Struggles to maintain momentum in his bid to oust president during. A multimedia is confirmed after mass protests over an investigative journalists mad at for example Prime Minister. Libyan war has agreed to a ceasefire thats taken effect in libya thats despite previously refusing to order his forces to put down arms now that move has been welcomed by fires seraj the Prime Minister of the un recognized out of there as well whatever while his has more from tripoli. Rejecting a ceasefire to russia last week. Have to change his mind a few before it was due to go into effect. The general command of the libyan ira bomb forces announces a cease fire in the western side of libya the ceasefire 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 the cease fire. In a joint press conference earlier putin angular merkel made their position clear and into the ongoing violence in libya including peace talks to take place in berlin. It is essential to put an end to the opposition between the Libyan National army led by half and the government of National Accord because you know you. Have to his forces have been trying to seize the capital tripoli from the you and the back of the government their attempts have so far fallen short but his forces have gained ground. Violence is collating of european and African Leaders fearing the conflict could destabilize civil countries to accuse president Trichet Dylan has also called for fighting to stop german chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping turkish russian efforts to secure peace will indian success and once the United Nations involved or if you have on any we agreed to the conference in berlin to be held very soon in order to start the process of a peaceful libya. The talks wont include libyas warring parties and merkel says they will no doubt have to play a significant rule to help in the conflict when we are so much this you. Will have a conference about. Well. We will. Have to it has been. Backed by egypt the United Arab Emirates france and russia oil and the baghdad government to. The fact that both warring factions have now agreed to a cease fire does not mean an end to hostilities especially with the government demanding that have to us forces pull hours from southern tripoli as a prerequisite to any settlement in this conflict. Tripoli William Lawrence is a professor of Political Science at George Washington university and also a former u. S. Diplomat he says the negotiations led by russia and turkey have been useful. What was really surprising about what happened is that have to are agreed and that was a direct result of turkey russian negotiations which were primarily about syria but also about libya and those of us that follow syria libya closely see the 2 devotions have been connected and its probably the case since the ceasefire benefits the turks more than the russians in libya that concessions were made on syria and of course right now the russians are trying to get more positions in syria all of this sort of sidelines the European Union as well and puts turkey and russia as the most Important International brokers in the conflict in a way we havent seen before so everybody wants to see libya stabilize and a lot of countries put a bet on have to are that he could do it not really understanding the revolutionary context that prompted the whole problem in libya and the fact that much of the west would never submit to an authoritarian state under have to are and so theres a lot of reassessing going on the french of reassessed even the egyptians to agree of reassessed and that without dissing themselves from have to are everyone seems to be more in a position now than they even were 34 months ago to participate in good faith in the peace talks. The u. K. Isnt bassa to iran has been arrested and then released after attending protests in tehran against the governments handling of the shooting down of ukrainian passenger jet the countrys leaders admitted earlier on saturday that the military accidentally fired a missile at it and a statement British Foreign secretary dominic rob said ambassador rudnick 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 that entails or take steps to deescalate tensions and the gauge in the diplomatic path forward well around accuse the ambassador of organizing and drumming up a rally involving hundreds of people outside the university they 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 dosage of ari has more from tehran. 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 in teheran 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 irans Civil Aviation organization. Spoke to al jazeera. 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 to 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 iranian investigation but this case could complicate further a region thats already in crisis the head of all the disarray 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 a bari aljazeera tower on. Now 57. 00 canadians were on board that ukrainian jet and the leaders of both those countries are demanding that iran takes full responsibility for the disaster and the u. S. President has expressed support for iranian protesters and his Fast Response on admitted to downing a plane helen fisher has. More than 50 of those aboard the plane were canadian their passing has been mourned at a number of Memorial Services the foreign minister summing up the impact on the country this ladies and gentlemen is a National Tragedy a sentiment echoed by the Prime Minister he insists the really an admission of responsibility should not 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. The president of ukraine initially had this to say on his twitter feed again urging plain short dont is a step in the right direction i insist on immediately completing identification of the bodies and the return to ukraine the perpetrators must be held accountable but then in a National Address the president ordered ukraines prosecutor to open an investigation yes it is not on the matter of agreeing i call on all