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Thousands to flee and shutting down the countrys biggest airports. With all the schools. Already ride of power. Died so after a crash during sundays 7 stage of the race in saudi arabia. Follow a variable malcolm to the news our top story today protesters in irans capital are continuing their demonstrations in anger over the governments admission that the military shot down a ukrainian passenger jet hundreds of also gathered outside the u. K. s embassy in tehran after the British Ambassador was briefly detained for attending an antigovernment protest on saturday theyve been chanting death to england and calling for the embassy to be shut down but protests have also taken place across the country against the governments initial denial that it shot down the jet calling the claims psychological warfare. The plane which was bound for the ukrainian capital kiev was shot down by a missile on wednesday killing all a 176 passengers and crew tensions in the region are still high after the assassination of iranian commander general us im still in money in iraq by the United States and kowtows emir is in teheran in a push to try to ease those tensions is the 1st leader to visit the iranian capital since gen solomon he was killed on january 3rd. Now reports. An important ally on an important mission. The 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar so if the membrane hammett all funny comes at a critical time for the region at the invitation of president Hassan Rouhani the 2 leaders discussed increasing economic and political cooperation of a draw. Considering the importance of Regional Security especially in the waterways in the persian gulf the strait of hormuz and the sea of a man who decided to have more talks and corporation for the security of the whole region. The recent crisis between iran and the United States was also on the agenda qatar is one of the few countries in the region that maintains a close relationship with washington and tehran. Walk has said this visit comes as a very critical time in the region and weve agreed that the only solution is to defuse a skill ations among all parties and weve also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis and that mere also met irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before ending his one day visit the Supreme Leader stressed to hans readiness for wider cooperation with regional states as the current Political Climate is very sensitive in the region because of u. S. Policies. Of the fanatic talks were under way this was the scene. Outside the British Embassy in tehran the chants calling for the embassy to be shut down. On saturday the British Ambassador Robert Macaire was briefly arrested after attending what he said was a vigil for the victims of a rainy and missile strike that brought down a ukrainian airliner killing 176 people in iran some in the ambassador accusing him of attending and of legal protest where demonstrators voiced their anger at the initial denials that a reign in forces had shut down the plane after days of denials irans revolutionary guard finally admitted mistakenly shooting down the boeing 737 on wednesday morning the British Foreign office described the ambassadors arrest as a breach of International Law hes now joining calls for dialogue to reduce tensions and finding a diplomatic way forward the qatari emir is visiting here is being seen as the 1st sign of a real diplomatic efforts to ease the hostilities between iran and the United States but its too early to say whether or not it will have to desired outcome forces of Corey Al Jazeera to hong. Well daniel lak is in toronto for us where a memorial has been held for victims of the crash plus there are 2 alan fischer who is in washington and alan President Trump has been issuing warnings again to iran over twitter today. Exactly hes also been doing it in farsi which as we said about 24 hours ago the 1st time weve seen him tweet in farsi so we think thats the person in charge of a social media current because as far as were aware dont trump doesnt speak farsi hes told around the need to not kill their protesters that the world is watching but more importantly he says the United States is watching he says iran must turn on its internet and he says reporters must be allowed to roam freely of course this coming from the president who has described the media here in the United States is enemies of the people but clearly he believes that there should be reporting going on in what is happening in and around iran this is part of what the u. S. Administration has been saying throughout sunday appearing on a number of the u. S. Political talk shows the internal and external criticism of iran but they are concentrating on the internal that the people there they believe are putting a great deal of pressure on the regime and they believe that if they continue to support that and you remember that just about 24 hours ago dont put out a tweet saying that he supported the iranian people who had done so since the beginning of his administration that they may well see a change in tact or perhaps even a change in the regime although the official u. S. Policy still stays as no regime change thats not exactly what theyre after theres been talk on those talk shows as well about the intelligence that was provided to Congress Donald trump in a Television Interview on friday said that he believed for embassies were being targeted by the iranians and in particular by general cilla money that is why they took the decision to press ahead with that that hasnt quite been backed up by his defense secretary mark esper he appeared on one of the t. V. Talk shows and said that while the intelligence pointed in a number of directions it didnt specifically point to the fact that for embassies were at risk. Fibers that are different what the president said was he believed that it probably could have been attacks against additional embassies i shared that view i know other members of National Security team sure that you thats why i deployed thousands of american paratroopers to the middle east to reinforce our embassy in baghdad and other sites throughout the region probably and could have been that is that sounds more like an assessment than a specific tangible threat with a decisive piece of intelligence where the president didnt