and eddie my good jew now welcome to the program it's good to have you with us the international crisis group is sounding the alarm over developments in the eastern democratic republic of congo they say growing hostility between countries in the region is threatening to provoke a new security crisis brewing rwanda and uganda all said to be backing different groups of insurgents in the east india our seat now the president just a k.d. is considering invites in the armies of these countries to conduct joint military operations in the d.l.c. something critics say will be stabilize the whole region. the congolese army taking on the rebels near the town of pinney the area known as the triangle of death. this is the town of 6000 people used to live here and now a ghost town it's not the 1st time people here have been attacked this time it was the islamist a.d.'s the armed forces of the democratic republic of congo. was lucky to survive the attack. rebels shot to people when the man of this house heard the shots he fled under his bed they hacked him in the head and they shot him. now the companies a

from the international crisis group in nairobi thank you. now you know about sammy it's nigeria's mixed bag there she is a 13 year old in asean is the number one junior golf in her country with the trophies piling up in her bedroom her dream of becoming a professional golfer is becoming very real. she picked up her 1st golf club at the age of 5 a yen asean is the number one junior golfer in nigeria it was love at 1st sight. of the void playing i wanted to take his clothes when my dad said no so. i had to play in his new book clubs she's come a long way she has represented nigeria 11 times across 3 continents and boasts a total of 17 medals she's only 13 these are the job you have one of your beats here come here you know but the teenager admits it's not always easy it's very difficult. going to school and practice in full cause that's a lot of warm up to do and. playing golf i also have to practice a lot and get ready for tournaments the teenage sensation is already showing signs of keeping up with the best. she was the only teenage girl for

ricardo fabiani from the international crisis group thank you so much for joining us here in france twentyfour. next want to tell you about an exclusive interview coming up later on the program france twenty four it sat down with the king of jordan who warned that the islamic state militants could it research in the midst of the current escalation between iran and the united states. king of del at the seconds told our editor mark pearlman we cannot afford instability in our part of the world listen. we are ushering in a new decade not just a new year- and we hope that- in the next several months we set the right tone for the region- which is to really bring the temperature down- and the sensitivities- as you know everything is part of the world is intellect. so whatever happens in taron wilill affectt bagdad will affect damascus with affected be rude will affect the israeli palestinian process. be sure to tune in at eleven ten pm paris time that's just a little bit under an hourr to see the entntire interview. red hot lava spewed from a volcano near the philippine capital manila on monday

be questions on how militants were able to access such a site more team a team from the international crisis group in nairobi thank you. venezuela has seen fresh political chaos with 2 rival lawmakers claiming the post of parliamentary speaker the ruling socialist under president nicolas maduro elected their own candidate in the national assembly but opposition lawmakers reelected their leader one by doe to the post after he was blocked from entering the building . i was on his way liz parliament on sunday amid extraordinary scenes will make her luis posada is sworn in as new parliamentary president. i wonder why you all shall we why don't you as we all did that he needed to be here no one stopped me from coming in in obviously didn't have enough votes that's why he decided to stay outside the parliamentary palace for that leila he was. quite oh and his supporters could clearly not get in the man who calls himself into him president even tried to climb the railings members of the national guard stopped them and cheering the building. because people feel the constitution has to be respected today e

government of libya from 2011 to 2012 in rome cloudier got senior senior libya analysis of the international crisis group and the former policy advisor to us and salome who served as head of the u.n. support mission in libya welcome to all let's start use of by the. growing concern about the foreign intervention in libya this is not something you have started with 2011 but why people are now walking than ever about the foreign intervention obviously because there are some new players on the ground as you say libya has been the theater of vention since 2011 and obviously with half the pushing on tripoli plane to take over the country takeover of the oil installations the stakes are extremely high obviously the government of fighters a large the legitimate government before it's a large is. from outside powers we see that turkey has sent troops in there he made visits to for example to our giulia we do new president a new government and so on and so forth so the stakes are extremely high and people are very much concerned about the form presence on the ground in libya we hear. egypt is not really happy wit

