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A ceasefire. And in sport of a joke of it helps serbia secure a semi final place of the a. T. P. Cup djokovic starting his team to victory over canada the us will sign with russia. Well iran is the starting point for us this news our aviation officials inside iran have rejected accusations under rainy and missile mistakenly shot down a ukrainian airliner killing all 176 people on board the head of irans Civil Aviation authority says the plane caught fire and was having technical difficulties the flights had taken off from tehran on wednesday on its way to kiev it was the same nights that iran launched air strikes into iraq in retaliation for the u. S. Killing of its Top Commander rob matheson brings us all the latest. This video posted by the New York Times newspaper appears to show an explosion as Ukraine Airlines flight 75 to is struck. The plane flies on for several minutes before turning back towards to han airport where security cameras capture the moment it hits the ground among the dead were 63. 00 canadians 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 missiles at the time of the crash iran had fired missiles at bases in iraq hosting us troops irans military was prepared for a u. S. Response but iran says the plane was not hit by a missile had. Any statement made before extracting the information contained in the black box is groundless however id like to assure you that the aircraft was not hit by a missile the aircraft was on fire for one and a half minutes after taking off so the pilot decided to return to the airport but he had many technical issues at hand. Iran initially refused to hand over to the u. S. The socalled black boxes used to record cockpit voices and flight data but iran has now invited the aircraft manufacturer boeing to be part of the investigation france made the aircrafts engines and says its too wants to be involved and the u. S. National Transportation Safety board says its assigned a representative to the investigation there are reports the debris has been bulldozed into a pile but one expert says the day may provide answers 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 ukraines president has laid flowers at a makeshift memorial at the airport where the plane was expected to land at least one vigil is being held in toronto in canada many of those who died had dual nationalities this chromaticism if you want to see his mother on holidays. And you know i swear. I heard with about. Some a furious that iran may have been involved in the crash others are waiting to find out when the bodies of their loved ones might return home rob matheson aljazeera well dorsetshire bari joins us now live from tehran iran is adamant it wasnt a miss out strike they did get more information though at a press conference in the last hour or so i just bring up to date what else were they saying. Well the head of our own Civil Aviation authority as we just heard in that report had said that absolutely this was not a missile attack he also gave more detailed information he said that this plane was on fire for a minute and 30 seconds before it crashed using the logic that had it been struck by a missile it would have exploded in midair and not have been on fire for that long he also said that they are cooperating with all the Different Countries that have a vested interest in this case in that they have invited the iranians have actually formed a committee to look into the cause of this accident and also they have invited various officials from countries such as the United States france and canada to help with the Ongoing Investigation we know that ukrainian authorities are already on the ground in tehran assisting in this Ongoing Investigation and weve just heard from the authorities here that the americans french and the canadians are also on their way to the capital to assist the iranian authorities the other important point to to say is that weve heard from the Government Spokesperson and leader of the e. U. Who says that the United States or certain countries are trying to use this incident to put salt in the wounds of those victims the families victims meaning that theyre trying to politicize this accident to their own benefits there is a sense here that there is some kind of a narrative being built up by western countries against iran and this specific case which they see as a very unfortunate accident they say that the 2 black boxes have been retrieved but they are very badly damaged so its not clear whether or not they will be any help to try and solve what actually happened to this flights ok there are some jabari bring us up states from the iranian capital thank you very much indeed. Now after the killing of irans Top Commander qassam so the money last friday the u. S. House of representatives voted to limits president Donald Trumps ability to engage in further military action against iran ill just say this Heidi Joe Castro has this report tonight from washington. House democrats say President Trump 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 full power of full voice can speak in a year 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 divest 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. And iranian and u. S. Officials face off at the United Nations for the 1st time since cousin solomon his assassination it was left to irans ambassador to the the u. N. To represent his country foreign minister john wood serif was unable to attend because the u. S. Refused to grant him a visa or since and has continued to justify the so many assassination but supports has been limited even among its own ollies. James base has more now 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 on jan already a faction against an air base in iraq from which they cowardly on the attack against mortars sort of soleimani was launched was a measured on proportionate response to a terrorist attack in the existence and there exists an inherent right to selfdefense in accordance with article 51. 