targeting many areas in southern tripoli with mortar rockets and with heavy artillery we cannot independently independently verify that but nevertheless there have been civil cease fire. agreements or calls before but they have been breached by both warring factions this announcement by miss mollie the spokesman of how tone it cannot be. a less military operations a stop on the ground remember nic that. a few days ago after the it himself rejected this cease fire call and he called on his forces to continue

fighting and to launch the latest incursions as he called it to take control of the capital tripoli and also they have been opening game and have to this force that they have been opening new front lines in other areas namely in central libya taken control of the coastal city of sit. so with the fact that the government of national court which early had accepted that sees fire call educating to the fact that it says that it's right it has the right to defend the capital tripoli and it's also demanding that have to as forces pull out of southern shipley as a prerequisite to any settlement to this conflict with their timing thanks very much up to wirehead there let's speak now to william lawrence who's professor of political science at george washington university and a former u.s.

diplomat is in washington d.c. mr lawrence what's your assessment of the current situation a very fragile cease fire some reports unconfirmed reports that the may not actually be totally in effect across the whole of the country what's your view of how it's set. well of course the ceasefire is not supposed to start till after sunday night so normal in these types of situations for each side to try to do the most they can with the limited time to sort of put stakes in the ground all of this jockeying for position prior to peace talks in berlin what was really surprising about what happened is that have to are agreed and as your reporter said he agreed because of international pressure which is true and that was a direct result of turkey russian negotiations which were primarily about syria but also about libya and those of us that follow syria libya closely see the 2 to go

have been connected and it's probably the case since the ceasefire benefits the turks more than the russians in libya of that concessions were made on syria and of course right now the russians are trying to get more positions in syria all of this sort of sidelines the european union as well and puts turkey and russia as the most important international brokers in the conflict in a way we haven't seen before yeah it is an incredibly complex situation a role is not just in libya how important is peace in libya to the context of the whole situation in the middle east. really important as you know the strongest islamic state state outside of syria and iraq was in libya they can reconstitute in libya just as there reconstituting now in syria iraq if things don't go well with not only migration implications for europe and the rest of the globe but terrorism in implications so everybody wants to see libya stabilize and

a lot of countries put a bet on have to are that he could do it not really understanding the revolutionary context that prompted the whole problem in libya and the fact that much of the west would never submit to an authoritarian state under have to are and so there's a lot of reassessing going on the french of reassessed even the egyptians to agree of reassessed and not without dissing themselves from have to are everyone seems to be more in a position now than they even were 34 months ago to participate in good faith in the peace talks of course the u.s. got spun up by the introduction of a 1000 new russian mercenaries all of that's in play and that's the thing isn't it because this is not just libya's war it's turned into an increasingly complex proxy war and we have as you've already talked about the opposing sides of russia and turkey agreeing to the cease fire. multiple proxy wars so you have that

us russian thing i spoke about you have gulf on the gulf you have italy france you have turkey and egypt and e.u. and others there are many dimensions to this and and all of that has got much more complicated an increase in libyan contacts that i speak to tell me we feel like we're watching someone else's war and not our own war but more importantly. new technology new russian snipers and russian mercenaries and other advantages that have to gain in recent months started to tip the balance against the us back to governments and that's what's prompted a lot of what's going on now and it's sort of interesting that we had over $4000.00 mercenaries arrive in libya to support have to or without much of a mention from the international community turkey had a vote in parliament and put $38.00 troops on the ground and there was a huge amount of analysis hitting the international press saying that turkey was

about to escalate the libyan war and so there you have it it's the battle of the narratives in many ways has been the most important battle of late. great to get your perspective as to appreciate that thanks very much. let's go to the other piece of the jigsaw the lawrence was talking about syria and the latest attempt to bring a cease fire to the province of the loss where the the rebel held territory turkey has been seeking the truth for weeks is monitoring developments from ankara. well they've been desperately seeking a ceasefire for several weeks now if not months saying that there needs to be some sort of an agreement and calling on the countries that support the regime of bashar al assad reign in its military as well as their own namely the russians who have been participating also in attacks on italy because the vast majority if not all of those who've been fleeing libya in recent months hundreds of thousands of civilians

have been heading towards turkey there was some brief optimism maybe even as people heard the russians announce on thursday that this ceasefire agreement had been reached however there was a bit of caution with that optimism because the turks on the other hand hadn't announced anything friday as we've seen and heard the heart of have been airstrikes have been shelling particularly in the area of moderate to norm on. other suburban parts of it lip which went to show that maybe that announcement by the russians with either premature or may be nothing more than just some sort of politicking or at least some p.r. from the their side and then on saturday we have now. the u.s. rather the u.s. envoy to syria james jeffrey in charge here on friday meeting with officials and then continuing his meetings into saturday before we hear of other