situation in libya further now with claudia xeni who's senior analyst for libya at the international crisis group round he joins us from rome thank you so much for being with us so less discussed this meeting in berlin a highly anticipated meeting and the hope is that this conference will lead to a more permanent ceasefire in libya and to the implementation of the arms embargo do you think this is achievable in the current context. well i think what is more realistic to expect coming out of berlin. statements of support and undersigned declaration supported by these 12 countries for international organizations holding full of the libyan parties to take steps for a more permanent cease fire their support for respect in the arms embargo that has been flaunted and they're cold to support a u.n. led political process so we're not actually expecting the libyan parties to sign them all permanent cease fire agreement in berlin mind you if that comes it's very welcome and much needed but the dynamics and the choreography. of the personalities in berlin does not bode well for that so we're lim is going to

in dhaka the senegalese capital hana armstrong is senior consulting sadil analyst at the international crisis group and in dunstable just outside of london in the united kingdom we have emmanuel cressy adding he's the director of research and a professor of security studies at the coffee an international peacekeeping training center and welcome to you all so president macro emmanuelle in paris president mccraw has summoned the g. 5 leaders what he wants from them is a ringing endorsement of french military intervention in the region but clearly it's failed what do you think he's going to get from the g 5 leaders. well the force is asking for a clear commitment or clear a commitment of the french involvement in that region it's a very long involvement the 1st troops on the the operations of our was sent in january 2013 so 7 years from now there's been a huge amount of fun troops which have been located for the fight against the insurgency both in money and now in a wider region of the head and those a deficiency or read to finish and of the function a miniature capacity that is the 1st reason why th

she's a senior gender analyst for the international crisis group and has covered the middle east foro decades. she described the action by washington as reckless. much of what has come out of this administration has been disingenuous. what we see is a declared war against iran in all but name, iran is economically blockaded, cannot sell its oil. a country of 80 million people is essentially being stal. john bolton, now deposed, has spoken quite directly about regime change. so think that's really the aim here, but with no actual idea of what war with iran would entail and perhaps not even really an appetite for it, which is why it is so reckless. do you agree then when iran says it is the biggest us strategic blunder in the biggest us strategic blunder in the asia strategic region? the biggest us strategic blunder in the asia strategic region7m certainly is massively reckless and not least because there seems to be little understanding in washington oi’ little understanding in washington or within this administration about how qasem soleimani is perceived in iran. however he may be p

from baghdad we're not going to speak to ali via is he's the iran project director of the international crisis group he consulted closely with all sides in the nuclear negotiations is joining us via skype from washington d.c. and of course this has to do with the iranian nuclear deal and e.u. foreign ministers right now meeting in brussels trying to find a way to salvage the deal is it salvageable at all. i'm not holding my breath and the europeans would be able to do so because the reality is we are where we are archi because of their failure to salvage the nuclear deal. countries i can have the political will to do so but the practical will and european companies for them a choice between having access to u.s. markets and doing business with iran was not a choice at all so at the end of the day europe is limited in what it can do so what you're saying is there isn't much of a role then that the europeans count play even in terms of some sort of mediation. mediation maybe it is possible in fact president mcconnell france was able to bring the parties very close to some sort of of the escalatory agr

are weighed in on this just possibly worth giving you one because it's the head of the international crisis group rob malley and he's important because his previous job was the key expert for the obama administration on this issue his conclusion strip away the domestic and israeli political considerations he says and the message to the palestinians boiled down to its essence he says is you've lost get over it. harsh message james bays or the latest there from the u.n. thank you. now an interview with al-jazeera president trance senior adviser jared questionnaire says the status quo isn't working and that something has to change. we tried to carve out a way with land swaps and with bridges and tunnels to create a palestinian state that can be contiguous where you can drive from the top through tunnels and bridges and through land and highways all the way to the bottom and so we've been able to achieve that the map will be released publicly and that's something that was very very hard to do but quite frankly if we don't do this today at the rate at which israel is growing i think that it will never

