Forced thousands to flee and shut down the as airports. And german engineering giant siemens of sticks with a controversial coal mine project in a strain yet despite a backlash from climate activists. Now there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders after they admitted the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner but there have also been rallies against the u. K. By those who say its government is trying to stir up chaos and on the diplomatic front castles amir has arrived in tehran pushing for talks to resolve the crisis with the u. S. Dosage of r e reports. An important ally on an important mission. The 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar shift 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. 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 defuse a skill ations among old policies and weve also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue when 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 towns 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 emir is 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 outcome. Aljazeera to wrong. And more questions are emerging about the immediate threat that u. S. President donald trump cited as his justification for killing or reign in general custom sort of money his defense secretary mark asked the says he hasnt seen specific evidence that iran was about to attack 4 u. S. Embassies alan fischer has the details. 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 president states but in 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 o admitted the other day when he said that we dont know precisely where and we know 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 in 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. And as tensions persist of thousands of people have gone along to vigils for the 57. 00 canadian victims of that ukrainian passenger jet crash Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau told one memorial event in edmonton that he will not rest until theres justice for the tragedy well into wrong to people gathered at a university which last 16 daniel lack was there. 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 rainy and canadians. 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 incident 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 avenges 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. Now tens of thousands of people in the philippines are fleeing their homes as scientists warn a volcano could erupt within hours or days tal volcano and about 66 kilometers south of manila started spewing ash and lava on sunday youre watching live pictures of it right now 6000 people have already been evacuated from one island with thousands more leaving coastal towns the ash grounded all flights from Manila Airport on sunday night reports. Ashen 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. 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 a little for 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 German Companies say moves has announced it will not be backing out of a deal to provide infrastructure for a controversial coal mine in australia thats despite growing pressure from environmental groups healing Carbon Emissions to the bushfires devastating large parts of the country there have been protests at home and abroad since it signed the deal in december but seems as boss says theres no need to lay an economically responsible way out of the agreement to supply Rail Infrastructure for the adani mine well for more on this lets speak to david ressa hes the c. E. O. Of greenpeace sister a strain of pacific and also the author of a book about the adani coal mine and he joins us now on skype david let me start with some promises from Siemens Siemens says it supports the Paris Agreement and its also promised to be Carbon Neutral by 2030 how does that square with this decision. Will siemens has given itself an enormous in the guts today it has made a disastrous decision for its own reputation and its. Commitment to the Paris Agreement goes to the heart of their the development of the dunny coal mine is completely inconsistent in spirit with the Paris Agreement big is belief that siemens could actually think it is committed to paris while it is supporting the construction of these coal mine. David i see i see that the c. E. O. Of Siemens Jerry Kayser is saying that the rail contract would be going ahead regardless even if they pulled out so are you pushing for more of a symbolic gesture from siemens them. No absolutely not i mean that is the drug dealers defeat its what anyone who is doing something wrong for a profit always says in the circumstances with the court here which the truth is that siemens is providing Crucial Services to the dunny company end of it it would be a body blow to the project if siemens pulled their siemens should withdraw its contractual commitment because of their own. Commitment to the Paris Agreement but more so because the vast majority of australians are against the adani mine going ahead and particularly at the moment in the context where as you say a structure is being ravaged by terrible and preceded to far which are themselves being made worse and generated by Global Warming which the scientists are being very very clear. About and that hes driven into in by coal above all else so for siemens to be supporting the construction of this adani mine at the same time as the struggle is literally on fire is simply appalling corporate practice and david you say is trailing and see the adani call mine but i say the government has quite a different a different stance the resources minister rudd took a there last month keating for him and i quote not to be intimidated by the noisy anti call minority targeting the mine project and he wrote if the protesters achieve their goals of ending coal mining by bullying companies into submission the result would be millions more people without a home access to electricity and without as much hope as they otherwise could have whats your response to that. Well that is an absurd and selective reading of things a majority of the astrology and people want to Climate Action that is very clear a majority of the astride in people oppose the adani mine and it is not going to be told to duty to acknowledge g. s coal that provide Energy Democracy and power to those who need it its going to be the new decentralized technologies particularly solar so im sorry but that is a very selfserving law in the end it is a shame that statements have bought it because the truth is that australia needs to move beyond exporting and burning coal as fast as possible to mike good on our nations commitment to the Paris Agreement and to go well beyond that. We have to turn away from coal as fast as we possibly can so that we have a livable climate in the future and im afraid siemens has really delivered a body blow to its own reputation with this announcement today and pressure will simply continue to increase on the company from the 10s of thousands of people who are appalled in germany in australia and around the world as the lead up to the companys a. G. M. In figure it continues really this is a sad day for Siemens David wright of our. Training pacific thank you for joining us on out of there. Thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera 10 years on from a devastating earthquake the government of haiti faces an anger over a food choices as an allegations of corruption. And we talk to new councillors in hong kong who have to rise through the ranks and bring about political change. Some of the very active weather has really cleared away from the Arabian Peninsula and also kidding away from iran you can see that massive cloud of course in the cold as the north the has been plenty of snow and this is kyrgyzstan and you see people out there enjoying this really fairly fine covering of snow now more of that snow will head on sunday towards the kabul as we go through monday the rain will continue his journey east was pushing across into pakistan and eventually into the northwest of india we also want to show you some snow flurries pushing into northern sections of iraq but look at this elsewhere it really is a fairly quiet picture still fairly cool weve got these strong northerly winds coming through the gulf but the temperatures beginning to pick up over the next couple of days although the winds will stay strong so 21 the high in doha pretty feeding cool and that was to say with those winds coming from the north and down into southern areas of africa again some active systems here things have certainly quieted down though across into madagascar that is some good news of course of flooding there recently that all still some fairly widespread scattered thunderstorms and the old one could be heavy but nothing particularly prolonged what we have got is quite a rash of thunderstorms across most central and eastern areas of south africa that 3 monday chooses generally dry and very warm into capetown 31. 00 degrees celsius on the sunny skies. Big story sounds like the media. Angles in this story are too numerous for comfort with different angles from different perspectives things never really being believed deep faith and money in the war to even separate the spin from the facts and the misinformation from the genocide is so clear and it sounds to me and here people just think that with the listening just on aljazeera. Hello again im just. A reminder of our top stories this hour there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders of today admitted the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner others rallied against the u. K. Accusing its government of trying to stir up chaos and me a few tears run to push for talks to resolve the crisis with the u. S. This is the u. S. Defense secretary says he has not seen specific evidence that iran was ready to attack for american embassies as the president claimed it was referring to the threats donald trump cited to justify the assassination of top iranian commander some sort of money. And more than 300000 people may have to leave their homes in the philippines where Scientists Say the taal volcano could erupt within hours or days thousands of already been evacuated from one island and ash has grounded all flights from the. Thousands have been demonstrating in guinea against president alpha conde is attempt to extend his time in power and among them survivors of a Stadium Massacre in 2009 when Security Forces killed 156 people cheering opposition rally those who lost loved ones say theyre still waiting for Justice Nicholas haq reports from the capital conakry and a warning some viewers may find the following images disturbing. Their movements says life but continues to haunt her what happened in this stadium is one of them. It was supposed to be a rally for democracy instead it turned into a massacre sarin she say was with her young teenage cousin chanting for freedom when guineas Security Forces stormed the venue a young cousin watched as sarin was raped by soldiers and then he was killed others were hacked to death his body was never found. What i want to know is why why why did we have to go through this why did they do this to us why hasnt justice been served. Why shouldnt the government are not willing to answer this is the moment the attack took place in 2009 Security Forces tortured killed and dumped bodies in mass graves that have yet to be unearthed at least 156 people died in what the International Criminal court suspects are crimes against humanity no one has been prosecuted for the crimes. Shortly after our interview with star and c. C. A. Security forces interrupted the filming. They demanded we raise the footage arrested us forcing us out of the country our request for an answer from the government was ignored 10 years after the events took place survivors still have not received justice and many of those responsible are not only free but still in charge of getting Security Forces. Human rights watch believes the governor of kentucky check borough in charge of special Police Operations and jump peavy a colonel who was up until recently in charge of the current president s security or some of the men behind the massacre all continue to be close allies to president. The investigation has really been delayed by in some ways a lack of political will he come punishment and the investigation is the whereabouts of over 100. 00 bodies which we believe are buried in mass graves in quanah korean elsewhere not only has president they failed to deliver justice hes now using the same Security Forces involved in the massacre to quash mounting demonstrations against his attempt to extend his time in power and so survivors are joining protesters while there is trauma threats and intimidation it seems. Will not be silenced Nicholas Hawke aljazeera. Well protests and hong kong have now entered their 7th month but one thing has changed District Councils the landslide victory of prodemocracy candidates back in november and hong kong many young councillors to the scene and while their positions are mostly advisory roles many do believe that they can still bring about political change florence 3 reports from hong kong. Student activist and now District Councillor kamil ja is one of nearly 400 local politicians elected to a District Council seat in a wave of support for prodemocracy candidates last november District Councillors have no direct governing role and deal mainly with local issues but yam is hoping to change things i feel we are. About 70 to 80 percent more time to do the work and then 10 to 20 percent for the meetings in District Council and 2. To the olympic training. Antigovernment protests into the 8th month and while the intensity of demonstrations has reduced approachable crecy march or new years day still attracted hundreds of thousands of people many prodemocracy District Councillors have vowed to press on with demands of antigovernment protesters and one of these is that the government set up an independent commission to investigate allegations of Police Brutality during the protests. So far the government has agreed to one of their demands the withdrawal of an extradition bill that sparked the protests the government has repeatedly said an independent inquiry into allegations of Police Misconduct is unnecessary. And that the existing Police Watchdog should complete its review 1st that has spurred many local politicians to take matters into their own have. As District Councils across the city hold their 1st meeting since the polls last year many have voted to set up working groups to look into police