A backlash from environmental activist. Thank you very much for joining us the leaders of libyas warring sides are preparing for separate talks in the russian capital after a cease fire came into force on sunday there is no suggestion yet the 2 leaders will meet but the development has raised hope of a path to ending years of civil conflict International Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in libya have stepped up in recent weeks a truce brokered by turkey and russia came into force on sunday morning warlow time before have taught is already in moscow and the Prime Minister of the un recognized government. Is expected to arrive soon turkeys foreign and defense ministers are also heading to the russian capital now libya has been torn apart by call fake since long time ruler Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown in 20. 11 its divided between groups which mostly bank 2 rival governments the u. N. Recognize administration led by Prime Minister. Is based in tripoli is supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting near tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the east there is the to brook base government the center of power for warlords highly for have tar his bonds by egypt saudi arabia russia and the United Arab Emirates france is also accused of providing military support to have tossed forces that spring inset boss in his in moscow for as a set so tell us about who we are expecting today in russias capital and whats likely to happen. Well the ministry of Foreign Affairs here in moscow has actually sent out a press release that both leaders there. The head of the un backed government and the warlord tele for a half hour will actually meet here in moscow today during negotiations which will be attended by the Foreign Ministers and ministers of defense of both of turkey and russia here at the Foreign Ministry the aim of this meeting is negotiations and also ending with the signatures under to cease fire that was actually declared on a sunday morning youll remember that the turkish president and russian president had a meeting in istanbul last week they brokered this cease fire initially for half the rejected to participate in it then he eventually agreed just a just before it was going to take effect on sunday morning there have been some breaches of this cease fire so these negotiations will take place here in moscow today and there are also reports that delegates from egypt and also the United Arab Emirates will take place and witness this ceremony here its going to be a long meeting thats where the Foreign Ministry has announced it could take 2 hours or more even to finalize so we dont actually know when this signatures will be will be sad but we are expecting something today talk to us step about the significance importance of russias role in this mediation and why moscow is so keen to see the war in libya and. Well its very interesting to see how quickly russia and president putin has managed to become a power broker in their libya russia has been backing a while if i have to quietly since 2016 russia has actually been printing money for his unofficial government for a while now and it was a Logistical Support but only since september russian made mercenaries actually increase their activities in the libya a lot more weaponry was available and russia has actually managed to change the power balance in libya to that effect that now in britain has become this very important power broker to gather with the president earlier on from turkey you have to remember of course that both countries also have become very important power brokers in syria and now also in libya for russia after was a very reasonable as was mentioned a reasonable figure to a strong man to counter islamic extremism but russia has also held up a communications with the other side where there are allegedly some deals of course also about there or economic reasons as well but also mainly president putin of course wants to be a very important power broker in the middle east and also now in libya. Thank you very much for that steps that boston live for us in moscow force well be checking in with you throughout the day for the latest on those talks say in russia now into other world news and theres been a 2nd day of protests in iran after the government admitted its military mistakenly shot don a ukrainian airliner last week killing 176 people demonstrators have been defying a heavy Police Presence in the capital where officers have been using tear gas theyve also been ronnies against the u. K. By those who accuse its government of trying to stare chaos on the diplomatic front meanwhile qatars emir arrived in tehran on sunday pushing for talks to resolve the crisis with the United States to bury reports. An important ally on an important mission. The 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar shift the membrane hammett all funding 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. 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 jali to 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 and it 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 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 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 the legal protest where demonstrators voiced their anger at the initial denials that arraigning 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 the it but its too early to say whether or not it will have to desired outcome. Forces of Corey Al Jazeera to iran. And more questions are emerging about the immediate threat that u. S. President cited as his justification for killing iranian general kassam so the money the assassination on january 3rd cause a spike in tensions between washington and tehran trumps defense secretary mock esp a says he hasnt seen specific evidence that iran was about to attack 4 u. S. Embassies alan fisher has a 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 the 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 afghanistan and there needs to be authorization from congress. The u. S. House of representatives has approved a war pows resolution aimed at limiting future military action against iran by the trumpet ministration theres a new sign its about to be debated in the senate alan fischer washington tens of thousands of people in the philippines are fleeing their homes as scientists warn a volcano could erupt within hours or days volcano about 70 kilometers south of the capital manila started spewing ash and lava on monday on sunday rather 8000 people have been evacuated from the island of tully sea where the volcano sits with thousands more leaving coastal towns linda going has more from tennessee. We are in but on this province about 16 kilometers from kaino the roads are slippery this is a very difficult journey for those who are trying to flee evacuation and started as early as sunday afternoon