news correspondent ant cal perry and our executive editor and senior gender analyst at the international crisis group. thank you all three for being with us. cal, this admission from iran is a transition are after days of denial. what contributed to its admission? >> i think part of the admission comes because of the technology we see in the year 2020. there is so much open source out there. so many people are ratcheted up the evidence. we look at the admission and heard from the commander who gave some details on what happened that day. they said they believed it was a missile picked up by the radar and that this person had less than 10 seconds to decide what to do. that was at the time the fateful flight was shot down. they are taking credit, blame for this. we heard from the foreign minister who said this was partly to do with american adventureism leading up to a series of events. saying if the americans hadn't ratcheted up tensions, that this never would have happened. this happened on a day iran lashed out firing missiles at that base. iranians are saying their air defenses were at a state of w

in the irans bring project director for the international crisis group.joins us from washington. welcome back to the newshour. how much extra leverage does this give the trump administration in this crisis with iran? >> almost none. the reality is, the trump administration is running out of things to target and sanction. they have already sanctioned and iranian individuals sectors of the economy that actually matter. from this point on, they are adding new layers which would make it more difficult in the future to remove the sanctions. in terms of their immediate economic impact, it is almost negligible. anchor: we heard from mr. trump saying he wants to a tree -- achieve some sort of deal. this is part of maximum pressure. do you get the feeling that behind the scenes anyone is talking to iran or working with iran to achieve a deal? >> absolutely not. generalssination of the has closed the door on any kind of direct diplomacy between iran and u.s. in the perceivable future. the political price of engaging the trump administration has significantly risen

dosage of our reporting there let's bring in ali by he's the iran project director for the international crisis group he joins us on skype from washington on a bias welcome back to the news how much extra leverage does this give the trumpet ministration in this crisis with iran. almost none you know the reality is that the trumpet ministration is running out of. things to try to get that sanction iran they've already sanctioned most of the iranian. individuals and sectors in the economy that actually matter from this point on they're just adding new layers which would make it more difficult and the future to remove the sanctions but in terms of their immediate economic impact it's almost negligible we did hear from mr trump saying he does want to achieve some sort of deal and this is we understand all parts of maximum pressure to get the feeling that behind the scenes or indeed in public anyone is talking to iran anyone is working with iran to achieve a deal absolutely not in fact the fascination of general so their money i think that's close the door on any kind of the right the moment stupid me run

or cloudier good xeni is senior libyan analyst at international crisis group she joins us now from rome good to have you with us so in your analysis is this cease fire over. well it's a very tenuous cease fire there has been fighting in the tripoli outskirts but i think before we can definitely put a nail on this cough and we'll have to see where we're going to witness more sizable operations i think as long as the violations include minor movements of forces on the ground we can still say that it's kind of holding if and when we start seeing airstrikes drone strikes or even as some members of the tripoli based government have threatened counter attacks by aerial forces in support of them on hafter installations then in that case we can say that this cease fire is definitely over but it's not looking very bad i must say where does this thing leave the upcoming girland conference. well foreign leaders are expected to together in their lin this sunday the conference which is being planned for months was supposed to be. a stage in which 10 foreign leaders from key countries because interne

you were perhaps just giving you ones and it's rob malley you had something called the international crisis group which carries out a great deal of analysis on conflicts around the world he's interesting because his past job in the obama administration he was the chief middle east expert for president obama just listen to his comments he says strip away the domestic and israeli political considerations the message to the palestinians boiled down to is its essence is you've lost get over it. sure get more reaction as the days progress and we get more analysis from you as well james thanks so much for joining us from the u.n. . well hole goals leader has issued drastic new measures in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus carolan says ferry and train services to mainland china will be halted flights will be cut in half and personal travel permits suspended him brown has more on the impact the decision will have. hong kong may be part of china but a border still separates the 2 it's one of the world's busiest from 2 years more than 40000000 mainland visitors crossed over last year but a highly

