as you can hearfrom jonah the big issue here.are many people who still feel they haven‘t got to the bottom of this whole question of whether 01’ this whole question of whether or not president trump was trying to put pressure on ukraine and exactly how much pressure was there. but somebody who might have some of those answers is a former national security advisor, john bolton, and of course he has already come in the details of his book, given some suggestions that he has very clear details of president trump‘s intentions and all of this. whether or not winters is will be called will depend on if the democrats persuade something like four republicans to vote for it. what seeing in this question and answer session is a real attempt to appeal to those republicans who are moderates, who are in the middle. whether or not they vote with the democrats we won‘t know for about 2k hours. chris, many thanks for that. on friday night, the united kingdom leaves the european union, 47 years after itjoined what was then the european economic c

jonah, what's the reaction been from ukraine today?ar that iran had no way to go on this, ijust spent it is clear that iran had no way to go on this, i just spent the it is clear that iran had no way to go on this, ijust spent the morning in the office of the top security official from ukraine alexey donald and he has shown me photos that the tea m and he has shown me photos that the team of ukrainian investigators have been gathering in tehran over the last few stunning photos which show damage to the cockpit, pockmarked external parts of the aircraft, all seeming to very clearly suggest as he told me that there had been a missile strike on the bottom of the plane and perhaps with the knowledge that ukraine had this evidence, that perhaps explains why we had this extraordinary about turn from a rant last night, they knew what the ukrainians had and they could not keep up with this line any longer that it had been brought down by some technical error. jonah fisher, many thanks. after three years of absence, politicians have returned to

——jonah jana fischer, thank you very much. —— jonah fisher.o northern ireland's stormont assembly following the deal between the two main parties, the dup and sinn fein, to restore power sharing. it brings to an end three years of deadlock and the prime minister has hailed it as a "momentous day". our ireland correspondent chris page is at stormont. chris, talk us through what's happened this afternoon? for more than 1008, northern ireland has been in the remarkable position of not having elected government. but that changed a couple of hours ago. this parliament building is now ago. this parliament building is now a place of power once again. the new administration will be headed by the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster and the vice—president of sinn fein, michele o'neil. they have been appointed as first minister and deputy first minister respectively. in their speeches to the assembly, they both spoke of the need to leave behind the years of division and disagreement and look towards a future where the parties build com

ros:nt our correspon in kiev is the bbc's jonah fisher. jonah: clearlythhe fact that took place the same night that iran was firing ballistic missiles into iraq targeting military basesar, therpeople out there who are putting one in one together there and saying there mu be some nefarious reason, some elanation for why this plane came down beyond simply technical reasons. we have not seen anything in terms of concrete evidence to support the idea, for example, that they were shot down by any sort of rocket or an like that. the black box, or what we used to call black box and now call a recorder, has been recovered from the crash site just outside tehran. there was a rather big question looming as to what will happen to that flight recorder. in a normal investigation, that black box would be returned to the manufacturer, boeing in this case. it is a 737 800. they would analyze it and listen to the voice recordings and try k out why the plane cam down. iran, or at least i leading anian official, say that won't be happening, they will not be

jonah there's a lot of ground to be covered isn't even after this symbolic event that's due to happen in 3 minutes 55 seconds count down clock. politically lauren do you do you are you talking about the trade relationship if forgive me yes the trade relationship with the e.u. and and beyond yes quite well i mean the moment that this event takes place at 2300 11 pm here midnight in brussels at the moment that britain ceases formally to be a member of the european union it will enter this sort of twilight period this transition period negotiated as part of the withdrawal agreement that lasts until the end of december this year december 2020 there is the sort of built in possibility that boris johnson can avail himself of an extension but he's made it very clear he doesn't want to do that and simply the reason is that he's under enormous pressure from the right of his own party because this transition period whilst nominally in effect very little changes freedom of movement goes on of course but behind the scenes britain loses its seat at e.u. institutions that will continue to make laws