say when there was a tangible he didnt cite a specific piece of evidence what he says he probably he believes are you saying that by event one i didnt see one with regard to 4 embassies what im saying is i assure the do that probably my expectation was theyre going to go after our embassies. So continuing questions about the timing and justification for the initial u. S. Strike in iraq but alan what about diplomatic efforts to save the Iran Nuclear Deal because weve seen this agreement coming on to more and more pressure. Well theres been a statement from the europeans just in the last few hours and essentially what it boils down to is that we still stand by the deal but were watching iran and were deeply concerned and they have to get back in line theyve stepped away from some of the visions of that Iran Nuclear Deal and essentially this is the europeans saying along with russia china the e. U. And the United Nations that iran has to get back in compliance or stick with this deal for much longer as well certainly the United States is very keen that the europeans pull away from the deal might promptly or has said on a number of occasions that he wishes there was more support from the europeans but certainly in the capitals of europe they see this is a deal worth saving although the aware the iranians particularly since the United States announced it was pulling out of the deal have started to move away so theyre essentially saying look iran get back in compliance and you will have support if you do it then there is a real danger this could fall apart so theyre saying they might not have a great deal of patience with iran they just have a time scale on it thank you very much alan fischer in washington and daniel lak is live for us now from the canadian city of toronto where a memorial for the plane Crash Victims was taking place just emotions running very high at this time tell us what the atmosphere the mood was like at the ceremony today. Yeah the word is emotional as they read out the names of the victims many of them children people from the university of toronto where the event was being held as well as across the country the people doing the reading there they often just choked up they couldnt get their words out and all around us the audience of some 2000 people people were weeping openly it was a very very emotional time it was about a 2 hour ceremony there were speeches from political leaders at every level of government here including the deputy Prime Minister the deputy to Justin Trudeau and she said this was a moment when the entire country was mourning not just iranian canadians who were the victims of this the largest number of people on the plane but the entire Canadian Community no matter what someones background they were in mourning outside the hall people that were talking about political activity they were talking about you know just coming to terms with their loss and its no exaggeration this is a Large Community here but its tight knit and everybody knew somebody who somehow was impacted by this tragedy and as you say there is always seen a great deal of shock and pain as People Struggle to come to terms with what has happened is that a sense of anger. Oh very much i mean this is not a community that came to canada because it supported the revolutionary government in iran people started coming here just before the revolution in the late seventys and theyve been coming ever since and theres been a real wave of students lately and professionals migrating to canada for studies or for work its a highly accomplished community in general people tend to have a high degree of education and they stay very much in tune with whats happening in their their or their land of their birth and the region they are furious that this is happened they were already furious at the suppression of protests earlier across iran in which some 1500 people allegedly were killed but they said this could be the final straw theyre calling on the canadian government to do everything it can to get justice for their lost loved ones but also to push the iranian government into a different accommodation with its people whatever form that might take that does divide opinion some would like a democratic revolution some would like to see reform but right now the community is united in mourning and wanting some sort of closure some sort of justice and possibly compensation to come out of this thank you very much from toronto daniel lak now to developments in iraq where at least 8 rockets have hit a military base north of baghdad a bombs reportedly fell on the runway of the balad at base which lies just 60 kilometers north of the capital at least 4 iraqi soldiers have been injured base also houses u. S. And Coalition Forces there have been no claims of responsibility well some of binge of aid is in baghdad for us and explains why the Balad Air Base is to teach it clee important. This is a very significant installation because its not just houses coalition and iraqi troops would also home to iraqs f. 16 contingent and their significant significant important to Iraqi Air Force as well this is the 2nd time this particular base has come under attack since the assassination of the money and i was mad the hundreds there have been about 6. 00 attacks so far rocket attacks from various directions in baghdad and across the bases which housed Coalition Forces it goes to show the kind of risk and Security Fears that Security Forces in iraq and Coalition Forces are facing after these attacks old though there has to be the Popular Mobilisation forces group which is loosely linked to the Iraqi Ministry of defense has said that it is not involved in any of these rocket attacks but many other groups which are ideologically or militarily aligned with iran have said that the Iranian Missile attack was just the beginning of the revenge against the killing of course some silly money and only and once u. S. Troops leave this area something that the United States has said it is not willing to do and has been repeatedly asked by the Iraqi Government including the iraqi Prime Minister the president and the speaker of the house as well when they condemn these attacks which happened in iraq you saw it. Youre watching the news hour live from london while still ahead well have all the latest from haiti as a country pays tribute to the victims of the devastating earthquake a decade ago that killed hundreds of thousands haitians is still struggling to recover. Human Rights Groups accuse the Sudanese Government of cracking down on press freedom. And its djokovic to the double as serbia clinched the 1st state because. The government says 89 soldiers and 77 rebel fighters are now known to have died in an attack on an army base on thursday 3 days of National Mourning have been declared as now reports this is the cost of a conflict that most of the world knows nothing about. 