00 of the charter perhaps unsurprisingly both russia and china took a wrong side of them being. The only 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 jamesburg 0 at the United Nations. President of trump has called on european nations to completely abandon the 2050 new clear deal with iran if Foreign Ministers are gathering to hold an emergency meeting in brussels france is calling on all sides to come back to the table its warning that tehran is now on course to develop a Nuclear Weapon within the next 2 years well so here is a policy fellow at the European Leadership Network where his focus is on the Iran Nuclear Deal and joins us now live from london good to have whether its on the aljazeera news or 1st of all this really truth in that claim from france is iran 2 years away from a bomb. Well i think that it really depends on how you calculate irans breakout capacity there are a lot of flaws in the ways that you know put that number together however what you have to keep in mind is before the j c p o a was negotiated iran was only weeks out or months out from developing being able to develop a Nuclear Weapon however because of the deal it put irans breakout capacity out over a year so if french officials are saying that it is 2 years and then just proves the point that the steps that iran has taken thus far in terms of you know trying to incrementally build pressure by walking away from those additional you know the measures that they took under the deal those steps are not grave enough to have affected the breakout capacity by making it go under a year ok so you know i think that just goes to show that iran isnt acting too volatile yet in terms of its Nuclear Escalation but still this this deal as it stands though it may have been working up to this points but with the u. S. Committing to the. Way i mean this deal is dad does it not why is europe so wedded to it if the u. S. Is so determined. Absolutely i think the europeans are wedded to it because it proved to work unfortunately the United States thought differently about whether or not this was an agreement that they could stand by under the trumpet administration but for europeans it represents not only a Regional Security agreement that will absolutely help bring stability to the region and had because at that point in time after the deal was reached we saw far less provocative iran than we are right now but moreover this is the core to European Security lets not forget that the middle east is on europes doorstep and the us preserving the agreement and the entire verification regime which took over a decade to negotiate is something that europe is unwilling to let go of my think that you know obviously there was a you know around the time that trump left the deal shuttle diplomacy by europeans to see if we could get a more for more agreement where we were able to include say missiles or other peripheral issues but they were reality is that at the end of the day the most imminent issue at the time that this agreement was reached was the nuclear question and the idea was was that over time iran of would socialize itself to the International System as a member of in Good Standing in the International Community and thus build the confidence with historic. Adversaries like the United States to be able to speak in good faith on topics like missiles which they refused to include in the original agreement but again with u. S. Participation this deal is not worth the paper its written on critics might say and certainly to read criticism is that europe just simply isnt doing enough to save the deal theres a lot of talk theres no concrete action given the reality of the situation or europe simply too weak to do anything to save this to properly or to do anything without americas say so. Well unfortunately this is because of the fact that the reason why iran agreed to the j c p a way is because theres an economic quid pro quo that underpins the deal which means that iran would then be able to interact with the International Financial system because of u. S. Secondaries same sions and how much fear they invoke not only in the Business Community but also in the Banking Community not just limited to europe but across the world unfortunately its basically impossible for economic quid pro quo to be implemented by the other parties with those sanctions in place therefore absolutely the deal d is very much fundamentally undermined with u. S. Sanctions in place because the other parties cant help up their end of the bargain china can import some oil russia can continue some level of trade the europeans can further find money to help operationalize this humanitarian channel that only deals with non sanction of the goods but overall we have seen the iranian economy has taken a huge hit because of the secondary sanctions and unless there is an easing of those sanctions in some kind of a step by step way so that there is some breathing room created iran will not return to the negotiation table under these circumstances that is something that we learned from 12 plus years of european negotiations ok im afraid i will have to. Shout but great to get your thoughts thank you so much for joining us here on the news are. But there were still to come on the Program Including canada in mourning people who vigils across the country after 63. 