i want to bring in ali vaez, international crisis group. we will seethink here in terms of retaliation? no doubt the iranians will retaliate. the question is when and where. the modus operandi would be he would respond. we might see a response in iraq. open, weption is not might also see a similar action taken somewhere else, in afghanistan or even beyond middle east. there is the risk that the iranians might miscalculate thinking a disproportionate response, something similar to the attack on u.s. marine bracts in beirut in 1983 would be a better option for them, because that would deter the u.s. from further escalation. this is a very dangerous momentum. what is ironic is president trump came to office with a promise of ending the u.s. involvement but what he has done really amounts a declaration of war to one of the most powerful countries in the middle east. >> i want to pick up on your point about president donald trump. why do you think -- what was the u.s. calculation behind the strike? this is a man who has been an operative in the

but it is the support of international investors and donors that lebanon needs to get out of the economic and financial crisis the last time created international support group for lebanon met in december it made no financial pledges and instead called for a credible government that listens to public opinion expressed in the ongoing popular uprising. 2 for weeks many lebanese have been struggling to make their voices heard yes seen told the security forces protecting parliament building that the steel and concrete barriers will be able to protect those in power. i'm here to demonstrate against the corrupt regime that has been. raping this country for 30 years or more they were the only words that killed each other. groups to kill each other. there is determination to continue their struggle or what people here call the revolution but the government announcement on tuesday sent a clear message that the established parties are still in power lebanon's crisis is not over jennifer the beirut. rami corey is a professor of john as a matter merican university and he joins us now on skype from beirut good to speak to you again mr hariri on al-jazeera so has india ca

it is the support of international investors and donors that lebanon needs to get out of the economic and financial crisis the last time the un created international support group for lebanon met in december it made no financial pledges and instead called for a credible government that listens to public opinion expressed in the ongoing popular uprising. 2 for weeks many lebanese have been struggling to make their voices heard seen told the security forces protecting parliament building that the steel and concrete barriers will be able to protect those in power. i'm here to demonstrate against the corrupt regime that has been. writing this country for 30 years or more they were the only words that killed each other and the sex groups to kill each other. there is determination to continue their struggle or what people here cold their revolution but the government announcement on choose they send a clear message that the established parties are still in power lebanon's crisis is not over jennifer their beirut. the world health organization is meeting to decide whether to declare an international health emergency over the outbreak of and deadly new virus in china t

the street so in mid december in the midst of this economic crisis paris hosted a conference of the un created the international support group for levanon and no financial pledges were made many lebanese were hoping that pledges will be made by the so-called friends of lebanon they didn't do that instead they released a statement saying that we expect a credible government that is able to fight corruption a government that will listen to public opinion as expressed by the popular uprising so in many ways that international meeting gave support or through its weight behind the protest movement and that was in mid december and then you had french government officials issued statements time and time again calling for it on the lebanese on the lebanese politicians to accelerate the formation of the government something that the u.n. envoy the u.n. coordinator in lebanon on has repeatedly said blaming the politicians for the crisis and saying that they need to form a credible government now we have to wait and see how how the international community is going to deal with the government like we mentioned earlier the only statement

it is the support of international investors and donors that lebanon needs to get out of the economic and financial crisis the last time the un created international support group for lebanon met in december it made no financial pledges and instead called for a credible government that listens to public opinion expressed in the ongoing popular uprising. for weeks many lebanese have been struggling to make their voices heard yet seen the scene told the security forces protecting parliament building that the steel and concrete barriers won't be able to protect those in power. i'm here to demonstrate against the corrupt regime that has been. raping this country for 30 years or more they were the only words that have killed each other and the sex groups to kill each other. there is determination to continue this struggle or what people here cold november the shin the government announcement on tuesday sent a clear message that the established parties are still in power lebanon's crisis is not over but then and now that this new government has been announced what is the mood like in beirut sooner you getting the sense that people are willing to give the government a

