Gets worse well have a live update. However on iran is denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash. On wednesday it is calling the allegations against them psychological warfare the video posted by the New York Times appears to show the moment a missile did hit the plane near tehrans airport here it is a small explosion when the airliner was reportedly struck but the jet didnt immediately explode in fact it continued flying for several minutes and tried to turn back towards the airport while it was on fire well start with this report from an official. This was taken seconds before a ukrainian passenger jet crashed near toronto security cameras captured the dramatic moment of impact on the ground 176 people died including 63 canadians that countrys Prime Minister says it was dont buy in a rainy and missile we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by entering in a surface to air missile the plane came down just 4 hours after iran had fired a volley of missiles towards the u. S. Bases in iraq the country was in high alert for possible u. S. A television i asked if he blamed america for escalating tensions in the area Prime Minister trudeau said a full investigation was needed before fingers were pointed i think it is too soon to be drawing conclusions or assigning blame or responsibility and whatever proportions iranian officials insist the aircraft the Ukrainian International boeing 737800. 00 had a problem and was headed back to the airport they say there were other planes in the area deborah from the plane was scattered over a wide area the socalled black boxes a cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder have been recovered they even see the would be handing them over to boeing but will conduct an investigation and keep ukraine informed its been reported that deborah has been bulldozed into a pile at the scene making a forensic analysis almost impossible but one expert told us the dead might be the best witnesses there could be evidence with literally within the bodies of the victims that could point to whether or not for example an explosion took place inside or outside of the air that earlier in the day u. S. President donald trump said he feared the worst it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say was mechanical i personally dont think thats. Even a question the communion presently flowers at the. Schiff memorial at the airport where the plane was due to land he called for canadian experts to join the investigation its understood many of the victims had jule nationalities families are no painfully waiting to find out when the bodies will be returned and they can see their final goodbye alan fischer washington for this on this with his on the in washington hi gabriel so ukrainian plane iranian territory canada wanting to be involved in the best in the investigation is how does this actually move forward. Yeah under normal circumstances come all would happen would be the country that where the accident happened would take the lead but then investigators from the n. T. S. B. The National Transportation board in the United States would most certainly be on planes or mediately to go to assist with the investigation and as well as where the most amount of citizens that died and that in this case it would have been canada would also immediately send investigators as well thats under normal circumstances but with this crash it is not normal circumstances primarily because as we all know the United States has no diplomatic ties with iran for over 40 years now therefore american investigators cant just assume they can get in there and start the investigation or assist the iranians with the investigation boeing as well the manufacturer of the plane they normally would be sending a media at least teams of investigators as well thats not happening since boeing is an American Company and canada hasnt had diplomatic relations with iran since 2012 when canada closed its embassy in tehran so what you have here is you have a sensually a very difficult situation on 2 of the countries canada the United States that would normally be involved in this really not to involved in it because theres no diplomatic ties that makes it difficult and i will say that canada is you ron has said canada can send some of their people to look into this and canada has confirmed on thursday night that they are sending investigators there however its unclear if its a team of investigators or just one representative they are we are told are now in turkey waiting to get visas to get into tehran as far as the National Transportation safety board is concerned they sent out a release basically saying the lead agency on this will be the iranian aviation authorities the n. T. S. B. Said that they are willing to assist on this in any way but they need to be invited by the. Iranians they said otherwise we arent going to speculate on this so it is a lot more complicated than a normal plane crash certainly but Everyone Wants to basically get to the bottom of this quickly because the sooner they can get on the ground and all of these teams can start gathering all of the information thats necessary the sooner well reach a conclusion of what actually did happen in conclusion though it should be pointed out that there rains are the lead investigators are on this right now and they say that they will do a full and transparent investigation and keep everybody involved particularly ukraine of course where this plane was from thank you deborah well its on in washington d. C. So the thoughts now from thomas you know who is an assistant professor at the