00 canadians are killed in iraq the plane crash. Is truly impish our crisis sparks calls for urgent action on Climate Change. And in sports the limpid bosses introduced a new rule saying to keep in politics aisles of their events and he will be here with. My. India Supreme Courts has ordered an urgent review of the locked in an incident minister kashmir the ruling is in response to a series of petitions challenging the legalities of the Government Shutdown that includes a ban on internet use daily revoke the regions autonomy in august and imposed extra sanctions security and restrictions were there responsive or in the grove or one of the lawyers representing the petitioners she says restrictions in indian administered kashmir are violating fundamental freedoms. I think its a very significant judgment i was representing cush me Times Newspaper and our contention was that the ban on Internet Freedom is an assault on freedom of speech and expression freedom of the press and the restrictions on movement at all. Have implications for freedom of flesh the court and the state had argued that these are issues of National Security particularly given that kashmir is a border state that actually there is cross border debtor ism and therefore considering security concerns there should be no judicial review the court has said that no these are matters of fundamental freedoms and liberties and the court will subject every executive action in order to a judicial review they have said held that the injured right to intonate is protected under the constitution as part of freedom of speech and expression and therefore any restriction or prohibition on internet will have to meet the test of constitutional easy to make sure that his executive action for 4 shamil to the problem that it poses right now what the way the state has conducted itself is that those orders were not published those orders were not even placed before the court to fill some full orders were given they have been directed to immediately publish all orders but deigning to internet restriction as well as Movement Restriction those orders must contain material particulars that why is the state taking this measure and is this is this required is this excessive in fact the court has gone so far as to say that repeated use of section 144. 00 which we are now seeing across the country when that a protest on other reasons is an abuse of power any arbitrary shutdown of internet can only happen after you publish the order alongside and it will be open to judicial review. Well Prem Shankar John is the former information advisor to indias Prime Minister v. P. Singh and joins us now from new delhi could have you with us sir and in your view high significance is this ruling. I think it is very significant the court starts by saying that we will not delve into the political motives behind what the government did and what it says is overall what is important to the impact it has had and the impact is. There are very few judgements recently that theyve given which have been so and ambiguous so unequivocal is this one this is just a direct attack on democracy and they laid out 6 conditions that must be fulfilled if you are going to even for short periods withdraw fundamental rights such as the right speech at the right to add to that which they have included specifically in this speech i think it is an extremely good judgment and it is long overdue. Sorry i said no im sorry to cut you off theres no State Government now though the administration is controlled by new delhi so will this review effectively mean anything at all to the people in indian administered kashmir. It certainly means a great deal in terms of day to day life they have not been able to use internet even for banking. You cant pick a payment for them to age you cant get information on it on internet. Basically these are good its not one right to be taken away from them at the time when this was done every single right to communicate with other christmas was taken away it was a total dehumanization of the state because were human beings and like any. Of our sort of like monkeys or chimpanzees or wherever we. Essentially communication is the essence of our being here were sort of that kind of creature were not that were not solitary treated like a tag on the political good looks. Absolutely cant you see this if you take that with the right to communicate you they become less than human absolutely but the my point is i mean certainly this comes and came months ago and. I believe august science in 19 that the internet blackout starts aids were now in january 2020 why is it taking so long to bring this to this judgement forwards and i mean the internet is switched on overnight i mean whats the process for getting people back online and able to make those internet payments. Where. One of the reasons why this judgment has taken so long to come forward is because the government has done so many arbitrary actions in so many places that is a bit the Supreme Court has been deluged with with petitions for individuals from all quarters of every conceivable kind of reason its really a whole select check on the entire framework of democracy that weve been seeing in the last 6 months and so the Supreme Court theres a limit to how fast they could could proceed. I would like them to be fast just post differently and but we have unfortunately a long tradition of very slow judicial processes and i think the process is themselves in for huge long judgments spring in 25200 pages check 2 pages will do the norm here so there are a procedural things that need to be set right behind this there is there is no political reason is from the judgment that we see that there is no political reason for having for the delay ok great to get your thoughts. On the program and if i may add one more thing please but quickly. Very quickly if you would say i just wanted to see the biggest problem your judgment day faced was the old your judgment was very hard going to make they took their time doing it which is the main reason why. Ok great to get your thoughts we do appreciate it thank you so much for