from the amount the amount is in. the old. as iran's president promises accountability the judiciary announces the 1st arrests in the downing of a ukrainian airliner. the ad to come fully back to watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up no breakthrough at talks in russia on a permanent cease fire in libya and now reports of a buildup of forces norio towards me from have talked to a and to volcanic tremors rock parts of the philippines as calls grow to evacuate up to a 1000000 people. and the u.s. removes china from its list of karen c. manipulate is ahead of a signing of

a deal to end their trade with the at. the end . to. thank you very much for joining us several arrests have been made in iran in connection with the downing of a ukrainian airliner last week in a televised address he wants president hassan rouhani said all those responsible will be punished but he also said no single person could be blamed for what is called an unforgivable mistake 176 people died when the military mistakenly shot down the passenger jet last when state assad begs our correspondent in tehran joins us now live so tell us 1st about what we know as far as the arrests that have been made so far. yes the news came via the judiciary spokes person were alarmist saying it's my you know he said that rest had been made but we don't know who has been arrested or how many people have

been arrested but this follows on from president rouhani speaking the other day issued a statement and he said that there should be a thorough investigation people held to account and prosecuted again he was speaking this morning and it was a solemn president rouhani expressed remorse and condolences for those people killed in the plane crash and he said that he had attempted to shorten the length of the investigation once he knew the cause of the crash he had asked officials to let people know straight away but he also said that this was an unprecedented mistake and he said he promised that the government would carry on pursuing this case and he called them to the judiciary to form an independent tribunal with an independent judge to look into this case but you also said it was a positive move that the un forces had accepted responsibility and apologized and that's reflected here in iran many people feel it's a watershed moment they're not used to the armed forces accepting responsibility or apologizing or saying that they've made

a mistake again president rouhani did say that this wasn't the responsibility or a mistake of one individual those operating the missile but there was a series of mistakes but ultimately he did repeat the line coming out of iran that this is the united states the united states is to blame setting off the cycle of events after the assassination of general cos and so the money the heightened tensions on that even the airplane was brought down they said this is an excuse for them to not pay attention to this case and he said that needs to be an investigation and reform to the air defense system if required but he said that this was and i quote unprecedented for such a grave mistake in the history of our country and certainly iranians haven't been happy assad with the way the government has handled this crisis and the iranian journalists association as well. yes people have been angry the been asking for accountability and justice and in the end in another unprecedented move the association of journalists here in toronto issued

a statement and importantly that statement was carried by a government state media website that this journalist said that state t.v. print media and online media they consider it to be dead again this is very rare in iran for journalists to come out like this and push back because they have been reporting the news sometimes from government lines many pressures on them and they feel that news was false they said covering up and pushing releasing fake news has badly hit public opinion and public trust and they warn that the society isn't just threatened by the military or missiles but a lack of a free media that doesn't hold hold or state institutions to account and it's statesman they went on to say that they are their colleagues and journalists do shed the limitations that they are in that are illegal and put investigative journalism at the center of their attention and to ask questions in their reports

and the analysis and now these limitations that they're talking about are these invisible red lines here in iran for many journalists that work here now these are these journals saying that they won't pay attention to those anymore they feel that their credibility has been damaged they feel that they've put news that was false and that this is them same to the military the revolutionary guard the security apparatus that we're no longer going to listen to you because you've basically made this lose acrid ability and they said they urged other journalists don't pay attention to the pressures coming from various sectors now again i have to repeat that this is unprecedented in iran you can feel that there is some level of change taking place because of the fallout of this ukrainian airline crash and the military accepting responsibility for how that unfolds we'll just have to wait and see but this is journalist in iran question back against the security operators thank you for that big lie for a same tehran. in other world news we're getting reports from libya of

a buildup of forces loyal to warlord holly for have tossed south of the capital tripoli hours after talks in moscow on a permanent cease fire ended without a breakthrough libyan prime minister sharon have to have both now left the russian capital they did meet face to face during the negotiations it had been hoped both sides would sign a deal formalizing a fine job truce brokered by russia and turkey that came into effect on sunday. had signed the agreement have time and asked for more time to consider it will be speaking in tripoli in just a moment for the latest on the situation on the ground there but 1st a step in moscow so step things didn't really go as planned in moscow what are the russian authorities saying. no fully things didn't quite go as planned here in moscow at all and the sorties have been very tight lipped and also people involved in the negotiations have not

