A stunning repeat repeat you could chinas campaign to isolate. Diminishing crowds venezuelas Opposition Leader one quite struggles to maintain momentum its bid to oust president with her. So then 2 ceasefires one in libya and the other in syria now in effect both brokered by russia and turkey the libyan truce was initially in doubt because warlord who for have to was refusing to hold his offensive on the capital tripoli however he eventually change his mind to making the announcement through a spokesman. The general command of the Libyan Arab Armed forces announces a cease fire in the west inside of libya the cease fire starts from one minute past midnight on the 12th of january 2020 the other party should stop any type of military operation at the same time we will respond harshly to any violation of this cease fire and World Leaders meanwhile are working on putting together a libya peace summit in berlin as to syria the lead up to the cease fire in rebel held italy province or at least 20 People Killed in airstrikes by russian backed Government Forces well have more on that a little bit later but 1st mahmoud of the wall had has more on the ceasefire from tripoli. Will most probably just because of the amount of pressure put on have to have by his regional and International Allies the United Arab Emirates egypt and russia. Allies and after todays meeting between the russian president Vladimir Putin and german chancellor Angela Merkel in moscow and the call for an immediate cease fire in tripoli to pave the way to the. Peace talks between the factions but it does not seem i mean the announcement by have to a spokesman short a little while ago does not seem to be concrete as were getting reports now from the front lines saying that have to us forces are now targeting get many areas in southern tripoli with mortar rockets and with heavy artillery we cannot independently verify that but nevertheless there have been civil cease fire. Agreements or calls before but they have been breached by both warring factions this announcement by miss mollie the spokesman of how to own it cannot be guaranteed a less military operations a stop on the ground. The u. K. s ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after attending protests in tehran against the governments handling of the shooting down of a ukrainian passenger jet countrys knee is admitted early on saturday the military accidentally fired a missile at it in a statement the British Foreign secretary dominic rab said that ambassador robert mckee has arrest was a flagrant violation of International Law the iranian government is at a crossroads moment it can continue its march towards pariah status with all the political and economic isolation that entails will take steps to deescalate tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forwards when iran accused the ambassador of organizing and drumming up a rally involving hundreds of people outside a university and chanted antigovernment slogans and demanded Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei step down the jewels have also been held to remember the 176 People Killed in the crash. As more from tara. The final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a Ukrainian Airlines boeing 737. For days iranian officials denied it had been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday irans revolutionary guard delivered this dramatic u. Turn. It is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability. The belated admission has sparked protests and to hong they chant death to liars and shameless as they demand those responsible for the missile strike to be brought to justice theyre angry about the downing of the plane and they want accountability from the authorities less than 24 hours before saturdays admission the head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization spoke to aljazeera. Was uscis it is very obvious that it was not hit by a missile if a missile hit it it should have crashed in its original direction. And this is whats causing more anger among iranians the fact that it took officials more than 48 hours after repeated denials to reveal what really happened. There was also criticism when the preform the wreckage was moved from the crash site possibly tainting evidence. The announcement comes a day after iran gave a Ukrainian Team access to the planes black boxes. Evidence that could be crucial for putting together a timeline a group of International Aviation experts is now part of the reigning investigation but this case could complicate further a region thats already in crisis the head of the dish or he has asked for all the evidence to be handed over to be investigated and the man in charge of irans revolutionary guard will be briefing m. P. s in a closed door session in parliament but what is not clear is how this will impact irans military and its government in the future. Dorsett bari aljazeera town of 57. 00 canadians were on board the ukrainian jeth in the leaders of both those countries are demanding iran take full responsibility for the disaster irans president has promised a thorough investigation mike hanna has more now from washington d. C. More than 50 of those aboard the plane were canadian and their passing was mourned at a number of moral services the foreign minister summing up the impact on the country this ladies and gentlemen is a National Tragedy its a sentiment echoed by the Prime Minister and he insisted the iranian admission of responsibility should not in the investigation earlier this morning i spoke with president rouhani of iran i told him that irans admission that its own armed forces unintentionally shot down flight 7052. 