ukraine's national security secretary told my colleague, jonah fisher, how iran could simply no longerence. translation: this photo shows us the first part of the plane where a rocket hit. it hit the cockpit from underneath. we think this is proof, and it explains why we didn't hear anything from the pilots. they died immediately from the first hit. the question now is whether iran's u—turn means international investigators will get full access to data from the black box and the crash site. borisjohnson said iran's admission was an important first step, but he and his canadian and swedish counterparts all demanded a transparent inquiry and full cooperation. james landale, bbc news. the british ambassador to iran, rob macaire, was detained today by authorities in the capital, tehran. unconfirmed reports say mr mccaire was arrested while filming demonstrations near the university earlier. the foreign secretary dominic raab denounced the arrest as a "flagrant violation of international law" and said the iranian government was at a crossroads moment. a little earlier, rana rahimpour from t

jonah fisher sent this report from kyiv.ast on iranian tv claim to show the last moments of the ukrainian international airlines flight. a ball of fire, it came down just a few minutes after an early—morning take—off. on board, 176 passengers and crew. most of them, iranians and canadians. among the other nationalities, three from the united kingdom. this is the crash site, a few kilometres from tehran airport. shoes, a dress, a christmas toy, litter the floor. and the remains of the boeing 737—800 aircraft. nobody could have survived this. at the plane's final destination, kyiv, questions about what caused the crash are already being asked. the timing of this crash is certainly extraordinary. last night, iran fired ballistic missiles at military bases inside iraq. and this morning, iranian state media was keen to stress that this crash wasn't linked and put it down to a technical error. the airline held a press conference and cast doubts on that claim. translation: there were no issues on the technical side. the last servic

the royal wirksworth display at madame tussauds but there are likely to escape the media spotlight jonah hold al-jazeera london. welcome if just joining us you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha i'm peter davi your top stories iran's denying accusations that a missile strike was the course of the ukrainian jet crashed in tehran on weapons to foreign leaders including from the u.s. the u.k. and canada say there is intelligence suggesting the plane was downed by an iranian missile alan fischer has more on that from washington. the iranians insist that the plane would not have been able to turn and land on its belly crash on its belly if it had indeed been short don't buy a missile but there are canadian investigators are currently on their way to turkey they will wait for approval from the arena authorities the canadians have no representation in tehran they are represented by the italians negotiations are ongoing and certainly they would like to be involved in any investigation that is is ongoing and perhaps then the see they'll be able to give a definitive ans

jonah fisher reports from ukraine. and in iranians communities there, the sudden loss of husbands, wives and children is being mourned. and the demand for an explanation is gathering pace. our government will continue to work closely with its partners to ensure that this crash is thoroughly investigated. canadians have questions and they deserve answers. this is where the plane came down shortly after take—off, killing all 176 on board. this morning, the results of iran‘s initial investigation were released. it states that the plane was on fire as it fell and that an attempt had been made to turn it around and return to the airport. it‘s evidence that supports iran‘s claims that the crash was probably caused by a catastrophic technical failure. that explanation is not being accepted unchallenged in kyiv. as ukraine‘s president paid his respects to the lost flight crew, he was sending a team of experts to iran. they‘d been tasked with looking at all options — including the possibility that the plane was shot down. the k

most know when they speak to offer the hope that even when they are gone the world does not forget jonahhow al-jazeera at auschwitz birkenau death camp in poland. your child is there with me cell robert a reminder of our top stories republicans are the growing pressure to allow witnesses to testify at u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial it follows the leak of a book draft by former national security advisor john bolton bolton claims the president told him to tie military aid for ukraine to an investigation into his political rival joe biden we now have a 3rd witness who is apparently a direct witness to the president's timing a military aide to investigations a bastard but bolton we could not have made a more powerful case for calling him then the case the president's lawyers just did in trying to contest that link between military aid investigations so once again they underscored the importance of john bolton as a as a witness who would corroborate exactly what the uncontested evidence that the house put on shows that president trump used hundreds of millions of dollars of m

we want to talk about the trial right now with jonah goldberg, democrat roland martin. >> you're not >> i'm not a democrat. >> republican strategist and political analyst alice stewart and our senior national correspondent terry moran. >> i'm a republican for the record. >> you're a republican. >> i used to be. >>> terry, let's start out assessing where we are after five days of argument. >> looking at it, it's classic circumstantial evidence case. the democrats come and they make a very meticulous, narrative argument that requires a leap to the conclusion, that they did in their arguments. that, if you look at this evidence around president trump, he did this -- he did this and it warrants removal from office. and his defense says, where is the direct evidence? that you have to make the conclusion, that leap. and that does raise the question, was it the right choice at the end of the day for the democrats to go with this evidence, go with the impeachment you have, asking the senate now, i was in the room, president trump turned to me and said that money's not going to ukraine unless