developments taking place in terms of the foreign minister the defense minister of turkey heading to moscow as well on monday so a lot of diplomatic movement lot of announcements or at least statements being made but in terms of the reality on the ground still very dire indeed. at least 11 refugees and migrants including 8 children have died after the boat capsized off turkey's western coast in a separate incident on saturday 12 others drowned when their boat sank off the greek island of pax osce the greek coast guard says 21 people were rescued. i don't other 120 people including 50 children have been rescued off the maltese and libyan coasts they were picked up in 3 separate missions by german and rescue ship on thursday and friday. already the news ahead said appeal from venezuela's opposition leader for people to pile more pressure on president nicolas maduro. we

follow india's prime minister modi and his trip to calcutta his 1st since passing a controversial citizenship. i want to show you how his latest tournament is proving a smash hit as a semi finals turn up the heat. now the u.k.'s ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after attending protests in tehran against the government's handling of the shooting down of the crimean passenger jet the country's leaders admitted earlier on saturday that the military accidentally fired a missile at it in a statement the british foreign secretary dominant rob said that ambassador robert reich has the rest was a flagrant violation of international law you're right and government is at a crossroads moment it can continue its march towards pariah status with all the political and economic isolation that entails or take steps to deescalate tensions

and engage in a diplomatic path forwards with iran accusing ambassador of organizing and drumming up irani involving hundreds of people outside a university they chanted anti-government slogans and demanded the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei step down vigils have also been held to remember the 176 people killed in the crash also jabari has more now from terra. the final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a ukrainian airlines boeing 737. for days iranian officials the night 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 the head of all judiciary 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 bari al-jazeera town of $57.00 canadians were on board the ukrainian jets and the leaders of both those countries are demanding iran take full responsibility for the disaster iran's president has promised a thorough investigation mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . more than 50 of those aboard the plane were canadian and their passing was mourned 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 taken a full and complete investigation must be conducted we need for clarity on how such a horrific tragedy could have occurred the president of ukraine had this to say on his twitter feed bag knowledge in plain shutdown 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. but medical training i call on all international partners of ukraine the entire world community to be warned 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. mike hanna al-jazeera washington or let's get more now live from washington here's alan fischer island so the president president trump has been pitching in what's he been saying. well it's really the 1st reaction we've had from anyone in the trumpet ministrations since the iranians admitted that they shot during the jet but not specifically referencing that instead the president has on usually tweet it out

in farsi and as far as we're aware he doesn't speak farsi so it's obviously by someone handles his social media came but he also sent out an english translation he says to the brave in suffering iranian people i've stood with you since the beginning of my presidency and he says he'll continue to stand with them we are following your protests closely your courage is inspiring if one farsi tweet was surprising then the 2nd one is probably even more surprising and we certainly got that from donald trump in the last half hour or so he tweeted something in english in farsi he says the government of iran must ally human rights groups to monitor and report facts on the ground on the ongoing protests by the iranian people there cannot be another massacre of peaceful protesters nor an internet shut down the world is watching interestingly enough when he references another massacre of peaceful protests of course this has been

a major talking point of the american administration over why they targeted and killed general siller money they believe that he was responsible for putting down in some of the the protests in iran in the past and said that the world is no a much better place because that they have dealt with them of course what this doesn't take into account is the widespread anger around towards donald trump and his minutes administration for that very attack. on the one hand you could say that donald trump may perceive this the turn of events to be running to his advantage because. it's donald trump it's american 2020 you really want people to speculate on what donald trump is thinking i think has been important from the american administration we have not had them talk directly about the iranian admission that they brought down the jet there has been nothing from any of the the parties nothing from departments nothing from state

nothing from the white house itself nothing even from the pentagon and it seems that they don't want to be seen to be gloating and don't want to be seen to be talking about that directly part of that may well be simply the time scale you'll remember when justin trudeau came out and said we believe iran short in this jet because of all the information we have the attack took place just 4 hours after the iranians had fired missiles into the u.s. bases in iraq and the whole country was on high alert for any sort of american retaliation and one of the 1st questions that justin trudeau got at his news conference on thursday was do you believe that the americans are responsible for cranking up tension in the area he said look we need to carry out a full investigation before we do that so this is clearly something that the americans have decided that across all departments they're not going to talk about