International Partners of ukraine the entire World Community to be warm and persevered in the full and final investigation into all the circumstances of this disaster all of us need it later on saturday the 1st reaction from the white house in 2 tweets in english both repeated in farsi the president referencing protests in iran insisting hes always stood by what he called the brave and long suffering rini of people and will continue to do so adding we are following your protests closely and are inspired by your courage trump has also called for human Rights Groups to monitor the protests telling iran the world is watching but from nowhere in the trumpet ministration in what appears to be a coordinated response has there been any direct comment on irans admission that it dont reject alan fischer aljazeera washington. Now to syria the latest attempt to bring a ceasefire province the last swathe of rebel held territory. Has the details. In the aftermath of an attack by Syrian Government forces and their russian allies in the province the attack happened hours before russian and turkish brokered cease fire was due to come into effect. Volunteer why tell much paramedics were there within minutes to do what theyve done thousands of times during the war trying to save the lives of civilians. There have been several airstrikes to different cities we went to the sites and while we were helping people there were more airstrikes for sure there are people trapped in the rubble but were still searching for survivors. And they rob was one of several villages hit by russian and Syrian Government forces in the last 24 hours this grandfather is burying 4 out of his 5 granddaughters. I wasnt here when the airstrikes happened but i was told my granddaughters had been killed and we came in we found the bodies and the parents are in the hospital having surgery only 13 month old baby survived that was not more than 1300 civilians have been killed since the government launched its offensive to retake it programs in 2018 this territory is the last stronghold of groups opposed to president Bashar Al Assad russia which the poor are sad and turkey which backs the rebels announced a cease fire on thursday which has now come into effect. But it was too late for these children. The s like led to a massacre of the victims of children dead bodies i want the world to feed these children look at the crimes of Bashar Al Assad. This russia and turkey agree to deescalation province but attacks continue to. Many here believe this ceasefire will last either Victoria Gate and be out there. Whether is next but still ahead we follow indias Prime Minister modi on his trip to calcutta the fast visit since passing a controversial citizenship known. Broken homes and broken promises. Of haitis earthquake who say life hasnt improved a decade after being displaced. From. Hell or the violent weather has been moving through texas oklahoma mississippi and the appalachians you just see it here and this source its starting to ease now so for the Daylight Hours on sunday it will be a more case of rain disappearing off the east coast and snow is tucked in behind lying on the ground but look at the temps is you know i think when the day cold of it 21 degrees in washington is extreme it should be more like 2 cities in kansas city this is more like normal weather thats pretty cold so in minneapolis and when you pick on the Pacific Coast weve got more cloud building some snow for the cascades and Northern Rockies as well make the not much more progress than that and then try and move inland but thats normal winter stuff not extreme anyway but you still got the feed of warmth coming up into georgia and the other Southern States so few more showers not guilty by the contrast is maybe not as extreme and washingtons come down to 12 degrees that same frontal system will be hanging around in the gulf of mexico coming in here so from the forecast point of view where the lower card is showing shallower showers running through the caribbean islands a smaller audience and making some progress back towards once again the coast of nicaragua honduras and sundry mexico and thats the case for the next 2 days consistently. On counting the cost why the u. S. Spends billions on boards a man telling when a tree bases across the world plus the reshaping of the meeting this for a present for them swine flu decimate chinas pork industry and the 1st digital tax that could escalate try to counter the cost on aljazeera. A diverse range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of our networks journalists on our just 0. Hello again im just. A reminder of our top stories this hour libyan war Khalifa Haftar has agreed to a cease fire thats taken effect and libya thats despite previously refusing to have his forces put down arms in april after us forces launched an offensive on the capital the seat of the un backed government and another ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey has come into effect in syrias province but leading up to a russian backed government as strikes were killed 20 people in rebel held territory. And the British Ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after attending protests in teheran against the governments handling of the shooting down of ukrainian passenger jets the leaders of canada and ukraine are demanding iran takes full responsibility for the disaster. Now a strain is Prime Minister says hell recommend establishing his countrys most powerful inquiry a Royal Commission into the ongoing bush 5 disaster Scott Morrison has faced a fierce criticism for his response meanwhile 3 bushfires have combined to create whats being described as a mega fire its along the state border between New South Wales and victoria 27 people have been killed since september and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed the fires are likely to keep running for weeks as the hot dry summer continues. Now venezuelas Opposition Leader one glider is trying to kick start his campaign to remove president Nicolas Maduro a year after he was declared by some countries as venezuelas interim president has lost momentum from caracas our last in america at ascendancy in human examines why. A middle class neighborhood was the scene of Opposition Leader one why does 1st rally this year he came back to the us i guess if there are great fences 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 a 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 tens of thousands of people mobilized in support of why go 12 months later either out of fear 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. Nevertheless he pleaded for the news waylands not to abandon him. 