00 is an important step towards providing answers for families but i noted that many more steps must be taken a full and complete investigation must be conducted we need for clarity on how such a horrific tragedy could have occurred the president of ukraine had this to say on his twitter feed i had knowledge in plain shutdown is a step in the right direction einstein immediately competing identification of the bodies and their return to ukraine the perpetrators must be held accountable we look forward to further legal and technical cooperation. The president also ordered ukraines prosecutor to open an investigation yes it was not on the medieval green i call on all International Partners of ukraine the entire World Community to be warned and persevered in the full and final investigation into all the circumstances of this disaster all of us need it for the sake of a person who needs to feel safe in this turbulent world on earth water or in the. Mike hanna aljazeera Washington Well in the past few hours President Trump has not tweeted about the plane crash but has expressed support to protesters in iran lets go live to alan fischer and at washingtons done and what has the president been saying. Of course the vents are linked the protests are mainly about the way the iranian government refused to acknowledge in the 1st instance that shot down the plane and once the admission came out people were then protesting against the regime and also against the Supreme Leader im self taught from unusually took the opportunity to tweet not just in english but also in farsi know we suspect is whoever manages his social media is doing the 2nd part of the tweeting because as far as we know donald trump doesnt talk farsi but what he did say is that he called the iranian people brave and longsuffering insisted that he had stood by them since the start of his presidency and administration would continue to do so and he said we are following your protests closely and are inspired by your courage he then followed that up with initially a tweet in english which then again was translated into farsi unusual that we would get that but he said the government of iran must allow human Rights Groups to monitor and report facts from the ground on the ongoing protests by the iranian people there cannot be another massacre of Peaceful Protesters not an internet shutdown the world is watching no the line about another massacre of Peaceful Protesters is important because of course when the americans were giving their justification for killing general silver money in the air strike at the end of last week they said one of the reasons they did it was because he was attacking american troops and was about to launch another attack but also been responsible for the death of Peaceful Protesters in iran itself so donald trump is beginning to try and use that as a way of speaking to the iranian people but also seems to ignore the fact that many really people are very angry at the United States for carrying out the attack on general silverman. Thanks very much allan fisher there. All right lets move on to syria and the latest attempt to bring a cease fire to adlib province the blasts way the rebel held territory while i shall is monitoring developments from turkeys cup well theyve been desperately seeking a cease fire for several weeks now if not months saying that there needs to be some sort of an agreement and calling on the countries that support the regime of bashar assad reign in its military as well as their own namely the russians who have been participating also in attacks on italy because the vast majority if not all of those whove been fleeing into libya in recent months hundreds of thousands of civilians have been heading towards turkey there was some brief optimism maybe even as people heard the russians announce on thursday that this ceasefire agreement had been reached however there was a bit of caution with that optimism because the turks on the other hand hadnt announced anything friday as weve seen and heard the heart of the bin airstrikes have been shelling particularly in the area of moderate to norm on. Other suburban parts of lip which went to show that maybe that announcement by the russians with either premature or may be nothing more than just some sort of politicking or at least some p. R. From the their side and then a saturday we have now. The u. S. Rather the u. S. Envoy to syria James Jeffrey in charge here on friday meeting with officials and then continuing his meetings into saturday before we hear of other developments taking place in terms of the foreign minister the defense minister of turkey heading to moscow as well on monday so a lot of diplomatic movement lot of announcements or at least statements being made but in terms of the realities on the ground still very dire indeed. At least 11 refugees and migrants including 8 children have died out of their boat capsized off turkeys western coast in a separate incident on saturday 12 others drowned when their boat sank off the greek kind of the packs us the great coast guard says 21 people were rescued and another 120 people including 50 children have been rescued off the maltese and libyan coasts they were picked up in 3 separate missions by german and rescue ship on thursday and on friday. Still ahead here on aljazeera simmering anger boils over again about contentious reforms the ponys judiciary. However want has gone from home she would back down to normal or still showers coming off the sea of japan but theyre not particularly heavy ones the forecast shows a little bit calmer as west side of honshu turkey is a 10 degrees so