on al-jazeera. context it's the same story telling the biggest issues. to do with. 0. you're watching the news hour live from the headquarters and. coming up in the next 60 minutes hundreds of protesters demand the closure of the u.k.'s embassy fallen after iran accuses the british ambassador are participating in an illegal protests qatar is a mirror meets the iranian president into iran calling on all parties to defuse tensions and saying dialogue is the only way forward. is a meeting if it's national security council after the death of at least $89.00

soldiers in a raid on their base libya's u.n. recognized government and the warlords have to agree to calls from both russia and turkey for a cease fire and to go to school ready. for a crash. stage of the race in saudi arabia. hello we begin in iran where the government is dealing with the growing fallout over its initial failure to admit responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian airliner on wednesday hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the u.k. embassy in tehran they're calling for the embassy to be closed well iran's foreign ministry has summoned the british ambassador accusing him of attending protests against the. government's initial response now he's denying that it's

a protest meanwhile have been held right across the country after the revolutionary guard said it mistakenly shot down the jet killing $176.00 people and the iranian parliament has denied a cover up but told the military to take precautions to avoid further disasters now the recent crisis with the u.s. was prompted by the assassination of the iranian commander. in iraq meanwhile qatar's emir is into a push to ease those tensions is the 1st leader to visit the iranian capital since so many was killed in a u.s. attack on january 3rd it's. rocked her so this visit comes as a very critical time in the region we've agreed that the only solution is to defuse escalations among all parties and we've also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis let's bring in dorset jabari for an update from. a 1st discuss the meeting between the qatari emir and the iranian

president what was the takeaway message from the meeting at a press conference they held. well the 2 leaders expressed their willingness to increase the ties between the 2 countries both economic and political this visit is seen as a very critical one at a time where iran finds itself in the love not only a internal. tensions that are on the rise but also in terms of their relationship with the international community this visit is the 1st for the emir of qatar since he came into that position in 2013 he was in terre haute the invitation of the iranian president for a close session meeting as they put it to express their desire to increase their relationship and the cooperation between the 2 countries of course the emir of qatar explaining that at the time when qatar went through a very difficult time after the blockade that was imposed on them in 2017 by saudi

arabia a number of other countries it was iran who really came to their aid very quickly so he said their relationship has never been stronger but they wish to continue that moving forward and that they want to see a deescalation of the tensions in this region we know that the emir of qatar has also invited me to visit qatar at his earliest convenience and he will be meeting with iran's highest authority supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei in the coming hours before he departs back to doha domestically or so what can you tell us about the continued fallout of the downing of that ukrainian flight earlier this week and why there had been protests right in front of the british embassy. well there's been a series of events that have led to where we are today 1st that was that the nile by all levels of government after the downing of that plane that it could not have been hit by a missile by a missile and then there was

a stunning revelation by the head of the aerospace division of the revolutionary guard on saturday that it was indeed a human error that launched the missile towards this passenger plane that brought it down and killed over 170 people on board so this is what the iranian public was very very angry about and they still are about the fact that the iranian government they feel lied to them for a number of days that they weren't forthcoming initially about what had actually happened so there was a vigil held outside of i'm your cab your university in tehran on saturday evening and that's where the british ambassador was in attendance he said he was there to pay his respects to the victims and then he was arrested briefly and he was released but the foreign minister has since someone to him because they say that he was attending a gathering that was not that they'd have appropriate permits by the authorities so it was an illegal gathering and he was as a foreign diplomat was not allowed to be there so this is where things are out at

the moment we are also hearing that a number of people gathered outside of the british embassy to protest his presence last night at that visual and they are demanding that the british embassy be closed then and this investor be expelled this is of course the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between iran and britain over the past few years so we'll have to wait and see how it unfolds in the coming days. all right it's a door so we'll leave it there thank you for that update from tehran well just a short while ago the u.s. president donald trump weighed in on those protests in iran in a tweet he said this to the leaders of iran do not kill your protesters thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you and the world is watching more importantly the usa is watching turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free stop the killing of your great iranian people let's bring in mike hanna to talk about this is joining us from washington so these tweets have just come