89 body bags soldiers from me killed in an attack at an army base in srinagar draw close to the border with mali no one has yet claimed responsibility but a number of groups are active here and violence across west africas soho region has been increasing last month 71 soldiers were killed in an attack meanwhile she is border with mali and became a fast so some believe the conflict in libya is worsening problems across the region after the collapse of the libyan state. After the work. I did by france that in libya thats way thats went on the problems in this house because they came with heavy and be started to attack countries like mali need book in fs so. Those countries are too poor to face. The terrorist who are fighting them. A National Security meeting will be held in nigeria to work out how to fight groups including us all and french president Emmanuel Macron is expected to host leaders from the region on monday with most likely discussed the future of frances military presence in the city hill we need to have a military answer because we need to where educate those jihadists terrorism also but it wont be enough because we need to bring also social and the humanitarian cost is also rising the u. N. Estimates half a 1000000. 00 people have been displaced in the region because of the violence nicola gage aljazeera. A ceasefire is mostly holding in syria is a delay province brokered by russia and turkey despite some reports of scottish is taking place the hope is that a pause in fighting will allow desperately needed aid into the region. Has more from the turkish capital ankara aside from the fact of people fearing to be essentially bombed out of the skies by the regime of bashar assad than even by russian warplanes there is a dire humanitarian situation which is a consequence of 78 years of war that continues to plague all this is innocent civilians of syria in terms of how likely it is to hold this is the umpteenth time that some sort of ceasefire agreement has been reached and what is different maybe from with regards to syria is of the libya is that there is no where near a nice form of equilibrium between the military powers you have armed rebel groups that are now or only in control of this. Province the the region of it live and you have on the other side of the syrian army you have iranian backed militia you have the Russian Military which are essentially used all of their might some firepower to corner those rebel groups or whats left of them in this small area and essentially has been pounding them for months if not for the past part of years now whats interesting very quickly is that in the past 24 hours the russians have set up checkpoints on the entrances and exits of it live they say to allow for citizens or civilians to leave the question is why would they do that if there is a cease fire which people expect to last the skeptics or cynics would say it is an attempt maybe to filter out as many civilians as they can before the fighting resumes once more. In the philippines all flights out of manila as International Airport have been suspended as authorities warn a large volcanic eruption could be imminent thousands have been forced to leave their homes jonjo raygun reports. Steam spewed one kilometer into the air as the tower volcano explodes south of the philippine capital manila all sources here say theres been a fast as collation of volcanic activity and theyve warned it could erupt lava within weeks. Rained down on several villages and cities nearby and kilometers away prompting a Mass Evacuation thousands of people have been told to leave their homes with all the water when the volcano emitted steam we ran away up here the road was crowded and pebbles were falling the volcano has created its own weather system and tremors have been felt nearby its not known when people will be able to return. But we are evacuating we left all of our belongings behind everyone has left all international and domestic flights had to be cancelled at manilas main International Airport as the philippines waits to see what the town volcano will do next john j. Reagan aljazeera australias Prime Minister has expressed regret over his handling of the bushfire crisis ravaging the country Scott Morrison says the unprecedented fires may become the new normal and that a high level inquiry would help determine what role the federal government should take in responding to such disasters at least 28 people have died since the fires began in september destroying more than 2000 homes now there are things that i could handle on the ground much better theres a very raw emotional environments ive got to say that 95 percent or thereabouts of the responses of head in these cases of very positive and and very appreciative. At least 11 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands left without power in 5 states as a massive winter storm pushes across the u. S. More than a 1000 flights were canceled in the midwest you to high levels of hail snow and freezing rain further south the National Weather service is warning more than 18000000 people in louisiana arkansas texas and oklahoma that they remain at risk of tornadoes and flooding. Well now we go to haiti the country is paying tribute to the victims of the devastating earthquake a decade ago that killed hundreds of thousands of people president attended the official Memorial Service at the site of a mass grave for victims but he left the ceremony offer a small group of protesters arrived 10 years after the quake little progress has been made to rebuild much of the country with ongoing protests of of Food Shortages and government corruption. Or for more on that what weve been seeing over the past few days that speak to tereza whos enforcer prince and as youre seeing from the pictures that people are very angry at the fact that really recovery effort since the earthquake of been and they continue to face as they continue to struggle. Well thats correct a crime years ago and about obvious time a 7. 