All 176 people on board. These allegations are true and i should have never been arrested in the 1st place this sounds former chief makes his 1st public appearance since skipping bail in japan ahead of this trial on allegations of financial misconduct. And or the us president says iran appears to be standing down on a series of missiles on american bases in iraq and the attacks were in response to the u. S. Killing of iranian General Assembly money donald trump flanked by his Vice President secretaries of state and defense as well as military leaders warned iran that u. S. Military missiles were big and powerful and accurate and lethal he said hed be imposing further economic sanctions on tehran White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat reports with the u. S. And iran edging dangerously close to war President Donald Trump proclaimed 2 that tehran appears to be standing down truck gave no indication that the United States intends to strike back hours after riding in missile attacks on 2 bases used by the u. S. Military in iraq we suffered ok actual trees all of our soldiers are safe. And orderly minimal damage was sustained at our military bases it was a stark contrast to the president s threats of retaliation without hesitation that have dominated his twitter feed in recent days instead flanked by top advisers in generals troubling aid a surprising suggestion that members of nato to become much more involved in the middle east process it was an astonishing claim from a president who once called nato obsolete he also encouraged u. S. Partners and allies to abandon the j c p a way an agreement put in place in 2050 and by world powers to live it Irans Nuclear program we must all Work Together toward making a deal with the rain that makes the world a safer and more Peaceful Place however truck didnt ounce new sanctions would be coming without giving specifics he also left open the possibility of diplomacy speaking directly to irans leaders he insisted the United States desires for iran a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the United States is ready to embrace peace. With all who seek it but missing from the president s speech evidence that the u. S. Killing of iranian general qassam solomonic was justified and necessary to prevent an imminent attack on americans its evidence opposition democrats are demanding from the trumpet ministration also absent a Clear Strategy something the administration has promised to provide in closed door briefings on wednesday to members of congress including Top Republicans iran didnt just take an off ramp it took a u. Turn because they know they have no capability to fight against america at least based on the presentation that was made. It is not what i consider to be a threat but if President Trump chooses to respond by sending even more soldiers to the middle east he breaks a Major Campaign promise to pull the United States out of what he once called its for ever wars kimberly health at aljazeera the white house as it moved the washington correspondent john hendren who joins us from there was to give us an idea of the reaction has been to trump speech the reaction to the speech has been largely positive from both democrats and republicans on capitol hill and from americans in general there seems to be a sense of relief that this tit for tat event seems to be over for now although we have had confrontations between those 2 countries in the past they have resurged later on. But what has really upset people is those briefings on capitol hill in general republicans felt that the administration had given enough information to justify this strike that killed so the money democrats on the other hand seem by and large completely unconvinced and now you even have a couple of republicans on capitol hill senators who said that they walked into that briefing undecided prepared to support the president one of them mike lee of utah a republican said it was the worst briefing ive ever received i find it insulting and demeaning not personally but to each and every senator demeaning to the constitution of the United States they really a number of people came out and essentially felt that the administration had not presented evidence that there was an imminent threat which is what cory booker the democratic president ial candidate said we were provided no evidence of an imminent threat i remain deeply skeptical that he had justification for this attack another democrat said chris murphy i did not hear evidence of a specific imminent threat that would allow an attack without congressional authorization and that his is what has launched a move to try to limit the trump administrations ability to continue to wage military conflict with iran and john. Needed it to that announcement as is now submitting full or they will pass what exactly does it mean. Thats right nancy pelosi has introduced an act in the house and tim kaine a colleague has introduced one in the senate and those 2 republicans i just referenced said they will now support that tim kaine measure that the democrats would need all of them to vote together and for republicans in our order for it to pass the senate but nancy pelosi said in a statement about the act that she wants introduced in the house she said our concerns were not addressed by the insufficient war powers act notification and by the administrations briefing today it said that they would introduce a resolution to limit the president s military actions regarding iran and one of the things that really