through but these follow a series of tweets that trump put out some of them even in farsi indeed president trump has been tweeting on the subject for a number of hours now you started late last night he's continuing this morning once again it appears to show his administration's opinion that pressure on iran can lead to popular dissent demonstrations in the street this appears to be the administration's strategy for dealing with this ongoing crisis the belief that through a mixture of economic sanction individual sentient and popular pressure that is the best way to deal with the iranian crisis and mike meanwhile we understand that the u.s. defense secretary has been speaking out on the sunday talk shows about iran what did he have to say. well the secretary of defense mark esper has been

talking among the many things that he said was one specific thing that he could not confirm president trump's contention that for specific embassies with facing imminent attack nevertheless the secretary of defense said that a number of embassies would have been under attack because they are a symbol of american power and presence in a number of regions he continued to insist that there was an imminent danger that the trump administration's action was justified on the basis of this imminent danger but would not be drawn into the specifics of what the imminent danger is despite numerous calls from members of congress including those who've been briefed by the pentagon on that attack in baghdad so the situation is too that the secretary of defense insists that despite the criticism of the iranian government despite the sanctions against it president trump is still willing to talk without preconditions this is what he said well it is still the legitimate government if

you will of iran and what we've said i've said publicly the president certainly has said is we will meet with them we want to sit down discuss without precondition a new way forward a a series of steps by which iran becomes a more normal country. well it appears that the trumpet ministration adopting a very bizarre in a way a carrot and stick the carrot the promise of talks the stick ongoing economic and individual sanctions but to make it very clear iran has insisted repeatedly that can be no form of any dialogue while these sanctions remain in place ok mike thank you for that update from washington let's bring in our senior political analyst joining us here in doha and we'll get to the visit of qatar as amir in a moment but 1st on what mike hanna was saying about the secretary defense he's basically saying that president trump is willing to talk without preconditions yet at the same time we see the president doubling down on his maximum pressure

campaign on iran what is the strategy there if there is one. maximum pressure it's sort of paradoxical and it's important that you ask the question because what we understand is that after 2 years of maximum pressure it was clear to the trump administration that that strategy wasn't working and iran's leadership continued on the same path in the region and within iran and if the iranians will simply not lay low and allow the sanctions to bite and so they just went in various directions whether it's in iraq and other places in the region hoping that they will counter the american pressure and try to force washington to reconsider its policy in order to go back to the nuclear deal because as everyone knows the new girl there is not just a bilateral affair between washington run it's an international affair in fact it is enshrined in the u.n. security council resolution and that's why iran is sticking by it it doesn't want

to be dictated to and humiliated by a new american mr ation because the whole point of making deals between states it's those deals stick regardless of the new government or the an incoming government but president trump basically threw the entire diplomacy against the wall and decided to pursue a whole different kind of diplomacy after the different guarantees that were provided to the iranians by the obama administration now the american mission thinks impunity works more pressure more intervention and apparently and i won't put it exactly last words but apparently. the american assertion no and that's my interpretation of the tweets it's indirectly seeking regime change in iran the same administration that says we do not seek regime change anywhere including in iran but when you start inciting demonstrators and when you start saying not only the

warden was watching especially america is watching what does that mean exactly what should what and for what purpose because in the end of the day president obama pursued with iran to godless of the region in general but with what he had pursued with iran is a policy that says look normalization with iran will allow iran to open up and that will and that opening a middle class in iran to pursue more freely its will for a more open iranian society and that will take care of issues but what we have today is an impure knitty that it's been tried for 40 years against iran and it always failed and for a country like cats who has what's described as good relations with the united states and good relations with iran is there a role that qataris playing here and how do you read the visit of the qatari emir attack iran and his meeting with president rouhani. i have no information that the emir of qatar is carrying any messages i don't think he is getting any messages but

clearly just by the fact that when our country steps forward a trust and tries to bridge at least in terms of ideas in terms of perception in terms of regional security and out of voice of sort because that's what's is missing and that's what's been missing in the whole iranian american equation and a voice because this is a region that has some 400000000 arabs if anyone's going to be affected by any escalation between iran and the united states it's the arab region the proxy wars that are or for to between the united states and iran are happening where syria lebanon iraq yemen what are these these are arab countries but why isn't there an arab voice available to be a 3rd dimension if you were in this relationship between washington and tehran why

