turkey and russia convinced warring sides in 2 separate conflicts to lay down their weapons. fully back to you watching al-jazeera live from our global headquarters in doha also coming up dozens of soldiers confirmed dead in the share in the 2nd attack in as many months. the as sadness turns to anger in iran protesters accuse a government of lying to them about the raid in pain crash that killed 176 people. the. opposition leader one guy dylan rallies his supporters in

a bid to kickstart his battle for power in venezuela. i am. thank you very much for joining us in 2 countries ravaged by war 2 separate cease fire agreements are now in effect warring sides in syria and libya have agreed to put down their arms after negotiations brokered by russia and turkey they support opposing sides in each conflicts more in syria in just a moment but 1st to libya where the president of the un recognized government has welcomed the pause in fighting al jazeera as mahmud up to 104 from tripoli. after rejecting a cease fire call by turkey and russia last week warlord really for have to change his mind a few hours before it was due to go into effect. the general command of the libyan ira bomb 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 the cease fire. in a joint press conference earlier putin angular merkel made their position clear and into 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 that and the government of national accord because you know you. have to his forces have been trying to seize the capital tripoli from the and back the government their attempts have so far fallen short but his forces have gained ground. violence is collating of european and african leaders fearing the conflict could destabilize civil countries to because president.

has also called for fighting to stop german chancellor angela merkel is hoping turkish russian efforts to secure peace will indian success and once the united nations involved or any. we agree to the conference in berlin to be held very soon in order to start the process of peacefully. the talks won't include libya's warring parties and merkel says they will no doubt have to play a significant rule to help in the conflict when we will this. so much this you can see in the international community will happen have a conference about. well. we'll. have to that has been backed by egypt the united arab emirates france and russia oil and the baghdad government by turkey the fact that both warring factions have now

agreed to a cease fire does not mean an end to hostilities especially with there and back the government demanding that have to us forces pull our from southern tripoli as a prerequisite to any settlement in this conflict. tripoli. and a ceasefire has also come into force in syria province the country's last rebel held territory bidens had been escalating since russian forces launched an offensive to retake the area in december but there are fears the pause won't last victoria gates be has more. the aftermath of an attack by syrian government forces and their russian allies in the province the attack happened hours before russian and turkish brokered cease fire was due to come into effect. volunteer why tell much paramedics were there within minutes to do what they've done thousands of times during the war

trying to save the lives of civilians we've also with you. there have been several airstrikes in different cities we went to the sites and while we were helping people there were more airstrikes for sure there are people trapped in the rubble but we're still searching for survivors. and they rob was one of several villages hit by russian and syrian government forces in the last 24 hours this grandfather is burying 4 out of his 5 granddaughters. i wasn't here when the airstrikes happened but i was told my granddaughter had been killed and we came in we found the bodies and the parents are in the hospital having surgery only 13 month old baby survived that was not more than 1300 civilians have been killed since the government launched its offensive to retake it programs in 2018 this territory is the last stronghold of groups opposed to president bashar al asad

russia which the poor are fed and turkey which backs the rebels announced the ceasefire on thursday which has now come into effect. but it was too late for these children. the s. like little a massacre most of the victims are children but these are the dead bodies i want to hold feed these children look at the crimes of bashar al assad. last august russia and turkey agree to deescalation needed lip province but attacks continued many here believe this ceasefire will last either victoria gate and be there. william lawrence is a professor of political science at george washington university and a former u.s. diplomat he explains how the 2 cease fire agreements are connected. what was really surprising about what happened is that have to or agreed 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 cease fire benefits the turks more than the russians in libya 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 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 or 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. we share now and a government source has told on just 0 that the death toll from thursday's attack on an army base has risen to at least $89.00 it happened in chino go darn close to the border with mani no one has claimed responsibility for the attack last month another attack killed $71.00 soldiers ne and asia's border with mali and booking a fossil that prompted leaders of the g 5 sahil nations to call for a close a corporation and international support in the battle against i saw an al-qaeda on monday french president emanuel on will hold sleeveless from the region to decide. on the future of france's military presence in the sahara well there's been a surge in violence across west africa saya region the number of people killed in attacks in brooklyn

a fossil monny any share jumps from 717-0162 more than 4000 last year as largely down to a combination of attacks by armed groups and into common old violence remote areas where the state's presence is weak are especially vulnerable and the humanitarian cost is also growing the u.n. estimates of violence has displaced half a $1000000.00 people and a 10 fold increase in 3. now the world news u.s. president donald trump has voiced solidarity with protesters in iran and warns the government against cracking down on demonstrations anger is growing over the downing of a ukrainian airliner on wednesday and the government's initial failure to admit its responsibility rallies have been held across iran after the revolutionary guard said it unintentionally shot down the airliner killing all 176 people on boards that speak to our correspondent in tehran assad big iranians very angry with their leadership. absolutely since the news