and that is reconciliation in this country between the people of this country thank you very much jonah how here in london it is in brussels for us and as jonah was saying that attention now turns to negotiations over the future relationship between the u.k. in the e.u. in remarks coming from brussels they certainly suggest that they're not going to be compromising on the rules around the common market. no i think the u.s. made it very clear that once the u.k. leaves the e.u. then both sides will be fighting for their own interests and we're going to see that over the coming year when the 2 come together at the negotiating table to try and figure out exactly what sort of relationship they want to have going forward but i just want to give you a bit of sense of what it's like here in brussels because of course brussels is the symbolic capital of the european union and just behind me you might see a set of flags and at the end a european union flag or just a few moments ago the british flag was actually flying there high then a couple of officials came out they lowered it there was no cer

jonah fisher into. jonah, thank you very much. jonah fisher in the ukrainian capital. confirmed four britons died in the plane crash, up from earlier reports of three. the three known british victims included engineer sam zokaei, a bp employee from surrey, saeed tahmabessi, an engineer from west london, and mohammad reza kadkhoda zadeh, from near brighton. it has also emerged a british teenager, named in reports as 17—year—old arad zarei, who lived in canada was also among the victims. the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who has been detained in iran since 2016, has been speaking to the foreign office this morning. richard ratcliffe has already publicly criticsed president trump, saying his actions could lead to both british and american‘s to both british and americans detained in iran being used as collateral. hejoins me now from central london. richard, thank you very much for speaking to us today. you want the prime minister, i understand, to explain to you how the uk is going to protect dual national citizens like your wife, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, in ligh

thank you very much for that jonah whole live for us in davos now trump is in davos for seedings for his impeachment trial is set to begin in the u.s. senate senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has proposed rules that are designed to bring about a trial that would be over as quickly as possible let's look back at where this began july 25th. when donald trump telephoned ukraine's president the allegation is that while u.s. military aid was being hit with help from ukraine trump press voting is a linsky to investigate but it's a rival joe biden a government official blew the whistle on the call complaining that trump was attempting to encourage foreign interference in the 2020 election now this led democrats to announce a formal impeachment inquiry on september the 24th weeks of closed door testimony is followed to be for public hearings in november december a democratic controlled house committee said there was overwhelming evidence against president trump they approved to impeachment charges abuse of power and obstruction of congress earlier this month the house voted to send th

jonah fisher, bbc news in kiev.ridge who has been following the story. it is early stages. i mean, this was a new aircraft, it had been maintained and serviced within the last few days. from data, which is available online, we can see that the plane took off, and the initial phase of take—off seem to pass off as normal, it climbed about a500 feet after taking off from the main international airport near tehran, but suddenly then disappeared from radar, and we don't have any trace of its decline, or even the rise of the plane tailing off. now, that is strange, and it suggests some type of catastrophic incident. now that isa of catastrophic incident. now that is a very broad term. we have no suggestion at this stage what would have been the cause. there was a line from a ukrainian official, saying it could have been an engine failure. they have since retracted that statement, and i think although that statement, and i think although thatis that statement, and i think although that is a possibility it is unlikely. the

jonah matthews with the nice drive. he fouled, it downs. he had 19 for the trojans. led by 16 at halftime. 14-3 for usc tonight. that was the difference. daniel utomwi one there. not a good night for bay area teams. we knew this was coming. >>> spokane washington. the zags. you wince at this match-up against santa clara. and it lived up to it. santa clara pommelled in spokane. he had 16 points. the runaway is on. watch how quick they are to the ball. zags picking it up out in front. he will score easily. 104-54. that is not a pretty score. >>> and things not all that better for the sharks. they get shut out in colorado. not ail of energy going on. even for the one apparent shark fan who showed up. shark fan, show yourself. there we are. >> thank you. >> there you go. continuing theme, early deficit for the sharksharks. five-hole, past martin jones. and that was gonna be enough right there to do them in. and off the face-off, six seconds left in the first period. mccar 4-0 is your final. sharks on the short end. that is the sporting life for tonight. >> that'll do it