because the arab world is divided and so the voice from qatar a country that does have relations does have communications with washington to iran and iraq is an important arab voice to be heard in tehran ok we'll leave it there thank you very much. tunisia air that's where our government sources told al-jazeera that the death toll from thursday's attack on an army base has now risen to at least 89 no one has claimed responsibility nick charles more. this is the cost of a conflict that most of the world knows nothing about $89.00 body bags soldiers from neiges army killed in an attack at an army base in sheena go drug close to the border with mali no one has yet claimed responsibility but a number of groups are active here and fallen to cross west africa's say hell region has been increasing last month 71 soldiers were killed in an attack me and

neiges border with mali and became a fast some believe the conflict in libya is worsening problems across the region after the collapse of the libyan state. after the world now. and that by france that in libya that's way that's when all the problems in this house because they came with heavy and the static to attack countries like mali need book in fs so. those countries are too poor to face. the terrorists who are fighting them a national security meeting will be held in niger to work out how to fight ahmed groups including eisel and french president emanuel macron is expected to host leaders from the region on monday with most likely discuss the future of france's military presence in the same hild we need to have a military answer because we need to where educate those jihadists terrorism also

but it won't be enough because we need to bring also social and the humanitarian cost is also rising the un estimates half a $1000000.00 people have been displaced in the region because of the violence nicola gage al-jazeera. well there's been a surge in violence right across the region and the number of people killed in attacks and burkina faso mali uneasier john from 7. 70 in 2016 to more than 4000 last year it's largely because of a combination of attacks by armed groups and intercommunal violence remote areas where the state's presence or especially vulnerable the humanitarian cost is also growing the u.n. estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced a 10 fold increase in 3 years let's bring in. a political and security risk consultant

a terrorist she's joining us from paris via skype thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera why does the area remain so vulnerable to attacks from armed groups from . for summer isn't a very new situation but as you mention it say there is again the fire escape. similar months and months is now when it's true that the threat is not cruel way nuff to be a one to face censure evolution and the grounds that the reason why there is this meeting is $72.00 more in france. the president's record more for and with the other president and the sad region of france g 7 g g 5 sorry sammy initiative if it's to review these strategies but the message is that military as it has been saying military solution is not enough and there isn't any

laws talk country received the governments receive and out of funds from different civil war pretty regular are going to since many years now that do for us is the national forces. and this country's on that and in concert there. in and of course there are a really able or 2 to do the job that is not michael james out let me ask you about that in particular because why are these forces the international forces and and french forces in particular who have been invested in that area since 2030 and why are these attacks are happening under their watch. what is not under is our watch i mean that was out to contribute to the security and to to let's say so this should part the national air force is and is not no more

a national program it's original program so that the idea is to carden it better as it is always different the national forces and france has is in is there as a backup should be there as a backup the problem is that you cannot address sets he chooses. forces mainly to reach the ration shows the iran rather that have not been addressed so far what would you like to say i mean it's because as they said the reason the way it is address is i mean military and that has to be addressed also and the political aspect that's meaning the governance that when you have some 1000000 billions of. euros in this area to the reinforced institution and sufficiently the need to really institution that and that exists

and in the way that the governments there or correctness are. going to smother is maybe the weather of the 1st issue so that has to be addressed properly and mean that we have through to make a connection to make coordination and i mean the. linking the security and a good governance rights country is there is that ok well we thank you i'll have to leave it there we've run out of time but thank you very much i know that sally for joining us from paris thank you. thank you went to morehead on the hour including. schools are closed thousands of people. anger over. corruption.

