to on al jazeera. hundreds of protesters demand the closure of the u.k.'s embassy in teheran after iran accuses the british ambassador of participating in an illegal protests. watching knowledge is there a lie from headquarters in doha i'm dead you know bill gates also a heads qatar's emir meets the iranian president into iran calling on all parties to defuse tensions and saying dialogue is the only way forward. calls a meeting of fits national security council after the deaths of at least $89.00 soldiers in a raid on their base and libya's u.n. recognized government in the world are $24.00 have to agree to calls from both russia and turkey for

a cease fire. 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 for ukrainian airliner on wednesday hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the u.k. embassy in tehran calling for the embassy to be closed iran's foreign ministry has now summoned the british ambassador accusing him of attending protests against the government's initial response he's denied dots of protests have been held right across the country after the revolutionary guard said it mistakenly shot down the jet killing 176 people there a new parliament has denied a cover up the told the military to take precautions to avoid further disasters or the recent crisis with the u.s. was prompted by the assassination of the iranian commander. qassam soleimani in

iraq and qatar as emir is into herat in a push to ease those tensions he's the 1st leader to visit the iranian capital since so my money was killed in a u.s. attack on january the 3rd. i walked her so this visit comes at a very critical time in the region we've agreed that the only solution is to defuse skill ations among all parties and we've also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis duerson jabari isn't to her on and she says the 2 leaders expressed their willingness to increase ties both economically and politically. this visit is seen as a very critical one at a time where iran finds itself in the middle love not only 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 the invitation of the iranian president for a closed 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 we set 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 authorities 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 ukrainian flight earlier this week and why there have 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 it 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 your capital 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 ministry has since summoned to him because they say that he was attending a gathering that was not that didn't have appropriate permits by the authorities so it was a legal gathering in the 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 a 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 well a short while ago the u.s. president donald trump weighed in on those protests in iran in a tweet he said so the leaders of iran do not kill your protesters thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you the world is watching more importantly the usa is watching turn your internet back on reporters roam free stop the killing off your great iranian people mike hanna has the latest from washington. president

trump has been tweeting on the subject for a number of hours now he started late last night he's continuing this morning once again it appears to show his administration's opinion that the 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 sanction and popular pressure that is the best way to deal with the iranian crisis 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 trumps 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 trumpet ministrations 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 meanwhile eventual is being held in toronto for the many canadian victims of the downing off that ukrainian aircraft in iran daniel lakas joining us from the university of toronto where that villa vigil is being held daniel what can you tell us about what's going on there. well darien people are gathering for this vigil

it's in the university's convocation hall which is an old building where the university has its graduation ceremonies holds over a 1000 people i'm pretty sure it'll be full to bursting when it starts shortly they're expecting the mayor of toronto canada's deputy prime minister and important local politicians as well as many many members of this area is a rainy and canadian community more than 100000 iranian canadians live in and around the toronto area and it's no exaggeration to say that almost everyone knew someone who was impacted by the tragedy in tehran many of the people who died in the crash were students university professors teachers or staff members that educational institutions and that is why the university is at the center of mourning today in toronto they're going to have a multimedia presentation they're going to read off the names of those who were on board the plane and tell some personal stories probably very emotional moments there's there's music there is candle lighting and really just an attempt to start

this thing moving towards some sort of closure for a community that's been devastated yeah and the prime minister has been speaking out and he said that iran's admission off shooting down the plane was an important step but it was also just a 1st step so what does the canadian government won from the iranian government considering of course there are no diplomatic relations between iran and canada. that's absolutely true and it's proved to be a bit of a barrier that canada and iran don't have diplomatic relations but canadian diplomats consular officials are expected in iran probably within 24 hours or less and so that work can start and the government really wants much much more than just an admission from guilt from iran justin trudeau said that really the process has to include compensation for victims he met some families when he met them a couple of days ago and he said they're facing steep financial. because of their losses and iran has to come forward and help with that also