graduate school of public and International Affairs this is at the university of ulster in canada he told us irans implication that Prime Minister trudeau would lie about intelligence as part of psychological warfare is just unfounded. Canada has limited intelligence gathering capabilities at the International Level we do rely a lot in terms of access into the raw data signals intelligence and other means from our allies the u. S. The u. K. Australia new zealand in particular but the very important point and im currently in the process a process of researching a book specifically on this with a colleague at it can that we have very strong institutions at multiple levels but our Intelligence Community is extremely professional it is extremely nonpartisan and in recent years you know maybe in the last 20 years or so there are no instances of the politicize ation of intelligence analysis and by this i mean you know politicians lying a vote what their Intelligence Community tells them so if the Prime Minister today in this country said we believe not with 100 percent confidence he did kaviak that but if he said we believe that the most likely scenario is that this plane was shot down by mistake by iranian air defenses i think i accept that i accept that that is the most likely conclusion on to other news in the u. S. House of representatives passed a resolution to rein in president trumps ability to engage in military action against iran just days after he ordered that drone strike which killed a top iranian command the nonbinding resolution passed 224 to 1904 just 3 republicans voted in support and i democrats also oppose the measure and as you can start with us from washington. House democrats say president trumps order to kill iranian general custom solar monny was a reckless move done without the consultation of congress it is unprecedented the level at which this administration is seeking to obscure the facts from the congress of the American People thursdays vote on the house floor is meant to deliver a rebuke to the president that the democratic led chamber has little confidence in trumps military Decision Making toward iran despite his justifications we caught a total monster and we took him out and that should have happened a long time ago. We did it because they were looking to blow up our embassy we also did it for other reasons that were very obvious somebody died one of our military people died people were badly wounded just a week before and we did it and we had a shot at him and i took it and that shot was pinpoint accurate and that was the end of a monster the war powers resolution passed in the house on thursday directs the president to terminate the use of u. S. Forces in iran without congressional approval but how much power this measure carries is unclear it is a nonbinding resolution which under normal circumstances means it does not carry the force of law but House Speaker nancy pelosi says the war powers act is a special circumstance that gives the resolution legality that it does not have to be signed by the president of the United States the congress of the United States and this for power of full voice can speak a new 9 that way about what the war powers act should look like and that should count for something House Republicans call the vote a partisan distraction this resolution has as much force of law as a new years resolution this resolution is not safeguarding our constitution but attacking our constitution by attempting to do. Vest a duly elected president of his commander in chief powers a similar resolution is pending in the u. S. Senate where at least 2 republicans have said they will support the measure to curb iran war powers but whether the resolutions will have that effect or will simply be ignored by the president is a question that may be decided in the courts. Castro aljazeera washington. Russia and turkey have announced a ceasefire in the province syrias last rebel held stronghold hundreds of people were killed there in the past year steadfastness this report now from. More than 300000 people have been displaced from it leap city in just a little over a month despite previews agreements between Turkey Russia and iran on a socalled deescalation zone in this last rebel held area in the northwest of syria bombing has intensified by the acid Regime Forces and his russian allies aid organizations have raised alarm about it to rerating humanitarian situation turkey which has already taken in 3700000. 00 Syrian Refugees is concerned more will come. Turkish president ratchet Tayyip Erdogan and russian president Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in when they met in istanbul on wednesday for the lounge of a gas project connecting both nations by high tech pipelines but in their statement on wednesday there was no mention of a ceasefire in lip but instead they called for a cease fire in libya starting on january 12th meanwhile in libya general who is backed by russian mercenaries has rejected the cease fire proposal there and its unclear if the cease fire in italy will hold. Since september 2018 more than 1300 civilians have been killed in attacks by the Syrian Regime and russian forces. A cease fire declared on august 31st last year also failed to hold each of the cease fires just as with every single agreement that the russians and the regime has made the cease fires are then broken and the regime continues its brutal military onslaught and we hope that this time will be different and it is really turkeys responsibility here calls for a ceasefire come at a crucial time as a un mandate that allows humanitarian