Had no children and didnt publicly name a successor and voting is also under way for elections that are expected to keep taiwans Pro Independence leader in power much to the annoyance of china now and our top story iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran on wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u. S. Forces based in iraq western countries have been piling pressure on iran which is spent days denying that it was responsible for that crash well lets go live now to assad bag whos in terror on for us as a this is an admission as were reporting comes off the days of denial so whats precipitated this now. Well lou weve just heard from the general staff whos. Reported on state media that he said that the Armed Forces Defense system shut the plane down it was he said that it was a mistake saying its a mistake and it was the a unit that mistook the plane it was a sensitive time with the armed forces were high tent. And said it was a human error did that happen on purpose they offer their condolences to the families of the victims and has asked the revolutionary guard to explain what happened to the public on state t. V. Now this comes after days of denial we had the chief of the Civil Aviation authority yesterday saying that he was scientifically impossible and illogical that a missile struck the airplane we had further denials later on when he addressed journalists saying that it was impossible that he could guarantee that it wasnt shot down by a myside but we did have countries coming to the United States we had canada and others saying that they had evidence or intelligence suggesting that it had been shot down by a missile we also had a video a turn up in the New York Times showed a projectile going up and striking an aircraft in the aircraft catching fire we have other video footage of the airplane hitting the ground on fire so this so the rainy and i have a lot of explaining to do to the public. At least accepted that it was a missile but it comes after days and days of denial the chief of the Aviation Authority here said that there were there was complete cooperation between civil and military sectors. People who want to know what happened how it happened why was it that iran denied it and also the main question is that this took place just hours after iran fired missiles. To u. S. U. S. Bases in iraq why was the airspace over iran over the one not closed and why were flights not grounded said i mean obviously heightened tensions in the region what kind of fallout after all these days of denials now this admission what kind of fallout could be seen from this both at home and abroad. Where the whole iran has been experiencing. More support after the sustentation of course than for the money you saw hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets now this could change that because this is the 1988. Disaster where the u. S. Navy shutdown uranian flight is still fresh in the memory of people here president rouhani used it against donald trump after dark trump said there were target 52 sites in iran including cultural sites if iran responded to the United States president rouhani said how about the ring in iran those shut down and mention the 290. 00 victims of that so thats still fresh in the memory of iranians internationally well it just doesnt look good for iran they denied it they spent the last few days saying that it definitely wasnt a missile even though the countries are saying that they had intelligence and dislikes like the Iranian Military is has put their hands up and said yes we made a mistake it was human error were sorry and now theyre going to have to explain themselves to the ring in public or presumably theyre also going to have to face some consequences this was a passenger jet here so as said what kinds of consequences could they face. Well theres obviously the compensation thats has to be paid for to the victims but also internationally i think they will have a lot of questions to answer so the iran to try to defend themselves i think they will say that this came to heighten tensions they were expecting a response or tell it reaction from the United States they had been reports that military aircraft were taken off from the base in diego garcia and of the other craft craft or taken off in the United Arab Emirates so iran will say that this the armed forces one high alert and this was just a mistake but i think regionally and internationally there will be some tough questions towards iran especially since they spent so many days denying. There for us and tehran will continue watching this for us very closely thank you i said well even before that announcement from iran canadas government had been pressing for its crash investigators to be allowed in we repeat our call for a full and tural investigation we have a team of officials from Global Affairs canada and the Transportation Safety board in place in ankara in turkey to date the uranian issued to visas and we expect the other visas will be granted soon so we can begin providing Consular Services help with the dent if occasion of the victims and obviously participate in the investigation robin says live for us in washington d. C. Well as we were just hearing at the canadians have been fairly vocal given the number of their citizens on board this plane so does this admission mean that theyre likely to be given more of the access that theyve been pushing for. Well of course that will depend upon the iranians but i will say that the admission from tehran now that their military did