a really thorough investigation of how this happened why some sort of justice if that's warranted and absolutely ways to make sure it doesn't happen again canada's not letting this go they're working with ukraine which also lost many people with the u.k. sweden in afghanistan who had nationals on the plane and they're meeting and talking every day to keep up the pressure on tehran all right daniel thank you for that update from toronto tunisia our thoughts where a government source has told al jazeera that the death toll from thursday's attack on an army base has now risen to at least 89 it happened in chords are that's close to the border with mali defense minister has called a meeting if it's national security council no one has claimed responsibility and last month another attack killed $71.00 soldiers near new border with mali so that prompted leaders of the regional g 5 nations to call for closer cooperation and international support french president i knew in my call is expected to host

leaders in the region on monday to decide on the future of france's military presence in the south there has been a surge in violence right across the region and the number of people killed in attacks and. jumped from 770 that was 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 is weak 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. as more from. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack in yet but it's suspected that it was carried out by miller and or other fighters who crossed over from mali that's according to one government official and then launched the attack that area in particular has

been vulnerable to attacks from groups inside mali and we've also seen how they have launched several attacks from that area from the border with the king of process well right now what we're hearing about is that the bodies of those soldiers were killed in the tank have been taken to the capital i mean where they were buried or about to be buried some of them and the government is calling for more support from international community to deal with the problem absolutely it's not only the french forces overall the french a large number of troops in this a region more than 4500 but put together the number of multinational forces or other international forces in this hell in particular close to or even up to 20000 and a lot of people in the region are wondering why these forces despite their training

despite the equipment described the level of intelligence gathering they have these attacks continue 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 the 2 countries support opposing sides in each conflict how more on syria in a moment but 1st to libya that's where warlords khalifa haftar out had initially rejected calls for a ceasefire not one of the law doesn't tripoli and he says there's already been some reports of violations. it's now quiet in the front lines as we're getting reports from military commanders on the ground it's now quiet compared to last night but despite that the government has it imported that it has dick documented violations by half to us forces overnight and this morning and also overnight only

a few minutes after the spokesman of have to announce said that they are putting the cease fire in place also we spoke earlier today to civilians eyewitnesses locals in ains our neighborhood they said that have to the forces also opened fire randomly in the area this morning but the government is written rating that it's not going to stay silent in front of any violations by have to force as a member of stand the government has been repeating that have to as forces pulling out of southern tripoli is a prerequisite for the government for the government to proceed in any settlement to this conflict there are also reports of some skirmishes in syria's province where another ceasefire agreement is in place it's hoped the pause and fading will

allow desperately needed aid into the region. reports from the turkish capital ankara. aside from the fact of people fearing to be essentially bombed out of the skies by the regime of bashar al assad than even by russian warplanes there is a dire humanitarian situation which is a consequence of 78 years of war that continues to plague all this is innocent civilians of syria in terms of how likely it is to hold this is the umpteenth time that some sort of ceasefire agreement has been reached and what is different maybe from with regards to syria is of libya is that there is no where near a nice form of equilibrium between the military powers you have armed rebel groups that are now only in control of this. province the the the region of it and you have on the other side of the syrian army you have iranian backed militia you have the russian military which are essentially used all of their might some firepower

to corner those rebel groups or what's left of them in this small area and essentially has been pounding them for months if not for the past best part of years now what's interesting very quickly is that in the past 24 hours the russians have set up checkpoints on the entrances and exits of it live they say to allow for citizens or civilians to leave it live the question is why would they do that if there is a ceasefire which people expect to last the skeptics or cynics would say it is an attempt maybe to filter out as many civilians as they can before the fighting resumes once more coming up in just a moment right here on al-jazeera 10 years after a devastating earthquake the government of haiti faces anger over food shortages and allegations of corruption flights are canceled and schools are closed as thousands of people flee a volcanic eruption in the philippines. it's

