A collision course with china as its Pro Independence president wins a 2nd term. In 2 countries ravaged by war 2 separate cease fire agreements are now in effect warring sides in syria and libya have agreed to put down their arms after negotiations brokered by russia and turkey the 2 countries support opposing sides in each conflicts more in syria in just a moment but 1st to libya where warlord tiny for have ta had initially rejected calls for a ceasefire aljazeera. Reports from tripoli. Still rejecting a ceasefire. In the russia last week. Have sort of changed 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 were going. To put an end to the opposition between the Libyan National army led by half that and the government of National Accord because you know you. Have to his forces have been trying to seize the capital tripoli from the baghdad 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 several countries to accuse president. Has also called for fighting to stop a move will come to by the u. N. Little kid knows the government in tripoli i like to call what does a car marshal welcome the russian Turkish Initiative and any other initiative to stop the aggression but any initiatives should include a d. V. D. Or all of the aggressor forces german chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping turkish russian efforts to secure peace will indian success and once the United Nations involved or you have on any we agreed to the conference in berlin to be held very soon in order to start a process of a peaceful libya. The talks wont include libyas warring parties and merkel says they will no doubt have to. Played a significant rule to help in the conflict when we were so much this unit c. N. N. International were going to have a conference about. Well all the people will. Have to it has been backed by egypt the United Arab Emirates france and russia oil and back the government by turkey 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 those forces pull out from southern tripoli as a prerequisite to any settlement in this conflict. Tripoli and a cease fire has also come into effect in syria as a province of countries last rebel held territory where there are some reports of skirmishes violence have been escalating there since russian backed Government Forces launched an offensive to retake the area in december they tore a gate and b. Has more. The aftermath of an attack by syrian Government Forces and their russian allies in italy provence the attack happened hours before russian and turkish brokered ceasefire was due to come into effect. Volunteer why tell much paramedics who are there within minutes to do what theyve done thousands of times during the war trying to save the lives of civilians weve also were going to look at the probability that there have been several air strikes on 2 different cities we went to the sites while we were helping people there were more airstrikes for sure there are people trapped in the rubble were still searching for survivors. On 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 we found their bodies. In the hospital having surgery only 13 month old baby survived that was. More than 1300 civilians have been killed since the government launched its offensive to retake it province in 2018 this territory is the last stronghold of groups opposed to president Bashar Al Asad russia which the courts are sad and turkey which backs the rebel ins and outs the ceasefire on thursday which has now come into effect. But it was too late for these children. The airstrike let them massacre most of the victims of children dead bodies i want the world to learn look at the crimes of bashar al assad. Last all this rusher in turkey agreed to deescalation needed live provence but attacks continued many here believe this ceasefire will last item Victoria Gate and be. The sharon now and the government a government source has told aljazeera that the death toll from various is attack on an army base has risen to at least 89. 00 it happened in chino dry are close to the border with money no 1. 00 has claimed responsibility but last month another attack killed 71. 00 soldiers near the shares border with mali and became a fossil that prompted leaders of the g 5 sile nations to call for closer cooperation and International Support in the battle against armed groups on monday french president a man in black hole will house leaders from the region to decide on the future of frances military presence in the sahara lets speak to our regional correspondent who is in nigeria about the death toll ahmed from this latest attack jumping significantly what more are you hearing about the 2nd chances of the attack. Well basically the fighters the attackers launched a raid on a military facility in. This is of course not the 1st time and not the 2nd time they do in this in the last 2 months. Near the border with mali so sources are saying that the attackers may have come from across the border in mali a very volatile area very and save thousands of civilians have been displaced from there so they launched an attack on that military base where the aim of not only killing the soldiers but also acquiring more arms and ammunitions weve seen the scene play out time and time again not only in nigeria with seen but recently in book enough in mali the attack recently on the United Nations bases weve also seen on the other side of the conflict the. Fighting or violence in nigeria is also picking up speed were seeing how the writers have targeted military facilities blocking major highways in broad daylight abducting civilians but most especially Security Forces and their families are on the highway so the attacks in the region are actually escalating forli theyre not going down. Despite the fact that there is a huge foreign presence in the region french troops are in mali there are International Troops as well why are we seeing this rise in the number of attacks and you know what are the regions leaders planning to do about it. Well basically talking about collaboration the last summit held in a body here leaders agreed that there should be closer collaboration between armies of the region to fide the groups in this area however what we what we know is that most of these countries dont have the resources they dont have the manpower or the command or even the intelligence to do with sophisticated groups like a