shoot down the ukrainian airliner and saying it was a mistake does track very closely with what u. S. Officials have been saying with what ukrainian officials and canadian officials have been saying somewhat less explicitly that this was an act by the iranians and as President Trump said several days ago it looks like somebody made a mistake so certainly this will not be something that the iranians will be have obviously not been anxious to admit as we just heard they denied it for a number of days they reportedly. Rearranged the site of the crash in such a way so as to make a true forensic investigation much more difficult if not impossible and so this is something that certainly the iranians will will come under great pressure now to cooperate perhaps even with International Inspectors but i would expect that the iranians will not allow the u. S. Aviation Safety Experts or people from boeing the company that manufactured the aircraft to come in because that would simply run in the face of longstanding iranian policy i know iran that this admission has just happened but are we hearing any kind of reaction at the moment in washington d. C. Yet and i mean what kinds of consequences could tear on face. We have not yet heard any reaction im sure that the consequences will certainly be. In terms of Public Opinion in terms of the Us Administration and lawmakers denouncing iran for attempting to cover this up as they said a mistake that they denied for days and then. Finally admitted but this comes in. On the heels of a day of Significant Developments the u. S. Government secretary of state and secretary of treasury announced today more sanctions on iran aimed at its Metallurgical Industries its. Textile industries as well as a number of individuals who will come under sanctions this as a result or as a retaliation for the iranian attacks on 2 bases in iraq american and Iraqi Military bases and it also comes as the iraqis themselves following on from the assassination of general qassam solomonic have requested that the United States form a delegation to come to baghdad to speak with officials there about the planning for an orderly and safe withdrawal d of u. S. Troops from that country the u. S. Still insists that its troops are not leaving. Iraq any time soon and i will mention one other thing that is hanging over washington here is the whole justification for the call of the saloon monny assassination which the president and his top officials have said was to thwart an imminent threat of terrorist attacks against u. S. Targets the president. Some time ago just a day or so ago saying that it was specifically aimed at boarding attacks on u. S. Embassies well that is a story that has not been told to us law make. When they were briefed in secret and lawmakers are saying why is this coming out now we never heard anything about embassies in our classified briefings and they are saying that the evidence for this alleged terrorist plot imminent danger to americans is very thin so well see a lot more of that i think not only here but. Well see that on the campaign trail as well as well as of say notes of Different Things coming out right now and as you were just discussing there are there were escalation fiz of a military conflict potentially in the region and then it felt like that deescalate had some what could this admission now and stop that escalation process again. I think that President Trump has kind of indicated pretty clearly that he doesnt want this to go much further he even called the downing of the ukrainian airliner a mistake if we look at past examples of things like this happening i can think of the u. S. Or the korean airliner that was shot down by a soviet mig fighters way back in the Reagan Administration for those with long memories there was no immediate retaliation of course thats a different situation between the soviet union and iran but i would expect that maybe retaliation if there is any would come a perhaps in the sphere of Civil Aviation but as as i said before we havent gotten any response from our inquiries to various Government Agencies so well just have to see how things happen things unfold over the next couple of days and we will continue watching that rob and its there for us and washington d. C. Thank you rob well lets take into this a little more joining us by phone from albuquerque and the u. S. State of new mexico is alan diehl hes a former national Transportation Safety board and United States air force investigator out and let me start by asking about this admission that it was human error how does one bring down a passenger jet all of this size with human error oh of course if theyre talking about that it was shot down in the chute and was caused by human error that would suggest that something is going going on perhaps in the missile battery or the command and control system thats now i investigated that were specter side over a rock it was a u. S. Air force 2 air force fighter planes cut down to issue u. S. Army black hawk helicopters. We see the sort of act thats occurred your previous guest mentioned the the caribbean. I believe we have lost alan diehl will be trying to get him back to speak a little more about that well were going to move on and then return to this story when we get him back. Well in other news the middle easts longest ruling monarch among Sultan Qaboos been side of side has died aged 793 days of mourning have now been declared and the process has begun to choose who will take over could be said no children and never publicly named a successor hes credited with modernizing the gulf country and mediation between rivals in a volatile region for math and looks back at his life. Bin Saeed Al Saeed was an only son born in 1942 a life of royal privilege and to a father he would overthrow 30 years later what he did basically is modernizing the country opening the country to outsiders and thirdly looking at the domestic politics and try to move on to state formation where building is institutions and related elements sort unco bourse was educated in oman and then at a private school in the u. K. Before graduating from Sandhurst Military Academy and serving in the british army for several months on his return to a man in 1966 his determination to modernize his country is said to have been ignored by his father. 