0 earthquake devastated this country killing around 300000 people displacing over 1000000 and a half unless you just said president over in illinois earlier today went to an area known as san christophe thats where thousands and thousands of people were buried in a mass grave thats where people continue to go and may flowers to to those relatives that they still dont know where they are where right now here in and they are known as Ford Nasional this is an area that was completely destroyed by the earthquake thousands of people were also killed here and the community is getting together in a way to remember those who died were going to talk now here. He is from the democratic im Popular Movement here so Grassroots Organization here in haiti so its an explain to us a little bit about how youre preparing for for a special day like today and its very. Very sad day for all those people were here to celebrate libels the rest of people used to live in. A very Critical Condition in haiti in order to remember you know this. We dont people who are dead and there could be everything and its the only economy haitian that is a critical moment where we are very strong history called Political Prisoners because so many question is syria needs with points response from and to National Communities of government and a leader here in haiti because we did the car away. So much money was spent in the country on the behalf of the country but no one can say what it really went and people it was 2 people 2 or tried by their own to build a life for national it was one of health affected area but there are what people here and for they tried by their whole just look to the neighborhoods and you see there is no plan no or no better plan to rebuild iraq to their houses its here and today its a very important for me to put in for you because we can still can send this message to people we can build our future together with out of had without money because money military sense n. G. O. S cant support a process of a better people in haiti it was in a way some expectation that the rebuilding process would be different 13000000000. 00 pledged to help this country but as youre saying many Communities Just not see any benefits i mean what do you think went wrong what happened i think you know is that we see this kind of call in your of when they should mention haiti and they tried to treat us as a child or a child you are going about our child is not a good way to challenge child but as like an assisted people as assisted people they tried to do everything by an hour an hour a name not to give us the opportunity to be a nocturne a process of our in our lives and that is whats happened with the child in me and a western and a country because this doesnt mean im but i was managed by the International Community and complicity. Are way to early get your hero of the government here because. Of the of the side. Of this be our hero against haitian people against aids people you know and it is it is for me it is the way to experiment with wind this money train and be hard for people not for people to rebuild their lives thank you very much for your work and so us how is it here just said its very very special day a day of mourning here in haiti this country is currently in an economic crisis that is costing a humanitarian crisis its the United Nations has said that much will increase probably protests will be ongoing as they have been happening all the during last year but in spite of the questionings of everything thats been going on today for the people we have spoken to it is a day to remember those who passed away 10 years ago thank you very much to raise a boat in portau prince in haiti. Still ahead. Well tell you about the scramble for Natural Resources in the waves in the Eastern Mediterranean. Ammans new leader takes charge but can he maintain a delicate balance of ties between his powerful neighbors and a date to forget the queen of the slopes in austria be to have the details and support. Head of the eastern areas of europe and you cast to me and some more snow on the cars that really we wont see out tools west for the next very big had in there but as a say finally since they are pushing into western russia it is looking as it should in moscow remember as being very very mild as the whole of december january things are getting back to what they should be a very nice snow and some very picturesque but not so out across the northwest this is through monday we have this big storm approaching its been actually given a name by the arch metaphysical windstorm brendan were looking to see hearken force winds that is winds actually at about 145 kilometers an hour very heavy amounts of rain some snow up into the highlands of scotland and this will likely cause some damage flooding but of course also with those strong winds expect some damage from that moves fairly swiftly out of the way pushes across into northern sections of mainland europe and then look at this another system pushing in across more south and west in areas and again some very heavy amounts of rain this again could as a say lead to more flooding its a milder london 13 celsius 5 degrees above the average and its really a fairly quiet page elsewhere across much of europe the eastern end of the med is where we see want to 2 shows and that doesnt mean were going to see a few showers the northern coastal areas of africa pushing faily widespread through libya on tuesday. But. Capturing a moment in time. Snapshots of other lives. Of the stories. Providing tips into someone else is what. They want do they for. Inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. But witness on aljazeera across europe immigration is high on the agenda and in hungary its presented as a pressing issue we didnt have immigrants at all 0 in the race but this is the one political topic anybody and everybody is this message the far right is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. Prejudiced some fried in hungary on aljazeera. Who knew. The all. Our combined. Look at headlines now castles in the air is calling for diplomacy after rising tensions between the United States and iran he is the 1st leader to visit the iranian capital since