soul like book or arm which is our latest stuff with ice soul and other groups in the region and with arms flowing from the conflict in libya but the porous nature of the borders there there are a lot of issues to be dealt with the presence of International Forces in the region did not help matters and people angry that we have nearly 20000 foreign troops in the region several military bases for the United States for france and other foreign powers in west africa in the sale yet these attacks are continuing there were protests not only in hell but also in nigeria where people are asking for these forces to either act or just pull out thank you for that update im a teacher is seen here u. S. President donald trump has voiced solidarity with protesters in iran and warned the government against cracking down on demonstrations anger is growing over the downing of a Ukrainian Airliner on wednesday and the governments initial failure to administer sponsibility rallies have been held across the country after irans revolutionary guard said it unintentionally shot down the plane killing all 176 people on board assad begg joins us now live from tehran tell us about the feelings there even is clearly very angry with their leadership. Absolutely after days of denial the iranian government finally admitted that they had shut down the Ukrainian Airline and it was a missile that taken that airline. Targeted that airline there were some demonstrations last night main yet to reverse to campuses here in france theres hundreds of students there they were chanting Anti Government and anti revolutionary guard statements they obviously very angry at their denials for 3 days they were denials coming from the government but also the British Ambassador was present and he was briefly detained now hes tweeted out and said that he was present at the vigil but wasnt present. At a protest say he was there to pay his respects which is normal there are 3. 00 of the some of the victims were british he left after 5 minutes when some people started chanting he was detained hofmeyr after he left the area and he went on to say that of course arresting diplomats is illegal in all countries now the front British Foreign secretary is also that he said that the detention of the British Ambassador in iran was a flagrant violation of International Law so obviously the british are very upset at what happened but we are expecting more protests today we have no idea how many people will be attending those but people are still angry they want accountability and they want justice for what was taken place shooting down ukraine nella so what happens next and i mean the government has indeed promised accountability but where will it come from. Well the parliamentarians had this morning had a closed meeting with the head of the revolutionary guard the censor lami now the government so the parliamentary speaker has said that hes extra instructed the National Security council to conduct a review and produce a report as to what happened and how it happened but the spokesman for that presides over the much of this year he said that iran didnt intend to hide its responsibility for the crash he said it was a total accident stemming from the incident the tensions on that that evening and he said he believes it was human error and iran has apologized for it however that doesnt excuse well explained d rather the is the lines that came out from the government because they accused the United States of lying they said that western media organizations were gay gene suspicious propaganda and thats the reason why people are upset if the government has said for 3 days that they dont know and that they were investigating then people would understand but for 3 days did not only deny did the head of the Aviation Organization said that to a scientifically impossible and illogical that a missile had brought down the airplane and thats the main reason why people are angry thank you very much for that big life for us in tehran and well have more on the fallout from the iranian pain crash canada as the reigning community is in mourning when port from one of the cities hardest hit by this tragedy and as our minds new leader takes the helm we look at the pressures hell be facing on the International Stage to stay with us were back after the break. The showers are building again in indonesia its quite a mass of sherrys stuff it is the rainy season and weve seen flooding from it the next 24 hours it seems like you jarvis. Can stay fairly dry they have his and they have his a further north across a way but that line extends beyond sumatra and about time you get to choose to i think some pretty big shadows a lot of for end of the day in central and Southern Sumatra smart just affect your car to know so well that its fairly quiet the breeze is a fairly steady north east as it should be its still good enough to produce some pretty big showers in central or southern philippines otherwise its a dry picture now is really good news for the still burning far as in australia there has been its still cooler at the moment what rain there was and that frontal system is going to reproduce itself as big showers in southern queensland dongles New South Wales but further sas borderlands for example victoria New South Wales dont really know if anything their windy temps to slowly rising in the next couple days just what you dont want to say so for brits been at the queens and yes showers further west just circulating off the west coast the Tropical Cyclone enhancing to a small degree the shows in western australia. For. 3 years after cholera was discovered in haiti this is just one example of how the death toll from this epidemic could be much higher than anyone knows and al jazeera investigation into his should be held responsible travel to the United Nations headquarters in new york. We spoke to the secretary general the games room were going to try to catch many of them but has justice now been served for the victims rewind haiti in a time of cholera on aljazeera. The. The a. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories a ceasefire has come into effect in libya after warlords highly for have to agree to the truce just hours before it was to start theres also been a pause in fighting in syrias ajay province russia and turkey brokered both cease fire is the death toll from thursdays attack on an army base in the share has risen to at least 89. 