speaking to us here on out of a mosque ok thank you very much. Moving on to other news now brusha has announced a cease fire in edler province the last rebel held stronghold in syria where the 1300 civilians have been killed there since the government launched its offensive to retake the area in 2018 the violence have been escalating in recent months nearly 300000 people have been displaced by russian backed government airstrikes since december children and women are the most affected at least 175000 children have been forced to flee the presence of families urgently needs humanitarian assistance and agencies have provided food and money to more than 18000 people lets get more now from jamal he joins us live from im correct jim are russias proposing a cease fire in the turkish position. Well im quite sure really because they still havent come out in terms of any officials to comment on that announcements made roughly 2 pm local time in moscow. Thursday however we see there have been working very closely with the russians to try and find some sort of a suspicion of hostilities in because turkey is probably leave or the brunt of the humanitarian consequences of what has been thats constant bombardment of the last rebel held area were talking about 700000 civilians fleeing since april 2009300000 of those in december roughly 20000 just in the past week or 2 alone all heading towards where the vast majority of these heading towards turkey so thats why theyve been calling it but its important to note that even though this announcement was made by the russians on thursday and even though the would you said essentially abides or is meant to abide by or falls under the sphere of influence lets say of moscow friday morning there were still attacks by their air force by their artillery shelling moderate to nonman area on the outskirts of suburbs rather of live in other areas there so it appears that even though the russians have announced its either that message hasnt filtered down to the syrian elements on the ground there or at least they are not abiding by it and not something that will be extremely concerning not least for the humanitarian groups that are desperate to try and get an end to fighting so that they can alleviate the suffering of people there and jamal what does this cease fire. What does it mean in terms of why its a regional issue. Well its a very good point because what were seeing is some interesting movements here harder because russia and turkey are not only key figures when it comes to the war in syria but theyre also on opposing sides in another regional conflict another. Civil war for want of a better word which is taking place in libya most we understand is that the negotiations or discussions that have been taking place between ankara moscow have not exclusively been about syria but also trying to find some sort of agreement whereby concessions can be made by either or both sides with regards to their interests in libya as well on monday we understand that the Turkish Foreign minister as well as the defense minister and even the head of intelligence had come for down will be heading towards moscow for discussions with their russian counterparts we understand from our sources that there have been those discussions being taken place to try and find some sort of cessation of hostilities both in libya and syria but what this goes to show hala is that as much as suffering is taking place as much as civilians are being killed in their homes and being displaced not just from their homes but from the places that theyve been displaced internally to go to summarize what really matters is the interests of regional powers and until or unless they find some sort of alignment or consensus between them then any talk of a cease fire or at least a reduction in hostilities is just that its talk ok. Life as an anchor thank you very much indeed now thousands of people have been protesting across the street only its a highlights Climate Change theyre slamming the governments handling of the ongoing crisis Prime Minister Scott Morrison refuses to link the flyers to Climate Change he says he wont jeopardize jobs by cutting carbon emissions. More troops have been to foist soon you sorry for else to help for Recovery Efforts the states New South Wales and victoria or expected see temperatures of more than 40 degree celsius on friday day when speeds are all so picking up at least 27 people your member how thin calles a more than 2000 homes destroyed since september ill correspondent jessica washington spain with the far service is you science wells well conditions are worsening it is a day off strong hed to strong wins authorities have warned that today is going to be a difficult day ahead with erratic conditions now we do you know that those warnings are in place across New South Wales victoria and South Australia kers are expected to have a long night ahead at the moment these crews behind me are on stand by preparing to be cold out they are expected that they are expecting that the situation will worsen as winds pick up later in the evening now this crisis has been going for months now weve heard recently from the Prime Minister of australia Scott Morrison that once this crisis is all over he is open to the possibility of some sort of investigation into why this bush by season was so much worse than previous years its time for where their wealth or with jenny its finn not quite as drastic in the mid least the so but a movement know how let me stop i shake it a satellite map this is also being going on does were actually bad but and actual sagas the isa none of the mad 1st well i want to actually bring your attention to this is in israel now we have had 3 little air is an are precious assisting through the eastern end of the mad in a less than 2 weeks on the ground is become entirely