came out yesterday the when the revolutionary guard accepted that they had shut down the ukrainian airplane there's been an increased amount of anger people have been calling for accountability and justice now last night there were some demonstrations in tehran mainly at 2 major university campuses here in the city we understand there were about 2000 students people attending that demonstration chanting anti-government slogans and the revolutionary guard slogans not that demonstration was broken up by police using water cannons and tear gas but we also understand that the story the british ambassador to iran robert macaire was detained briefly. state media allege that he was at the demonstration but was broadcasting live we don't know if that's true at this point in time but we do know that he was briefly detained but released later on the british foreign secretary.

has commented on that he said it was a flagrant violation of international law now we are expecting some more demonstrations to take place but it is important to note that last night's demonstration at the universities started off as a vigil people were lighting candles and remembering those that had been killed in that plane crash but it quickly turned into a demonstration it was only around 2000 students not just the cries that you've seen in the last week during the funeral processions but significant nevertheless indeed and the revolutionary guard as you say has admitted full responsibility the government has also promised accountability so what happens next what sort of fallout could be from this tragedy. well we've heard different people from the government say that there will be accountability prosecution and justice and we do know that today there has been

a closed meeting of parliamentarians and the head of the revolutionary guard has danny now the government spokesperson has issued a statement he told us some of what took place in that meeting he said that the incident was discussed with the head of the revolutionary guard the preparations the revolutionary guard had made on that night to counter the united states is that we asked what had happened and the problems that occurred and he said that we hope that with new measures that we are implementing such an incident doesn't happen again that he's also asked the national security committee to review review the case and prepare a report to prevent this happening again now tensions are still high people are still very very upset but we also know that the amir of qatar is set to visit iran he will be the 1st national leader to visit iran since this crisis began

after the assassination of general cost them the money but it's also the 1st of its 1st visit to iran since becoming a stand he's going to meet with president rouhani but we also know that last week that the foreign minister of kut that had visited iran and asked for restraint because after this isolation of course of the morning there tensions are still high people here are still and we're not only at the government but people are still angry at the united states after the assassination of course of the money and as it is with this region sometimes all it takes is a small spark small event to start off a circle of events that could lead to a wider escalation thank you for that for us in tehran. still ahead on al-jazeera taiwan stays on a collision course with china as it's probably independence president wins a 2nd 10. and how an economy on life support is fueling fears for the future of health care and in lebanon.

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

going to see than the north coast of argyria and tunisia that's at least for sunday possibly still for monday as well in fact if anything if you just look up here the development there also tripoli could see proper stormy weather in this part of the world so tunisia and pounds of libya further south in africa still some big shells to be found in tanzania but the real wet stuff is an ngo across d.r. congo and further research was seasonal rains and showing themselves as such. frank assessments the one thing about these bushfires usage really well the. climate informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping down the truck afloat right now critical debate cyclone goes through school you've been told what the law is on a boat beside him and his astonishingly apparent rising in depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of

a new iraq of the new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian cultural inside story on al-jazeera. the. room. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories a ceasefire has come into effect in libya after warlord the have to agree to the truce just hours before it was due to start there's also been a pause in fighting in syria as problems both cease fires were brokered by russia and turkey. the death toll from various is attack on an army base in the share has risen to at least $89.00 no one has claimed responsibility but it's the latest in a string of attacks across west africa cyo region which has prompted leaders to

call for more international support. and u.s. president donald trump has voiced solidarity with protesters in iran and warned the government against cracking down on demonstrations anger is growing over the downing of a ukrainian airliner on wednesday and the government's initial failure to admit its responsibility. now mons new sultan bin tariq outside is officially receiving foreign dignitaries on sunday in his 1st full day as the country's new leader he was sore need on saturday and has vowed to uphold his predecessor's approach as a regional peace maker it took hours after his cousin sold time couple spin side. after a long illness at the age of $79.00 credited with transforming a man from a small underdeveloped country into a modern state stephanie deca is in moscow for so monster capital seoul time kabul stephanie his death being felt of course fabiano mon's borders it was