on. our stories coming up in sports. but 1st countries ravaged by war 2 separate cease fire agreements are now in effect warring sides in syria libya have agreed to put down their arms after negotiations brokered by russia and turkey it's 2 countries support opposing sides in each conflict we have more on syria in a moment but 1st to libya that's where. initially rejected calls for the ceasefire . reports from. after rejecting a cease fire call blade turkey and russia last week warlord free for have to change his mind a few hours before it was due to go into effect. the general command of the libyan ira bombed forces announces

a cease fire in the western side of libya the ceasefire 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. in a joint press conference earlier putin an 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 as forces have been trying to seize the capital tripoli from the you and the back of the government there attempts have so far to fall in short but his forces have gained a ground. violence is collating of european and african leaders

fearing the conflict could destabilize several countries to accuse president. has also called for fighting to stop the move will come to by the u.n. little kid knows the government in tripoli i like of course what does a car marshal welcome the russian turkish initiative and any other initiative to stop the aggression but any initiatives should include a d.v.d. or all of the aggressor forces german chancellor angela merkel is hoping turkish russian efforts to secure peace will indian success and once the united nations involved or any. we agreed to the conference in berlin. to be held very soon in order to start the process of a peaceful libya. the talks want to 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 are so much this you.

will have a conference about. well. we'll. have to it has been backed by egypt the united arab emirates france and russia and back the government by turkey let's get an update from the mortal bring him in his joining us from tripoli to what extent is that cease fire being respected. it seems to be unstable at least until this moment we're getting reports from the front line government military sources saying that have to his forces have breached their seas fire by targeting their location in a neighborhood the government or military sources say that one pro-government fighter was killed by an anti aircraft. rockets but. does not

mean an airstrike it means they're an anti-aircraft weapon mounted on a pic of the vehicle. but overnight the government of national accord. violated the cease fire by targeting civil litigations and all of this morning in a neighborhood locals said that have to the forces fired randomly at residential areas the government is rated rating that in order for this cease fire to be put fully in place have to his forces should pull out from southern tripoli and also the government so that any violation of or have to forces. will be met by force from the government forces as you know during that the government of national accord has already accepted this cease fire but also it says that it could pave the way for peace talks that are due to be held in berlin ok

thank you for that update from tripoli well the prime minister of libya's u.n. backed government that's faiza satirize he is in turkey that's where he has been holding talks and president roger let's bring in jim and sharon joining us from ankara to talk us through this is so there is significance tomorrow after that particular meeting. well there are in issues that turkey is just as much a player when it comes to libya as egypt in the united arab emirates and other regional powers who have been trying to prop up the militia of. have started turkey for its part saying that it's been supporting what they described as the legitimate government of libya being the u.n. recognize prime minister meeting with president raja of course the 2 countries have in recent weeks signed a number of agreements the most important of them was the joint defense one which allowed for the turkish military troops come into libya and establish some sort of

a corner bream when it came to the military aspects of this conflict and that's probably what many will consider to have been the main thing that allowed for some sort of discussion on negotiations or cease fire to take place because without that the militia of how to hide essentially been running rampage throughout the east of the country there is a lot in common between the true sides that met today not least with regards to looking at also an edgy exploration and extraction in the middle mediterranean sea where both libya and sort of key share time borders so turkey essentially saying that it's there not just to protect its national security as well as its own interests but as the advisor and spokesperson for the president's reach said this was an attempt by the government to bring about some sort of political solution ok and jim i want to have you let me ask you about another ceasefire that's meant to start a midnight on sunday and that isn't in syria what more are you hearing about that also brokered by turkey and russia. in large part

since held so far there have been some reports of breaches by the regime of bashar assad the syrian army attacking so it's in areas particularly in the south over in the province i'm on the ramada at the moment however compared to the last 24 hours on saturday where some 20 civilians were killed including 5 children on an airstrike in the town of been there is a lot safer now obviously people will be a whole hoping that it holds for some time so it leads to an out for some sort of humanitarian aid to reach the people there particularly considering just how cold it is with the winter there but there have been so many cease fires before particularly about so that's haven't held and that's why there is some skepticism as to how long it will last the regime of bashar al assad has vowed that it will continue fighting to take back control of that last remaining rebel stronghold whether they will abide by this time by this cease fire will be we'll we'll we'll