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 that is where lynch will heed his call and accompany him next week in a new attempt to Enter Parliament remains to be seen to see him human al just sida that acts. As facing further political instability out. Its parliament rejected a new cabinet proposed by Prime Minister designate had. The president has 10 days to now choose a new Prime Minister the governing of the party was forced into months of negotiations with other parties after it failed to win enough seats to form a majority after elections last october now at least 11 migrants and refugees including 8 children have died after their boat capsized off turkeys western coast in a separate incident on saturday 12 others drowned when their boat sank off the greek island of pox else the greek coast guard says 21 people were rescued and another 120 people including 50 children have been rescued off the maltese and libyan coast they were picked up in 3 separate missions by german and rescue ships on thursday and friday. Now staying in malta and Robert Abella will be next Prime Minister after being elected as the new leader of the governing labor party a short time ago to replace Joseph Muscat whos one spot this career was brought down by a scandal surrounding the matter of a journalist needs barker reports from the capital of the lesser. This is the next leader of the e. U. Smallest state robert a bello as one of the Ruling Labor Partys fresh faces elected to parliament in 2017 has been rocked by scandal at the highest levels of government must now restore trust and Power Central will be finding justice for journalist and blogger. Killed by a car bomb and 2017 she died delving into the murky finances of politicians a businessman the family has little faith in the ruling party or the new Prime Minister. Because she. Could financial structure. In november 1 of multis riches businessmen Juergen Fenech was arrested and charged with being an accomplice to the killing he denies involvement fenech implicated the multis Prime Ministers chief of staff Keith Schembri as a coconspirator he stood down a bit reports hes been questioned by police in connection to the murder 2 other cabinet ministers also resigned all have been investigated by carolina for corruption. The revelation sparked antigovernment protests Prime Minister joseph must be found to public pressure and resigned starting a race to replace him recent scandals that have led to a political awakening here in malta but despite recent protests support for the Ruling Labor Party remains strong but even amongst his supporters theres a feeling that malta has a serious image problem a European Parliament delegation accused of being either naive or complicit in the journalist death mask of supporters deny hes involved in parliament is made of politicians have their own political agendas i dont think that is naive. And i dont think that by and by by any nation therefore lets make him. Complicit. Because again we do not know the actual the extra story with details of the story of what happened the investigation into care and i could see as murder is only going to trial months away the net is closing in on her killers nice park al jazeera the latter protest has brought the indian city of culture to a standstill during a visit by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi about 30000 people chanted against a new citizenship or they say is anti muslim from lesser hell raman reports. Police in kolkata were taking no chances the Prime Minister was arriving a barricades were being put up. At the same time protesters were also getting ready with songs and chants and preparing their banners. That angry over a new law to grant citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims was though this protest consisted mainly of students people from all walks of life extend their support and voice their concerns me all because i feel our country the way we understand our country is in crisis and we need to war raise our voices and demand our democratic rights the Prime Minister is coming to this city today and pretending like everything is fine still we need to show it to him demonstrate that it is not by. As the numbers swelled their voices became louder of d the several hours of negotiation between the students and the place several 1000 of them now gathered here in one location down the road how the entry old settler house really something very clear about the instruction to be able to go so far but they wont be able to go all the way. As the march began the protesters and felt that their leaders in all shapes and sizes denouncing the Prime Minister and his citizenship law the route was lined by police the protesters remained loud but peaceful. It was unclear if any state politicians would meet the Prime Minister but late in the day west bengals chief minister the banner g that the red remote to discuss the citizenship law which she and her Political Party are opposed to she later said this about their beating america. I told the Prime Minister that n. P. R. And n. R. C. Are not acceptable to us i asked them to rethink it and roll back ca and n. R. C. Keeping in mind that no man should be left behind troubled or discriminated against. Back at the protest things came to a halt at a major intersection protest leaders wanted to take the barge to Government House where bodie is staying but the police were in their way after some to go she is. The could they say theyre determined to keep going to racial citizenship law its withdrawing. The whole robin aljazeera cult. Now staying in india and more than 200 families have been made homeless in the state of carolina after the government demolished their homes in the Supreme Court said 2 towers were violating local building regulations a shortage of Affordable Housing in indian cities has led to more illegal Construction Projects developers often use cheap materials and build in areas where its predicted by law now more than a 1000000 and a half people were made homeless when a devastating earthquake hit haiti back in 2010 horrified wildes and huge amounts of aid but many of the survivors never received any of it and they still little chance of that changing stories about reports from the capital Port Au Prince. 