00 no one has claimed responsibility yet for the attack which is the nato as you know wave of violence across africa cyo. And u. S. President donald trump has voiced solidarity with protesters in iran in one the government against cracking down on demonstrations anger is growing over the downing of a Ukrainian Airliner which killed 176 people. Now 57 of those killed were iranian americans david mercer is in edmonton where the community has been hits particularly hard. On a cold afternoon in western canada a Community Comes together to grieve the loss of a close friend and celebrate her life dr shika. Worked as an obstetrician in edmonton often helping recent immigrants she and her 2 teenage daughters both of whom are studying to become medical professionals died on board Ukraine InternationalAirlines Flight 752 as they were returning to canada from iran my friend dr shu confession was absolutely a kind person she was always there for the community she was always there to step in when help needed so losing her its a big. For the Persian Community 57 canadians died when their plane was shot down by an Iranian Missile shortly after taking off from tehran 13 members of edmontons a rainy and community died in the crash the largest single loss of life the city has seen for decades edmonton small tight knit iranian kadian community has been devastated in the Persian Restaurants and cafes and on online chat groups it seems Everybody Knows everybody else but when youre just hearing the news it is not something that you say but it did if you really happen put a restaurant like ours that may be offering these people just a deep connection to feel like a small family of gifts from the part of this knowledge is free to people that you see all the time if if if difficult its been the tragedy struck at mintons Academic Community particularly hard at least 10 of the victims were students staff or alumni here at the university of alberta their friends say they were some of the brightest and the best their lives and their contributions to society cut short peyman par say on is mourning the loss of his friend professor pedre most savvy his wife and their 2 young daughters describing them as role models in the community you can see the outpour of messages from people all across this country. It shows the. Grave impact that such an unfortunate. Incident has on on not just the Running Community but kind of theres a whole fundraisers to help pay for memorials and create scholarships are another way people here are honoring their friends and to make sure that those who are lost will not be forgotten david mercer aljazeera edmonton canada. A mans new sultan tariq outside is officially receiving foreign dignitaries in his 1st full day as the gulf states he was sought in on saturday and to up hold his predecessors approach as a Regional Peace maker it took power just hours after his cousin Sultan Qaboos died after a long illness at the age of 79. 00 caboose is credited with transforming a man from a small underdeveloped country into a modern state Stephanie Decker is in muscat oman scap at all and she says World Leaders have been arriving to pay their respects youre going to see opposing sides coming in and out of this country over the next couple of days because that is the role that Sultan Qaboos and this country has played over the last couple of decades that of a mediator that of a peace maker that of a country that does not want to take sides so i think that is certainly significant the sultan did not want a lavish funeral with heads of state and this is why youre seeing these people coming in and out certainly the succession also was very swift so its also the 1st childs for world dignitaries to meet the new sultan and of course you know these are significant times for a month huge changes here but the crack if there will be will only start to show over time whether thats internally more whether that is externally of course you have neighboring countries that want this country to fall in line with their Foreign Policy a lot of neighboring countries not happy the fact that oman has this independent stance a neutral stance talking to everyone so these are all sort of minefields the sultan hite them is going to have to navigate very big shoes to fill certainly he is a man that has a lot of support here and many people believe could do the job but again i think only time will tell about the challenges hes going to face and how hes going to execute any of those. U. S. Media reporting that more than a dozen saudi military students will be expelled from the country following a shooting. Last month 3 american sailors were shot dead by a Saudi Air Force officer at the Pensacola Base according to local media the servicemen being expelled are not accused of aiding the 21 year old suspects a review by the pentagon after the shooting found no threat from the 850. 00 Saudi Arabian military students studying in the u. S. Now taiwans president says her reelection is a sign that the island to want to intimidation from china for independence income been citing when one with 57 percent of the vote scott hide everything or some type. In a Major Political comeback after being nearly sidelined a year ago taiwans incumbent president signed when he was handed 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 his crackdown on prodemocracy protesters in hong kong. I saw in her Pro IndependenceDemocratic Progressive Party led the charge against chinese pledges of reunification iran are eager to go down the taiwanese people reject the one country 2 systems model we respect democracy and our sovereign rights as the president of taiwan a must deal with the cross trade relations according to the will of the people her. Size main competition on quo 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 something 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 people of my 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. This is ongoing and like 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 potential. 