from the royal waxwork display at madame tussauds but there are likely to escape the media spotlight jonah hole al-jazeera london. the top stories we are now to say are canada's prime minister justin trudeau has confirmed there's intelligence that the ukrainian jet that crashed on wednesday was shot down by iranian air defenses or 176 passengers and crew were killed at least 60 of those were canadian citizens trudeau reiterated his call for a full investigation into the crash and said his government will not rest until it gets closure and transparency. we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by in a rainy and surface to air missile. this may well have been an intentional. this new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation into this matter canada is working with its allies to ensure that a thorough incredible investigation is conducted to determine the causes of this fatal crash. an iranian revolutionary guard commander has warned wednesday's missile attack on a base hosti

jonah, there has been a lot of hang wringing about president trump from democrats.t he is in the process of getting us into a war in the middle east but after iran's i think fair to say halfhearted missile salvo and iranian officials saying they concluded their response, is it fair to say so far so good? >> absolutely. as you know, i'm sort of a trump skeptic, with the exception of shooting down iranian plane, this seems like a win for the united states america. the intended point of this was not to start world war iii as a lot of people screamed. it was in fact to end a escalating cycle, iran was using its own forces rather than proxy forces to chase us out out out e region f the tradeoff is taking soleimani off the board in exchange for empty barracks that is one alloyed win for the united states. what is perplexing this guy needed killing 1000 ways from sunday, why the president feels need to talk about embassy attacks when no one else can confirm it. it gets in the way what i think is perfectly solid case on the merits. chris: donna, i think it is fair to say de

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jonah hall live of the out troops camping in poland. u.s. president donald transfer of caring for back to back meetings with israel's political rivals prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the opposition leader benny gantz they're both in washington and their visits come ahead of the unveiling of the american administration so-called deal of the century which is already being rejected by the palestinians there both messenia who and gals will face voters again in march for israel's 30 election in less than a year and president trump's impeachment trial resumes in just a few hours from now so let's go live to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett his there in washington d.c. there are those who are suggesting that this promise to unveil the so-called deal of the century. middle east peace plan at this particular moment is a destructive destruction device to move attention in the conversation away from those impeachment proceedings. well you know there is that accusation not only against president trump that he may be trying to manipul

the small town they say those attending the meeting of largely responsible for the climate crisis jonah ho is in davos and joins us live in journal we just heard from john's but he's saying the greater turn berg is there in front and center this year of course is the issue of climate change tell us more. yes the swedish teenage activist credits on byrd very much being given top billing here at the world economic forum meeting in davos climate and the environment also the hot topics of this meeting not least because in the world economic forum's annual survey of global risks climate change and environmental destruction were involved in the top 5 risks that the planet faces in the long term this is things like extreme weather events biodiversity loss the bushfires in australia making a somewhat unlikely backdrop to this meeting in the snow and in amongst it all is gretta tom burke in the company of a number of other young activists from around the world who basically open the forum a short while ago this morning with the 1st set piece event here delivering impassioned speeches so the worl

be reconciliation and an enormous challenge that will be as we hit now i think the stroke of 11 pm jonah thank you. i be watching out jazeera is just after $2300.00 g.m.t. of the u.k. has officially exited the european union. time there was projected onto the front of 10 downing street the british prime minister promised johnson has called at this moment one of national renewal pollin square that you're seeing there in central london but supporters have gathered to celebrate than celebrate and among the man you just saw just their prize key figure in the backseat campaign well in poland square that crowd. is rory chalons i think we're going to hear the national anthem there. murray says what an interesting set up that with this gathering which is kind of somewhat unofficial it feels opponents plan. this is the policy to speed all that ice by no i join. him ahead of me over the. silly. quite deafening rendition of the national anthem this ring out of a nigel for all is of course the hair writer. writes it means that he's the right since here he's the man more than anyone else really who m

jonah fisher, bbc news in kiev.tionals who were on board the ukranian airlines plane — mohammad reza kadkhoda zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners, sam zokaei, a bp engineerfrom twickenham in south—west london, and phd student and engineer saeed tahmasebi from west london. we can speak to our correspondentjonah fisher who is at kyiv airport. tell us more about what the ukrainian authorities are saying. this evening there is a play that is going to be flying from here in kiev to ta ke going to be flying from here in kiev to take around, on board are a team of experts that have been put together by the president of ukraine together by the president of ukraine to try and assist in that investigation in iran. in a statement released this evening, he said, our priority is to establish the truth and those responsible for theirs playing crash entire run. reading through that statement, you can see a slight shift in tone from the ukrainian president. earlier today i think there was much more of an acceptance of the early reports