behind is it plus too much the same as beijing is an extremely low temperatures this time of the year the air is moving just enough to keep quality not that bad either and this particular surfer beijing much of china is fine now theres some cloud around its got generating much the way of rain where 2 showers maybe and you know and hong kong where 20 degrees the free will but sunny by day. Now the real rain is of course where you might expect it to be its in indonesia the cloud is building everywhere but the general drift of that build is to take showers in the forecast eastwards through indonesia weve seen flooding in jakarta and sumatra the last week thats now not going to be in really reinvigorated because heavy showers or born here or the southern philippines thats true for the next 2 days and also weve got in the northeast monsoon some she has this southeastern part of india and it is surely reflects in the forecast theres more significant right on its way through pakistan which of course further north is snow and heading in the hindu kush. From the. Refugee problem is something which is a geopolitical issue thats for Governments International institutions to manage under one tent refugees dont have the right to more freely on the other hand goods can move freely as far and as much as they want its multinational colonialism this is a very im not im and over the democratic process these companies they just want the money europes forbidden colony episode one on aljazeera. But again youre watching out there are a reminder of our top stories. Libyan warlord any for have to has agreed to a cease fire has just taken effect in libya and thats despite previously refusing to have forces loyal to him put down in april have to us forces launched an offensive on the capital the seat of the u. N. Back up in. The case ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after attending protests and tear on pizza governments handling of the shooting down of a ukrainian passenger jet the leaders of canada and ukraine are demanding iran take full responsibility for the air disaster. And other cease fire brokered by russia and turkey has come into effect in syrias italy province becomes less than 24 hours after a least 20 people were killed in a government test right in and around. New assault and how thin been tallied how the side has vowed to uphold his predecessors approaches Regional Peacemaker he spoke after being named as a successor to. Side who died aged 79 senators running reports now from moscow. Omans new sultan hate them been called saeed was sworn in a few hours after the longest ruling monarch in the region and the founding father of modern day oman. Sold on hate them made it clear in his 1st speech to the public that he will follow in the footsteps of the late sultan see if. We remain guided by the late sultans wisdom Going Forward we will preserve and embark on the achievements he made this is what we are adamant to do to follow in his footsteps with respect to International Relations we will follow in the same course set out by the late sultan we will embrace foreign policies based on peaceful coexistence without any interference in Domestic Affairs of other states. The succession ceremony was swift and smooth dispelling any concerns about uncertainty or instability in one of the oldest dynasties in the gulf region the new sultan will have several roles he is the Prime Minister controls the government the armed forces finance and foreign affairs. His biggest challenge is balancing a budget that relies on revenue from gwendolyn oil and gas supplies. The death of silt on comes at a critical moment tension has grown in the region after the us assassination of Iranian Military commander qassam so the money his killing has shattered any hopes of a diplomatic solution oman has in the past played a crucial role in narrowing differences between the 2 rivals it has a longstanding neutral approach to the problems of the region. In 2017 when saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain imposed a blockade on qatar oman refused to take sides calling instead for dialogue. It also plays a central role in International Efforts to end the war in yemen the new sultan has insisted he will maintain his nations neutrality and on are the legacy of. The late ruler came to power in 1970 at a time when oman was underdeveloped divided and facing a rebellion in the south but managed to overcome those obstacles and turn it into a modern state faced another challenge in 2011 when thousands of people protested demanding better wages and more jobs as the arab spring was spreading so fired members of his government gave more powers to the consultation of counsel and began reforming the public sector. The late monarch will be remembered by his people as a unifying figure and by the world as a shrewd politician who turned what many considered a small country into a major regional player zain bus ravi ul jazeera musk up well as we mentioned earlier a cease fire brokered by russia in turkey has come into effect in syrias if in a province a comes lesson 24 us australis 20 people were killed in a governments has strikes in and around it lip torah game be since rip 6 the aftermath of an attack by syrian Government Forces than their russian allies seen it lay provence the attack happened allies before russian in turkish break it c. Style whose g. To coming to a fact volunteer why tell much paramedics would there with a minutes to do what theyve done thousands of times during the war trying to say the lives that civilians soon the home of a higher of the novel to have also there are been several air strikes on 2 different cities he went to a sites while we were helping people there were more air strikes but for sure there are people dropped out of the rubble were still searching for survivors as on they wrap was one of several villages hit by russian in syrian Government Forces than the last 24. 