wait and see a right to say i thank you for that update from ankara and we're going to continue with the famous libya and bring in i'm mad bad he's an analyst on libya the your view european university institute he's joining us via skype from florence that's in italy thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera 1st let's look at the at the ceasefire how do you understand the acceptance of the ceasefire by all sides considering. i have to kind of have to have had initially rejected it it's. though it said any cease fire that you have to basically hope will work out as one that hasn't paired flaws in its operationalization the un's mil has so far welcomed the turco rush of let's say announcement for a ceasefire but there doesn't seem to be an actual monitoring mechanism or a follow up on dealing with violations which are occurring right now and have been of carrying since last night surprisingly however there are only no local conflict

and minimal violations so what the church and the russians have managed to do somewhat is to basically limited the interim last that internationalization of the symptoms of internationalization of the coffin so he would no longer see drone strikes jets strikes. on their side or target drone strikes on the d.n.a. site i wouldn't say the see that the ceasefire being respected this reflective of both sides actually not wanting the fight inside libya i will say however that this reflects that turkey and russia jointly are able to significantly affect the international scene and how do you know yours playing it right and for the benefit of our international viewers put this into context for us and and how do you explain the ceasefire that was brokered by turkey and russia what does it tell you about their influence in libya and on the warring sides. well you have to take into account that this conflict has been raging for about 10 months it was

a conflict that could have been very easily solved by americans and europeans with some forceful defilement some enforcement of the arms embargo nothing has been done in that regard that allowed turkey and russia to step into libya on both sides both sides of the conflict and along with the days clearly they've managed to garner a lot of political influence inside libya now and the symptom of that i would say is the turkel russian announcement of a cease fire that so far has been surprisingly i would say successful but what is the influence off outside factors tell you about the chances of success at an upcoming berlin conference for a last thing i was. the process so far it's been plagued by european divisions the conference has been significantly delayed at the beginning there was a lot of maneuvering but there's packer's most notably france against the initiative

which delayed that for months now it's for its relevance has been gradually diluted i would say but now its relevance is completely dependent on whether the emir are these the turks and the russians wanted to have relevance and also how big of a role they will allow in europeans but also americans and that's a big issue because these actors its interests are sometimes or at least part of them are clearly at odds with the libyan populations and their understanding of libya might also be skewed to a certain extent. bather we thank you very much for speaking to us from italy. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour coming up in a moment as all mon's new leader takes the helm we look at the pressure he faces on the international stage coming up in sports arena williams wins her 1st title since becoming a mother as details on what's. well

it rained heavily yesterday in dubai abu dhabi and then in oman it's nothing on its way it doesn't look very much but the result was quite dramatic this is dubai you know lightning strike and of course the amount of rain that fell produce pretty widespread flooding somebody reported 257 minutes seems a little bit excessive but it was a sort of order it's falling heavily and quickly well it's no longer there we've got this far and it's been a fairly chilly start i have to say in dire harwell temperatures slowly rising because the tends to die slowly of a days or $21.00 say for costa to say riyadh still at 16 and dubai is about 20 asked pretty typical on the low side of typical for this time of the year there is cloud but it's quite high cloud run across the sahara so don't expect much from it

a little bit of rain might be possible in libya the breeze the standard breeze the northeast is running across sudan all the way west is through the beyond and that's a dusty breeze not especially strong moment in northern libya that circulation which formed in eastern tennessee is moving eastwards that's going to be a wet period i suspect to tropical after a few showers in kenya but the concentration of rain this time the it's a bit further sasnett still there namibia and eastwards. for. the 21st century began with extraordinary economic growth across much of latin america. but since this halted in 2008 there's been a political shift to the right on a continent west socialism on thrives. on addition goes on a journey to me leading left wing figures to understand why that politics have lost