and thousands have already fled the priority according to the government is to secure those within the 14 kilometer range of i will cain no im for you guys. Police a problem for me the boy oh. Boy oh boy you know for the violence. For this this try sicko. Is an entire family. From police. They have been trying to evacuated since sunday afternoon were seeing vehicles cars full of family members those who have tried their very best to bring whatever they can of their belongings. Still ahead on aljazeera well look at whats at stake as france prepares to host west African Leaders grappling with a dramatic surge in violence in asylum reaching the last we talked to new Council Members in hong kong who hope to rise through the run send bring about a political change. Header that produced across more eastern areas of europe and you can stream in and some more snow on the cars that really we wont see out tools west for the next very big storm system to head 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 really the whole of december january things are getting back to what they should be as i say some very nice snow and some very picturesque scenes but no also out across the northwest this is through monday we have this big storm approaching its been actually given a name by the arash metaphysical windstorm brenden well looking to see harken force winds about 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 is the model london 13 celsius thats about 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 showers and that doesnt mean were going to see a few showers the northern coastal areas of africa pushing faily widespread through libya on tuesday. Frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires usage really wipe them out the politics of Climate Change informed opinions economy i think is actually whats keeping domino trouble float right now critical debate sequel on posters going to been told what the law is on about assad him and his astonishingly patronize a in depth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on aljazeera. You. Youre watching al jazeera live from doha recap our top stories the leaders of libyas warring sides are preparing for talks in russias capital after a cease fire came into force over the weekend but its not yet known whether Prime Minister finds asa rajan warlow tidy to have taught will meet face to face. Theres been a 2nd day of protests in iran after the government admitted its military mistakenly shot down a ukrainian airliner last week demonstrators have been defying a heavy Police Presence in the capital tehran and tens of thousands of people in the philippines are fleeing their homes as scientists warn of ok know could erupt within hours or days 8000 people have been evacuated from the island of totty say where the volcano sits with thousands more leaving wholesale tops. Nonny share has declared 3 days of mourning after the deaths of 89. 00 soldiers in an attack on their base it happened on thursday near the border with mali this is the latest incident in africa saya region which is becoming increasingly Violent Society leaders will meet frances president emanuel hall in paris on monday to decide on the future of the French Military presence in the region that trash about lakes creates. In december the bodies of 71. 00 soldiers from the lay its a military base in the capital niamey a grim reflection of growing thought lintz in asylum they were killed in an attack claimed by ice in the west of the country this is i decided to come myself to give my nations gratitude inconsolable but not all defeated to these men plucked from the affection of the loved ones in the prime of life for what they are to us our heroes our marchers the french president emanuel mark roll visited me share to pay his respects just 3 weeks earlier in power. Ris background led a memorial for 13 french soldiers killed in a Helicopter Crash in mali more than 4000 french troops are fighting armed groups in the syal alongside forces from the share bikini faso chad mauritania and mali the g. 5 countries but is the casualties mount so his hostility against former colonial power france drove well on the should not be possibility i notice and too many countries an anti french sentiment is no prospering without any clear political condemnation but i cannot accept sending our soldiers into the field in countries where our presence is not clearly requested as the french president has invited g 5 leaders to a summit to clarify whether they want french troops to remain in their countries the deployment isnt only being questioned in the region though but also here in france where the mission is poorly understood by the public and theres growing pressure on michael to justify frances involvement so this is often the path for 6 years with opera about Cannes France has been in the saddle and it seems were the Tipping Point there are no real results people in sile are positive about the situation the threat hasnt been eradicated so the g 5 saw how countries are asking themselves if france is really the only country that has solutions maybe other countries can help people wonder if its time to stop increasing a French Military presence that is costly to africans and france macross says if french troops are to continue fighting in sile he wants a greater commitment from g 5 leaders hes expected to achieve that for now but whats less clear is for how long natasha aljazeera paris. And staying with africa thousands of people have been demonstrating in guinea against president attempt to extend his time in power among them last survivors of a Stadium Massacre in 2009 when Security Forces killed 156 people during an opposition rally those who lost loved ones say theyre still waiting for Justice Nicholas hawke reports from the capital conakry and a warning some of you might find the images in his record disturbing. There are moments in silence he 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 so i say was with her young teenage cousin chanting for freedom when guinea Security Forces stormed the venue a young cousin watched a sarin that 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 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 sarin c. C. 