4 years later backed by the british sort of seize the throne he was immediately plunged into his 1st crisis an uprising by communists in though far in the south of a man who wanted independence it took a further 6 years before the fighting ended with the man being supported by forces from britain jordan and iran. Are mans links with iran as well as its Foreign Policy of maintaining good relations with other neighboring countries have made it one of the main negotiators in the gulf a man basically rely on it is on understanding of geopolitics. Being realistic and also maintaining his own legacy of being you know the oldest state. Experience in the gulf as a whole that flexible Foreign Policy has been controversial in october 2800. 00 sort on caboose met israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu in the omani capital muscat the meeting dismayed critics who said arab states should not be hosting israeli leaders until peace was established between israel and the palestinians a mans. And minister said his country was simply facilitating efforts towards negotiations. So to coproduce had rarely been seen in public since he went through lengthy medical treatment in germany in 2015 he was are married and had neither children nor siblings and he did not publicly name a successor the Foreign Policy order review was i would say dynamic broad matic and also open to. The idea of engaging with the International Community and that their true dont mention make make me believe that we should not expect a major change now the world waits to see who will replace a man who modernized his small gulf nation and maintained a delicate balance of loyalties in an often unstable region now irans Defense Council made up of the heads of the armed forces and other Security Officials has now convened members of the royal family to try to choose a successor they have 3 days to settle on who should take over and if they fail to do that theyll turn to styles and compares his choice as a successor he wrote this in 2 identical sealed less and there are 2 of them in case one of them gets lost that individual will then be revealed by muskrats royal court before taking the throne while joining us here in doha again is where a director of the Gulf Studies Center at Castle University monday lets talk a little more about this whole process and because this was something that was instituted by itself in comparison self. I mean if you look at the constitution basically in the. Article 5. 00 and 6. 00 which is from the 1996 basic low. It says very clear that only mr men the sense of a small town to say eat. Critical on fathers. Are illegitimate sons of muslim parents are legible to become ruler thats that is the basic basically there are 34 in the last 2 years there are different reports and coverage of the story of those who is coming after. So there are 3 names basically where were circulated and there were a lot of debate about the the 1st one as i said. There are there is Little Information about him and according to different information the different reports he is it doesnt seem he is basically the person who may be selected the other one hes haitham of been a target and hes basically served in different positions like minister of National Heritage and culture and he also was secretary of Foreign Ministry as well for a while and he also was. Assigned to lead the team who basically put together the. Money vision 2040 and the 3rd one is have been thought of and he is or was he was serving as an advisor to the small town since 2004 i think hes a commander of the sultan on my navy since 1990 s. So basically those are the 3 names basically there where theres been a lot of discussion about them a 4th name where you know was added to the list just to quickly his name is assad and he. Has been said that is very close to the sultan and hes a 39 years old and he may be a reminder sort on a few when he was young when he was 20 years old and he became the one. So i understand that most of these men are cousins dollar cousins but the legend of the house goes on of those yes indeed and given that the sultan was called the father of the nation such as big shoes to fill is there a feeling or a sense that the country may move towards more of a Constitutional Monarchy in the aftermath of his death and given given the size of the shoes to fill according to the changes that obviously did the last 20 years in term of constitutional reform and you know constitutional change its been expected that its hard to find someone to fill his shoes as you mention so they assume that all of those will lead to bring someone who can follow the initiates basically he was following the birth of the soul don and all of the things. Put together will be followed by the new cell