00 alice this grandfather a is burying full out of his 5 grand dewalt his know i wasnt he won the airstrikes happened well but i was told my granddaughters i had been killed in the and we came in we found their bodies and that parents are in the hospital having surgery only 13 month old baby survived that was that mold and 1300. 00 civilians have been killed since the government launched its offensive to retake it lip provence in 2018 this territorys the last stronghold of group supposed to president bashar al asset russia which the pool is ass sad and turkey which backs the rebel its announce to see spile on thursday which is now come into effect but it was too late for these children. At the mouth of. The s. Like let them massacre most of the victims of children dead bodies i want the world feed these children look at the crimes of bashar al assad. Last all this russia and turkey agree to deescalation need live provence but attack continued and many here dont believe this ceasefire will last either Victoria Gate and be there. To these areas facing further political instability after parliament rejected a new cabinet proposed by Prime Minister doesnt have bibi jimmy the president now has a 10 days to choose a new Prime Minister governing and hard to party was forced into months from considerations with other parties after it failed to win enough seats to form a majority in elections in 2000. 1 year after becoming venezuelas Opposition Leader one glider who is trying to rig night support for removing president Nicolas Maduro result 0 as latin america at its embassy in yemen now reports quite his campaign is losing momentum. A middle class caracas neighborhood was the scene of Opposition Leader why does 1st rally this year. Us i guess if there are gate spences or wall to jump we will jump them and if we cannot jump over them we will knock them down. On tuesday the majority opposition faction that he leads forced to sway into Parliament Just days after why they always prevented by soldiers from entering the legislature the government is now recognizing another Deputy Speaker of the house on why those says he want to meet with the norwegian delegation that supported lee in caracas to attempt to restart negotiations said broke down last year between the government and opponents says there are no conditions for dialogue but while than israel is political and economic crisis worsens its clear that the opposition has lost momentum in january of last year. And thousands of people mobilized in support of why god 12 months later either i was here frustration or the belief that the opposition simply doesnt have what it takes to unseat the military backed government like gore has only been able to bring out a few 100 people here because that was never the less he pleaded for than israel and snow to abandon him any knocking youve got. Today more than ever we need to all fight together to open the door to freedom because i confess to you we cannot do it alone you mean whether than israelis will heed his call and accompany him next week in a new attempt to Enter Parliament we meet to b. C. You see in human al just sita that acts. Taiwans Pro Independence president is celebrating a landslide election victory often votes is handed her a 2nd term in office saying when no 15057 percent of the vote following a campaign centered around the islands relationship with china she says her relation is a sign that taiwan will not bow down to intimidation from beijing scott high the reports now from the capital taipei. In a Major Political comeback after being nearly sidelined a year ago taiwans incumbent president signed where it was headed a historic victory winning the most votes of any president in the islands election history. The comeback and victory are likely a result of the increasing tensions with china and how beijing has crackdown on prodemocracy protesters in hong kong. I saw in her Pro IndependenceDemocratic Progressive Party led the charge against chinese pledges of reunification iran or egypt or to the taiwanese people reject the one country 2 systems model we respect democracy and our sovereign rights of the president of taiwan i must deal with the cross trace relations according to the will of the people. Sized main competition hon quote. You called and congratulated her a few hours after the polls closed he and his Party Strategy with china was engagement its a big victory for signed when and the d. P. P. Yes because it means another 4 years in the president s office but it also sends a strong message across the straits of taiwan the majority of the people here want this island to remain independent from china and they think shes the president to do it with the added importance of this election nearly 75 percent of eligible voters turned out more than the last 2 president ial elections you know what you are going to be people of my age the threat from china could not have been more real just time. Where there is pressure from china there is resistance and the need to speak out against. That it is only that unlike previous elections we had more young people are speaking up this year their voice is louder and hurt during this election. So how do things move forward some think there will be major changes in the way Beijings Communist Party or p. R. C. Has been managing the tension. I dont think the p. R. C. Is going to suddenly