come out saying anything except for. the foreign minister sergei lavrov who immediately went on a visit to sri lanka and he had a very brief statement he didn't mention the name khalifa haftar at all but all he sat was there was no definite defer outcome and that we're still working to continue on this track meeting didn't go she so basically what he is suggesting is that the deal is not completely off but there that there still could be some kind of outcome and this is the same when i heard from also another source who has been involved in these negotiations he also said the deal was on hold and they're to have to have asked for some time to consult with the united arab emirates another important sponsor and supporter of start but of course this his sudden departure from moscow just before you were supposed to signed is agreement this morning is quite an embarrassment for president flooding we put in who has been

working all week to make this happen he went to istanbul he had a meeting with the president they brokered disses cease fire he called all the parties involved in the libyan conflict united arab emirates the emir of qatar he had a meeting with the german chancellor angela merkel on saturday and then this all came together yesterday in this important and very sudden meeting here in moscow where all the parties were sitting together not face to face but separately had their meetings with the foreign ministers and defense ministers of russia and turkey and then suddenly a few hours before this deal was signed the one important party just simply left and of course that must have been quite a disappointment ok thank you for their service and lies in moscow let's get an update on the situation in libya now and speak to mom or dad general heidi in tripoli so tell us about what's been happening on the ground in these reports of troop movements by have times forces on the outskirts of tripoli.

willfully. this is a fragile ceasefire and over the past 48 hours after the cease fire was holding get briefly the government military sources say that one pro-government fighter was killed by a. sniper in one of the libya acces in southern tripoli and meanwhile they also say that they have documented deployment and regrouping get also repositioning in certain axes by have to forces it seems that both warring factions have not trusted this cease fire. accord yet and meanwhile the fact that the government. has signed a chord they here say i mean the government can't say that now the mediators should blame her for not signing this. accord also the.

spokesman of the volcano of wrath operation that's the military the counter military offensive by the government of national called says that. the fact that they have accepted the cease fire does not mean that they are weak but in fact the are ready and on high alert to repeal any possible attack but have to those forces in case this cease fire is again the high state council namely the head of the high state council. is one of the top delete geisha heads in moscow and he's also signed this accord was summarized the prime minister stated that. the have has not signed this ceasefire accord means that he is the one derailing any peace talks to end this conflict this

outcome will definitely impact this to be held in meeting in order to put an end to this conflict in libya but the question now whether or not berlin meeting will be held at all thank you for that man would have done what had live for us in tripoli the syrian government has opened 3 corridors for civilians to leave the rebel held province of idlib the checkpoints are being patrolled by russian troops a cease fire brokered by turkey and russia has been in effect halting weeks of aerial bombardment dozens of civilians have crossed the middle of into government controlled territory the provinces syria's last major rebel strongholds south sudan's warring factions have agreed to a ceasefire from wednesday after talks in rome opposition leaders and representatives from president salva kiir is government say they've signed an agreement to stop the violence fighting has calmed since a 2800 but there are still frequent outbreaks tens of thousands of people have been

killed after a civil war began in 2013 just 2 years after a south sudan gained its independence. now scientists are urging the total evacuation of nearly a 1000000 people living close to an erupting volcano in the philippines. things. of volcanic tremors have been felt in nearby areas tens of thousands of people have already fled their homes since ash and lava started spewing on sunday experts fear a volcanic tsunami if is a major eruption in the middle of lake taal demeanor linda gun is in the tanga spavins where people are being evacuated. thank. me are you now going to see your town house currently in crisis we had just arrived about 7 minutes ago we were told that we cannot go any further and there are really no civilians left here now most of them are just workers from the local government

helping to clear the area but we were told that the water in the lake is going up but it has some levels in the street where the rubble we were hoping to get to some of the communities i've been feeling is only about 1510 to 15 kilometers from the base of the ok no it's really clear it was so good that the world which is which means basically that there has are just eruption is imminent making it difficult most special report local workers are trying to get the area to make logistics possible. still ahead on al-jazeera beset by corruption scandals and a government in disarray haiti's president jesse mabel with valves on the mend and driven to suicide mental health crisis affecting refugees in your.