ukraine's national security secretary told my colleague jonah fisher how iran simply could no longere evidence. translation: this photo shows us the first part of the plane where a rocket hit. it hit the cockpit from underneath. as canada continued to mourn its 57 dead, the prime minister demanded that iran cooperate with a full and transparent international investigation. iran must take full responsibility. canada will not rest until we get the accountability, justice and closure that the families deserve. the question now is how much access iran will give to the crash site and data from the wreckage. only then will we know if today's admission of responsibility will be enough to de—escalate the latest confrontation in the middle east. james landale, bbc news. president trump has tweeted his support for the protesters in iran, saying: and to help his message of solidarity across, he also tweeted it out in farsi. well, i spoke with middle east expert rodger shanahan from the lowy institute and asked him how significant the protests in iran are. it's very difficult to understand exact

ukraine's national security secretary told my colleague jonah fisher how iran could simply no longerevidence. translation: this photo shows us the first part of the plane where a rocket hit. it hit the cockpit from underneath. we think this is proof, and it explains why we didn't hear anything from the pilots. they died immediately from the first hit. the question now is whether iran's u—turn means international investigators will get full access to data from the black box and the crash site. borisjohnson said iran's admission was an important first step, but he and his canadian and swedish counterparts all demanded a transparent inquiry and full cooperation. james landale, bbc news. a little earlier, rana rahimpour from the bbc persian service told me about previous protests in iran and how today's events compare. there were mass protests in iran in november, 2019. it was violently cracked down, hundreds of people were killed, thousands imprisoned, and, at the time, many analysts thought it would take years for the opposition to mobilise itself and energise itself to come back on th

ukraine's national security secretary told my colleague jonah fisher how iran could simply no longerevidence. translation: this photo shows us the first part of the plane where a rocket hit. it hit the cockpit from underneath. we think this is proof, and it explains why we didn't hear anything from the pilots. they died immediately from the first hit. the question now is whether iran's u—turn means international investigators will get full access to data from the black box and the crash site. borisjohnson said iran's admission was an important first step, but he and his canadian and swedish counterparts all demanded a transparent inquiry and full cooperation. james landale, bbc news. rana rahimpourfrom the bbc‘s persian service explains more on what has made the protesters so angry. several things. there have been years of anger, but the turning point, i think, was today when they found out that they had been lied to by the iranian authorities for days. official after official came out, they denied the suspicion that iran was behind the attack and the downing of the aeroplane. and th

jonah smith. look at this catch. 7-0 titans early on. lamar jackson through 165, ran 143.d 1, number 8 is stuffed. henry ran 195 yards. his lone touchdown, it's a throw. the jump pass to corey davis, now the ravens there 28-12 the for 13 years in san jose, joe pavelski made a name for himself, first as little joe, then big pavelski, then captain. the off-season former sharks captain changged free agency signing with dallas stars. aar giving pavelskiks nice ovation as he returned to the tank. they sure miss their former captain. down 1-0 early. goes up the skate of burns. 1-1. second period patrick marleau playing 1700th game.ar puck solid in the nets, made 27 saves. what a save that was. s kslatepor to tday we'll find ou the niners face in the nfc championship. it's the winner of the seahawks-packers game. they will earn 49ers in next week nfc championship. have a great sunday. ay an incr ga.we r on twehis sunday. lisa argen with a look at the forecast. good morning, juli.lisa i kind of p nt ees ldorike f pa conditions. no storms at this point looking like they will enter

our correspondent in kyiv, jonah fisher, has been talking me through the ukrainian reaction. from the ukrainian president, president zelensky, talking in similar ways to boris johnson, talking about a legal requirement that justice be done for the 176 people who were on board, and that compensation should be paid, and that those responsible should be brought tojustice. more interesting, this morning i spent time with a top security official here in the ukraine and he basically laid out the evidence with which the team of ukrainian investigators had been gathering in tehran, pretty comprehensive stuff, pictures of the cockpit with the bottom half having been blown away. parts of the side of the aircraft with pockmarks on which suggest an anti—aircraft hit and basically he said "we had effectively gathered "enough evidence that proves it was a missile that brought down "this plane" and quite possibly that was the reason that iran made the u—turn, saying initially it was a tactical mistake, but then saying and admitting that their guys had shut it down. interesting line in the s