upsets democrats is they were to war power resolutions in 2001 in 2002 and rand paul a republican said it is ridiculous to think that a measure that authorized u. S. Force in iraq would now be used to authorize the killing of an iranian general in iraq so this is a resolution that will now get top consideration it is very likely to pass the house of representatives but what is curious is the possibility of republicans supporting it in the senate as well and that is supposed to be happening very soon now 200 thank you very much indeed. Loud blasts have been heard in baghdad on wednesday night 3 katyusha rockets are reported to have inside baghdads heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and Foreign Missions causing a fire but no casualties thats according to iraqi police sources. Satellite images have been released showing the extent of damage caused to one of the u. S. Bases when iranian missiles struck in the early hours of wednesday morning several facilities on the base including aircraft hangars appear to have sustained significant damage in the attacks within the last few minutes the u. S. Defense secretary said that at least 11 missiles impacted the al Assad Air Base and at least one hit below and he also said that overall 18 short range missiles have been fortunate these 3 locations and donald trump has been has said that the strikes have not harmed any u. S. Troops stationed there there and so far mr jevons or if its emphasized that tehrans next steps will depend on the reaction from the u. S. Weve said very clearly that if the United States takes any further action iran viewed respond accordingly and we would respond in a very harsh way but proportionately we did not start this process of escalation the United States raged an economic war against iran the United States has to come to its senses the presence of iranian people in the streets of many cities unprecedented in the history europe can play a useful role by informing the United States of the serious error in their analysis that they should stop listening to clowns that they should base their policy based on realities and not some evolutions of some clowns who have ambitions of. Ukraine International Airline says the plane that crashed in iran was one of its best and the pilots among its most experienced all 176 people on board the boeing 737 died when the aircraft went down shortly after takeoff in tehran at the crash isnt being linked to current tensions in the region barca has more. Passengers and crew a flight p. S. 752 didnt stand a chance. Minutes after takeoff the ukraine International Airlines flight from tehran to kiev went down in a city suburb Recovery Team has picked 3 whats left of the plane from peoples lives. Most of the dead are rainy and more than 60 canadians were also killed many reportedly students returning from vacation. The boeing 737800 was less than 4 years old and had been recently serviced. Video and social media shows a light hurtling to the ground and then a fireball. Iranian Officials Say there was no distress call. But fortunately it didnt question the reason into area but the wreckage has scattered around the gardens of villas within a large radius and nobody has survived. Across bill airport in kiev the arrivals board bears the grim news. This mother and father had been waiting for their son to arrive missing so someone probably knew my son is a senior Flight Attendant my daughter called at 615 this morning to say that in the us they were reporting that a plane had crashed a ukrainian International Airlines plane. A makeshift memorial now stands in the lobby of the airport at least 11 ukrainians died in the crash most of them crew members. Sweden also lost several nationals on the flight its joint ukraine and canada in calling for a full investigation ukraines now canceled all flights over iran the countrys embassy in tehran initially blamed engine failure for the crash later remove the statement doors useful widely approaching we made our decision to suspend all the activities of all ukrainian of the Asian Companies in reining airspace until the causes of this tragedy become clear. The crash comes amid heightened tensions across the region following a u. S. Drone strike that killed top iranian general has money in a sign of worsening ties irans Civil Aviation authority says it will not give the black box flight recorder to u. S. Plane make a boeing for analysis its not clear which country iran will send the box to. The safety audit and it had no accidents whatsoever so there i really do this is a very very good airlines but i do believe it will be mechanical or possibly it may possibly be a terrorist act its too hard to tell at this stage. The crash is a major setback for boeing but struggled to regain trust after the grounding of its 737 max and craft following 2 fatal accuracies within 5 months. The boeing 737 is one of the most popular aircraft in the sky with a good Safety Record investigators must now determine how and why so many lives and did he. Need aljazeera. Still to come around his era europes warning to the u. K. Negotiating a paste trade deal will not be easy. Desperate search for the disappeared mexicos missing people. Hello again its good to have you back while here across western parts of africa were still watching the remnants of blake this was a cycle own that made landfall but were still going to be seeing some very heavy rain across much of the region there the clouds right there and the rain is going to continue as we go towards thursday