aid delivery to syria through 4 border crossings is set to expire on friday leaving 3700000 people vulnerable shuto still ities continue step aljazeera moscow. Checking the top stories in a moment and then a country in mourning canadians holding vigils for dozens of the victims from that plane crash in iraq. British m. P. s finally approved the Withdrawal Agreement to find out why leaving though isnt the end of breaks. My. Hello there file and subtle pictures still across northern sections of the middle east plenty of cloud has been streaming in of the last few as but also seen a fair amount of rain working its way really south with the gulf as you can see here this is the rain still on friday its not about to move away any time soon so still more showers across areas of cata and certain across into southern areas of iran across into the u. A. E. And also into northern sections of oman still very unsettled as we had through saturday and some of this rain could well lead to some localized flooding particularly across into southern iran with some very heavy amounts maybe as much as 150 to 250 millimeters of rain actually cumulating in the next 2 or 3 days time it is also on the low side just 20 celsius in doha on saturday 14 in riyadh and it could actually get cooler as we go on into sunday meanwhile into the south of south africa this is where we have got the really warm air in place 28 celsius in capetown on friday plenty of scottish south africa and really widely unsettled angola right the way across tools mozambique and still for the next couple of days some fairly stubborn showers and thunderstorms into northern and central areas of madagascar but warming up still on saturday to the south 29 celsius is the high in cape town. When was the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk through each and every luggage or layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say retention has to start from day one whether again youre in detention or youre incarcerated this is a dialogue everyone has a voice over there are studies that support our coverage will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for it join the global conversation on how to 0. Top stories on aljazeera this hour iran denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash an attack on foreign leaders including that from the u. S. The u. K. And canada say there is intelligence suggesting the plane was struck down by an Iranian Missile. The u. S. House of representatives has passed a nonbinding bill to limit president trumps ability to take military action against iran possibly get nancy pelosi said the assassination of general parsons on the money was talkative and disproportionate. Than russia and turkey have announced a cease fire in syrias last rebel held strong hundreds of people have been killed there in the past year. Or so more on our top story and in fact more than 200000 people of iranian origin live in canada or in the community theres been devastated by the crash of that Ukraine International flight 762 more than 3 quarters of the passengers who died were traveling to canada and at least 63. 00 were canadian citizens daniel lack of that a community in mourning across a vast country grief devastation loss iranian canadians have settled widely and built lives here its no exaggeration everyone in the Community Knows someone connected to the tragedy a man got her partner just 36 was a Real Estate Agent in a largely iranian canadian area near toronto he and his wife were returning from visiting her family in tehran very positive attitude very upbeat young aggressive very busy and had a lot. Of the wife you want to the job you want to the life that he chose that he wanted it could have been. Something great in mans wife perry nars worked in a bank and was a relentless fundraiser for a top iranian canadian cultural festival the organization doesnt know what it will do without her they realize shes no longer with us. Its a big gap that we have to fill in our committee and you know our charity. Nearly 30 victims of the tragedy came from the western city of edmonton a small Iranian Canadian Community there has been gathering for vigils to remember the dead among them 2 married professors from the university of alberta and their young daughters this is a rainy and canadian member of parliament has been meeting his constituents almost constantly since news of the crash emerged on wednesday there are times like this that were really not a hyphenated canadian and were just a canadian and as promise are always said canadian is a canadian as a canadian so although it has hit our Community Everyone in the Community Knows someone that knows someone with its impact on Diverse Communities from iranian canadians to academics the Business World and professions this tragedy is going to continue to resonate even beginning the healing process will take a long time daniel acknowledges here at toronto. Iranian and u. S. Officials have faced off at the United Nations for the 1st time since the killing of general qassam so many irans foreign minister mohammad javits or if there was unable to attend the session in new york because the u. S. Refused to grant him a visa the u. S. Has continued to justify the assassination of sort of money but it found backing for the action limited even among its own allies diplomatic editor james pace as well from the u. N. This was a Security Council debate about the uns founding document the United Nations charter key to International Law and also central in arguments about the legality of actions by both the u. S. And iran in recent days on us the Us Ambassador kelly crafts says the charter justifies their assassination of general sort of money pursuant to article 51. 