the russian admission but having said that who would really donald trump tweet before the end of the day no one alan thanks very much alan fischer reporting from washington let's take this on we can speak to one column is a professor of history at the university of michigan and the author of several books on islam in the middle east and the u.s. policy in the region joins us live from in michigan. professor cole there is briefly a sense as far as these prices are concerned the sense of iran being united following the killing of sort of money but that seems to have taken a hit now with the perceived initial cover up over the plane. well i think the idea of iran being united was always a little bit of an illusion the certainly there has been vast discontent in the past fall there had been riots really of against gasoline price increases there's also a revival of political protest and that that political

protest is i think more significant than price rise protests we've seen in tehran at several universities now young people coming out and chanting against the regime over the shooting down of the plane. and pointing to it as a symbol of the incompetence and brutality of the iranian government these are voices we couldn't hear during the morning procession so the force of the money which amounted to the millions but now those voices being heard again to what degree do you think these protests could spiral and how concerned with the administration the iranian administration be about well as i said i think that if it had just been a matter of economic protest there had been you know sabotage of gasoline stations and breaking the bank windows that the regime would probably feel as though it can

deal with that but this recent round just the last day of protests at the university involves the future intellectuals of the of the iranian republic and they are chanting very political things against the form of government of iran i can only imagine that the ayatollah is are taken to their core this evening and what do you make of donald trump's reaction he's been tweeting as we've just been hearing from across from alan fischer saying among other things following your protests closely he said and are inspired we are inspired by your courage. yes well you know trump doesn't have the sense god gave him and if he really wanted to achieve political goals inside iran he'd be quiet which is how president obama handled the 2009 green revolution protests trump is much disliked

inside iran as a bully and of course he is the one who has put the country into an economic bias with very extreme international sanctions. pushed by the department of treasury he is the one who's causing all of the economic problems are a great deal of them in iran and the people know that so i don't think he's someone who's help or admiration they seek and if anything this kind of tweet helps the regime you say that the iranian government be very concerned about these protests these ongoing protests in the postes in the recent past we've seen a violent government reaction are we heading in that direction again do you think and how can the government play this to appease the protesters you know i think we have to expect a violent repression that's how the regime operates that's what it knows and. you

know the alternative would be to have someone high up resign in the iranian revolutionary guards corps and take accountability and take responsibility for this and i think it was genuinely a mistake but it was a horrible mistake and it was incompetent one but i don't think the regime usually functions that way and therefore i think that the tactic of repressing protests will be the one chosen one called professor of history university miss can preach about thanks will. amman's in new salt and has them been telling her side has failed to uphold his predecessor's approaches rachel peacemaker he's spoken after being named as the successor to inside outside he died at age 79 and as ravi reports now from. oman's new sultan haitham been sworn in a few hours after the longest ruling monarch in the region and the founding father of modern day oman. so don hate them made it clear in his 1st speech to the public

that he will follow in the footsteps of the late sultan what. 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

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 ul jazeera must. probably most of the communist news are including simmering anger boils over again about contentious reforms to produce traditional. broken homes and broken promises survivors of haiti's earthquake disaster say they're still living in misery 10 years on. and after an 8 year wait for that and then it is one small face in milan they don't have the details.

of. hell or the violent weather it's been moving through texas oklahoma mississippi and the appalachians you just see it here and this source it's starting to ease now so for the daylight hours almost sunday it will be a more case of rain disappearing off the east coast and snow is tucked in behind lying on the ground but look at the time she is you know i think when the day code of it 21 degrees in washington is extreme it should be more like 2 as it is in kansas city this is more like normal weather that's pretty cold sore in minneapolis and when you pick on the pacific coast we've got more cloud building some snow for the cascades and northern rockies as well may he not much more progress than that and then try and move inland but that's normal winter stuff not extreme anyway but you still got the feet of warms coming up into georgia and the other southern states so a few more showers not guilty by the contrast is maybe not as extreme and washington's

come down to 12 degrees that same frontal system will be hanging around in the gulf of mexico you can see it coming in his or from the forecast point of view where the lower clarity is showing shallower showers rings through the caribbean islands a smaller audience and make some progress back towards once again the coast of nicaragua honduras and sundry mexico and that's the case for the next 2 days consistently. in a 2 part series. al-jazeera observes the lives of 2 children. over 20 years. where insights into circumstances that shape lives. in a rapidly changing world her 20 years of me starts with blood and land to build a story on al-jazeera. we