a surprisingly quiet winter over both china and japan this clearly movement in the sky carries moved from west to east so the cold air is going out of the water is not does generate showers and here they are these blue things here running into home shoot so a bit of snow for the height in home sure there was a few rain showers on but when would coast puts tokyo in shelter it suggests asako be dry as well average temperatures beijing is a bit warmer than you might expect the air isn't moving very much so i call it is not back good in northeastern china nor is it further says if you're an industrial area but a cloud and a suggestion of some showers building up in you know and you see across the indian border northeast india will see that a bit of rain but the main rain is for the sciences of course are an easier we see the results in floods in jakarta in the next day or so i think jobber will be

fairly driver that line just to the north extends back through sumatra and daily to clean central and southern sumatra you get pretty big showers there getting bigger i think in the next couple days it used to could be the day of the biggest ones asked for india generally speaking a dry picture but you've got this trough coming through pakistan which is rain for most snow in the north and that's moving steadily eastwards. he's notorious the creation fake passports the food and flowers he's the u. . one of many states the most a forger as he reveals the secrets of the strike on al-jazeera. the us is always of interest to people all around the world this is been going on for a number of tear gas being used up to the point the recent international perspective to try to clear

a little audience how this could be allowed this is an important part of the world now does it is very good news to the world from. all over again the top stories on al-jazeera qatar as a mayor is calling for a dialogue to diffuse regional tension at what he called a critical time iran's government is facing growing anger over its initial failure to admit responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian airliner on wednesday. government sources told al jazeera that the death toll from thursday's attack on an army base has now risen to at least $89.00 it happened close to the border with mali no one has claimed responsibility cease

fire has come into effect in libya after warlords but if you have to agree to the troops just hours before it was to starts there's also been a pause in fighting in syria's province russia and turkey brokered both cease fires . haiti is paying tribute to the victims of the devastating $22.00 an earthquake that killed nearly $300000.00 people resident over no more use attended the official memorial service of the site of a mass grave for victims he left the ceremony after a small group of protesters arrived a decade after the earthquake there's been little progress in rebuilding and there are ongoing protests over a food shortage of government corruption which will get to in a moment with a reason she's joining us from that ceremony in saying christoph what's the mood like. well a very very sad mood here when you talk to people i mean remember what happened in

this country 10 years ago here in san christophe people were witnesses of how thousands and thousands of bodies were brought here in trucks and where buried in a mass grave right where we are right now this is the place where thousands of people continue to come to lay flowers because they don't know where their loved ones are buried or where they were disappeared during the earthquake so this is the place where president over nearly came to held a memorial service to honor those who died during the earthquake the serb when he was very very short about 20 people showed up here to protest against his government demanding his resignation accusing him of corruption there was some tension there was lots of security forces here on the ground diplomatic diplomats other members of the international community rushed out of this area and the president himself did the same thing it's been a past few months have been very very tense here in egypt thousands of people have been taking to the streets demanding moyses resignation accusing him of corruption

because of the better car even scandal which is the program that was run alongside the venezuelan government of subsidized all in this country well maurice has been mentioned in that corruption scandal also. because the increase in fuel food among other things haiti right now is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis there's united nations is saying that the malnutrition is going to increase among the population here there's a health crisis of 60 percent of the health care system is completely destroyed so obviously there's lots of anger on the streets that's what we've been seeing so far but this is a day of mourning it's a sad day for most haitians and it's a day also for the haitian government but also for members of the international community to think what went wrong in this past year since the earthquake struck this country and devastated leaving over a 1000000 people without a home and killing at least 300000 people just so what are people's i explain

nation. or when they're when they are school what went wrong in the street concert reconstruction process what are they told. where this loaf of questioning about what actually happened what went wrong i mean initially when the earthquake happened it was seen especially by members of the international community as a way that this time something different could happen in a country that went through with such a tragedy and that humanitarian relief could be handled in a different way it was said to haiti a relief commission was set up it was led by former u.s. president bill clinton the international community pledged to help this country with $13000000000.00 but things did not go west planned that commission last for about 18 months of the $13000000000.00 pledged to help haiti around $6000000000.00 is only a riot here and most of that money was spent on short term programs including food including water including some medicine but not real deep development no real long