action. The proas side meanwhile has set up a group to monitor how district resources are used and its already planning a comeback for the next election we realise a lot of people in the society take care of. Family time they care about you know and solomons recycling and stuff like this those are the things that we didnt focus before and in order to which you know more more arty and more voters i think that thats the part that we will have to focus on many prodemocracy supporters hope the success in the districts will also carry through into elections for Legislative Council members in september but the challenge is at the same not just a big. City. System this means that. The. Minimum. Number. To be. Although a landslide victory isnt expected its possible the Legislative Council may see more prodemocracy candidates and if that happens hong kongs prodemocracy movement will be expanding its fight from the streets into the corridors of power florence italy aljazeera hong kong. Colombian police say they foiled a plot to assassinate the former leader of the now demobilized fog rebels police say they killed 2 men who plan to attack. His better known as. He heads a Political Party that was formed. To peace deal and 2016 police say the attempted assassination was ordered by dissident rebels who took up once again last year now haitians have paid some but tribute to as many as 300000 people who were killed in the devastating earthquake now 10 years ago to raise about reports from the capital Port Au Prince which is still struggling to recover. Another year to remember the worst tragedy this country has seen in recent history. 10 years ago a 7. 00 earthquake devastated haiti and added to the in demi troubles that already affect the population here precedential and in maurice pay tribute to those who died in a mass grave in san krzysztof i but the ceremony did not last long. But could remember when the president had to be rushed out when protesters arrived to the scene so far simpler than no im here to put flowers for the victims of the earthquake the president shouldnt be here. Or our freedom or death they chanted at the burial site protests have been ongoing this past few months many are angry at the ongoing economic crisis corruption and what they say is the failure of the reckon struction process. But the president told aljazeera hes also unhappy about the way aid was handled even though he has been in office for almost 3 years so it is a generality it was a reality they stubbles destructor that was intended to spend the aid money and now we inherit the problems that we are dealing with today now it is a must that everyone is able to understand that there has been mistakes and altogether we need to correct these mistakes. But in spite of the general disappointment people like i say he just wants to remember those who died and pay tribute to them the cool seeming to be people today means a lot to me i lost family and friends and i wont ever forget the day that there experienced the worst of the worst but we had a lot of solidarity and we are still here surviving food and housing have always been an issue in haiti but since the earthquake the situation became even worse this neighborhood is known as. It was completely destroyed by the earthquake most of the building that you can see here where rubble. Thousands of people died on january 12th 2010 and as you can see some of the palaces have been rebuilt with the help of the United Nations and other aid of i think many of the people we have spoken to say that much more needs to be done and then just outside of Port Au Prince has become the emblem of what went wrong with the record struction process hundreds of thousands who lost their homes continue to live in dire conditions mike schuler says the way the system was set up was wrong so its just im treated people like victims but children that need to be taught how to wash their hands for example. The other their their priority Needs HousingJobs Education where they were given with soap. And other things that are that are not needed haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and this year the situation is likely to get even worse the suffering caused by the earthquake is ongoing and has only served to highlight how the haitian government and the International Aid system have failed that is i will just sita Port Au Prince. Now you remember that late last year venice was swamped by some of its worst ever flooding now it has the opposite problem exceptionally low tides boats and gondolas have been unable to use many of the canals the italian city has grappled with total variation throughout its history but these are becoming more extreme. Hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders after they had misread the military accidentally shot down an ukrainian airliner others rallied against the u. K. Accusing its government of trying to stir up chaos and cast as a man in tehran pushing for talks to resolve the crisis with the u. S. Walked her so this visit comes at a very critical time in the region weve agreed that the only solution is to fuse escalations among all parties and weve also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis and a vigil has been held in edmonton for the 57 canadian victims of that downed ukrainian airplane and iran Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau has promised says and justice for the families and friends of the dead daniel that has more from a university that lost 16 in that crash but there are 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 their pictures shown in 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 tens of thousands of people in the philippines are fleeing their homes as scientists want a volcano could erupt within hours or days youre watching live pictures now of the tower volcano in targeting what started spewing ash and lava back on sunday 6000 people have already been evacuated from one island with thousands more leaving coastal towns the ash grounded all flights in the airport on sunday night. And haitians have been paying tribute to victims of the earthquake disaster 10 years ago when it killed at least 300000. 00 people president john elways attended the official Memorial Service he left after a small group of protesters arrived reconstruction has been slow many blame that on government corruption well next stop its the listening post stay with us talk to aljazeera we were told to get to that because to ration has this been addressed by turkey we listen what is the proposal. For a couple on you know we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter to 0. States. Stop story on us us talk at all talk strike targets you. Know ive. Got to tell you that that. Money was killed in a strike by. Hello im Richard Burton youre at the listening post here are some of the stories were covering this week the u. S. And iran after the assassination the media are playing their part in both countries just not the one they are intended to for anyone concerned about this conflict turning into world war 3 twitter has some handy ideas about how to dog a possible draft india bollywood is giving Prime Minister modi the Cold Shoulder as his government struggles to sell its new citizenship law and fed up by how theyre covered by brazils mainstream news outlets the people in rios for