as well all the way down towards the bite now the system is leaking up with a cold front this is a cold front right here that is going to continue to push its way a little bit more towards the east and with that were going to be seeing some very gusty winds over the next few days so here on friday the fronts going to be pushing through adelaide pushing across tasmania as well it will bring the temperatures down but were going to see some very windy conditions across much of this area and for sydney here is your 3 day forecast as we go into the weekend we do expect to see those temperatures starting to rise of course the smoke and the haze is still a problem but it will be the winds as we go into saturday that of course we dont need any more winds for the bushfires here across parts of japan though a big system is making its way here towards specific things will get better over the next few days in terms of the rain but we do expect to see those temperatures beginning to come down so here on thursday tokyo were going to give you 15 degrees there but as we go towards friday a little bit cooler with some rain in the forecast and over here towards china we do expect to see some rain all the way down to sparta hong kong with a temperature of 22. Silence is. Cool is the political wildcard that counts in the shapes close order the structure that is defended the cost. Each with the support of the people all through the crushing of that when the. People in power exposes the use and abuse of power around the world. On aljazeera. War her for war. A reminder the top stories on our 0 u. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing down but still promise to impose further punitive economic sanctions on tehran he was speaking several hours after iran launched more than a dozen missiles at u. S. Bases in iraq in retaliation for the killing of a leading military figure customs for money. Loud blasts have been heard in baghdad on wednesday night 3 katyusha rockets reported to a foreign inside baghdads heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and Foreign Missions causing a fire thats according to iraqi police sources. And also in iran a ukrainian passenger plane has crashed moments after takeoff all 176 people on board were killed the crash isnt being linked to tensions in the region. Tokyo prosecutors say claims made by miss sons former chief that they conspired with the car company to remove him from its leadership are false and unacceptable carlos ghosn made the claims during a 2 and a half hour News Conference in beirut where he maintained he is innocent or charges of financial misconduct against him and hunter is in beirut more. Its his 1st public appearance since he jumped bail and escaped from japan the former nissan and renault chief carlos gone arrived in the lebanese capital beirut over a week ago his case has Brought International attention many were waiting for the businessman to disclose details of how he reached his country of origin but gone who is facing trial in japan on financial misconduct charges used the News Conference to reiterate his innocence it is important for me to emphasize that im not the above the law i welcome the opportunity for the troops to come out and indicate that my reputation restored. Not escape justice. Justice. Political persecution gone who was detained a number of times in japan was under strict house arrest when he fled he says he did so because he didnt believe he would get a fair trial japans judicial system has been criticized by human Rights Groups gone who holds lebanese brazilian and french passports says conditions during his detention were harsh and he was bound to access to lawyers and his family hes believed to have arrived in beirut via istanbul on a private jet turkish media released video they say show him being transferred by vehicle to a 2nd jet turkish authorities have made arrests and International Fugitive but Carlos Vaughn is not being treated as a criminal by lebanons authorities they say he entered the country illegally the caretaker Justice MinisterAlbury Sarhan conferred levanon received the interpol red notice and would take the necessary steps but at the same time he stressed lebanon and japan dont have an extradition treaty gone has been summoned for questioning by lebanon state prosecutor and japans ambassador to lebanon asked for more cooperation but it seems tokyo officials have few options even if the extradition treaty exists the decision to hand over someone is in the hands of the lebanese authorities and they still need to question japan has also issued an arrest warrant for glistens lebanese wife for giving false testimony but gone is a man who has friends in high places and believed to enjoy political cover and. I am proud to be the bunnies. And lebanon is the only country in the world that stood by my side the businessman turned fugitive doesnt hide his confidence in his words hes ready to stay a long time in lebanon. Paid a lot. Russian president Vladimir Putin is in turkey where hes met president richard. And it is a call for a cease fire and libya to be implemented by sunday announcement came shortly after the turkish and russian president s but to no great a pipeline in istanbul the west at last report. The leaders of turkey and russia used the opening of a major gas pipeline to highlight improve through elations between the 2 countries but destroyed turks stream project that offers an alternative route for russian gas to be delivered to europe via turkey was overshadowed by events