An erupting volcano in the philippines thats forced thousands to flee and shutdown than a orbs and german engineering giant sea minced sticks with a controversial coal mine project in a stray leah despite a backlash from climate activists now there have been protests across iran for a 2nd to day increasing pressure on its leaders after they had mislaid the minute she accidentally shot down a Ukrainian Airline a but there have also been rally is against the u. K. By those who say its government has trying to stir up chaos and on the diplomatic front cattles a me a arrived in tear on pushing for talks to resolve the crisis with the United States dosage of ari reports an important ally on an important mission. The 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar jeff 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 and i join. Me yet considering the importance of Regional Security especially in the waterways in the persian gulf and 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. 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 all parties and weve also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue and it is the only route to any solution to any crisis and that mere 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 the legal protest where demonstrators voiced their anger at the initial denials that a reign in forces touched. Downed 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 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. Or support al jazeera to iran. And more questions are emerging about the immediate threat that u. S. President donald trump cited as his justification for killing a reign in general custom sort of money now his defense secretary marcus this as 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 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 o edited 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 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 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. People gathered at a university which last 16 daniel lack was that. 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 it is time for a rainy 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 while the deaths of almost 90 soldiers have now been confirmed by news as government attack a stormed a base near the border with me and as ahmed addressed explains from the capital at just 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 doubted close to the border. 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 on 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 do it by france that in libya thats way thats when all the problems in this whole because they came with. That they to 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 human old macauley is expected to force leaders of the region on monday where they will most likely discuss the future of francis military presence in the city we need to have a military and serve 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 that 1st believe that along with a military solution government in the region must do more to address poverty thats for young men to join the armed groups the United Nations is to be tough a 1000000 people have been displaced in the region because of the fathers garbage agrees al jazeera the army. Now tens of thousands of people in the philippines are fleeing their homes as scientists warn that a volcano could erupt within hours or days tell volcano in targeting a thats about 66 kilometers south of manila started spewing ash and lava on sunday 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 operations have partially resumes that will be hearing from our correspondent on the ground there very shortly after the break. Well still ahead on al jazeera saddams janice sound the alarm as the government shuts down several Media Outlets. Hello there some of the very active weather has really cleared away from the Arabian Peninsula and also carrying away from iran you can see that massive cloud of course in that cold air to the north the has been plenty of snow and this is kate astonishing people out there enjoying this really funny 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 property feeding cool and that is a 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 about 3 monday chooses generally dry and very warm into cape town 31. 00 degrees celsius under sunny skies. Were such a problem is something which is a geopolitical issue thats for Governments International institutions to monitor refugees dont have the right to freely on the other hand goods can move freely. As far in this much as they will. This is the goal of the book of course this completes just one. Europes forbidden colony episode one on aljazeera. The. Hello again im mr a and a reminder of our top stories this hour 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 others rallied against the u. K. Accusing its government of trying to stir up chaos and cut says amir through to tehran to push for talks to resolve the crisis with the u. S. While the u. S. Defense secretary says he has not seen specific evidence that iran was ready to attack 4 american embassies as the president had claimed marcus but was referring to the threats that donald trump cited to justify the assassination of top iranian command a custom sort of money. And more than 300000 people may have to leave their homes in the philippines where Scientists Say the telephone could erupt within days or even hour as youre watching live pictures of that now thousands have already been evacuated from one island and flights from Manila Airport have now partially resumed after being grounded on sunday. Well lets go to our correspondent jim ellis island again who is in the lake region shes right there near the volcano jamila talk us through what youre seeing now and we can see the smoke and ash behind you how imminent is the threat of an eruption. Well according to the government when they raise the alert level to 4 it actually means that a major hazardous eruption is to happen within hours or days that alert level 4 was announced sunday evening we left manila the capital at that very early in the morning and you know usually this is just a 2 hour drive from manila it actually took us about 5 hours to get here im going to step aside to show you where we are and what were seeing this is will cain oh now on alert level 4 it sits on an island surrounded by a lake which is known to be a very popular Tourist Destination not just for filipinos but those coming from abroad when the when the initial eruption happened basically it happened on a sunday afternoon just when a lot of people are driving through weve seen the pictures come in just you know within hours of that initial eruption but what we saw today was even more devastating because weve seen families residents struggling to flee we were on the road weve seen roads covered with ash making it very difficult and a difficult and perilous journeys for vehicles weve weve spoken to people who are marching on foot with their families really hoping to say that theyre just going to make their way downtown hoping to bump into those who can give them a vehicle to pass through or to stay in an Evacuation Center now you know in manila the airport has been partially opened some of those planes that have been stranded have been deemed to be safe to fly out have been allowed the president is now in manila you know but they are the situation here he seemed peaceful at the onset but you know were feeling slight charmers of earthquakes not so were not too far away from the volcano actually but we feel the chamar of the ground and it is that courting to experts an indication. Basically of the movement the very difficult movement within the volcano now according to the local government they have evacuated more than 8000 people at that maximum they need to evacuate around 300000 people thats a contingency plan hoping to cover 2 provinces and they said this is even more difficult than the other preparations they had to do in other active all cables in different parts of the country jamil you say people there are struggling to fill he give us a sense of what the mood is like on the ground is there a sense of panic hows that will going well well come back to jamila as we follow the story that was jamila island right near that very active volcano right now thank you jim miller well