phone and some will continue watching very closely have some jobs wary from Castle University thank you for joining us again here on aljazeera. Or lets bring you an update on our top story irans admission that it accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday foreign minister mohammad job and zarif has tweeted this a sad day preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces human error at time of crisis caused by us adventurism lead to disaster profound regrets apologies and condolences to our people to the families of all victims and to other affected nations. Well meanwhile the u. S. Has imposed additional sanctions on iran and russia retaliation for that missile attack on u. S. Forces in iraq they target irans manufacturing and Mining Industries as well as 8 senior officials White House Correspondent can be reports already americans are under attack whether were tensions between the United States and iran still escalating on friday the u. S. Secretary of state and treasury secretary and oust more sections against iran in retaliation for its attack on iraq the military bases used by u. S. Troops the president has been very clear we will continue to apply economic sanctions until iran stops its terrorist activities and commit that it would never have Nuclear Weapons the sanctions target of iran steel iron trade construction mining and textile industries are also saying sins against 8 Senior Iranian officials the tropic ministration says are responsible for spreading violence throughout the broader middle east. But how bring over the Trump Administration are questions about last weeks killing of iranian general qassam solo mommy assassination the white house says was necessary to save american lives without offering proof the threat was imminent this was going to happen. And american lives were at risk and we would have been called probably negligent as the chairman of joint chiefs of staff said we would have been culpably negligent and we now recommended the president that he take this action a custom so the money. The sanctions come as the u. S. Is odds with iraq over the future of its soldiers in that country or solo mahdi was killed the killing has fueled calls for the americans to leave roughly 5000. 00 troops are made as part of the Global Coalition to defeat eisel on friday the Iraqi Government said it wants a u. S. Delegation to visit iraq to plan for a withdrawal but the u. S. Says its not pulling out as times change and we get to a place where we can deliver upon what i believe the president believes is a right structure with fewer resources dedicated to that mission we will do so. Pump ale says any delegation sent to iraq will be for the purpose of discussing Strategic Partnerships like increasing the role of nato with the region an idea u. S. President donald trump announced this week a nato delegation visited the state department to discuss that prospect of working to develop a plan which will get burden sharing right in the region as well despite once calling nato obsolete President Trump says nato now must be expanded to include middle east nations to reduce tensions and to assist in the fight against eisel its an issue he insists is an International Problem can really help get aljazeera the white house now the Un Security Council has voted to renew an operation to deliver aid to syria but the number of border crossings involved and the length of the program have been hogged diplomatic editor james bay is explains why. The vote came just hours before the Security Council authorization allowing a to be delivered across the borders into syria was due to expire russia had taken things to the brink and in the end it got its way this vote means the number of crossing points will now be reduced from 4 to 2 angering the u. S. And the u. K. Who had no choice but to abstain they could have used their veto but that would have stopped all cross border a deliveries this day is potentially one of the saddest because it is the 1st time that a Security Council member has chosen to play politics with humanitarian assistance and not only play politics with the u. N. And humanitarian assistance but in doing that russia is playing dice with the lives of the Syrian People in the north east negotiations have been underway for weeks and right up until the vote u. S. Ambassador kelly craft took personal charge of her countrys efforts meeting with every other member of the council in an effort to persuade them it is the Russian Federation that vetoed a compromised proposal on december 20th and has sensed work tirelessly to divide the council the only reasonable conclusion to draw from these actions is that the russians actively triumphantly support the assad regimes to start its opposition its estimated that one of the 2 border crossings now are no longer authorized to operate. In iraq was responsible for bringing in aid for up to 1300000 people some of them will still get aid through other routes according to humanitarian organizations though others will not james pays out his era at the United Nations. People are voting in taiwans president ial and parliamentary elections its seen as a choice between moving closer to china or continuing to resist beijings push for reunification opinion polls suggest that current president saying when hes Pro Independence will win a 2nd term. Indonesias capital is sinking at an alarming raise there are warnings that pretty much all of jakarta could be underwater by 2050 really mohamed reports on whats caused it and whats being done in