elsewhere the s. S. A nation of an Iranian Military commander by the u. S. And a missile attack on u. S. Bases by iran both strikes taking place in iraq have raised tensions in the region. No one is the strength to pay the further price. The right to put the whole region especially iraq into a new circle of fire for the sake of their own interests turkey will do all possible not the region to redraw in blood and tears Vladimir Putin sat by overcoming their differences turkey and russia are giving a good example. Solution we are living in a very difficult time in our region we are facing it its rating situation that can fuel tensions but russia and turkey are showing a very different example. But their body language at a meeting earlier in the day made it clear not all is good between the 2 leaders. Behind the smiles and handshakes there are some differences between you to make sure that the young rush on opposing sides of the war in syria. And out into the present is a right both nations will confront things face to face. Turkey has accused russian mercenaries of fighting alongside general holly for hafta launch an offensive on the libyan capital tripoli after a meeting in istanbul put an end to one urged all parties involved in the war in libya to commit to a cease fire starting on january the 12th so a Peace Process can take place but for the syrian city of it lip there was no such call hundreds of thousands of syrians have been displaced in the past 2 weeks alone after russian and syrian troops increase their operations in the last rebel held province while the turkish president has raised concerns about the influx of refugees he did not get a commitment from put in to stop the fighting there stop fasten aljazeera istanbul a car bomb has killed at least 4 people in somalias capital mogadishu it exploded at the 1st security checkpoint leading into the area housing the Parliament President ial palace and interior ministry and over 6 people were injured the armed group came responsibility for the attack last week it carried out another bombing in the capital killing 90 people. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has met the new leader of the European Commission in downing street to begin discussing a post trade deal or slush fund alliances access to the e. U. Market after brics it will only be granted with major compromises britain is due to leave the block on the 31st of january and negotiations for a new economic relationship will begin almost immediately but from the lion has warned the negotiations on all aspects of a trade deal cannot be complete in one year. The more divergence it is the more distant the partnership will be and without an extension of the transition period beyond 2020 you cannot x. Expect to agree on every single aspect of our new partnership we will have to prioritise millions of workers in india are on strike protesting at the governments economic policies the Mass Movement follows an increase in the number of farmers who kill themselves because of financial debt and now many in the state of punjab calling on the government to act so how raman reports from there. These farmers a singing for their rights are just some of the many tens of thousands who are protesting across india on wednesday against what they say is government inaction towards the farming industry. And their leaders have a clear message for the government. We have to demand a fair in profitable price for our farm produce it should be bought on time by the market and then theres no reason for the farmers to come back to say what experts say at least 4 farmers commit suicide across the country each day. Those they leave behind like hunt broke or are forced to deal with the financial problems that drove them to suicide. And she tied is up shes constantly reminded of the family shes lost 3 generations of farmers who kill themselves over a crippling debt her father in law husband and last september her son you dont really is my son would often say. What are we going to do about it i told him not to worry he was a child he was only 19 and my only son he kept saying why did the government not help People Like Us they only had the powerful and the rich she shows me the bills the pesticides and seeds as well as the amount due for feels they read did unemployment is so high one senior academic and also on the farming crisis says successive governments have failed to offer the farben community viable alternatives youll find that the source of the income has not been coming up where youll find the. Are going to go to other operations which are even if those operations are available they are not of their mother to that extent we will find that they have a correction and after the shift from the farm into the argument im going to focus visions. The government says its last edition is to help farmers including easing interest on their loads and set up missions for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture but farmer say thats done little to help farmers simply job often stop work to protest about their financial woes but nothing on this scale one of the main highways has been blocked in the state and theyre hoping that many more people will join them on this day of action in punjab and across india one scholar said it reminds him of the eightys and ninetys in the United States when distressed farmers there also decided to strike and then started to elect people from their own community as lawmakers as the decades unfolded. But you even go to the us president s. Problems