ukraine's national security secretary told my colleague jonah fisher how iran simply could no longeridence. translation: this photo shows us the first part of the plane where a rocket hit. it hit the cockpit from underneath. as canada continued to mourn its 57 dead, the prime minister demanded that iran cooperate with a full and transparent international investigation. iran must take full responsibility. canada will not rest until we get the accountability, justice and closure that the families deserve. the question now is how much access iran will give to the crash site and data from the wreckage. only then will we know if today's admission of responsibility will be enough to de—escalate the latest confrontation in the middle east. james landale, bbc news. a little earlier, rana rahimpour from the bbc persian service told me about previous protests in iran and how todays events compare. there were mass protests in iran in november, 2019. it was violently cracked down, hundreds of people were killed, thousands imprisoned and, at the time, many analysts thought it would take years for

pave the way for russia's longest serving leader since stalin to take power with him when he goes up jonah al-jazeera. iran's president has warned that european soldiers in the middle east may be in danger as on rouhani made the comments just a day after britain or france and germany who watched a dispute mechanism on the 2015 nuclear deal accuse iran of repeated violations on diplomatic editor james bays reports when united nations. 2 'd at a time when large crowds of iranians have been protesting in the streets the country's president instead addressed his comments to the international community has signed rouhani is a meeting of his cabinet dismissed recent suggestions from the u.k. prime minister boris johnson that there should be a new deal with iran and said they should focus on the one already agreed in 2015 of them are you bad already if you take the wrong step it will be to your detriment pick the right path the right path is to return to the nuclear deal there was this warning note to european nations saddam was on the call yaml is that in no armies the american soldier is not se

because as you can hear from jonah fisher‘s interview there, there are many people who still feel thattion of whether 01’ this whole question of whether or not president trump was trying to put pressure on ukraine and exactly how much pressure was there. and somebody who might have some of those answers is a former national security adviser, john bolton. and of course, he has already in leaked details of his book given an indication that he has very clear details about president trump‘s position and all of this. whether or not witnesses will be called, will depend on the democrats convincing four republican senators to join in voting for it, and what we are seeing in this session is a real attempt to appeal to those republicans who are moderate, who are in the middle. but whether or not they actually vote with the democrats, we won‘t know for about 2k hours‘ time. authorities in the australian capital territory have declared a state of emergency for the first time since the canberra fires of 2003. people on the southern fringes of australia‘s capital have been told to prepare to evacua

jonah, thank you very much. jonah fisher.target was introduced 16 years ago. nearly 100,000 of the sickest patients faced hours stuck on trolleys, and waiting in corridors, while beds were found for them. dominic hughes reports. accident and emergency departments across england are busier than ever. during 2019, a million more patients attended than the previous year. an ea rlier—than—expected outbreak of flu hasn't helped, but doctors say staffing shortages combined with a growing and ageing population are putting the system under intense pressure. it's very, very busy. patients are queueing up and hospitals are jam—packed. this is as bad as it's been over the last few years. i do remember it one year worse, that was when we had the flu epidemic about ten years ago, but since then it's been a steady ramping up of pressure and it's as bad now as it's been in my recent memory. in december alone, more than 2 million people attended a&e departments in england, a rise of 6% on the previous year. only four out of five people were

future relationship with the european union jonah hill reports. as restoration work goes on to the outside of britain's houses of parliament a comprehensive renewal has taken place inside boris johnson's landslide election victory means legislation for the u.k.'s long awaited withdrawal from the european union is well on its way to being approved that leaves ratification by the e.u. parliament to allow brics it to happen at the end of january with a transition period to follow meaning little change on the ground until at least the end of next year for governments in and after years of tough often acrimonious negotiations it is possible the 2020 will see britain's exit from the european union become law but the. expect that to be the end of the briggs's pain through here in brussels due renewal to inside e.u. institutions new commission president. says she's keen to preserve good relations with the united kingdom in negotiations to come over the future relationship but e.u. interests will always come 1st and i think the danger in terms of relations