the assassination of general some sort of money on january 3rd and after the downing of the cranium passenger chad. All this is the protests have continued in the country with anger probing at the governments initial denial that the plane was shot down hundreds of also demanded the closure of the u. K. Embassy office the British Ambassador was briefly detained for attending an antigovernment protest on saturday and then our other top story this hour 3 days of National Mourning have been declared in the jail after 89 soldiers and 77 rebel fighters are confirmed dead after thursdays attack on an army base. Now in all the stories were following journalists in sudan of called the seizure of 2 newspapers and 2 t. V. Stations a grave assault on the freedom of the press the government says they were funded by the countrys former leaders but have yet to prove that they have a morgan has more in this hour from hard to. For nearly 5 years it has worked as a news writer she says its more than a job for her seeing her work printed in the morning papers in order to give her a sense of accomplishment a sense she says was taken away a week ago when sudans Transitional Government seized the paper she works for. Me. I was working on the news piece when i heard that a decision was made to shut down some Media Outlets including the one i worked for in a military uniform came in and said we had 30 minutes to take our personal belongings and leave this is something we were used to under the former regime but one of the slogans of the new government was freedom road to freedom inviting us from working. The newspaper is called and sudan me and its one of 4 Media Outlets the government has seized the new administration came to power in august after months of antigovernment protests led to the military overthrow of president obama to be here and after a power sharing deal between the military and protest leaders in late november the government dissolved the sheers former party and announced that it will seize all its assets and money. If. We are not targeting the major outlets because of the editorial law of this law used to say based on the law to dismantle assets of the ruling party return the state funds used to prop them up weve got that information to allay that have been funded or have received funds from the former regime. The move has been rejected by the Sudanese Journalists Union which along with other unions was also ordered to disband in december the International Federation of journalists has condemned the move calling it a grave assault on press freedom and the fundamental right of freedom of association the seizure of Media Outlets has not only let the accusations the government is cracking down on press freedom but has also brought in another argument while so dance Transitional Administration says the move is part of an investigation to find sources of funds many here especially other journalists are asking if the movie even legal some say the government should do more to prove its case before taking such actions. This is a decision was based on a decree to dissolve the ruling party but even using that to hold the work of 2 newspapers and t. V. Stations gives room for this to be taken as a crackdown on press freedom the body that issued the decision said that the owners of the Media Outlets to receive funds from the Sudanese Government but they didnt give any evidence. Musharraf says she was told her income want to be infected but she wants to know why shes being the price of a political move that has prevented her and her colleagues from doing their jobs people more going to do their own home more now on our top story the unrest that weve seen in the iranian capital tehran negara mortazavi is an iranian american journalist and commentator in washington joins me live now from the u. S. Capitol so in some ways that has been this sort of struggle to understand recent demonstrations that weve seen conflicting demonstrations in iran and then how to to reconcile that with the massive turnout in processions for the funeral of course im still a mani help us to understand that the nature of these recent protests in iran. Sure so just to be clear its a Diverse Society with differing views sometimes very polarized so yes we saw millions of people coming out condemning the u. S. For the assassination of the top general and then now we see thousands of people obviously when the protests are Anti Government and its theres a much higher risk compared to when youre trying to support the government coming out for a similar funeral so now we see people really angry and and this sense of mistrust or condemning of the government because of the shooting down of the civilian plane these are not necessarily contradictory because ive actually spoken to people who see an overlap so reformist specifically the internal opposition the political factions within iran who operate but are. The same Time Critical of the hardliners in the eye or do you see how did the same time condemn the killing of awesome soleimani last week but this week there are also condemning the government so this is an interim all basically a domestic crisis for the government one of transparency of taking responsibility or actually preventing this tragedy of the plane to begin with but that wasnt the money assassination was seen as an escalation from the outside which was basically taking iran towards more conflict with the u. S. In a potential war which many iranians are fearing and dont want to see i suppose throughout this debate there is this need right now to try to gauge how much support or indeed opposition there is towards the government in tehran. There is indeed so today in the protest yesterday and today we hear a lot of antigovernment very radical basically political slogans right. The regime basically condemning there is top leader is asking for people to resign or 2 for the government to be overthrown similar to the protests that we saw back in november just 2 months ago there were antigovernment protests across the country hundreds of thousands of people came Security Forces cracked down really brutally hundreds of protesters were killed but then at the same time you have this other part of the population that came out last week for the funeral of soleimani so its hard to absent real clear opinion polls its hard to pinpoint a specific percentage