of Union Leaders say theyll intensify demonstrations like this if you delhi fails to address their concerns so hell robert al jazeera but john. The Mexican Government has announced that more than 61000 people have disappeared in the country and this rising violence thats 50 percent more than the government previously estimated president lopez of our doors administration has set up a commission to try to deal with the problem and on the ground many say little has changed John Heilemann spent a day with a group of civilians searching for their missing relatives in similar north mexico. But on the beginning of another day for isabel looking for her son youll see mark garcia shes turned a home into the headquarters of the search for him and others in similar lower mexico. This is a father and son these ones are brothers that are disappeared this one is my son across the country there are many more disappeared 61000 by the governments new estimate victims of rival criminal groups and even authorities every weekend is a bell and other women who have joined together and called themselves sub wessels get out as well rhea sniffer dogs go out to look for them they have rudimentary tools to check for bodies under the soil now live mostly made up out we sniff to see if its got any strange smell when you find a body and you smell it it burns itself into your mind youll never confuse that smell with any other. They say theyve had to carry out the search by themselves let the muzzle say in the last 2 years my life has been catastrophic for me my life just flipped 360 degrees since they took my son and it turned me into a search and Human Rights Defender ive become a place woman lawyer friends of course others in different parts of the country have told us the same theyve had to do it all a lot of. Groups of volunteers like this one have sprung up all across mexico over the last decade and they exist they say not because they want to but because authorities themselves are interested in looking for their lost loved ones in the administration of president Lopez Obrador has changed the tone of the meeting mexico has got a huge problem and setting up a commission to help find the disappeared but many say on the ground little changed meanwhile as the country suffers record levels of violence its a sure bet that more are going missing and so the warrior sniffer dogs continue searching even as they break for lunch another terrible story emerges that the little that is here they had him for 3 days tied up and tortured and they left him to die alone its almost too much to say this is doable thank you very much i cant go on but they do go on as anyone would if their son or daughter had vanished and they were the only hope of finding them John Heilemann how does it or similar. Top stories here now jazeera u. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be quote standing down following its attacks on american bases in iraq trump called for a greater involvement from nato in the middle east and said he would be imposing greater economic sanctions on iran. Iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world no american or iraqi lives were lost because of the precautions taken the dispersal of forces and an Early Warning system that worked very well as we continue to evaluate options in response to a rain in aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian Regime these powerful saying shoes will remain until around changes its behavior trump was speaking just hours after iran launched 16 missiles at bases in iraq has to u. S. And Coalition Troops and no one was injured in the attacks which iran said was retaliation for the killing of senior military figure Kasim Soleimani irans Supreme Leader called the attacks a slap in the face for the u. S. Also in iran a ukrainian passenger plane has crashed moments after takeoff all 176. 00 people on board were killed the crash isnt being linked to tensions in the region. The russian president Vladimir Putin has met his takesh counterpart ratchet type at a one in istanbul where theyve called for ceasefire in libya they issued a joint statement saying they wanted stability and a normalizing of daily life in tripoli and other cities ankara is deploying troops to support the internationally recognized government in tripoli in their fight against warlord holly for half of the 4 minutes on both carlos ghosn has spoken publicly for the 1st time since fleeing house arrest in japan he says prosecutors in tokyo conspired with a car company to have him removed from its leadership claims the japanese lawyers have described as false and unacceptable. But the top stories do stay with us people in power is next looking at europe after the fall of the balun well when you feel that i feel that. The u. S. Is always of interest to people all around the world this is been going on for a number of others but tear gas being used to report on International Perspective to try to explain for global audience how this could impact their life this is an important part of the world now does it is very good news to the world from here. The full of the berlin wall just over 30 years ago came amidst sweeping changes to end the cold war and see the downfall of authoritarian communist regimes across the Eastern Europe the 3 decades on the prodemocracy optimism of those days has turned sour replaced by rising seas and the phobia and populist nationalism in countries once held 300. 00 all right so what went wrong in the 1st of 2 special reports weve been to germany to find