Capital thats closed the airport and come to Mass Evacuations. Set out to have been protests across iran for a 2nd day creasing pressure on its leaders off the mid the military extent he shot down a Ukrainian Airliner but there have also been rallies against the u. K. By those who say the government is trying to stir up chaos on the diplomatic front cuts as a mere arrived in tehran pushing for talks to try to resolve the crisis with the United States those who jabari as this report. An important ally on an important mission. The 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar chef Tamim Ben Hamad 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. Rajoy. How many yet considering the importance of Regional Security especially in the waterways in the persian gulf and the strait of hormuz and a 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. He walked has said this visit comes as a very critical time in the region and weve agreed that the only solution is to diffuse escalations among old policies and weve also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue and it is the only route to any solution to any crisis and the mayor also met irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah 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. While the diplomatic talks were underway this was the scene outside the British Embassy in tehran the chance calling for the embassy to be shut down. On saturday the British AmbassadorRobert 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 illegal protest where demonstrators voiced their anger at the initial denials that are reigning 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 him basters arrest as a breach of International Law hes now joining calls for dialogue to reduce tensions and finding a diplomatic way forward. The qatari amirs visit 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 outcomes. Aljazeera takraw. Or no the u. S. Defense secretary says he has not seen specific evidence that iran was ready to attack 4 american embassies as the president claimed kasper was referring to the threat that donald trump said justified the assassination of top iranian monaco some sort of money has more now from washington d. C. The killing of kassam solo money and its consequences continues to reverberate around the american political scene President Donald Trump claimed in a televised interview on friday for u. S. Embassies when it imminent risk of a rainin attack that he said justified the operation but u. S. Defense secretary marc esper was far less certain there was one piece of intelligence that pointed in that direction i didnt see one with regard to 4 embassies what im saying is i share the president s view that probably my expectation was theyre going to go after our embassies embassies the most prominent display of american presence in a country one of the embassies at risk believed to be the one in baghdad the president S National Security adviser insists the threat to 4 was real the intelligence they were working with was in his words exquisite because of the prompt action that we took both with respect to the embassy in baghdad which they would have attempted to overrun and storm and with respect to our military bases that were hit by the iranians with their Ballistic Missiles there was no loss of American Life in any other case and i think thats a credit to the president states but on capitol hill both republicans and democrats have been critical of the intelligence briefing they were given democrat adam schiff chair of the House Intelligence Committee stopped just short of accusing the trumpet ministration of lying to congress the brief was much more along the lines frankly of something the secretary pompei 0 edited the other day when he said that we dont know precisely where and we know you know precisely when republican senator rand paul a trump supporter said there was no evidence an attack was imminent and insisted Congress Must act to limit further action against iran so my point being for this war powers debate is that we really need to have a debate about whether we should still be in iraq or afghanistan and there needs to be authorization from congress. The u. S. House of representatives has approved a war powers resolution aimed at limiting future military action against iran by the trumpet ministration theres no sign its about to be debated in the senate alan fischer washington. Well thousands of attended a vigil at kind of its Largest College the university of toronto to mourn the victims of the downed Ukrainian Airlines jet of the 176. 00 who died 57. 00 were canadian citizens and many either worked or attended universities there. Was at the vigil. Those reading out victims names from the Ukrainian Airlines crash were choked with emotion so were many who watched among the victims were dozens of University Professors students staff and their families including Young Children this tragedy has hit one particular Community Hard but political leaders say the entire country is united in mourning and now its time for a reigning canadian. And all of their canadians to come together as canadians we remember together we mourn together. And we will seek answers together so hundreds of people are waiting outside as the ceremony goes on in a hall that seats 1500. 