hello again it's good to be back we're all watching the weather very carefully here across parts of the philippines because of the volcanic activity there what we don't want to see is a lot of rain near the area of the volcano because that can lead since the mud flows as well as mudslides in the region so we're going to be watching what's happening here on the forecast map for wednesday a few light showers across the area so that is going to be really ok there for manila it is going to be a partly cloudy day a few showers in the region with attempt a few as we go towards thursday of about 30 degrees there well here across parts of eastern australia well the good news is we expect to see some more showers in the forecast as we go through the rest of the week it's going to start to build as we go from wednesday as well as into thursday 1st of all showers along that coastal areas for brits been as well as down here toward sydney still quite warm down here across melbourne with the temperature of 34 degrees but as we go towards thursday well you'll see that melbourne your temperatures are dropping considerably down to

about 19 but widespread rain across much of new south wales also up here towards parts of queensland and here for sydney well that also means you can be seen as a better weather as well in terms of those sky conditions and air quality thunderstorms are coming into play and they extend all the way over here towards sunday so that means better air quality as we go into the rest of the weekend. across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary it's presented as a pressing issue we didn't have immigrants at all the searing the race. but this is the one political topic anybody and everybody is discussing the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudiced some pride in hungry on al-jazeera.

the old the old. the ad. welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera several arrests have been made in iran in connection with the downing of a ukrainian airliner last week by the military person doesn't rouhani says all will soar sponsible will be punished for what is called an unforgivable mistake in libya forces loyal to warlords heidi for have taught are reported to be building up south of the capital tripoli after talks in russia aimed at womanising a cease fire ended without agreement prime minister fires alice raj and how far have not both left moscow. to and scientists

are urging the total evacuation of nearly a 1000000 people living close to an erupting volcano in the philippines tens of thousands of people have already fled their homes since ash and lava started spewing on sunday. the u.s. is removing china from a list of countries it accuses of manipulating mccarron sees this is happening just days before they're expected to sign the 1st stage of a trade deal frozen donald trump has long accused china of keeping the yuan a low levels to get an unfair trade advantage alan fischer is in washington and tells us what this could mean for the trade war. go back 4 years donald trump when he was campaigning to become president said that in this 1st year in the white house he would clear china to be a currency manipulator well eventually got round to just 5 months ago now it really was a symbolic gesture it didn't really have much impact it could have opened china up to greater scrutiny from the international monetary fund but it didn't really

happen this was at the height of donald trump's trade war you'll remember he imposed targets or in billions of dollars worth of chinese goods he said that china was pouring billions of dollars in fees into the u.s. treasury in fact if you look at a report that came out just last week it said that 100 percent of the cost of tabs was being borne by american families $1.00 survey said american families were about $800.00 a year was soft so this sure is that things between china and the united states are getting better in the markets have responded well to that it's up again in the united states at the close of business on monday so it seems as if things are improving but there is criticism of donald trump not surprisingly it comes from the democrats chuck schumer is the leader of the democrats in the senate he said look china is still a currency manipulator the united states shouldn't be taking that tab away and it

says we're giving away a lot and not getting a lot in return calling into question whether or not donald trump really is the great negotiator that he says he is and katrina you has reaction now from beijing. one way to describe it is that china and the u.s. have a rocky stormy relationship and this this currency manipulator announcement this phase one trade deal is one bright spot it's a break in the rain it's a break in the lightning in the storm but this is not the short answer is no this is not the end to the trade on here state media and what we're reading analysts here also believe that this trade war is going to last for months if not years because we've seen that you know these trade talks have been going on you had more than a dozen talks with the chinese listing goshi ages and they almost collapsed last year so you get the sense that phase one was really the low hanging fruit the things that the u.s. and china were able to agree on and that china was able to happily agree on

everything that they were social they basically just pushed that to phase 2 but phase 2 they're going to have to discuss the real thing is that really at the heart of this trade war that getting to the u.s. the technology race for example some structural changes that china has pretty much said no or been very reluctant to change so there is quite a lot of pessimism as to whether we will even get to a phase 2 let alone of fair use 3 but for now i think china at least the state media here are focusing on the fact that look this is not the end but we're still working on it and that's the good things are so far that's a that's what we've seen from beijing at least 57 people have been killed by multiple avalanches in pakistan administered kashmir over the past 24 hours many more are missing and feared dead search and rescue operations are under way but authorities say they are being slowed by the extreme weather heavy rain and snow fall has been blamed for dozens more deaths across pakistan several main highways

are clones and more snow has been forecast for the coming days. front center spot nations in africa sile region have agreed to unite their troops under one command to better fight on groups at a summit in the southwest of france the leaders of mali borken a fossil any share mauritania and chad also asks the us not to pour troops out of the region a move the pentagon is considering francis to send $220.00 more soldiers. in guinea 2 people have been killed during protests over fears a president could seek a 3rd term in office thousands of people have been rallying for months against a possible change to the constitution which could allow president afrikan day to stay in power victoria gave to me has the details. violence on the streets of good east capital conakry ended in tragedy for this mother. she says her 21 year old son who was