00 that says nations have the right to selfdefense exactly the same article is invoked by iran to explain its missile attack on u. S. Bases in iraq are john already a faction against an air base in iraq from which the cowardly on the attack against mortars soleimani was launched was a measured on proportionate response to a terrorist attack in the existence and the existence or inherent right to selfdefense in accordance with article 51 of the charter perhaps unsurprisingly both russia and china took iran side than being. At present the United States unilateral military adventurism has led to the tensing up of the situation in the middle east gulf region china supports a call for peace by secretarygeneral guitars at this meeting once again the u. S. Is closest allies were not giving a full throated endorsement of president trumps most recent actions 5 new members join the Security Council at the beginning of the year and diplomats believe the council as a whole is now slightly less favorable to the u. S. Than it was a year ago james zira at the United Nations. Studies bushfire crisis is worsening as temperatures go well above 48 degrees celsius today causing another Mass Evacuation call for heavily populated parts of the southeast Emergency AlertText Messages been sent to 220000 people in the state of victoria alone these 27 people have been killed and more than 2000 homes destroyed since september here is jessica washington in bundanoon New South Wales for us hi jessica so very high the warning behind you tell us more. What we do know about the situation is authorities are saying that today which is friday in australia is likely to be an iraqi day with incredibly difficult conditions for crews around australia not just in New South Wales but victoria and South Australia as well the sun behind me as you can see a very high fire danger that is likely to increase many crews around the country on standby to work through the night its expected that winds will pick up and the day will be incredibly difficult for those crews on the ground and the evacuation alerts can you tell us any more about that we say this number of 220000 in the tour of these heavily populated rural areas where there will happen. To these Emergency Alerts have been sent out to these residents in particularly the Alpine Regions of victoria these areas are considered to be at risk worth bearing in mind that for some of these residents theyve been evacuated more than once this bushfire season so many of them becoming accustomed to this Emergency Alerts its not just in victoria where there is the prospect of various didnt stating to evacuate here in New South Wales we have been speaking with local crews on the ground who have said that theyve been going door to door advising some residents that they do need to make a plan they do need to be on alert but the prospect of them needing to evacuate may be very real all of this will become much clearer in coming was as we get closer to the evening here in australia ok and well talk to you again then thank you its just a washington in New South Wales australia. The libyan war Khalifa Haftar has rejected a call by turkey and russia for a cease fire that fighting between half his forces and the un backed government has escalated over recent weeks european and African Leaders fear the conflict could destabilize several countries there. Libyan warlord khalifa hop star says the fighting will continue. The ceasefire called by russia and turkey has been rejected and have tars vowed to take control of the capital tripoli has been renewed by either the libyan arab forces will continue to target the enemy by ear and land moving forward and spread its control of new forces in all areas from the capital from the west of sirte to the outskirts of basra to. International concern is now growing across the region have to are met with italys Prime Minister josep a continental roma hoping to stir support from the European Union. Then there is russia and turkey which support rivals on the ground and carra has begun supplying troops in support of the un recognized government and by turning down the cease fire half dark could be pushing away russia one of his main allies. Fighting has escalated between half theres a Libyan National army and the internationally recognized government in tripoli. Attempts to take control of the capital have fallen short but have tours forces have gained ground especially in the coastal city of sirte and it was the right. I dont know what had a. Will continue to liberate libya from the clutches of evil were fighting terrorism at the state and world level. Libya is strategically important it has the Largest Oil Reserves in africa the countrys location along the mediterranean coast has become a gateway for african migrants playing to europe. Tunisias president k. Sayed met with frances foreign minister to warn about the potential consequences of the conflict i think it will be on the egyptians of all together with my european in egypt and colleagues we are highlighting the risks of an escalation in libya that it would threaten to destabilize the entire region from the market to the. Leaders from the European Union are banding together warning that libya could become a 2nd syria if a ceasefire isnt to reach soon cut this with a yawn aljazeera or antigovernment demonstrations are planned across iraq as the political crisis there deepens people are gathering in many cities for a mass march scheduled for friday as a political