00 already full to capacity this is a community thats determined to come together both to grieve and to press for answers from the regime in Tehran Canadian officials have begun arriving in tehran to take part in the crash investigation and to help victims families canada cut diplomatic ties with iran in 2012 but tehran moved quickly to grant visas to canadian representatives after it admitted on saturday it had shot down the plane amid the grieving at the vigil in toronto a glimmer of hope for some sort of change in iran this incidence may well turn out to be irans chair noble because its really the straw that broke the camels back people have already suffered enough from. Violent repression and authoritarianism and corruption people in iran are truly suffering especially the young people this is one of many of ns held across canada since the crash in tehran last week the canadian government says its listening and promising to keep up the pressure on iran for a credible investigation compensation for those who lost loved ones and for justice to prevent another tragedy Daniel Lak Al Jazeera toronto the deaths of almost 90 soldiers have now been confirmed by nigers government after attackers stormed a base near the border with mali as i would address explains from the capital in the army this is the latest incident in a region thats becoming increasingly violent. This is the cost of a conflict that most of the world knows nothing about 89. 00 body bags soldiers from the. Killed in an attack at an army base in she never doubt it close to the border with no one has yet claimed responsibility but a number of armed groups active. In violence across the west africa region has been increasing last month 71 soldiers were killed in an attack in the border with mali and broken if some believe the conflict in libya is worsening problems across the region. After the collapse of the libyan state. After the the world now it is by france that in libya thats way thats when all the problems in this whole because they came with. And the attack countries like mali need book in the 1st so. Those countries are too poor to face. The terrorists who are fighting them and french president Emanuel Mccauley is expected to horse leaders from the region on monday where they will most likely discuss the future of francis military presence in the know we need to have a military answer because we need to educate those jihadists. Also but it wont be enough because we need to bring also social and also in the region but what i must also stepped up attacks on the military and civilians in the next area at 1st believe that along with a military solution governments in the region must do more to address poverty thats pushing more young men to join the armed groups the United Nations estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced in the region because of the violence armitage agrees aljazeera the army and the. Haitians have been paint tribute to victims of the earthquake disaster 10 years ago which killed at least 300000 people president driven a more is attended the official Memorial Service at the site of a mass grave he left after a small group of protesters arrived the decade after the quake rebuilding has been frustratingly slow the problem is blame on government corruption tourism both has more now from port au prince. Well right now here in and there were known as Ford National this is an area that was completely destroyed by the earthquake thousands of people were also killed here and the communitys getting together in a way to remember those who died were going to talk now here to make some hes from the democratic and Popular Movement he said Grassroots Organization here in haiti so its an extent was a little bit about how youre preparing for for a special day like today and its very special to me a very sad day for us station people were here to celebrate lives the rest are people who are still living. A very Critical Condition in haiti and in our so remember in you know the spirit of people who are dead there at the f. B. I. And its the only question that is a critical moment where we are very sure this story called Political Prisoners because so many question is syria needs Response Response and to National Committees of government and a leader here in haiti because we are the deckard away so much money was spent in the country on the behalf of the country but no one can say where that money went. Still ahead here on out serbia scramble for Natural Resources on of the waves of these mediterranean. Thailands biggest political protest against the job is sending a message to the government and the military. Hello again it is a nice quiet picture throughout much of asia plenty of cat has been streaming in over the last year. And it is bringing with it some showers and also some snow flurries but nothing particularly heavy not even that widespread central honshu 38. 00 celsius so if youre in tokyo still feeling pretty good sun for this time of year this is monday of course and elsewhere you just got one or 2 very lightly scottish central and southern areas of china said a story and shes say itll stay dry there in hong kong 21. 00 degrees under some good sunny skies and 9 celsius in shanghai cool in seoul but it should be joyous and sunshine with a high of 3 degrees as if im on a class that nichols much of indonesia but the very heavy rains of the last several days theyve actually begun. Its fairly clear across much of borneo monday we have got some heavy showers and thunderstorms to the south weve got one of 2 cropping up across areas of java and again developing really across most southern sections of sumatra late on monday similar story on choose day but at least its not quite the heavy rain we had across those Western Areas and also fairly dry across much of the money peninsula that is a quiet page as well throughout much of india what we have got is this system working its way across into western portions itll cool things down in new delhi so on tuesday a high of 90. The story of the british italian man experiencing life close up in a Palestinian Refugee camp its. Coming face to face with the daily lives of its residents some of you have lived there for 70 years but its been horrific jomo soldiers life its not a long life short 7 days in beirut. An aljazeera. Rule. That again youre watching out there a reminder of our top stories this hour and there being protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders after the meeting the military accidentally shot down a Ukrainian Airline others rallied against you kc using its government trying to stir up chaos and cut as a man right in tehran pushing for talks to resolve the crisis with the United States. Image is being held in edmonton for the 57 canadian victims of the downed ukrainian line in iraq Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau d has promised answers and justice for the families and friends of the dead. Not just government has confirmed 89 soldiers were killed in an attack on an army base on thursday its declared 3 days of mourning for monday 77 rebel fighters were also killed. Now the philippines is on alert for even bigger eruptions from a volcano south of manila after a massive column of ash exploded into the atmosphere its closed the International Airport and forced thousands of people to leave their homes John Jay Reagan has this report ash and steam spew one kilometer into the air as the tower volcano explodes south of the philippine capital manila all sources here say theres been a fast escalation 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. When the volcano emitted steam we ran away up here the road was crowded think ash 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 canceled at manilas main International Airport as the philippines waits to see what the town volcano will do next john j. Reagan aljazeera families of missing yemeni soldiers have held protests demanding information on the whereabouts of their loved ones demonstrators marched through the southern cities of aden and tires at least 300 soldiers have disappeared in the families accuse the saudi and erratic coalition of holding them in secret jails the coalition baxi Yemeni Government in its fight against 23 rebels but in southern yemen in support separatist been fighting against government forces. Well the leaders have traveled to amman to meet its new sultan with them been the site the sultan was sworn in on saturday after the death of its cousin the longtime ruach whos been cited outside the new leader has promised to uphold his predecessors approach of neutrality symbols ravi reports now from moscow. A seamless transition of power meant oman woke up to a new sultan while still in mourning for their late monarch at the royal palace hate them been thought it was saeed received World Leaders there to offer condolences and pay their respects to all months 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 Sultan Qaboos his legacy at the grand mosque in omans capital people shared memories often speaking of less as a ruler more like family who want to leave the country for nothing. Like what you see. Used in the last. Prioritize diplomacy over division religious coexistence inside the country political noninterference outside neutrality as a way of keeping the peace. In. Peace in the region. We hope. The successor is meant. To continue in 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. Magazine and you will. Mudgee the a less fool or work for a month Foreign Ministry implementing cup looses gentle approach to internet. The fairs well remember last 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 no mans 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 zain but. If europeans Prime Minister has south africa to step in to help resolve a dispute with egypt over a new dam on the blue nile because ations ended last week without a deal of the ground in a sense that egypt depends on the river for 90 percent of its water supply its hoped the South African president will be able to find a peaceful solution in his role as incoming chair of the African Union in the Eastern Mediterranean theres a scramble for Natural Resources cyprus wants to become a regional gas player but the islands divided state this is complicating things if its to drill for newly discovered reserves have angered the self declared republic of Northern Cyprus and is back in turkey is increasingly asserting itself in the region or a challenge says this. On the south coast of cyprus an oil terminal waits expectantly out in the Eastern Mediterranean theres gas early last year exxon mobil found 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. 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 Cypriots 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 toward the rise turkish drilling 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 Turkish 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 1904 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 it wants to change the way things are being done turkey at all levels from egypt that you know about to the minister of Foreign Affairs to that seat of the army to the opposition off i get that they are always talking about nothing. In the area without turkey playing an Important Role or without turkey being one of these but mediterranean neighbors see turkeys pushback 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 now and avoid the challenge is how to divide the regions gas and see rights agreeably before things but out of control rory challenge how to syria cyprus a multi as incoming leader says the country will emerge stronger from the scandal of journalist daphne karunya anything is made of robert bello was declared winner of the ruling labor partys leadership race on sunday and hell be sworn in as Prime Minister on monday he replaces Joseph Muscat who was forced to stand down over his handling of the investigation into. Evelyn says that the previous government made mistakes but that he would learn from them for taiwans president says her reelection is a sign that the selfgoverning island will not bow to intimidation from china Pro Independence incumbent sigh in when one with 57 percent of the vote is this report now 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. I hope that those thailand and china well china stop its