moving on and to cease fires in syria and libya appear to be holding for the most part they were brokered by russia and turkey both support different sides and both conflicts will get an update on syria from jamal shortly but 1st libya where the fighting is between world Khalifa Haftar the u. N. Recognized government in tripoli but would have been what it is in the capital. Its now quiet in the front lines as were getting reports from military commanders on the ground its now quiet compared to last night but despite that the government has it imported that it has dick documented violations by half to us forces overnight and this morning and also overnight only a few minutes after the spokesman of have to announce today that they are putting the cease fire in place also we spoke earlier today to civilians eyewitnesses locals in ains our neighborhood they said that have to the forces also opened fire randomly in the area this morning but the government is written rating that its not going to stay silent in front of any violations by have to force as a member of stand the government has been repeating that have to as forces pulling out of southern tripoli is a prerequisite for the government for the government to proceed in any settlement to this conflict and now to syria where a cease fire and then says enduring sporadic fighting its hoped it will hold to allow badly needed aid into that province which is the largest and last may just sway that rebel held territory jim ill say i was monitoring developments from ankara and neighboring turkey. Aside from the fact of people fearing to be essentially bombed out of the skies by the regime of Bashar Al 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 libya is that there is no where near in these form of equilibrium between the military powers you have armed rebel groups that are now or only in control of this. Province the 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 mights and 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 best 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 it live the question is why would they do that if there is a cease fire which people expect to last kept 6 or cynics would say it is an attempt maybe to filter out as many civilians as they can before the fighting resumes once more now while it leaders have traveled to a modern timmys its new south 10. The south and was sworn in on saturday after the death of his cousin a long time we are inside outside the reports from ask us. 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 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 be a country. 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. In. Peace. We hope. The success is meant. To continue in the same. Emphasize the. Existence of the people of this great. Rain 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. Work for a Foreign Ministry implementing club uses a gentle approach to International Affairs well for me last week about his people and he prioritized having peoples respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. Its a new approach grained 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. The old a 0 moscow badminton as well number one has been injured in a car crash just hours after winning the malaysian Masters Tournament cantar momotaro is heading to malaysias administrative capital when his van rammed into a 30 ton truck the driver was killed but the japanese athlete is in stable condition the head of malaysias Badminton Association denied claims that motor had fractured his bones in that crash now a German Company siemens has announced it will not be backing out of a deal to provide infrastructure for a controversial coal mine in a stray leah thats despite growing pressure from environmental groups to link Carbon Emissions to the devastating bushfires across large parts of the country they have been protests at home and abroad since it signed the deal in december but siemens as boss says theres no legally and economically responsible way out of the agreement to supply Rail Infrastructure for the adani mine well earlier i spoke to david ressa hes the c. E. O. Of greenpeace astray pacific and he says this decision contradicts simmonss claim that it supports the Paris Agreement. Siemens has given itself an enormous keek in the guts today it has made a disastrous decision for its own reputation and its hollow commitment to the Paris Agreement goes to the heart of that the development of the adani coal mine is completely inconsistent in spirit with the Paris Agreement so big is belief that siemens can actually think it is committed to paris while it is supporting the construction of these coal mine 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 stranger is being ravaged by terrible unprecedented fires which are themselves being made worse and generated by Global Warming which the scientists are being very very clear. About and that is driven in turn by coal above all else so for siemens to be supporting the construction of this adani mine at the same time as this trial is literally on fire is simply appalling corporate practice journalists in sudan have denounced the seizure of 2 newspapers in 2 t. V. Stations the government says they were funded by the countrys former natives but hasnt provided any proof of this and the morgan has the story from cotton. 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 wasnt even. 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 been in 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 already bashir 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 lines low used to see the law to dismantle assets of the former ruling party return the state funds used to prop them up weve got that information to play 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 this seizure of Media Outlets has not only lead to accusations the government is cracking down on press freedom but has also brought in another argument while sudans 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 see the government should do more to prove its case before taking such actions what the mamby would you. Counsel them to be 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 affected but she wants to know why shes paying the price of a political move that has prevented her and her colleagues from doing their jobs he will morgan aljazeera. Hello again this is out of there and these are the headlines 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 others rallied against the u. K. Accusing its government of trying to stir up chaos and cattles american terror for talks to resolve the crisis with the u. S. Geology 33 walked her so this visit comes at a very critical time in the region weve agreed that the only solution is to defuse skill ations among all passes 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 dad. Tens of thousands of people in the philippines are fleeing their homes as scientists warn of ok know could erupt within our was or days tell volcano in target tape thats about 66 kilometers south of manila started spewing ash and lava on sunday youre watching live pictures of that volcano right now 6000 people have already been evacuated from one island with thousands more leaving coastal towns the ash grounded all flights from in the airport on sunday night operations have partially resumed that now. As government has confirmed that 89. 00 soldiers were killed in an attack on an army base on thursday its declared 3 days of mourning from monday 77. 00 rebel fighters were also killed and haitians have been paying tribute to victims of the earthquake disaster 10 years ago which killed at least 300000. 00 people president of anomalies attended the official Memorial Service at the site of a mass graves he left off to a small group of protesters arrived reconstruction has been slow a problem that most blamed on government corruption well those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after one o one east. Although counting the cost while the u. S. Spends billions on bulls military bases across the world plus the reshaping of the Meat Industry as africans wine from decimate pork industry on the french tax code escalates a trade. On aljazeera. Made a new identity. This is the name for you. Might cook for me going to show any age and therefore. Hes known as the doctor cold. 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