system is corrupt and most iraqis have been kept in poverty as of course after months of violent protests demanding an overhaul of the government 260 people have been killed in those protests in the past 3 months. Malaysia has released audio recordings of former Prime Minister najib razak asking Abu Dhabis Crown prince for help to cover up corruption as part of the Anti Corruption commissions investigation into the one m d b scandal in one recording najib asks the crown prince to help clear his son on Money Laundering accusations. Of me. Being a green. Were going to go. d in the world. d here in. The fall go tell you what you are. Going. To we hear be so close we need to restore. After months of turmoil you guys house of commons is finally past the break that Withdrawal Agreement bill now goes to the opera house for approval result paving the way for the u. K. To finally leave the European Union on january 31st after that there will be a one year transition period as he sides have to come up with a deal on their future relationship in that time period however the chief negotiator Michel Barnier says it wont be possible to reach a comprehensive agreement with the u. K. In just a year earlier we heard from dave barker about what lies ahead in those negotiations. The e. U. Has repeatedly said that it wont go easy on the United Kingdom having some very warm words though from the new e. U. Commission chief delay and she has promised unprecedented cooperation she said a partnership that goes beyond trade and is close when it comes to things like Climate ActionData Protection fisheries energy so on and so forth but just to remind you this bill thats currently going through parliament includes a clause which means that there cannot be a further extension so if there isnt any Economic Partnership by the end of the year then well britain ends up leaving the European Union on something of a cliff edge johnson is hoping to have an Economic Partnership in place by july thats very very soon many people think about but maybe a little bit too ambitious but johnson says he can achieve it now a volcano has erupted in southern mexico have a look at some of these pictures here extraordinary poppet caterpillar is the name of the volcano exploded on thursday shooting ash and rock into the sky creating that cloud of ash thats actually gone up lots of 3 kilometers into the air for his band people from going near the volcano obviously but actually no evacuations so far poppy Cancer Battle is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because a quarter of a 1000000 people live in a 100 kilometer radius. From. The top stories on aljazeera this hour iran is denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash an attack on wednesday foreign leaders including from the u. S. U. K. And canada all say there is intelligence to suggest the plane was struck down by an Iranian Missile over Gabriel Elizondo in washington he says despite the earlier concerns the investigation into the crash is likely to be an International EffortEveryone Wants to basically get to the bottom of this quickly because the sooner they can get on the ground and all of these teams can start gathering all of the the information thats necessary the sooner well reach a conclusion of what actually did happen in conclusion though it should be pointed out that their ratings are the lead investigators on this right now and they say that they will do a full and transparent investigation and keep everybody involved particularly ukraine of course where this plane was from. If the headlines the u. S. House of representatives has passed a not chose to support it democrats actually opposed the measure of House Speaker nancy pelosi said the assassination of general concepts of the money was provocative and disproportionate russia and turkey have announced a ceasefire in syrias last rebel held strongholds hundreds of people have been killed there in the past year and the u. N. Says almost 300000 have been displaced from it live just since mid december. The libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has rejected calls by turkey and russia again for a cease fire to be implemented there by sunday the 2 countries support opposing sides in the conflict moscow backs hafter whose forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april turkeys began deploying troops to support the un recognized government in tripoli. Struggles bushfire crisis is getting even worse temperatures shooting up above 40 degrees celsius causing another Mass Evacuation call some heavily populated parts of the southeast a malaysian has released audio recordings of former Prime Minister najib razak for help to cover up corruptions as part of the investigation into the one and the scandal youre up to date with the headlines on aljazeera the stream is next the us is always of interest to people all right the world this is been going on for a number of tear gas being you know. The recent International Crises a little more how this could be applied this is an important part of the world now does it is very good news to the world from here. Ok and you know in the stream ok we are diving into 3 stories making headlines around the globe u. S. President trumps next move with a wrong but one less political power struggle and a strain is a bushfire battle to get your take on these topics really easy you can tweet us a stream on leave a comment and chat. Scad it is a safe space and you too could be a mystery. Tensions between the u. S. And iran have dominated the headlines since the start of the year president trumped power for sanctions and