ukraine's national security secretary told my colleague jonah fisher how iran could simply no longerevidence. translation: this photo shows us the first part of the plane where a rocket hit. it hit the cockpit from underneath. we think this is proof, and it explains why we didn't hear anything from the pilots. they died immediately from the first hit. the question now is whether iran's u—turn means international investigators will get full access to data from the black box and the crash site. borisjohnson said iran's admission was an important first step, but he and his canadian and swedish counterparts all demanded a transparent inquiry and full cooperation. james landale, bbc news. in the last hour, the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has been speaking in ottawa. iran's admission that its own armed forces unintentionally shot down flight 752 is an important step towards providing answers for families, but i noted that many more steps must be taken. a full and complete investigation must be conducted. we need full clarity on how such a horrific tragedy could have occurred.

over the last few days asking for revenge over the assassination of qassam so the money al-jazeera is jonah hill is in london and says donald trump used a speech to give nato powers addressing done for what he considers the muted response to the killing of qassam sort of money. remember donald trump has a fairly checkered history with nato ones calling it obsolete now apparently supporting it but frequently railing against its members calling them to take on a greater share of the burden a greater share of the cost for their own defense and the collective coffers of nato now i think he will see nato alongside european powers as having disappointed the administration might compare the secretary of state said as much in failing to full throated lee support the actions last week against custom solomonic. an opportunity i think in this address to give everyone a sort of dressing down here a bit of naming and shaming and in nato as case presumably as i said to take up some of the burden in iraq opening the door for the u.s. possibly to draw down its forces there something we know donald trump is

most know when they speak to offer the hope that even when they are gone the world does not forget jonah how al-jazeera at auschwitz birkenau death camp in poland. the top stories warnings are being issued to travelers heading to as the death toll . rises to 160. after the. citizens. global financial. steps to control the. in the u.k. france and germany also fears of the potential economic impact. lower level this year. republicans are. witnesses to testify u.s. president. it follows. the president told him to. do an investigation into his political. middle east peace proposal. minister benjamin netanyahu. to discuss the deal which the palestinians have already rejected. fighting is being reported in an area east of the libyan city of misrata where forces loyal to the war to leave after launched an offensive on sunday at least 11 government soldiers were killed and 100 others were injured. investigators in the united states are trying to find out what caused the helicopter crash that killed 9 people including basketball legend kobe bryant bryant's private helicopter came down on a hillsi

the royal wirksworth display at madame tussauds but there are likely to escape the media spotlight jonah hold al-jazeera. i know when my can catch up any time with all the news reporting on my checking out our website al-jazeera dot com and you can also watch us live by clicking on the orange live icon out there dot com. and one of the top stories here intelligence officials in washington say they believe the ukrainian jet that crashed on wednesday was most likely shot down accidentally by iranian air defenses u.s. president donald trump says he suspects the crash could have been a mistake. i have my suspicions it was very i don't want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. it's a tragic thing when i see that it's a tragic thing. but somebody could have made a mistake on the other side could've could've made a mistake it was flying it was it was flying in that our system had nothing to do with us it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake as some people say was be can i go i personally don't think that's. even a question and

our ukraine correspondent, jonah fisher, joins us from kyiv.he uk government, but what has been the reaction where you are? similar words this morning from the ukrainian president, president zelensky, talking in similar ways to borisjohnson, talking zelensky, talking in similar ways to boris johnson, talking about zelensky, talking in similar ways to borisjohnson, talking about a legal requirement that justice borisjohnson, talking about a legal requirement thatjustice be done for the 176 people who were on board, and the compensation should be paid, and the compensation should be paid, and that those responsible should be brought tojustice. and that those responsible should be brought to justice. more interesting, this morning i spent time with a top security official in the ukraine and he basically laid out the evidence with which the team of ukrainian investigators had been gathering in tehran, pretty comprehensive staff, pictures of the cockpit with the bottom half having been blown away —— stuff. parts of the side of the aircraft with pock