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a cease fire that's just taken effect in libya as despite previously refusing to have forces loyal to him put down in april half his forces launched an offensive on the capital city to feed you and write. another cease fire brokered by russia and turkey has come into effect in syria is it a problem it's media up with russian backed government that strikes as such it's killed 20 people in the rebel held. the u.k.'s ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after attending protests in tehran hates the government's handling of the shooting down of the ukrainian president the leaders of canada and ukraine and demanding iran take full responsibility for its august. while the crisis between the united states and iran is raising doubts over the presence of foreign troops in iraq the caretaker prime minister has been in the kurdish regional capital of a bill to discuss a withdrawal idol mudie's spoke with members of the regional government at the presidential palace that iraq's parliament held a vote to expel old forces old foreign forces i should say after the assassination

of iranian military command a customs for the money in baghdad last week all the kurdish regional government is opposed to the withdrawal of u.s. troops or to go home it explains why. this is the 1st time. comes to the kurdish region and 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 is known by the vote taken by the iraqi parliament by the kurds have. 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 isis they have noticed that the borders of their region and certainly now that custom silly money has gone. and he played a big role certainly at the beginning when they were when isis sort of stormed

central iraq 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 will be very vulnerable to every surges from eisel and that's a big concern for the kurds here. at least 30 soldiers have been killed in the democratic republic of congo during fighting with rebel forces it happened in the province of north kivu during operation to retake an area currently under the control of allied democratic forces hundreds have been killed during fighting when the military launched a campaign to route the rebel fighters from the country's troubled east to venezuela where the opposition leader one is calling for new protests against president nicholas would find its way there is set to hold congressional elections just. has not yet set the latest twist in the country's power struggle sold quite

a lot from congress as government try to install an ally to the face of. that's in america it isn't easy and human is live for us in caracas a new since the garden is calling for new protests but does he still have the support to get those protests to gain momentum. well that's exactly what he's hoping for but it's going to be an uphill battle from what we saw a few hours ago he held a rally in a middle class neighborhood there were only a few 100 people remember that exactly one year ago he was able to mobilize something like 102-0000 people on the streets all at the same time but a whole year has gone by and he recognized himself that there are doubts about the opposition's ability to dislodge president nicolas my little all the attempts in their strategies so far have failed despite the fact that why there has strong international support and also despite very very stringent economic sanctions

against the most minimal little government so he is now asking for another chance basically that's what he appealed for and we'll have to see in the coming days whether opposite people who support him or who have supported him will respond so why did why did you lose that momentum and why has your position failed to gain any traction. would be had a lot of traction this kind of gone from a very high point to a low point in for in for various reasons 1st of all because nicolas maduro has shown himself to be far more resilient and immune to the kind of sanctions especially those placed by the united states and what many had believed and also because the opposition has made mistakes quite well has recognized that. the list is long but he is trying to regain trust and momentum whether he can do it or not again is is an impossible question to answer at this point exactly one year after he came on to the scene right so what happens next what's the next thing to look

out for. well he's hoping that this which you mentioned just earlier the fact that he was brought literally brought a lot out of the parliament to which he is the majority leader the speaker of the house when he was supposed to be reelected by the majority opposition deputies is what was really something that awoke or at least they're hoping will awaken the fervor of people who are in the opposition he says as this is a new opportunity but the real question isn't that it's can he really rally people outside he doesn't seem to have a new strategy and there will be elections sometime this year if president maduro is able to keep the same kind of conditions which until now been unacceptable to the opposition which is in other words a transparent electoral council legalizing all the opposition parties allowing opposition candidates to actually run it will mean that they will lose the only

institution that so far has been controlled by the opposition or and he said thanks very much needed order. taiwan's pro independence president is celebrating landslide election victory after voters handed her a 2nd term in office citing when won 57 percent of the vote following an election campaign centered around the island's relationship with china she says her reelection is a sign that taiwan will not bow to intimidation from beijing scott heide reports now from the capital 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. 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 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. 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 something when and the d.p.p. yes because it means another 4 years of 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. where there was pressure from china that was used. since and the need for us to speak out against. this is on unlike previous elections we have 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. what the victory has been savored one of the major task for president 2nd term will be getting beijing to respond to her promise of the willingness to start a positive dialogue it's got harder al-jazeera type. protests is

a brought the indian city of culture to a standstill during a visit by prime minister narendra modi about 30000 people chanting against the new citizenship law they say is anti muslim from kolkata his. 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 childhoods and preparing the banners. that angry over a new law to grant citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims. though this protest consisted maybe it's true to people from all walks of life extend their support and voice their concerns i'm here 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 so we need to show it to him demonstrate that. it is not by god as the numbers swelled their voices became louder to several hours of negotiation between the students and the place several 1000 of them now gathered here in one location. the realm of the entry old settler house really something very clear about the instruction to be able to go so far but they were able to go all the way. as the march began the protesters and felt that dallas and 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 beating america yeah if i tell the prime minister that n.p.r. and n.r.c. are not acceptable to us i asked them to rethink it and roll back ca and n.r.c. keeping in mind that no man should be left behind troubled or discriminated against . back at the protests 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 there way after some to go she should the march continued they say they're determined to keep going until the controversial citizenship law is withdrawn. as a whole robin al-jazeera calcutta. the main political parties in northern ireland have met in the regional parliament for the 1st time in 3 years to form a power sharing coalition the democratic unionist parties in foster was sworn in as 1st minister well michelle and neil from the irish nationalists politician face was

