kabul sun long time ruler known for promoting peace in an unstable beach and his cousin hyphen bin taric outside is named as a modern new leader. and china watch as closely as the south governing island of taiwan chooses its new president's. thank you for joining us after days of denial iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board but ukraine's president says quote for admission of guilt and an official apology are still required the plane crash shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday the same night iran launch missiles at iraqi bases housing u.s. troops we begin our coverage with this report from. iran has admitted its military unintentionally shot down the street creamy in plane killing all 176 people on board president hassan rouhani has described it as a great tragedy and unforgivable mistake iran's foreign minister to votes the reef express his condolences human error he wrote at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism lead to disaster. this i stay to ready nuts a fact that everybody is expecting some sort or

a discreet neutral mediator in the various crises in this region will this new leader hyphen been taric be able to fill. his shows will be will he be as well respected as his cousin. was loss of the life is all this myth about about the man who came to power in 1970 and completely transformed chance for a man who faced many challenges during his rule by him managed to overcome those obstacles unify all the romanies and move forward with the small budget that he has compared to the mighty neighbors and put his country on the map as a key player in the regional arena where we might see a change in style. because i hate them been part of it is the relatively younger. couples who will definitely have to diversify the economy and put into place major reforms in the country in terms of the substance we will definitely continue to see a country that is trying to build bridges with all the key. in the reason trying to maintain that truly has very well brilliantly played which is getting it with a different name we we say man as you say a minus played a very intro being a mediator therefore of c

also time cabooses successor were sought in just a short time ago in amman high found bin taric outside seen here in the front row of mourners was chosen to replace the longtime leader he was sultan kaposi's cousin and the country's heritage and culture minister with me now is my job's wherry director of the gulf studies center at qatar university thank you for being with us much of the challenge was that sultan qaboos of course didn't have an heir apparent but a successor has been named fairly quickly everything seems to be happening in a very orderly manner it was it was very smooth political transition in a matter of 5 hours for. announce the of town called was around 839 the announce his successor that was a very fast and smooth political transition this i think this reflects 2 things one is the procedure itself which basically highlighted by the constitution article 5 and 6 and number 2 the willingness of a man to use and the leadership of a man to move into the country the country quickly safe and secure right what do we know abbas accountable says success on haifa and bin taric o

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age of 79 a 3 day period of mourning has been declared in online the sultan's cousin high fan been taric inside who is also a culture minister has been named as his successor has taken the oath of allegiance as a man sultan a man's flag will be flown at half mast for a period of 40 days following the death of sultan couple as we have plenty more coverage on this and other international news stories coming up very shortly here on al-jazeera we're back after the break. january on al-jazeera president donald trump is that that president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u.s. leader on the brink of an election before much chilian presidential candidate explores the defeat of left wing political parties a close watch in america a look at how this year's world economic forum will focus on ways to tackle the impact of climate change the next probation of family links to the city's regime examines it it's early may now be embracing fascist ideologies most believed gone forever with the general election out of the way brics it is now certain how will the u.k. pr

now taric yourself is a senior fellow and director at the doha brookings center he explains why the libyan conflict has proven so difficult to resolve i think it tells me that so many powers have a stake in libya stability and prosperity but it also tells me that libya's internal conflict is a fully internationalized one have to is a proxy for a number of other countries who have interests in libya but interests also in the broader region this makes a conflict or a settlement of this conflict all the more difficult and challenging after all it was just a cease fire agreement and it didn't stipulate any conditions on any of the sides just called for. a cease fire or an indefinite cease fire that will be observed by international potties. speculation in libya speculation also abroad given the tough that is not accountable to anyone in libya is that his external sponsors other than russia may have put pressure on him to delay to postpone to try to impose pressure or to make some gains within the cease fire agreement which would have been unacceptable to the russians to the turks certainly to

region's long as ruling monarch died after a long illness said the age of 79 his cover cousin hyphen been taric outside has been softening as its successor promising to continue the foreign policy which has made the gulf countries such an important regional mediator and a few moments matheson will look back on life and legacy but 1st sat iraq reports on a dramatic day of transition in amman. a year 200. in. the announcements of salt on kabul says death came on state t.v. . the man who ruled amman for 50 years had been unwell for a number of years 3 days of national mourning and now underway in amman and a number of regional countries. his funeral has already been held in the capital muscat. and just hours after the announcement of his death his family had already chosen his successor. haitham been taught at a site sultan kabul says cousin in true monny form his swearing in is the new sultan was a smooth and quick transition site has already served as culture minister and was made in charge of the country's 2040 vision development programme where. we will remain guided by the late sometimes wisd