response. Around 4000000 people live in water on the north coast of jakarta many stay in unsafe buildings and partially submerged streets like this is the water has had to raise the foundation of her home because of the high tides and rain that of course flooding in the area and thats because parts of indonesias capital are sinking of our own land and sea used to be the same level unlike now when they started Building Hotels and thats led to flooding we keep trying to raise our land higher but water keeps coming in. Under water digging and growing development is causing the land to sink in jakarta bay as water is pumped out the ground gradually subsides only 60 percent of jakartas population has access to a piped Water Service which means many have to use wells flooding is also common especially during the rainy season some of the rivers that run through the city are unable to drain water in 2017 a powerful deluge hit more about or destroying hundreds of homes. When the wall broke i heard a noise like an explosion water came in like a little tonight my husband was pushed by the watch and broke his collarbone we had to rebuild everything. Parts of north dakota have sunk by up to 20 centimeters a year and several areas along the coast below sea level this mosque couldnt be salvaged now left lying hof submerged the government has since built defenses to protect the citys coastline but theyre also sinking into the mud. This is done. By the government to prevent the sinking with sea water is still seeping through the cracks and many here say that without a Long Term Plan to cause a could be lost in the coming years. And parts of a sea wall collapsed last month adding further pressure. Authorities have also tried to enforce restrictions on extra. Ting water and new pumping systems experts say its not enough to save parts of jakarta from going under water use or fast response. Against the sinking and of flooding yeah. But it is like a painkiller only so we need to find a cure for real we just. Substitute the basin. So as for what that bit the Water Management to the government all the while sea levels are still rising because of Climate Change and many here in jakarta say they have nowhere else to go. Really Mohammed Al Jazeera jakarta. Hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines iran has admitted its military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet by accident killing all 176 people on board the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from terror on wednesday after iran fired missiles targeting u. S. Forces based in iraq western countries have been piling pressure on iran which it spent days denying that it was responsible for the crash as a bank has more from tehran. The. Defense system shut the thing down is that it was he said it was a mistake saying its a mistake and it was the unit that mistook the plane it was a sensitive time with the armed forces were heightened it. Was a human error did that happen on purpose they offered their condolences to the families of the victims and has the revolutionary guard to explain what happened to the public on state t. V. And washington has announced a new wave of sanctions on iran in the latest escalation following about u. S. Air strike that killed a top arraign in general they will target the steel and Iron Industries costing tehran billions of dollars 8 senior officials have also been sanctioned Sultan Qaboos inside aside who has ruled a month since 1970 has died after whats believed to have been a long illness he was 79. 00 there has been intense speculation for years about who will replace him because he never officially named a successor while the process to do so is already under way with a months powerful Defense Council convening Council Members will be called upon if the sultans family members cant agree on a success that within 3 days people are voting in taiwans president ial and parliamentary elections its seen as a choice between moving closer to china or continuing to resist beijings push for reunification opinion polls suggest the current president saying when who is Pro Independence will win a 2nd term protesters in mali have gathered in the capital bamako demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops they want French Military and United Nations forces to leave the country they say they failed to stop violence thousands have died in the fighting there well those are the headlines do join me for more news here to talk to aljazeera stay with us. Although counting the cost while the u. S. Spends billions on boards and maintaining military bases across the world plus the reshaping of the Meat Industry as africans wife and decimate rhinos pork industry on the phones did a tax cut could escalate a trade counting the cost on aljazeera all. Reports to. The middle east Peace Process is a term spin used by World Leaders time and time again it refers to efforts made by the International Community to end the Israeli Palestinian conflict. One of the most significant events of the past 50 years is the oslo accords a set of agreements that were 1st signed in 1993 by the governments of israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization to put in place a series of procedures based on un resolutions for the eventual goal of an independent palestinian state and to oversee this agreement the un established the office of the special coordinator for the middle east Peace Process. The coordinators mandate is to lead the u. N. System and all political and diplomatic efforts related to the peace