military threats toward taiwan i believe shes 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 and then we defend political opinions we share the same family for 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 is administration continued with its threats of reunification and its opposition to any separatist attempts. But her challenges wont only be on improving cross street relations i was economy has been a Major Political issue here even if there has been a recent boost thanks to the u. S. China trade war she is under tremendous pressure much higher than her 1st time. To perform better on the economy. She was severely 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 either aljazeera type. Thailand has seen his biggest political protests the news in the form what i to this are calling a run against dictatorship that harding has more on the group wanting the Prime Minister to stop. This is no ordinary jog around the park its a political loophole. In thailand protests need approval by the government Running Events do not. An estimated 13000. 00 thais disguised as runners say they are fed up with the government of Prime Minister price channel and want him to step down at the bottom level i want to tell the government that the people dont want you any longer you have been in power for so long but you cant solve any of the countrys problems it is getting more and more difficult for grassroots people to make a living. This was the biggest show of dissent against the government since prior you assumed office after the 2014 military coup he held on to power after elections last year with support from an army appointed senate. This run protest follows a rally last month staged by fena thorn is wrong room gronk it the leader of the progressive future Forward Party who has emerged as the most outspoken opponent of thailands new civilian government. He was charged on friday for breaching a law on Public Assembly and his party faces dissolution i want to be part of the he story i think the 1st step in order to bring about a democrat i say is that general but you have to get out that is the 1st step that would allow that would all but dawes included both say its all. Done in. Sundays event was called run to oust the uncle and an apparent reference to pry its nickname of uncle to. It prompted a rival but smaller walk to cheer the uncle event held in another part clue. It was attended by thousands of older thais right supporters say his leadership has brought stability and security. I have to get all my frames everyone to come and support my promise that i know you could really have a letter today i just wrote from new york to tell me if you support me. This 3 finger salute made famous by the hollywood blockbuster film the hunger games is banned in thailand its used here to show resistance against the 2014 military killed. With fingers held high these jogging protesters are running out of patience leo harding aljazeera. It will nudge in the direction of our website aljazeera dot com is the address for that to plenty of comment and analysis there as well as all the top stories that were covering. So then this is out there and these are the top stories that have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its need as they admitted the military accidentally shot down an ukrainian ally and others rallied against the u. K. Kucing its government is trying to stir up chaos and cut his emir arrived in tehran pushing for talks to resolve the crisis with the United States deonte to the walk has this visit comes at a very critical time in the region weve agreed that the only solution is to fuse escalations among old posses and weve also a great that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis a vigil is being held in edmonton for the 57. 00 canadian victims of the downed ukrainian in iran from minister Justin Trudeau has promised dances and justice for the families and friends of the dead daniel like has more from a university that lost 8 students in the crash. Other easily more than 2000 people both inside the building and lined up around the outside it was over capacity very quickly and inside emotional scenes as the names of victims were read out occasionally with and their pictures shown and occasionally little stories were told about them people were weeping openly in the audience the people reading the names were choked up and could hardly get the names out childrens names used evoked waves of emotion in the audience now it is government has confirmed 89. 00 soldiers were killed in an attack on an army base on thursday is declared 3 days of mourning for monday 77. 00 rebel fighters were also killed haitians have been paying tribute to victims of the earthquake disaster 10 years ago which killed at least 300000. 00 people president Juvenal Moyes attended the official Memorial Service at the science of mass graves he left after a small group of protesters arrived the decade after the quake rebuilding has been frustratingly slow a problem most blamed on government corruption the philippines is on alert for even bigger eruptions from a volcano south of manila thats after a massive column of ash exploded into the atmosphere its closed the International Airport and this force around 8000 people to leave us today with headlines here not 0 more news coming up right after inside story. A landslide victory for taiwan is currently independent president and a firm no to chinas plan to take back the on india wants controlled so how might beijing respond to spying when the emphatic when and how far is the u. S. Prepared to go to defend its ally this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im off this taiwan has chosen to reject krista ties with china president sighing when he favors independence one of the most folks in the islands history to secure a 2nd term that was just a year ago that a policy suffered major