it is the support of international investors and donors that lebanon needs to get out of the economic and financial crisis the last time the u.n. created international support group for lebanon met in december it made no financial pledges and instead called for a credible government that the since the public opinion expressed in the ongoing popular uprising. for weeks many lebanese have been struggling to make their voices heard yes seen told the security forces protecting parliament building that the steel and concrete barriers won't be able to protect those in power was i'm here to demonstrate against the corrupt regime that has been. raping this country for 30 years or more they were the only words that the killed each other and the sex groups to kill each other. there is determination to continue their struggle or what people here call the revolution but the government announcement on tuesday sent a clear message that the established parties are still in power lebanon's crisis is not over center for their beirut. there are growing fears over a deadly new virus it appears to be spreading to a number of countries disease ridden ated in china and the case has be

of me which could be fatal local and international public health experts describe the crisis it's a complex humanitarian emergency. leaders of an iranian backed group told supporters members to withdraw from the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad. hello i'm daryn jordan this is obviously iraq lawyer from doha also coming up. pro-democracy protesters in hong kong in the new year in defiance on this ng to keep up their demands for reform. scenes of widespread destruction in australia where firefighters are struggling to contain dozens of bushfires and the weather is not helping. north korea's leader is threatening a new weapon in 2020 u.s. continues with what he calls gangster liked among. some of the supporters of the iranian backed popular mobilisation forces who surrounded the u.s. embassy in iraq's capital have been leaving earlier in the day they threw rocks and set fires outside the building security personnel inside have responded by firing tear gas president donald trump blames iran for the protests but 10 ron has denied any involvement as anger over the recent u.s. airstrikes in iraq and syria targeting the hezbollah brigades in all the u.s. h

crisis will only get worse. ♪ we begin with breaking news out of the iraqi capital baghdad. rockets have struck the international airport. iran'sr member of paramilitary grouphe popular mobilization forces been killed. destroyed two vehicles belonging to the iranian backed group. let's get an update from al jazeera's correspondent in baghdad. what happened here? details have: more emerged in the last hour or so about what appears to be a targeted strike on two vehicles exiting the international airport. according to the popular mobilization forces, the vehicle. high-profile guests who had .rrived we are also hearing that this might have been a targeted strike. saying this could have been a u.s. strike. the popular mobilization forces were behind that be siegemund of the u.s. embassy in baghdad. it has been two days have a very rapid development. thethis attack happening in early hours of the morning. security forces have cordoned off many paths leading toward the airport. the international side is still operational. the area is the base of counterterrorism forces. airport, thethat u.s.-led coalition. >> it is almost a continuation of what we have seen takin

groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is establisd. >> france recognizes it faces an ecological crisise weeksut ago, the ahorities confidently assured e areas that oil from the broken tanker erica would head out to sea. it did not. >> the world's tallest skyscraper opens in dubai, easily overtaking its rivals. ♪ simon: this is "bbc world news today." thlatest headlines. iranin has agaenied claims from western countries that one of its antiaircraft missiles was responsible for bringing dn a passenger jet, killing 176 people. . the ucretary of state has announced new sanctions against iran, also saying the drone attack against general soleimani was necessary to save american lives. ti for sports now. >> we are going to start with something of a shock in tennis. one of the biggest winds of a career to kickstart 2020, beating world number one rafa nadal at straight sets in the atp world cup, but spain did get through at the end. novak djokovic had to fight to secure serbia's passage of the semi's. >> with just one more related to the semi final, rafa nadal is not a bad player to:. the worl

groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa. france recognises that it faces an ecological crisisities had assured these areas that from the burke and sankey would head out to sea. it didn't. the worlds tallest skyscraper opens today, in dubai, easily outstripping its nearest rivals. this is bbc world news, our main story this hour. huge crowds take to the streets in iraq to bid farewell to iran's general soleimani. a top un official has called for an independent investigation into the legality of the us air strike that killed him. more now on that story — the us hasjustified the killing of qaseem soleimani as an act of self—defence with the pentagon saying that it was aimed at deterring "future iranian attack plans". the speaker of the house of representatives has released a statement saying that it pumps urgent questions about the timing, manner and justification urgent questions about the timing, manner and justification of urgent questions about the timing, manner and justification of the administration's decision to engage in hostilities against iran. dr agnes callamard is th