a crucial discreet negotiate a 1st of all tell us about some of the dignitaries who are in oman paying their respects today. are you going to be seeing the who's who of international politics friends and foes all coming here to pay their final respects and offer condolences to a man as you mentioned who was a discreet negotiator peacemaker this country was a place for regional wyvil to sit down together if not directly with him on intermediary and also saving face when people in the media would be reporting that there was no way they would be told but they were actually talking here who's been here this morning the streets around the capital are closed fully security is tight you have the iranian foreign minister. zarif he's been here we're expecting cutter's emir the emir of kuwait is on his way the president of tunisia in his 1st official trip since he was elected and we're expecting many more they are going to

the palace to offer their condolences initially before the funeral that took place a very quickly of course under the tradition but people were saying that the funeral was going to be something quite spectacular because you would be seeing all these rival nations having to sit down in one room saudi the u.a.e. israel palestinians iranians because this is the role. he played well now they have 2 days to do so they'll be trickling in and out of oman but certainly an extraordinary man who played an extraordinary role and i think of course you know challenging times ahead for indeed sultan indeed and there was concern stephanie that they could be a succession crisis not just. because he had no heir apparent but the royal family was very quick to agree on. sides his name was of course among a list of successes but he was chosen why was he chosen over the others and what message is oman sending with this new leader. well

i think this with the session in the way they did that sends 2 messages one to the people here yes we're extremely concerned remember sultan qaboos rule for 50 years and he ruled pretty much on his own so this was a message that this was the will of the sultan who of course is widely loved here among his people and the experts alike that this was his wish that this was the right man for the job sultan haitham is western educated educated oxford in cambridge he's a man of less of a military experience more of a cultural one he's the current minister of culture he's been involved in the vision of him on 2040 so forward thinking but of course you know he is not sultan qaboos who has been in charge here for 50 years so i think there is a consensus that that was a very important thing to do was politically and one had to send a very quick message because of the situation as we know is so sensitive between the united states between iran that oman remained on track as being the negotiator is being the peacemaker and that they had someone in charge and ready to continue

the vision of sultan qaboos forward in this is also something as you mentioned earlier something that sultan hype was very quick to address the council here and the people that he would be continuing on that same. ok stephanie we'll leave it there for now stephanie decker live for us in moscow. taiwan's president says her reelection is a sign that the island to won't to intimidation from china for independence incumbent sighing when one weighs 57 percent of the sky high very for some type. in a major political comeback after being nearly sidelined a year ago taiwan's incumbent president signed when 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 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 her. size main competition on quo you called and congratulated her a few hours after the polls closed he and his party strategy with china was engagement it's a big victory for sign when and the d.p.p. yes because it means another 4 years 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 people of my age the threat from china could not have been more real this time. to where there is pressure from china there is resistance and the need for us to speak out against his you will find that it is ongoing and like previous elections we have move. or young people are speaking up this hear their voice as loud 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 few this immediate provocation that they have to deal with. what's the victory has been savored one of the major task for president's 2nd term will be getting beijing to

respond to her promise willingness to start a positive dialogue got out 0 type and then china valleys being held in hong kong in support of taiwan's election results a growing number of protesters from hong kong have fled to taiwan in recent months is in hong kong live now tell us about the reaction there to the election results in hong kong and what are we expecting from this rally today. i disappear 2 of last year on folly but if you can still hear me this is an anti-government protest that's being held in hong kong on sunday this is in support of another big march which is expected next sunday not today's sunday's rally here in hong kong in central at replies it has been given approval and of course the mood here is buoyant in light of taiwan's election results the people here are backing that election result of course taiwan played a very keen about hong kong i should say i played a very key role in this particular election campaign taiwan offered refuge for some

of those pro-democracy protesters who fled to hong kong during the last 6 months of rallies and the president child provided a certain type of asylum by extending the tourist visa so they could stay on their own also provided the number of supplies for those protesters in hong kong when china cut off those supplies including the psychic here like gas masks and vests now. this particular tampines out the election result will be as you see behind me there about a 1000 or so people here now that the numbers are growing but we expect larger numbers next weekend but certainly the election results that the people here will be seeking to galvanize and solidify the alliance gets between taiwan and hong kong against. tightening group own countries on what cities just should say territories like hong kong since it means a nice rally it's small the moment it's just begun about numbers are starting to grow sara thank you will be checking in with you throughout the day of course in hong kong now to levanon where a deepening debt crisis has pushed