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dan the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the u.k. embassy in tehran calling for the embassy to be closed the wrongs foreign ministry has summoned the british ambassador accusing him of attending protests against the government's response to the shooting down of a passenger jet he's denied. qatar's emir is calling for a dialogue to diffuse regional tension of what he calls a critical time around the government is facing growing anger over its handling of the ukrainian airlines crash. and a cease fire has come into effect in libya after. a greek to the truce just hours before it was to start its there's also been a pause in fighting in syria as a province russia and turkey brokered both cease fires. in the philippines all flights out of international airport have been suspended as all 40 has worn a large volcanic eruption could be imminent the volcano in the leaves on the region

is about 100 kilometers south of the capital it's shooting ass one kilometer into the sky much of it falling on nearby communities thousands of people have been told to leave their homes genuine dogon joining us from manila to talk us through the alert level that has now been raised for what more can you tell us. well what we know the reason is basically alert level 4 by government senders means that an imminent hazardous eruption is to take place within the next few hours or days and it's something that according to government officials the public needs to understand they had taken the decision of canceling and responding all flights flying in and out of manila they say because of the ash fall which is they say planes are unable to detect while up in the air so this is why they said they have also detected that the runway in manila are also now covered with ash and

precisely hopefully they say possibly the other planes that have been stranded in manila all classes have been suspended in different parts of manila as you know that area where the volcano is on an island just about 2 hours by car from manila but as far as been seen across the great thermal metropolis and according to the philippine government at this point the philippine government or did this point is the evacuation of thousands of civilians so how are people going preparing for the evacuations one of them being told to do. at a point sorry i didn't get to catch the last part i only got to catch the last part of your jamila just asking you more about the evacuations. ok so so there are 3 very critical areas that are now being the focus of the

evacuation to rain and that is on the 3 communities right at the low lying part of the volcano the volcano sits on an eye on an island in the lake in a very popular tourist destination here in manila and so this has been the priority they said they were able to evacuate at least 6000 people it doesn't specify whether those people come from this area but there is a 14 kilometer range now that the philippine government has identified they see those living within the 14 kilometer range of the volcano needs to be evacuated right away so the next few hours are critical they say with alert level for the hope that will stay at this point but they're asking everyone to see indoors ok jamila thank you for that update from minute one well haiti's paying tribute to the victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed up 230-0000 people the official memorial ceremonies at the site of

a mass grave for thousands of victims but a decade after the quake survivors are still feeling the impact there's been little progress in rebuilding in their ongoing protests over a food shortage is and government corruption terrorism bows at the memorial ceremony and send christophe to talk us through what you've been seeing to raise a. well that's correct we're here in san christoph where 10 years ago right after the 7.0 earthquake that killed around 300000 people over a 1000000 and a half for this played well those who died were brought here to this place to be buried in a mass grave people are still continuing to come here to lay flowers because they don't know where their loved ones are so they come here in order to remember them well just a while ago precedented over there maurice came here to do the same he laid some flowers and held memorial service for those who passed away during the earthquake but shortly after about 15 or 20 people started showing up here there was lots of

security security forces protecting the president and they had to rush him out because of what's been going on in the country in this past few months there's been massive protests on the streets people demanding jobs in a more or less resignation of the prices of school food has escalated of water has escalated fuel prices have also increased and that's why many many i rang on the streets and they're also angry at the reckon struction poses and how it's been handled up people say that the government didn't do a good job but also the international community haiti right now is in an enormous economic crisis there's also a humanitarian crisis we do know according to the united nations that malnutrition is likely to increase in the coming year there is a health care crisis with 60 percent of this country's health care service that continues to be completely destroyed so this is a day a special day for this country so remember what happened 10 years ago but also to

rethink what it's going to do in the coming future and when people question the reconstruction process what are they told about what actually went wrong. well when the earthquake happened there was lots of questions and also many saw the possibility of doing things different in emergencies so the way that relief efforts would be carried we saw for example what was known as the haitian the hay sheet rebuild commission that at the time of u.s. president bill clinton was chosen to lead it we also saw how the world pledged to run $13000000000.00 in order to help this country not only recover but also help this country develop this is the poorest country in the western hemisphere but thanks did not go as planned the haiti rebuild commission last for about 18 months of the $13000000000.00 that were pledged half of that money actually made it to

this country and this is something that people do not forget many of those who were promised permanent houses continue to leave in many of the areas that used to be 10 cities well now they've become very people living in those houses in dire conditions we spoke to precedential in in movies and what he told us is that he's very critical of what happened on the way aid was handled he said that it was the haitian government haitian civil society that should have handled the reconstruction program but the international community says that corruption is a real issue in haiti and that's why they do not want to give that money to the haitian government well that's not so if we think about how aid is happening about how development how reckon struction projects in countries like this one that went through tragedies like this one should be handled but what we see and where this leaves us as we are today there's millions of people who continue to leave in areas that are without water without basic service says that the most important things