of what iranians want what they dont one what each portion of the population wants but i think whats clear at least from the last d president ial election which of course is to an opinion poll you can get in iran is that the majority voted for the president who wanted a gauge bent with the u. S. Who wanted negotiations or a nuclear deal as opposed to hardliners who have promoted opposite social Upcoming Elections part of it actually ends and then youre off there we have president interesting what you say about the Reformist Movement and. Being this. Need to see the government engage with the United States and for that to be negotiations and dialogue is that sentiment still there in with President Trump in the white house. Not as much weve seen basically the moderates we can do more and more in iran in the past 2 years the path through diplomacy and wheeling gauger meant with the us really being limited if not the cause but what i was trying to get at was the absence of opinion polls so nobody can not mean nobody can with confidence come and tell you what the majority of their audience want do they want a confrontation do then one more diplomacy the last time we heard from the entire population was when they voted for the one candidate who was basically going for more engagement and more deal and then President Trump pulled out of that deal and now the 2 countries are in a pass through more escalation and possible tension i have to also mention we see the commanders now in charge we see dired you see calling the shots in iran and we seek harasser fees like this downing of the civilian plane basically being the consequence of a war that hasnt even started so imagine basically the fallout if an actual conflict were to break between iran and the u. S. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us on the news. When our World Leaders and dignitaries have traveled to amman to meet its new self and have been tarik a site he was sworn in on saturday after the death of his cousin the longtime ruler Sultan Qaboos the new leader has promised to follow his predecessors approach and delicately balance a mans friendly ties with its volatile neighbors saying best ravi has more from the sky at a seamless transition of power meant woke up to a new sultan while still in mourning for their late model or the royal prose haitham daughter called saeed received World Leaders there to offer condolences and pay their respects to all modes new leader its quite rare in the middle east for such a change in power to be so smooth for the new leader to inherit a country so stable and that is a large part of the late sort on called his legacy. At the grand mosque in omans capital people shared memories often speaking of less as a rule or more like family who want to be a country from nothing. Like what you see. Used to. Prioritize diplomacy over division religious coexistence inside the country political noninterference outside neutrality as a way of keeping the peace. Very known in. Peace. We hope. The success is meant. To continue the same. Emphasize the. Existence of the people of. His reign was a time of change spanning 5 decades but theres been little pomp and circumstance since his death the transition to a new leader in a dynasty that has ruled the country for 14 generations marked by the same quiet dignity that was known for during his lifetime. You will. Be. A less fool or work for omans Foreign Ministry implementing cup looses gentle approach to International Affairs well. He cared about his people and he prioritized having peoples respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. Its an approach ingrained in ammans institutions and unlikely to change under a new leadership. Was the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way. In the Eastern Mediterranean theres a scramble for Natural Resources under the waves cyprus wants to become a regional gas player but the islands divided status is complicating matters plans to drill for newly discovered reserves of anger at the republic of Northern Cyprus while its back at turkey is increasingly asserting itself in the region as well or a challenge reports on the south coast of cyprus an oil terminal waits expectantly out in the Eastern Mediterranean theres gas early last year exxon mobil found a big reserves in cypriot waters if theyre pumped the t. T. Ies energy hub here could get a big gas boost cyprus certainly will at least part of it but not the self declared republic of Northern Cyprus recognised only by turkey its foreign minister warns against shutting them out of the bonanza. If. The International Actors including the International Energy companies gives they give the message to decrease the british side that they can continue to do it alone unilaterally without getting the consent of the Turkish Cypriot side without communicating and cooperating with it or because the bridge site it would not be something good for the relations between the 2 because we will continue to take certain steps and we will do the same the response has been towards rise turkey strutting ships protected by the turkish navy to also look for gas and theyve been doing it in waters internationally recognized as belonging to greek not cypriots cyprus hates it the e. U. And the us do not like it but so far no ones done much to stop it like many problems on this island the gas dispute stems from its divided status since the turkish invasion of 1974 cyprus has been split Greek Cypriots in the south Turkish Cypriots to the north this is part of the line between the 2 in the heart of nicosia the worlds last remaining divided capital city. Gas is a potentially explosive addition to this already combustible situation in the Eastern Mediterranean in early january greece cyprus and israel signed a deal to build a pipeline to take the regions gas to europe turkey is feeding hemmed in and excluded and he wants to change the way things are being done turkey at all levels from egypt to the minister of Foreign Affairs to that seat of the army to the position of occupy they are always talking about nothing. In the area without turkey playing an Important Role or without turkey being in these but mediterranean neighbors see turkeys push back tactics as illegal and aggressive its recent deal with libya to split rights to the sea between them was condemned by greece france cyprus and egypt