saturated and b. s a some of the scenes that we are now seeing this particular area we had to have schools evacuated and peoples homes were not surprisingly floods edge you can see here on the mat we call pens your rain still continuing to work its way east was but it is ashy beginning so we cannot system in the easton and a mad not so this massive rain you can see here this is on its way still southwards a particularly heavy already in areas of iran weve had over 72 millimeters to this town in the last 24 hours and as a say this is time is very stubborn it has not gone yet so this is the 4 calls through saturday it is moving really very slowly south and east and so we could expect to accumulate maybe another 150 millimeters of rain over the next couple of days by sunday it really has kid out of the picture but look at this meanwhile weve got these very strong winds coming down from the north and so really take the top of the temperatures just 17. 14 in riyadh on sunday and thats about 5 or 6 degrees below the average and that is also cause feeling colder when you factor in the wind meanwhile across into europe theres a big system working its way in from the atlantic this is it pushing in this is bringing some very heavy amounts of rain so scenes like this hill can call so im afraid itll be obliterated the rain is coming in the warnings are in place this is friday into saturday and that is the time you need to take up to get portion of europe ok thanks very much jenny lots more still to come on the news hour including the prime time on this feeling tying Ones Campaign in taiwan. 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On aljazeera. This is aljazeera put in mind of the headlines this hour the head of irans Civil Aviation body says hes certain a ukrainian airliner which crashed outside to iran was not hit by a missile he says there was a fire on board the New York Times has released a video that appears to show the moment to miss out hit the plane. Indias Supreme Court has ordered a review of the locked and indian administered kashmir local governments must submit a reports within a week you daily provoke the beaches of ptolemy in august. And russia has a nice to see so far in the promise of it live last rebel held area in syria hundreds of people have been killed there in the past year. Lets head back to our top story now more than 200000 people of iranian origin live in canada and the community has been devastated by the crash over Ukraine International flight 760 at least 63 canadian citizens were killed in that crash and more than 3 quarters of them were traveling to toronto daniel luck is there across a vast country grief devastation and 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 caught 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 law. The wife you want to the job you want to a life but 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 she is no longer with us. Its a big they have to feel they are comedian in 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 a 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. As promiser always said i can see them as 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 era toronto. And say government protesters in iraq are once again gathering in baghdad stuff here square demonstrators have been demanding a complete overhaul of the political system since october they say its corrupts and that most iraqis are being kept in poverty according to the Iraqi Human Rights Commission at least 485 people have been killed since the protests began 3 months ago well imran khan joins us live now from Tahrir Square the hub or fancy government process in baghdad on whats happening where you are. Well there has been a relative lull in the protests over recent weeks however were seeing a very large number. Oh people still coming into tuckers red skin to get out the way of the camera and to show you. Over that youll see a lot of people even if they dont just coming from your neighborhood and theyre actually coming from various different provinces where across the country and the reason for this is that this has been 100 days since the protest Movement Began until those that demolished remained the same they want new elections they want to can take a Prime Minister to be got rid of the new Prime Minister and state it lections to be called there is another key message coming out today and you speak to anybody and you look at the banners and its very clear no to war in iraq iraq used as a conflict between the u. S. And iran now obviously there has been the killing of the qassam so the money and. Leave behind this in recent days that took place and theyve backed that apple and theres retaliation from the iranians maybe he was in command. Against the base and thats why a lot of people now are headed reinvigorated somewhat the protest movement itself people are now worried about whether iraq is going to become ground 0 for any doctor between iranians and the americans meanwhile in iran there have been some Political Developments in iraq havent they. Absolutely right now every friday the grand ayatollah ali sistani the high shia cleric within iraq delivers a message via his representative his message was clear this friday iraq should be governed by its people and there will be no rule fish strange is ending its fate he also called for reform according to the roadmap they presented in previous days but crucially he said that iraq the severity was crucial and he warned that this crisis could get out of hand now this follows a phone call by the problems the pets like problems that. The that the u. S. Secretary of state. Which took place on thursday evening they discussed all the developments that had taken place but the mahdi was very clear he said that they wanted a Good Relationship with their neighbors but