1st arrived to the orphanage when he was 6 years old hes parents died in the earthquake in 2010. He arrived with his 4 year old brother looking for help both of them have been living here for the past 10 years. I was the 1st kid to arrive here my lifes been very difficult to develop still alive because of the grace of god i feel very sad because i dont have anyone i dont even have an answer if i leave here i dont know where im going to end up. The orphanage is all riginal building was destroyed in the earthquake so the directors were forced to search for a new space levy them yet says they have been struggling to care for the children since 2010 when you have a whispered subsidy to. 56 children supposed to give some food 3 times one a day was supposed to give what are you supposed to do all you seem to groom that fields if you call to find the money and sometimes go to the organizations they can give you the good work once response but sometimes you go back to the haitis earthquake killed over 300000 people over 1000000 and a half who are displaced because their homes were destroyed thousands of survivors came here to guard their 30 minutes outside of Port Au Prince this place used to be filled with tents for those who were displaced by the earthquake its now become a permanent settlement with no basic services most of these children were born here and when you talk to their parents they say that they do not believe the situation will improve any higher. Moved here with his wife and 2 daughters they lived in makeshift shelters for years he says he was promised a house but he situation remains. Unchanged 10 years on. We have been made lots of promises but the poor never see anything if they delivered we wouldnt be here they never come to the camp and see how we live the ngos did not spend the money on us over 13000000000. 00 were pledged to help haiti recover from the earthquake it was led by the United States but according to the United Nations only half of that money was released much of it was spent on short term programs to assist people with food water and health care is after the earthquake there was a real effort to say this is going to be different because were here to put ourselves out of a job right you build local capacity but the way to do that is to actually give money to local institutions to give money to local companies and instead we money totally bypassed the haitian government haitian companies haitian organizations Haitian Civil Society was left out and i think you know if youre looking for a sustainable solution or something that can be done better right it is to build up the local community to prioritize their needs as opposed to the needs being driven by members of congress in washington over the years the International Community has prioritized stability over improving peoples lives millions continue to be exposed to an endemic cycle of poverty and hunger that has been haunting haiti for a very long time that is how will. That again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines libyan war old place i have to has agreed to a cease fire thats just taken effect in libya thats despite previously refusing a 4th royalty. In april have to us forces launched an offensive on the capital the seat of the u. N. Backed government. Has more on that cease fire me. The United Arab Emirates egypt and russia have the allies and after todays meeting between the russian president Vladimir Putin and german chancellor Angela Merkel most call it a call for an immediate cease fire in tripoli to pave the way to the believe in peace talks between the rival factions but it does not seem i mean the announcement by have to a spokesman short little while ago does not seem to be concrete and another cease fire brokered by russia and turkey has come into effect in syria as if to providence it comes less than 24 hours after at least 20 people were killed and government strikes in and around it live the u. K. s ambassador to iran has been arrested and then released after attending protests in tehran against the governments handling of the shooting down of ukrainian passenger jet the leaders of canada and ukraine are demanding iran take full responsibility for that air disaster venezuelas Opposition Leader one white oh is holding for new protests against president Nicolas Maduro the latest twist in venezuelas power struggle so why dont block from congress has a majority government tried to install an ally to replace him and a mans new ruler been to recal side has vowed to uphold his predecessors approach as a Regional Peace maker he spoke after being named successor to Sultan Qaboos been side outside a man is now in 3 days of mourning after the death of Sultan Qaboos the regions longest ruling monarch died after a long illness at the age of 79. 00 robert a bell of the multiverse next Prime Minister after being elected as the new leader of the governing labor party to replace Joseph Muscat who announced his resignation last month over his connection to people accused of killing an Anti Corruption journalist in 2017 well those are the headlines join me for more news here after counting the cost stay with us. 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