appointed deputy 1st minister and the restoration comes after a deal was brokered by the british and irish governments the power sharing arrangement was a key part of northern ireland's 998 peace settlement. thousands in poland have rallied against a controversial law that could see judges punished if they critical of court reforms the parliament passed the law in december to find warnings from the european union and he reports now from warsaw. in warsaw they sang the national anthem in 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 say they're under attack from a new law which among other things means they could be fired for questioning previous reforms the bill. may be used in a very eastern mental way to influence the independence of a judge who will decide a court case and we need independent courts to be

a democratic. country in december a 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. system some part of the judiciary system wanted to question the right of other judges. to work we cannot allow dead because this protest very justice system in the country for the country's independent ombudsman 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 called 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 bill may well be rejected by parliament's upper house next week but the tussle between the politicians and the judges is far from over the al-jazeera warsaw. more than a 1000000 and a half people were made homeless when the devastating earthquake hit haiti in 2010 horrified world sent huge amounts of a but many of the survivors never received any of it and they see little chance of that changing to isabel reports now from the capital port au prince. 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 region a 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 whispered subsidy to. 56 children supposed to give some food 3 times one a day supposed to give what are you supposed to do 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 us children were born here and when you talk to their parents they say that they do not believe our situation will improve any higher. move 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 fault 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 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 to prioritize their needs as opposed to the needs being driven by members of congress and 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. i come out next in sport with pizza there's a new man to catch in the world cup ski jumping season and everything else is just over a minute away. frank assessments the one thing about these bush voters is really. informed opinion the economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel. both through school lawyers on the boat this argument is astonishingly patronize a 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

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all right let's get straight on to sport is peter. thank you very much liverpool's incredible season in the english premier league gets better and better they've opened up a 16 point lead at the top of the table after a wonderful victory at tottenham rebirth of amino got the decisive goal to stretch their record to 20 wins from 21 games this season 2nd place leicester were beaten at home by southampton there were also wins on saturday for manchester united chelsea and everton but it's 12 in a row now for the lead is the really cool exception i told the boys we've made kind of an analyst directly after the game i told what we should have done better would be could have done better but of course i know if it would be easy to have that when you say then it was only not teams would have done is obviously very exceptional in italy leaders in similar have dropped points at the top of said after being held to a one will draw at home by atalanta also on saturday's let anybody know of each scored he's 1st goal for ac milan in 8 years when they too will win at kyle yardy

38 year old has rejoined the club 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 meets 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 and get him. yesterday afternoon i was showing the passionate about educating 5 of the players want. like when you're a kid and watching with admiration looking for little mistakes yes but it's great for me gives me strength when 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 the 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 though that joke about in the final of the in or euro a.t.p.

cup spain sealed they spot by beating hosts australia in the same means 1st about things got the better of the serious 6164 victory and then nadal 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 these teams called for and with belgium finished in the early hours of the morning. had been a tough tough beginning of the my talents have been playing at the very very high level and for me it was the energy was a little bit lower than 9 years old yes there have been a very long day with. pentagon nations 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 serbia already won the up in the time joke of it was also pushed by russians daniel made for david and 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 boy boisterous pros 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 may 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 all 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 car can't agree off the 6 stages the race ends on friday. it's not easy for everybody even for me you know i like. but the i try to do my best because it's the mini. van as it is defined always together is helping each other you know but the day i will try to do my best then to win this race defending champion the you

a couple ya she is off the top of the world cup ski jumping standings is being replaced by cold geiger after the german one saturday's events are to bowl defeat yet in austria heats of 104.5 and 103 meters giving giger his 1st ever victory on the world cup circuit kobayashi finished way down in 26th place. and there was also a maiden world cup victory in the women's downhill event in austria switzerland kareem souter taking the honors on the ultimate course souter's win also saw her take the overall leading standings for this discipline as well. and that's all the sports news for now i'll be back again later with another update. thanks very much we'll see a bit later and that is it for this news hour not be back in a couple minutes on the half hour of news that's going to our web site al-jazeera dot com is the address plenty of comment and analysis right that.

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