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 view this as an immediate provocation that they have to deal with. The victory has been savored one of the major task for president size 2nd term will be getting beijing to respond to her promise at the willingness to start a positive dialogue its got aljazeera typing. On taiwans Election Results have been welcomed by one Thai Government protesters rallying in hong kong. At one ronny in hong kong for us this hour tell us about whats been happening and whats been the reaction there to the Election Results in taiwan. We might be able to see behind me with thousands of gathered in an antigovernment demonstration Central Hong Kong this is basically a demonstration where the number of demonstrations which are planned in coming weeks in the lead up to Chinese New Year which is a festival held at the end of january now this particular rally behind me has been given Police Approval but we do have another big march expected next sunday which is yet to get placed approval by the organizers hoping to get big numbers and of course the reaction to taiwans election yesterday in taipei when taiwan i should say has been a positive one and you might never see the taiwanese flag is quite a number of them behind me in the crowds and of course the prodemocracy groups in the political activists from hong kong and i traveled to taiwan as observers to monitor this virus and ill of course top honors been very supportive of hong kong and hes president of democracy demonstrations as a loss i also months of course hong kong protests played a key role in the unrest in hong kong a fuel resistance to beijing and certainly heightened public sentiment in taiwan as a result and of course talk will also provide supplies to these problem oxy demonstrators including a site like this mosques and helmets when china cut off those supplies so as you can see behind me there are thousands of gathering there being welcoming and positive about the election result in taiwan and next weekend on sunday we do have another much planned in hong kong as of the prodemocracy demister. It is trying to ramp up the campaign by the coming months sarah thank you very much for that sarah clarke live for us in hong kong. Now indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has left the city of calcutta after a visit that saw tens of thousands protesting against a citizenship law which critics say is anti muslim from calcutta asahel 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 in charge and preparing their banners. Theyre angry over a new law to grant citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims. Though this protest consisted mainly of students people from all walks of life extended their support and voiced their concerns im here 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 so we need to show it to him demonstrate that it is not by. The numbers swelled their voices became louder to several hours of negotiation between the students and the place several 1000 gathered in one location. The police have been very clear about the instruction to go so far but they wont be able to go all the way. As the march began the protesters of dollars 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. Mr bob 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 that beating america yeah if i tell 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 stay but the police were in their way after some to go she should the box continued they say theyre determined to keep going until the controversial citizenship law is withdrawn. The whole robin aljazeera calcutta. Baltars governing body has chosen a leader to replace Joseph Muscat who stepped down a spawn minister over the matter of an investigative journalist robert is seen as representing continuity for the mediterranean island Joseph Muscat announced his resignation last month because of his governments alleged ties to the killing of recall to daphne. Headlines on aljazeera a ceasefire has come into effect in libya after warlord highly to have tar agreed to the chose just hours before it was used on the pause in fighting was brokered by the needs of russia and turkey who support opposing sides in the conflict and a cease fire has also come into effect in syria as it lay province the countrys last rebel held territory though there are some reports of a scare mischas violence had been escalating since russian backed Government Forces launched an offensive to retake the area in december. U. S. President donald trump has voiced solidarity with protesters in iran and warned the government against cracking down on demonstrations anger is growing over the downing of a Ukrainian Airliner which killed 176 people the assad big has more from tehran. There were some demonstrations last night to University Campuses and hundreds of students there were chanting and to government and to really lucian god statements. Did nods for 3 days there were denials coming from the government we are expecting more protests today we have no idea how many people will be attending those but people still want accountability and they want justice for us that was taken place in the ukraine in their loss. The death toll from thursdays attack at an army base in the share has risen to at least 89. 00 no one has claimed responsibility its the latest in a string of attacks across africa region which has prompted leaders to call for more International Support u. S. Media reporting that a dozen saudi military students will be expelled from the country following a shooting in florida last month 3 american sailors were shot dead by Saudi Air Force officer at the Pensacola Base according to local media the servicemen being expelled are not accused of aiding the 21 year old suspects and a new sultan bin tariq outside is officially receiving foreign dignitaries in his 1st full day as leader he has promised to uphold his predecessors approach as a Regional Peace peace maker he came to power after the death of sultan couples those are the headlines more news in 30 minutes coming up next here on aljazeera rewind. We understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take a aljazeera read the news and current affairs. And well come again to rewind today we rewind to 2013 when after the earthquake of 2010 a cholera epidemic hit haiti and killed thousands the outbreak was the worst in recent history and as a. Team found out the source of the outbreak was surprising to many including it seems to those initially responsible later well find out if there is hope for haiti to read a cape cholera once and for all as it has been for the worlds wealthiest countries but 1st lets watch her