for the 1st time so there is this determination by the international community to end the crisis however some of the key players back while the groups in libya which makes it extremely difficult for them to set aside their differences turkey for example backs the journey of the government of national accord based in tripoli other countries like egypt russia france and the united arab emirates back warm or will they be able to set aside those differences and negotiate a permanent solution very need to be the case however we do understand that chancellor angela merkel the german chancellor is determined to push for a permanent ceasefire during the conference and also implementing the arms embargo for her those 2 things if they happen that could pave the way to a comprehensive political settlement in libya but valid to me is to be seen whether she would be able to convince all those countries who have been most of the time divided about libya with different agendas back in different rival groups will be able this time to turn that chapter and build a unified stance ok how many thanks did have a better their lives in berlin james moran

putting together a timeline a group of international aviation experts is now part of the iranian investigation but this case could complicate further a region that's already in crisis ahead of or also disarray has asked for all the evidence to be handed over to be investigated and the man in charge of iran's revolutionary guard will be briefing m.p.'s in a closed door session in parliament but what is not clear is how this will impact iran's military and its governments in the future dorsett a bari al-jazeera tower on meanwhile ukraine has demanded a full apology and compensation along with canada by any of the passengers were canadian and the prime minister justin trudeau has called for a thorough investigation. jordan give me store islams correspond with today iranian authorities admitted the aircraft was shot down m a r the guilty party international support played a big role and i would like to thank the leaders of the united states canada and britain ukrainian experts continue to work in toronto and they will inspect the remains of the aircraft i spoke to the president of iran and he agreed to offer assistance to identify the remains of the ukrainian victims.

putting together a timeline a group of international aviation experts is now part of the iranian investigation but this case could complicate further a region that's already in crisis well those joins us live now from toronto a 1st of all if we can start by looking at a bit more reaction inside the country because there have been protests in the capital tehran with people shouting anti government slogans at these protests. yes there's been a lot of anger at the officials in the way they've handled this entire catastrophe there was a number of students that gathered at a university in tehran earlier this afternoon and they held a vigil for the victims 6 of the victims are from that university so they held a vigil service there and that turned into protests very quickly we could hear the chants that they were saying liars need to be prosecuted that they want the authorities who are responsible to be held accountable for this they are also chanting slogans such as i urge you see out out is a very strong sentiments that are being put on display in the capital on saturday since the authorities decided to fess up to what actually happened. in terms of the ordinary reign

putting together a timeline a group of international aviation experts is now part of the reigning investigation but this case could complicate further a region that's already in crisis the head of or also to sherry has asked for all the evidence to be handed over to be investigated and the man in charge of iran's revolutionary guard will be briefing m.p.'s in a closed door session in parliament but what is not clear is how this will impact iran's military and its government in the future dorsett a bari al jazeera tower on now taiwan's pro independence president is celebrating a landslide election victory after voters handed her a 2nd sighing when 157 percent of the voters and she says her reelection is a sign that taiwan won't bow to intimidation from china how correspondent scott hi there is live for us in the capital scott what's the feeling in taipei today also some to record voters. yes there's very jubilant feeling here for obviously for those that the majority of the people of this island nation who supported signing when and this effort to really kind of send the message of for independence for this country it's quite interesting when you look at her history

putting together a timeline a group of international aviation experts is now part of the reigning investigation but this case could complicate further a region that's already in crisis ahead of or also disarray he has asked for all the evidence to be handed over to be investigated and the man in charge of iran's revolutionary guard will be briefing m.p.'s in a closed door session in parliament but what is not clear is how this will impact iran's military and its government in the future dorsett a bari al-jazeera tower on now $57.00 canadians were also on board that ukrainian jets and the leaders of both those countries are demanding that iran take full responsibility for the disaster and the u.s. president has expressed support for iranian protesters in his 1st response since terror on admitted to downing a plane alan fisher has mall. more than 50 of those aboard the plane were canadian their passing has been mourned of a number of memorial services the foreign minister summing up the impact on the country this ladies and gentlemen is a national tragedy a sentiment echoed by the prime minister he insists the really an admission of responsibility should not and the i