a country to the brink of bankruptcy and it's feared health care will be the 1st to face daya consequences and reports from a cancer treatment center in beirut. for more than a year but tool has been battling leukemia she's returned to the children's cancer center of lebanon for a check up and her father ahmed tells us he's thankful she's responding positively to treatment they say then because they're in doing that i feel like a person who has a newborn as if i'm seeing my daughter being reborn truly as if she was just born a feeling i cannot describe. but he says with lebanon experiencing so many problems he does have concerns and those who are scared that the medicine will no longer be available as for food and the worries here about scarcity everyone is talking about it like everyone else. the. anti-government protests have been held across lebanon for more than 2 months with people demanding an end to inequality and

a complete overhaul of the political system. the country's economic problems began before that but now its debt crisis is worsening leaving lebanon on the verge of bankruptcy and more vulnerable than ever according to human rights watch medical professionals in lebanon are warning that hospitals may soon be unable to provide places with the urgent medical care in surgery because of the country's dire financial situation fadi and how is the fundraising coordinator for the cancer center it depends on donations to provide free treatment to more than $300.00 patients per year the center is now at risk of not being able to achieve that goal in 2020 and a rescue fund has been launched because of that what's happening in the last 2 months we have a deficit of $2500000.00 which is like a huge shelter and you could reach over and target our budget which is $15000000.00 and because the crisis is still going to be seeing this face this we are very that our programs and can see for this year we will be able to do that recently

lebanon's health minister issued a statement aiming to reassure patients that cancer medications will not disappear from the market at the center but along with the other cancer patients she's playing with tried to keep her attention focused on toys instead like many lebanese citizens looking for optimism despite all the obstacles. they thought. venezuela's opposition leader who won by doe is trying to reignite his campaign to remove president nicolas maduro a year after he was declared by some countries as venezuela's interim president he's lost momentum a latin america as in the sea and human explains why. a middle class neighborhood was the scene of opposition leader one why does 1st rally this year. i guess if there are gate spence's or wall to jump we will jump them and if we cannot jump over them we will knock them down. was on tuesday the majority opposition faction

that he leads forced to sway into parliament just days after why they always prevented by soldiers from entering the legislature the government is now recognizing another deputy speaker of the house. why those says he won't meet with the norwegian delegation that's reportedly in caracas to attempt to restart negotiations so broke down last year between the government and opponents says there are no conditions for dialogue but while than israel is political and economic crisis worsens it's clear that the opposition has lost momentum in january of last year tens of thousands of people mobilized in support of. 12 months later either out of fear frustration or the belief that the opposition simply doesn't have what it takes to unseat the military backed government like gore has only been able to bring out a few 100 people here. nevertheless he pleaded for the news wayland's not to abandon him. today more than ever we need to all fight together to open the door to

freedom because i confess to you we cannot do it alone. whether venezuelans will heed his call and accompany him next week in a new attempt to enter parliament remains to be seen to see in human al just sida that acts. well again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera a cease fire has come into effect in libya after wardle 24 have to our great to the chills just hours before it was due to start the pause in fighting was roker's by the leaders of russia and turkey who supports opposing sides in the conflict. the general command of the libyan ira bomb 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 island accord with the karma she will come the russian turkey she needed to have and any other initiative to stop the aggression but any initiatives should include a d.v.d. or all of the aggressor forces and a cease fire is also in effect in syria as it lay province the country's last rebel held territory violence had been escalating since russian backed government forces launched an offensive to retake the area in december the death toll from thursday's attack on an army base in the share has risen to at least $89.00 no one has claimed responsibility i said latest in a string of attacks across west africa region which has prompted leaders to call for more international support the us president donald trump has voiced solidarity with protesters in iran and one the government against cracking down on demonstrations anger is growing over the downing of a ukrainian airliner and the government's initial failure to admits its

responsibility. oman's new assault on haifa bin tariq outside is officially receiving foreign dignitaries in his 1st full day as a country's new leader he's vowed to uphold his predecessor's approach as a regional peace make out he took power just hours after his cousin sultan couples died at the age of $79.00 is credited with transforming a man from a small underdeveloped country into a modern states. and taiwan independence president is celebrating a landslide election victory to tie in when says it's a sign that taiwan won't bow to intimidation from. those are the headlines inside story is next. on counting the cost why the u.s. spends billions on bullets i'm intending with a trip basis across the world plus the shaping of the meat industry as a $1.00 decimates on his pork industry and the french to tax that could escalate. counting the cost on. the arab world's longest serving leader has died

sold term couple of amount is credited with motor noise in his country and in a volatile region prioritizing diplomacy as a division so will that policy continue under the new moniker this is inside story . load welcome to the program i'm often dennis a mom is mourning the death of a man who transformed a nation sold blues been syeed with 79 and had been ill for some time over the coals of fire.