as no and void the challenge is how to divide the regions gas and sea rights agreeably before things but out of control reach out and go to 0 cyprus now an unusual story here people in the canadian province of ontario woke up to an alarming text message on sunday telling them there was an active Nuclear Situation and there by power plant a short emergency message was a warning about the Pickering Nuclear station which is east of toronto but said there been no abnormal when he said radioactivity more than an hour later the company that runs the plant said the message was sent in era and that there was no danger the State Government has apologized hundreds of red shoes have been placed across mexico citys main square to call attention to gender based violence demonstrators marched up the doors of the National Palace to place 5 has at the entrance at least 10 women and girls and murdered every day in mexico but less than 10 percent of those cases are ever solved. Taiwans president has held talks with the top u. S. Diplomat in taipei after a landslide victory in saturdays election but whens close ties with america have angered china which considers taiwan a pos in its territory its got higher up ports from taipei. The day after taiwans historic election reelecting Pro Independence president signed when the people of this island of 24000000 enjoyed their winter sunday funday. I hope that those taiwan and china well china stop its military threats toward taiwan i believe she is the right leader to deal with china. I do not think she would try to be confrontational after last night we voted to still remain part of a big family though we differ in political opinions we share the same firm belief in Democratic Values with the overwhelming victory for sign one and the d. P. P. Some feel that there is added pressure for progress and recognition from china and beyond on the security of the islands independence. In saturdays elections i garnered the most votes of any president ial candidate in the young democracy here promising to keep her hardline stance for independence with growing pressure from china beijing issued a statement shortly after side gave her victory speech as if the landslide election never happened president xi jinping zip ministration continued with its threats of reunification and its opposition to any separatist attempts. But her challenges wont only be on improving crosstree relations i was economy has been a Major Political issue here even if theres been a recent boost thanks to the us china trade war she is under tremendous pressure much higher than her 1st time. To perform better on the economy. She was defeated in the local election about 15 months ago because of the Economic Situation that didnt go away. So amid the saber rattling from china and calls for economic reform sighs next 4 years start off with major challenges but she goes into her 2nd term with the confidence of the majority of taiwanese people at least for now its got to either aljazeera type. Of protest as in hong kong have been watching taiwans election very closely sarah clarke has the reaction now from prodemocracy groups that. Thousands have gathered here in the square which is in Central Hong Kong and this is part of the democracy of the antigovernment movements efforts to ramp up their protests in the lead up to Chinese New Year which is the biggest traditional festival in hong kong and thats at the end of january now the reaction here from the prodemocracy groups to taiwans election result has certainly been a positive one a prodemocracy groups and political activists travel to taiwan to monitor and observe this vote and theyve been overwhelmed by the result of course hong kong protests played a key role in this election in taiwan the unrest in hong kong fueled resistance to beijing and harden public sentiment and as i mentioned the reaction from these part of boxing demonstrators here has been positive people feel. Happy for how people feel good about that because. The lives of those. People close to doing that with this is to be able to achieve. The top one has also provided key support for these prodemocracy demonstrators by providing supplies like safety gear including vests and helmets as when china cut off their supplies coming into hong kong the prodemocracy groups we seeking to bolster exchanges and galvanize the alliance with taiwan against chinas increasing influence and tightening their grip on the city this is a big rally today with thousands attending but next sometimes prodemocracy groups will be holding another munch in support of the antigovernment movement. I have always felt coming up very shortly and Serena Williams winning the 1st title since becoming a mom peter. 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 an aljazeera investigation into who should be held responsible travel to the United Nations headquarters in new york. We saw to the secretary general again in this room im going to try to catch my 1000 but has justice now been served for the victims rewind haiti in a time of cholera on aljazeera. Examining the impact of todays headlines you use the misinformation ive used the term by setting the agenda for tomorrows discussions how unique a load is this in terms of modern American History when it comes to racism you have the makings of a neo fascist Moment International filmmakers and world class journalists bringing programs to in spying. On aljazeera. As promised his office or with peter. Thank you very much tributes are being paid to portugal rider Paolo Gonsalves whos died in a crash at the dachau rally in saudi arabia the 14 year old came off his bike 276 kilometers into sunday 7th stage he was found unconscious by a rescue helicopter having gone into cardiac arrest consol this was taking part in his 13th corelli the incident happened at about 10 18 am local time fellow riders were left shaken as news of the accident spread through the field console this is death is the 1st fatal a c. In the dark already for 5 years organizers have also paid their respects. We dont really know the circumstances but it was a pretty fast track and that is where paolo crashed and the medical teams tried to resuscitate him but unfortunately failed to do so and he tied it kilometer 273 of space ships and if you thought it was an iconic figure whod been on a diet after a long time and everybody knew