evidence of a missile strike before iran changed its position overnight. 0ur ukraine correspondent, jonahfrom kyiv. tells more about what the ukrainian airlines are now saying. we're talking about the top official here in ukraine, he has been in constant contact with the team of investigators that ukraine sent to iran on wednesday night. i have just spent about an hour with him in his office, he has been showing me photos that those investigators have been sending over and basically his message was we have been collecting conclusive proof that this was the consequence of a missile strike and, really, iran had no option but to come clean. here is a little bit of what he said. translation: this photo shows us the first part of the plane where the rocket hit. it hit the cockpit from underneath. we think this is proof and it explains why we didn't hear anything from the pilots. they died immediately from the first hit. what about this? translate mac these are the holes made by explosive elements. base with this and the possibility that the ukrainians were going to come out and say it outright

gone birkenau will be left with one ultimate purpose that no one should ever be allowed to forget jonah hill al-jazeera auschwitz birkenau death camp. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories one of basketball's greatest players kobe bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in california the former los angeles lakers player was one of 9 people who died he was 41 rob reynolds is near the scene of the crash in calabasas with more details. the aircraft was a sick or ski $76.00 helicopter a an aircraft that has actually a robust safety record so the cause of this crash is not known there is a team from the national transportation safety board that's the federal agency that is on its way to california now to go over the debris to try to figure out whether this was caused by mechanical failure pilot error or some other cause it is known that there was some heavy fog and a low cloud cover in this particular area called calabasas to the north and west of los angeles proper at the time of the crash. the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been directly hit by rockets for the 1st time and no

most know when they speak to offer the hope that even when they are gone the world does not forget jonah how al-jazeera at auschwitz birkenau death camp in poland much more on the 75th anniversary commemoration of for the liberation of auschwitz on our website al jazeera dot com . hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump has resumed with republicans on the growing pressure witnesses to testify there's been no mention of the revelations surrounding former national security adviser john bolton in a leaked a draft of his book bolton reportedly claims the president told him to tie a ukrainian military aide to an investigation into his political rival joe biden trump has denied these claims and his lawyers are arguing the senate trial is a political stunt by democrats. chords consider prudential factors and there is a huge credential factor that this trial is occurring and in an election year when we the people in a matter of months will go to the polls. meanwhile president trump says he will announce these

promises to be broken ultimatums reversed the undeliverable delivered in 2020 then expect the unexpected jonah al-jazeera london. fact checking organizations a warning that not enough is being done to combat this information in georgia they say that there are anti western websites that a mirroring washington aims the georgia hosts a secret biological weapons laboratory run by the us al-jazeera was given special access to the laboratory at the center of the allegations from tbilisi robin for us to walker reports. we we showed inside george's luca tree which detects and prevents the spread of dangerous diseases but pro kremlin media claim it spreads disease experimenting on humans with cancer zeek a virus killer. and plagues of stink bugs. i asked the laboratories director whether there was any truth to these narratives but we are not making sic a white house and this puppet the killer must be the but they love it or tory is. the level of the tories so hard this weekend diagonals to hear the. pm have kong go and a man of any infection this is no killer is not invading this white house is no aera

senior advisor andriy yermak, and jonah fisher and some noises off there.ashington. what is the latest from there? i have to seejoan is not the only person struggling to get a nswe rs only person struggling to get answers about what the relationship between the white house and the ukraine was about the withholding of military —— military aid and whether there would be investigations into mr drum is my political rivals. in many of the questions that have been put forward to mr trump's defence team as well as the democrats prosecution today have focused on whether or not there needs to be witnesses called to give evidence, to give more light about what was happening in that relationship between the us and ukraine under between the us and ukraine undeer between the us and ukraine under mr trump's administration. and there is a key focus on three or four republicans who may vote with democrats. they need four. that is the magic numberfor them. if they get four republicans to vote alongside them in around 24 vote alongside them in around 2a hours' time they coul

constitution were announced by vladimir putin critics say he's paving the way to stay in power a life jonah hill reports it was dramatic and entirely unexpected except the just hours before the resignation of russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev and his entire government the president vladimir putin had called for government change. move a little slower as he's given. we as the government of the russian federation should provide the president of our country with the opportunity to make all necessary changes to the political system. in the annual live televised state of the nation address putin said that the constitution should be amended to allow parliament to choose candidates for prime minister and the cabinet a power now enjoyed soley by the president and the president he said should in future serve a total maximum of 2 terms putin himself is currently serving his 4th the proposed changes would substantially limit the power of whoever succeeds putin as president after he steps down in 2024 as he's constitutionally bound to do supporters describe the movers deepening democracy empoweri