their main priority was to fight he also said that the americans coming here and flying drones and having the troops here without the permission of the Iraqi Government was a violation of serenity now hes also said in the past in the past few days that any request by the parliament made to him to also u. S. Troops to leave would be signed into law by him now there is some confusion as to whether as a caretaker Prime Minister he can actually do that and more effective mechanism is but also what were hearing is that was due to be a poly meant you need to tell us today to discuss the concept of u. S. Troop withdrawal of what that might look like but thats actually been house will have well so clearly theres still a continuing political crisis between the different political brought about whether u. S. Troops would stay in the picture or what they should leave pay emraan can live in the iraqi capital thank you very much i malaysias on c corruption commits an Commission Commission rather has released all the recordings that sensor of former Prime Minister najib razak dobbys crime prints. To help cover up corruption theyre part of an investigation into the so called so 11. 00 and d b financial scandal in one conversation asks the crime prince to help clear his hollywood producers son of Money Laundering accusations the. Mall is. An agreement. For 2. Women fighting. For the national investment. Banking becky not. Everybody got on we can result. d in the world. Very bad very. Quickly something very very d. Ugly here. For the government and also for your for you and your. So. That we hear of a so close we need to resolve. So lets take a closer look at this case one m. T. B. Was a Government Fund set up in 2009 by malaysias then Prime Minister razak it was meant to transform the economy through Strategic Investments of taxpayers money bots the funds to better at borrowing money and in 2015 at best some payments for some of the 11000000000. 00 that owed to banks and bondholders that raised school ball on bells u. S. Investigators say billions of dollars were stolen from laundered through Shell Companies well the allegations led to a surprise electoral defeat. You know faces 42. 00 criminal charges in 5 separate trials. Well Michael Hershman is president and c. E. O. Of p. Fairfax group which specializes in Corporate Risk management he says very few people knew the tapes existed and their release was unexpected. The trial has been ongoing in malaysia many documents have been entered into evidence many statements taken many witnesses called but no one expected to uncover these sorts of taped conversations between the highest officials in 2 jersey sections it remains to be seen as to whether he will be found guilty but i see the evidence is overwhelming and i do believe he will the Health Account others have already been held to account we dont know who made him we dont know whether they were made for example by the Intelligence Services of malaysia or they were provided by someone on the other end of the conversation in the us. Regardless of whether theyre found to be admissible into evidence they show a pattern of misconduct a pattern of cover up which is a model for what not to do in 2015 i specifically called on a g to come clean to admit what hes been involved in and to apologize and seek for forgiveness he chose a different path he chose a path of cover up and frankly this is one of the worst coverup. Situations that ive run into in the course of the many investigations ive done over the years. And taiwan opinion polls suggest incumbent president sign when is ahead so for challenger in saturdays elections the taiwanese something closely watching the cracks and on antigovernment protesters in the nearby Hong Kong Scott highland has this report from taipei. Early last year taiwans president saw in whens political future was on shaky ground her popularity had slumped after a party performed poorly in Regional Elections she resigned as party chair with some advising her not to seek reelection but then came a lifeline from an unexpected source china giving her and her Democratic Progressive Party a new hope. To crackdown on the prodemocracy protesters and hong kong shifted the political rhetoric in taiwan. Many grew concerned about chinas growing influence he says beijing ramped up pressure on the island and president sadat. The Younger Generation born into an autonomy and democratic taiwan see this election as about something much more than selecting leaders education a stand against chinas one country 2 systems policy. This time this election is no action to choose which president or legislators but those so its a action is an election to choose whether a toy and its going to be a part of china or be independent country some see the election reaching through generations and the island at an existential crossroads it was about how ones policy toward china it is about our own bodies. The 1st Political Party of modern taiwan woman tang or candy is led by hans will you he said the path to glory for taiwan is not just on cd the d. P. P. But warmer ties with china. The opposition came to sit their approach to china has been about engagement thats because the economy here is so light business intrigue with the mailing came to candidates say they offer a more realistic frustrates relationship less confrontational than the ruling the d. B. I think whats at stake today as we speak its more than just the so call and how china or safeguarding democracy and sovereignty this is also a larger picture of what taiwan the position economically in the years to come. To as the 19000000 eligible voters head to the polls other voting with the economy in mind or the future of the democracy here the result will carve the political path for the next 4 years but also taiwans position in the region for years