him just 5 stages ago he was changing the engine on his bike he was really tonight he also knew the risks of rallying but when the worst happens of course its very tough for everyone the incidents of a shadow the day of racing spains signs so would go on to extend his lead at the top of the chain rule car classification to 10 minutes american is out in front in the by category. Novak djokovic has laid serbia to victory in the inaugural a. T. P. Cup beating spain and rival rafael nadal in sundays final in sydney spain laid the tie after about a good b. To do lie of h. And that means joke of each had to win against it well in the 2nd singles match to keep subi as hopes alive jockey which took it straight so its been returned for the deciding doubles match playing alongside Viktor Troicki spain didnt use medal for the doubles going with a pairing of public and feliciano lopez. And they were beaten again in straight sets serbia the 1st one is of this new competition. The pinnacle of the whole trip is this trophy and this is what we fall for but i think the highlight that i will take is not just the trophy but is that energy and chemistry and a friendship that wish everything each other and the ball in this stronger and stronger obviously with with this kind of experience now they are not the only top players in the Southern Hemisphere gearing up for the 1st grand slam of the season Serena Williams was up against jessica peculiar in the final of the classic the top seeded change victory 66 will walk this is her 1st title in 3 years and her 73rd on the w. T. 8 meaning shes now won titles across the last full decades williams announced she will donate her 43000. 00 winners check and some of her tennis dresses to be Australian Bushfire Relief Fund and with a straight in just over a week away victory shows shes a strong contender for an 8th title in melbourne. Yeah and feeling pretty good im feeling fit until i got some good matches and long rallies short rallies power players elements and so this is exactly what i needed going into malvern and its good. And at the brits been international catalina has successfully defended a w t a title for the 1st time to near the chick to beat madison keys in 3 sets in the final this is her 16th 3rd title and food in britain. Lets go from tennis to football now real madrid have won the 1st spanish super cup final to be staged in saudi arabia they beat city rivals Atletico Madrid on penalties in jeddah after the game ended goalless captain sergio ramos scoring the decisive spot kick in the shootout to win the trophy for real for the 11th time Manchester City Sergio Aguero has had a record breaking day in the English Premier League on sunday scored hes 12 had trick a new e. P. L. Record in a 61 thrashing of western verner is now the leading foreign goal scorer in the leagues history as well with 177 and 30 also climb to 2nd in the table above leicester you enter saw the new leaders of italy said they are for a 21 win at roma on sunday marry them at all and christiane i remember for you they a 2nd of roma penalty could not prevent the champions moving 2 points clear of into milan at the top of the table irans only female olympic medalist has announced shes defecting kamya a lizard a who won taekwondo bronze medal at the rio olympics in 2016 criticized irans political system saying she felt oppressed alysa day who has been training in the netherlands did not give details of way she is now in an Instagram Post a lizard they wrote i wasnt important to them none of us mattered to them we would tools i wish for nothing else than for taekwondo safety and for a happy and healthy life the decision was harder than winning olympic gold i remain a daughter of iran where ever i am. There was an upset for skiings queen of the slopes on sunday in australia american mckayla shifu failed to finish a race for the 1st time in nearly 2 years she slid out during the Opening Super g. Run of the world cup combined events on a tricky calls at elton mocked. Of city went on to win the title and the 2nd in the rankings which are from is still well clear at the top of the overall standings. And in the ski jumping world cup call geiger has extended easily to the top of the standings of the he 2nd victory in as many days the german won sundays of him to develop if e. M. A. N. Italy with leaps of 107103 misses. Thats why i believe that from our merriam its back to you in london. Thank you very much for that wraps up the news hour but i will be back in just a couple of minutes with another bulletin for you a full round up the top stories coming up very shortly including of course all the latest on the protests and the arrest in iran. Burford you problem is something which is a geopolitical issue thats for Governments International institutions to manage under 1000 refugees dont have the right to walk freely on the other hand gords can move freely as far and as much as they want its multinational colonialism this is a very im not and over the democratic process these companies they just want the money europes forbidden colony episode one on aljazeera. 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 an aljazeera investigation into who should be held responsible travel to the United Nations headquarters in new york. Respond to the secretary general lee Daniels Roman were going to try to reconcile but has justice now been served for the victims rewind haiti in a time of cholera on aljazeera. We live in a Digital World where even the remotest communities have access to mobile phones. But look in this Technology Bring to a nomadic existence life apps travels to the media and gives the Software Designer the ultimate challenge design a map to help to him the tried in their daily lives can you really be done. Life facts one for nomads on aljazeera. More protests in iran as capital hundreds call for the u. K. Embassy to be shut down but others also rally against the government. And while tensions between washington and tehran semma cast a mere holds talks with irans top leaders and calls for diplomacy. Follow i Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program declares 3 days of National Mourning after 89. 00 soldiers were killed in a raid on a military camp and of volcanoes called small but dangerous erupts in the philippines or seeing thousands to flee and shutting down the countrys biggest airport