decide that you know well i guess we have to work with her because shes been reelected. But i also dont anticipate that they will fear this as an immediate provocation that they have to deal with. Once the victory has been savored one of the major task for president size 2nd term will be getting beijing to respond to her promise of the willingness to start a positive dialogue its got to either aljazeera type. Now that the main Political Parties in Northern Ireland have met in the original parliament for the 1st time in 3 years to form a power sharing government the democratic unionist parties foster was sworn in 1st minister well michelle and neil from the arash nationalist politician fein was appointed deputy 1st minister the restoration comes after a deal was brokered by the British Government the power sharing arrangement is a key part of Northern Alliance 998 peace settlement. Thousands in poland have rallied against a controversial law that could see judges punished if they critical of course forms the parliament passed lauren december defying warnings from the European Union that in baba reports now from warsaw. In warsaw they sang the National Anthem in solidarity members of the public joined more than a 1000 judges from around the country and delegations from across europe to. Members of the judiciary say theyre under attack from a new law which among other things means they could be fired for questioning previous reforms the bill. May be used in a very eastern mental way to influence the independence of a judge who will decide the court case and we need independent courts. To be a democratic. Country in december a Prime Minister. Got his Court Reforms through the lower house of parliament where his lord Justice Party has a majority thats attracted strong warnings from the European Union about the separation of powers and rebuttals by lord justice every member state has its right to decide about judiciary system some part of the judiciary system wanted to question the right of other judges. To work we cannot tell all dead because this protest the very Justice System in the country that the countrys independent ombudsman the possible implications a serious 1st was dismantling the independence of the confessional court and right now we are much further and the concert hall called is not an organ that could provide a proper judicial review of that kind of legislation so so different barriers have been eliminated before and now they are used to suppress freedom of the are used to suppress judges many judges here in poland have already face disciplinary measures because of their activism but theyre not prepared to stop their campaign to inform the public and to oppose the new legislation the build may well be rejected by parliaments upper house next week but the tussle between the politicians and the judges is far from over the aljazeera walsall. This is out there these are the top stories and libyan warlord hell if i have to has agreed to a cease fire thats just taken effect in libya thats despite previously refusing to have forces loyal to him for the unarmed in april half his forces launched an offensive on the capital city of the u. N. Backed government moved up a wide has more on the cease fire from tripoli. The United Arab Emirates egypt and russia. Allies after todays meeting between the russian president Vladimir Putin and german chancellor Angela Merkel in most call and that a call for an immediate cease fire in tripoli to pave the way to the. Peace talks between the rival factions but it does not seem i mean the announcement by have to a spokesman short a little while ago does not seem to be concrete. The u. K. s ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after attending protests in tehran against the governments handling of the shooting down of a ukrainian passenger jet the leaders of canada and ukraine demanding iran take full responsibility for the. Another cease fire brokered by russia and by turkey has come into effect in syrias province comes less than 24 hours after at least 20 people were killed in government airstrikes in and around it. Venezuelas Opposition Leader one is calling for new protests against president Nicolas Maduro for israel are set to hold Congressional Elections this year although the date has not yet been set the latest twist in the countrys power struggle so quite a lot from congress as mature as government try to install an ally to replace him. Irans new rules have been tardy colas side has vowed to uphold his predecessors approaches Regional Peace making he spoke after being named successor to Sultan Qaboos been inside outside iran is now in 3 days of mourning after the death of Sultan Qaboos the regions longest ruling monnet died after a long illness at the age of 79. 00. Taiwans a Pro Independence president has won the 2nd term in a rebuke to chinas campaign to reunify with the island nation so when says her landslide victory shows that taiwans people are committed to defending fit democracy. All right up to date with headlines here and odds are coming up next we have story. The arab worlds longest serving leader has died. This of a mom is credited with modernizing his country and in a volatile region prioritizing diplomacy as a division so will that policy continue under the new moniker this is inside story. Welcome to the program im often dennis among these mourning the death of a man who transformed the nation Sultan Qaboos bin sayit was 79 and had been ill for some time over the course of 50 years he turned to poll country on the Arabian Peninsula into a modern state which stayed to diplomatically neutral in a region divided by conflict