term plan we spoke to president and he's saying he's very very critical of the way aid was handled in this country he said that haitian authorities were completely. passed by the international community but when you talk to the international community what they say is that this country is filled with corruption and that they are the ones that want to run this country whatever went wrong it's left of millions of people who were promised a home who were promised a possibility of improving their lives in a very dire situation they're still living in temporary camps with no water or access to basic services all right elizabeth thank you for that update in the philippines all flights out of manila as international airport have been suspended as authorities warn a large volcanic eruption could be imminent the volcano in the woods on region is about 100 kilometers south of the capital shooting ash one kilometer into the sky

much of it falling on nearby communities thousands of people have been told to leave their homes general and dog and has more on the emergency efforts underway. alert level 4 by government standers 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 d.c. because of the asked for 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 there are 3 very critical areas that are now being the focus of the evacuation to remain and that is on the 3 communities right at the low lying part of the volcano the volcano sits on and on an island in the leak in

a very popular tourist destination here in manila and so this has been the per your t. they said they were able to evacuate at least $6000.00 people it doesn't specify whether those people come from this area but there is the 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 we'll see at this point but they're asking everyone to stay indoors australia's prime minister scott morrison says he'll recommender stablish in a high level inquiry into the bushfire disaster on saturday the sydney opera house was lit up with a tribute to the firefighters and volunteers one firefighter was killed on the same day in the state of victoria at least 27 people have died since september and more than 2000 homes destroyed morrison has also responded to fierce criticism his face

over his response to the fires. you know there are things that i could have handled on the ground much better these are very wrong or emotional environments or go to say that 95 percent or thereabouts of the responses of head in these cases of very very positive and and very appreciative world leaders have traveled to meet its new soltani. the tongs sworn in on saturday after the death of his cousin longtime ruler inside of science the new leader has promised to uphold his predecessor's approach as a regional peace maker. brings us this report from muskets. 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 thought it was saeed 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 sultan qaboos 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 in the last. prioritize diplomacy over division religious coexistence inside the country political noninterference outside neutrality as a way of keeping the peace. in. peace in the region. we hope. the success is meant. to continue in the same.

emphasize the. existence of the people of. 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 maginot you will one day you will. a less fool or work for oman's foreign ministry implementing cup looses gentle approach to in. national affairs well remember. 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

a new leadership. was 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 zain basra the old a 0 mosque up. and over again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour qatar is amir's calling for a dialogue between the u.s. and iran to diffuse regional tension comes as iran's government faces growing anger over its initial failure to admit responsibility for the downing of her ukrainian airliner on wednesday. this visit comes as a very critical time in the region we've agreed that the only solution is to fuse escalations among all posses and we've also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue

is the only route to any solution to any crisis. government sources told al jazeera that the death toll from thursday's attack on an army base has risen to at least $89.00 it happened close to the border with mali and harris defense minister says a national security council meeting will now take place on sunday no one has claimed responsibility a cease fire has come into effect in libya after warlord tended to have to agree to the truce just hours before it was due to start the pause in fighting was brokered by the leaders of russia and turkey who support opposing sides in the conflict. another agreement between moscow and ankara has led to a ceasefire and in that province in the last rebel held territory in syria violence had been escalating there since russian backed government forces launched an offensive to retake it in december. president attended a memorial service for the victims of the 2010 earthquake at least $300.00 people

were killed a decade after the quake survivors are still feeling the impact there's been little progress in rebuilding their ongoing protests over a food shortage of government corruption. in the philippines all flights out of an international airport have now been suspended as a forty's war and a large volcanic eruption could be imminent. as about 100 kilometers south of the capital shooting ash one kilometer into the sky much of it falling on nearby communities thousands of people have been told to leave their homes those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera want to one east is coming up next thanks for watching.

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