that what should have changed this country in a way never happened ok terrorism thank you for that update from haiti. world leaders have traveled to armand to meet its new soltani and scions he was sworn in on saturday after the death of his cousin the longtime ruler. but inside a sight the new leader has promised to uphold his predecessor's approach as some describe as a regional peacemaker samus ravi brings us this report from moscow it's a seamless transition of power meant oman woke up to a new sultan while still in mourning for their late monarch at the royal palace hate them been. received world leaders there to offer condolences and pay their respects to all months new leader it's quite rare in the middle east for such a change in power to be so smooth for the new leader to inherit a country so stable and that is a large part of the late his legacy at the grand mosque in oman's capital people

shared memories often speaking of less as a rule or more like family who want to be a country from nothing. like what you see. used to. prioritize diplomacy over division religious coexistence inside the country political noninterference outside neutrality as a way of keeping the peace. very known in. peace. we hope that. the success is meant. to continue. in facades the. existence of the people of this break. his reign was

a time of change spanning 5 decades but there's been little pomp and circumstance since his death the transition to a new leader in a dynasty that has ruled the country for 14 generations marked by the same quiet dignity that was known for during his lifetime. you will. work for a foreign ministry implementing a gentle approach to international affairs well. he cared about his people and he prioritized having people's respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. it's an approach ingrained in amman's institutions and unlikely to change under new leadership so. the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an

increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way then basra the old a 0 mosque on taiwan's president has her election as a sign that the self-governing islands won't bow to intimidation from china pro independence incumbent sighing when won with 57 percent of the vote scott had lower reports from taipei. the day after taiwan's historic election reelecting pro independence president signed when the people of this island of 24000000 enjoyed their winter sunday. i hope that those thailand and china well china stop its military threats toward taiwan i believe she is the right leader to deal with china. i do not think she would try to be confrontational after last night we voted to still remain part of a big family and then we defend political opinions we share the same firm belief in

democratic values with the overwhelming victory for sign one and the d.p.p. some feel that there is added pressure for progress and recognition from china and beyond on the security of the islands independence. in saturday's election saigon of the most votes of any presidential candidate in the young democracy here promising to keep her hardline stance for independence with growing pressure from china beijing issued a statement shortly after side gave her victory speech as if the landslide election never happened president xi jinping is administration continued with its threats of reunification and its opposition to any separatist attempts. but her challenges won't only be on improving cross-tree relations i was economy has been a major political issue here even if there's been a recent boost thanks to the us china trade war she is under tremendous pressure much higher than her 1st time. to perform better on the

economy. she was really defeated in the local election about 15 months ago because of the economic situation that didn't go away. so amid the saber rattling from china and calls for economic reform sighs next 4 years start off with major challenges but she goes into her 2nd term with the confidence of the majority of taiwanese people at least for now it's got either al-jazeera type protesters in hong kong watch taiwan's election very closely sarah clarke has their reaction. thousands have gathered here in the square which is in central hong kong and this is part of the democracy of the anti-government movement efforts to ramp up their protests in the chinese new year which is the biggest traditional festival in hong kong and that's at the end of january now the reaction here from the pro-democracy groups to taiwan's election result has certainly been

a positive one a pro-democracy groups and political activists travel to taiwan to monitor and observe the spot and they've been overwhelmed by the result of course hong kong protests played a key role in this election in taiwan the unrest in hong kong fueled resistance to beijing and harden public sentiment and as i mentioned the reaction from these part of oxy demonstrators here has been positive out of it hope people feel. happy for how people feel good about that because. the lives of those. people close to ending that with this need to be able to. tell what has also provided key support for these pro-democracy demonstrators by providing supplies and like safety gear including vests and helmets and when china cut off the supplies coming into hong kong the pro-democracy groups we seeking to bolster exchanges and galvanize are alliance with taiwan against china's increasing influence and tightening their grip on the city this is