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 guinea Security Forces. Human rights watch believes the governor of Kentucky Fried Chicken were in charge of special Police Operations and p. V. A colonel who was up until recently in charge of the current president 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 way the lack of political will he compliment of the investigation is the whereabouts of over 100 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 because hawke aljazeera. The head of Human Rights Watch has been denied entry to hong kong where he was due to launch a report critical of china beijing has threatened to sanction groups it said performed badly in retaliation to antigovernment protests in hong kong heman rights watch is accusing the Chinese Government of an intensifying assault on human rights. Im standing here in Hong Kong International airport its in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release Human Rights Watch is annual world report and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the Chinese Government is really trying to deliberately undermine the International Human rights system not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also undermine the ability of anybody else to try to hold china to human rights standards sadly as i arrived here the Chinese Government decided it didnt want to let me in so even though ive been able to enter hong kong freely before this time for the 1st time they blocked me. Victory by prodemocracy candidates in hong kongs november elections brought many young councillors on to the political scene while their positions on the advisory roles many believe they can still bring about political change draw in sri has a report from. 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 in my time to do the work and then 10 to 20 percent for the meetings in district consul and 2. To the political change. The antigovernment protests in ha ha ha into the 8th month and while the intensity of demonstrations has reduced approachable ocracy march on 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 hands 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 stablished inside meanwhile has set up a group to monitor how district resources are used and its already planning a comeback for the next election we realize 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 thing that we didnt put a lot of 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 that success in the districts will also carry through into elections for the legislative Council Members in september but the challenge is at the same not just a. Multiseat constituency single vote. System so this means that they see movement will have to. Minimize the number of candidates so as not to be too. 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. Maltas new Prime Minister says he will strengthen the rule of law after the scandal surrounding the murder of churn this stuff nick. Robert below will be sworn in on monday after being elected leader of the governing labor party he replaces Joseph Muscat who stepped down after being accused of protecting powerful friends implicated in 827000 killing a leaderless says hell learn from the previous governments mistakes. Police in colombia say their 4 and a prod to assassinate the former leader of the now democratize fock rebels police say they killed 2 men who plan to kill Rodrigo Londo no better known as team a chant co he heads a Political Party now formed with reached when after falk reach a peace deal in 2016 after more than 50 years of conflict with the government. Now German Companies siemens says it will honor a deal to provide infrastructure for a coal mine in australia thats despite growing pressure for environmental groups which link Carbon Emissions to the bushfires devastating large parts of the country have been protests in australia and other countries since the for and signed the deal in december but siemens boss says there is no legally and economically responsible way out of the agreement to supply Rail Infrastructure for the adani mine david ritter is c. E. O. Of Greenpeace Australia Pacific he says this contradicts siemens claim that it supports a paris climate 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 calm on 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. Now months ago venice was swamped by some of its worst ever flooding now it has the opposite problem exceptionally low tides both san gondolas have been unable to use some konamis the tide in the city has grappled with title variations throughout its history but these are becoming more extreme. Again im fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera the leaders of libyas warring sides are preparing for talks in russias capital after a cease fire came into force over the weekend but its not yet known whether Prime Minister fires are survives and wallowed highly for have top will meet face to face that boston has more from moscow. The aim of this meeting is negotiations and also ending with the signatures under this cease fire that was actually declared on sunday morning youll remember that the turkish president and russian president had a meeting in istanbul last week they brokered a cease fire initially for half the rejected to participate in it then he eventually agreed just just before it was going to take effect on sunday morning there have been some breaches of this cease fire so these negotiations will take place here in moscow today. Theres been a 2nd day of protests in iran after the government admitted its military mistakenly shot down a ukrainian airliner last week killing 176 people demonstrators have been defying a heavy Police Presence in tehran where officers have been using tear gas tens of thousands of people in the philippines are fleeing their homes as scientists warn a volcano could erupt within hours or days 8000. 00 people have been evacuated from the island of tiny say where the volcano sits with thousands more leaving coastal towns has declared 3 days of mourning after the deaths of 89 soldiers in an attack on their base it happened on thursday near the border with mali this is a native since it in africa region which is becoming increasingly Violent Society leaders will meet frances president emanuel my coin paris on monday to decide on the future of the French Military presence in the region but hes in colombia say there for an approximate date the former leader of the nod to modernize falk rebels but he say they killed 2 men who planned to kill rodrigo and dont know better known us to go ahead snarl if Political Party formed when rebels reach a peace deal in 2016 after more than 50 years of conflicts where the government youre up state with headlines on aljazeera inside stories next stay with us. On the counting the cost why the u. S. Spends billions on bulls amendes hiding with a tree bases across the world plus the reshaping of the Meat Industry as africans 1. 00 for the estimates are those pork industry and the 1st is a tax that could escalate a trade in the cost of. A landslide victory for taiwan her independence president and a firm no to chinas plan to take backyard and once controlled so how might respond defying when such and such equipment and how far is the u. S. Prepared to go to defend itself this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im off dennis taiwan has chosen to reject christa ties with china president sighing when who favors independence won the most folks in the islands history to secure a 2nd term that was just a year ago that her party suffered major law