a student was killed by security forces speaking out. we are going to take you now to anger aware present type of speaking and reacting to the events in libya and the failed agreement in russia between warring sides in libya that turkey had hoped would be achieved let's listen in. by the regime against those breasts people everyone has a list that. for the world. to prove what is needed to be applied. we. you see that our duty is to support every people and every area whether our control or under the control of others the

syrian regime is not a counterpart the syrian regime is not our counterparts we do. within the principle of corporation with the civil society organizations and local councils in order for the humanitarian aid to reach the people in these areas the un security council. did a negative result lucian regarding charkha lay and has never opened the do for the humanitarian aid to reach this area now we are waiting for a positive step in this regard we are in contact with everyone in order to sort out the problems in contact with the parties concerned. and

our moves are within the political channels but also we have our own decisions our own solutions our own conscious and we are scolar almighty not to let us down and not even to put our enemies in the situation the syrian people are living and are with the sick we seek to reach the humanitarian aid to the syrian people this syrian issue the syrian cause is. as important as everything else and this is it dates every one of us to stand by the syrian people and to try hard to sort out the syrian crisis.

the conscience of the human beings will feel shame and move and all was feeling that those who are again the soldier or the syrian crisis are not even humans we need to salt with this problem also we are interested in soldiering out the problems in libya and those who think that we are interested in libya because of some economic matters or political matters we will prove them wrong yes we are far from libya but libya and of the day is related to our son very important in the autumn and empire of the turkish people have a deep relations with the libyan people and we

cannot ignore and to give blind eye to this to the libyans we cannot keep ourselves away from what's going on in libya we need not to do that and the libyan people have to get our support those who tried to violate the libyan independence of those who are trying to grip the power those are really willing to threat the whole region the arabs are not the only one targeted some berbers also have been targeted in libya. some turks are there also they are the garonne sons of the ottoman

turks baba rose half. the same time wants to read it kate those people from the libyan map one of our most important duties is to protect our relatives and our heritage the turks in libya in the balkans ok is all these are on the same level of the turks living here in turkey that belong to the tribe of coral oh i am as eager the turks the beggars. they are all brothers we are all brothers and we need to take care of our brothers in libya we have historically duty is towards our brothers in leave they have been supporting us during our hard times and we need to be supporting them during their

hard times we went quickly to reply their request to meet their requests and in the name of the turkish people i feel sad when i see one side or another trying to marginalize those in libya we need not to allow any ethnic cleansing in libya you remember chemical ataturk has a military front in libya and they had efforts in libya done and we all know that it's an a very important step forward for

libya also to make sure that. they leave us as they have told us all those tools the weapons can be handed to. the turks but everyone knows and everyone knows well that except that if you remember gaddafi colonel gaddafi said once that the weapons of the libyans the stories of weapons in libya will of the turkish army whenever they want they can come and take whatever they want i cannot forget these words said by colonel gadhafi in the lead libyan leader and mentioned again by officials we

know our role and those who are against libya are politically ignorant they don't know about history even if you ask them was libya on the international map there might not give you the proper answer. this is the situation in libya and turkey is quite interested in the libyan matter because we have deep relations with the libyan people we don't go only to the surface it's not a matter of securing it's of the mediterranean but with. being interfering in this issue they levy ins will now be

on the complete oppression we call parades with the russian side we worked hard with the russians in this connection and the points discussed in moscow yesterday were clear the tripoli government was peacefully. negotiating the tripoli government under a sort of raj was very serious but half that of the leader of the coup refused to sign the peace agreement and despite the fact at the beginning it was willing to sign but he left mosco without signing the agreement the tripoli government has signed and accepted the agreement and the

document our role now and the role of the russian side now is not to deny our efforts and with it to remember that we have promised and we have respected our promise to the last day after left moscow without signing the document this is not good the conditions made by i have to made it clear how half the 100 things to be and made his. history clear to everyone and made it clear that he is trying to apply only what he wants and want is for his sake and he also

ignores everything that is not for that isn't just now the situation must be different because turkey has been there we have taken part in the moscow talks and we have made the phase of have to clear in front of the international community the berlin some of the berlin conference to be convened very soon will. you not that are emirates we would all meet and we would all evaluate all these. details other countries like the not to the states of america will participate also the united nations will participate in the european union the african union will be there.