to come scott hodler aljazeera type. Stuff come on ill just see. Well have the sports the former Major League Player and an authorized nice pots and they will have more thanks. The all. The all of. A royal Spokesman Says the duchess of Sussex Meghan markle is now in canada to be with her infant son this fall is controversy in the u. K. After prince harry and his wife said they want to divide their time between the u. K. And north america it cost particular uproar in the u. K. As the couple reportedly did not consult Queen Elizabeth about their native born out form our correspondent john how. It wasnt long ago that the american actress meghan marko was seen as injecting new life into britains state royal family marrying prince harry 6 in line to the throne in 2018. But the mix of transatlantic glamour and royalty quickly turned toxic in the press with the duke and duchess of sussex criticised project set lifestyle at taxpayers expense and accusations in return against some newspapers of racism. In an interview late last year meghan hinted that it might all be too much british man said to me. Im sure hes going. To die because the british tabloids will destroy your life. There will be critics of the sussex his decision to go their own way becoming financially independent they say splitting their time between the u. K. And north america while retaining their royal status its so they look for the outside world as though theyre trying to have their cake and eat it theyre trying to cash in on the celebrity status while maintaining that high a level which is royalty i dont think those 2 things can go hand in hand easily and the idea of using your royal title to make money is something which. The British Royal family has never ever entered into before. Outside Buckingham Palace expressions of support and regret i think its a shame that they by a family name is now simply mean. And now they have become a fragmented the country shes come from a different background and hes come from a different background and theyre trying to make it work for both family its just a family isnt it trying to make a situation where while the u. K. Press carries the story on every front page the queen deeply upset were told apparently she wasnt even consulted in advance of Prince Charles and harrys brother william in candace and with rage and this talk of civil war inside the royal family its the sort of gossipy reporting that is so common and which harry and megan seem to think will cease all reduce once they put a bit of distance between themselves and this institution. But members of the royal family sometimes forget but the taxpaying public has a legitimate interest in their extravagant lifestyles harrys uncle andrew was reminded of that in his disastrous televised attempt to excuse his friendship with a convicted paedophile harry and meghan meanwhile have already been removed from the royal wirksworth display at Madame Tussauds but there are likely to escape the media spotlight join a whole aljazeera london. 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Athletes have been told to keep politics out of this years Tokyo Olympics olympic bosses say any form of political religious or ethnic demonstration on the medals podium is forbidden the announcement preceded the Opening Ceremony of the wincey youth olympics in switzerland close to 2000 seen 8 athletes are taking part in this 2 week events olympic president thomas back says he wants to protect his organizations neutral status of the mission of the Olympic Games. To unite and not to divide. We are the only round in the world which men used to do good to the entire world to go over. Very new peace who are competition. Athletes that come from different backgrounds and different understandings and there are so many more athletes and Olympic Games that benefit from the solidarity principle. And if we can look at and try and get athletes to understand that when youre going to the Olympic Games youre going as a team and not as an individual while the olympics does have a history of political process in the 1968 mexico games u. S. Princes tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists to take a stand against racism in their home country in 1906 unhappy at having to represent Great Britain irish high jumper Peter Oconnor waved the golden harp island forever flag after receiving his silver medal and there are 2016 marathon silver medalist at the cellar lisa crossed his wrists at the finish line to support protestors in his home country of ethiopia for head coach of the United States Mens Soccer Team says it was the right decision for perspire Training Camp in cats are the tamer instead training in florida the squad cancelled the castle trip due to the court developing situation in the region on thursday Usa International was allowed to leave iraq says Training Camp and cats are saying he didnt feel comfortable. It was just a precaution and when you look back at it you know it was it was warranted now but i think when making the decision it was you know whats in the best interests of the players and you know we felt the need to change plans quickly made a lot of sense and we did so and now were here with thankful for being here the Boston Celtics have been handed the 3rd Straight Loss in the n. B. A. With the early season promise beginning to look a little bit shaky this one by the philadelphia 76 says you havent stopped playing children bade sidelined indefinitely with injury just richardson filling in for the sixers with 29 points. Or foot who left boston just last summer. Sultana words of his old same a jump shot lights on sixes beating teams to the celtics 1990 s. The Minnesota Timberwolves how bad offense to find stuff in one of last seasons playoff teams the portland trail blazers. 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