a big rally today with thousands attending but next sunday pro-democracy groups will be holding another munch in support of the anti-government movement still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour a day to get for the queen of the slopes of austria has details coming up in a moment. to al-jazeera we were told to get that it's true russia has just been addressed by took a listen what is the proposal of spain for a couple of years we meet with global newsmakers. talk about the stories that matter now does iraq. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for patchy otic reasons for others is the only way to get

a job despite the risks midway's karim he was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it i was aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or a leg is a sacrifice we have to mike to serve this country. hello again time for the sports those with peter thank you very much for sergei's rider power logan solver's has died in a crash at the back corelli in saudi arabia a 40 year old came off his bike 276 kilometers into sunday 7 stage at about 10 18

am local time he was found unconscious by rescue helicopter having gone into cardiac arrest a source consol versus 13th dhaka rally and is the 1st fatality in the race for 5 years. novak djokovic has led serbia to victory in the inaugural a.t.p. cup beating spain and rival rafael nadal in sunday's final in sydney it was a singles match to livable tie and then was part of serbia's doubles lineup that won the deciding match and with that the trophy there will be only top players in the southern hemisphere gearing up for the 1st grand slam of the season 3 in a williams was up against jessica peculiar in the final of the classic in oakland topsy clinched victory 6364 this is her 1st title in 3 years and her 73rd on the w.t. 8 meaning she's now won titles across the last decade williams announced children $843000.00 winners check and some of her tennis traces to the australian bushfire

relief fund and with the australian open just over a week away the victory shows she's a strong contender for an 8th title in melbourne. yeah and feeling pretty good i'm feeling fit until i get some matches and long rallies short rallies power players elements and so this is exactly what i need it going into mount vernon and it's good. but international carrying the pleasure of her hair successfully defended a w.t. a title for the 1st time in her career the czech beat madison keys in 3 sets in the final it's her 16th to cycle and food in brisbane. iran's only female olympic medalist has announced she's defecting to mia they 'd won taekwondo bronze medal at the rio olympics in 2016 criticized iran's political system saying she felt oppressed elisa day who has been training in the netherlands did not give

details of where she is now in an instagram post elisa day wrote i wasn't important to them none of us mattered to them we would tools i wish for nothing else then for taekwondo safely and for a healthy and happy life the decision was harder than winning olympic gold i remain a daughter of iran wherever i am. the former head of athletics will the governing body is set to stand trial on corruption charges in france on monday senegalese limine diac is charged along with the sun pop up by sutter who is still in senegal after the country refused extradition they are accused of bribe taking and money laundering involving international air raids and they federations the main director was head of the either between 999 and 20 for. the baltimore ravens or taken the n.f.l. by storm of the season but it's all come to nothing if they were dumped out of the playoffs on saturday the ravens were the best team in the regular season but lost

in the divisional round to the 6th seeded tennessee titans baltimore had not lost sense of temper tennessee following last week's defeat of the new england patriots with another big scarp 2812 the final score in baltimore elsewhere the same francisco $49.00 is won their 1st playoff game in 6 years they beat the minnesota vikings later on sunday hughson at kansas city and the seattle seahawks are at the green bay packers. the mohawk he bucks and tighten their grip on the top spot in the east john assented to compose made 32 points and they beat the portland trail blazers 122101 elsewhere the boston celtics food after snapping a 3 game losing streak on saturday jason tatum made 63 pointers and score a career high 41 points if they beat the new orleans pelicans 14105.

there was an upset for skiing's queen of the slopes on sunday in austria american mckayla schifrin. to finish a race for the 1st time in nearly 2 years she slid out during the opening super g. run of the world cup combined event on a tricky course set out unmarked federica of italy went on to win the title and go 2nd in the rankings achievement is still well clear of the top of the overall standings. the sport of squash so far not managed to make it into the olympics spot for attempts but it is finding ways of getting in front of a wider audience the 90 year old true intimate of champions is being hosted at new york's grand central station egypt number 200 i'll show barbie on call here. squash hoping to be on track for another in the big but in 20 twentieth's. ideas we will leave it for the most well for me again later during our right peter thank you very much for that and thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera back in

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