Warlord who leaf a half to has held talks with greeces Prime Minister in athens as part of International Efforts to win the conflict in his country have to greece ahead of a peace conference on libya that will be held in berlin on sunday athens has criticized its own exclusion from the un backed talks it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey. So heres one of them is would. Think if we continue to believe that you to the current circumstances our presence in germany should have been viewed as something positive since we will not be there we expect germany the host to be the protector of europe stands on issues concerning libya europe has a clear position that has expressed in the last year a peon meeting our common position recognizes the accord signed between tripoli and turkey as invalid meanwhile who if i have to has written a letter to the russian president Vladimir Putin saying he wants to continue dialogue to resolve the conflict in libya we go live now just a vast and whos in moscow what can you tell us about this letter. Yes indeed the press service of the kremlin has just made public that they have to have send a letter to president putin to reaffirm his willingness to go to moscow again to continue the dialogue the peace talks and he also said mr president my dear friend i wish to express my personal gratitude and appreciation to russia for efforts towards establishing peace and stability in libya and this is all of course very interesting because this latter concept a little over 4 days after have to pretty much embarrass president putin after he left moscow there were peace negotiations going on for more than 7 hours the Prime Minister of the un backed government in libya had signed this cease fire agreement and have to ask some time until the morning to think about it and then suddenly in the middle of the night left moscow without any signature so this was seen as a failure of course for moscow and for president putin and this letter now seems to be safe face saving operation to make sure that russia is back in the game of course it comes as theyre preparing to be in berlin russia as you say has a lot of leverage because its one of the key supporters of half does so does this raise more optimism about the prospects of walking away from berlin with something more concrete. Yes of course russia has been backing up for years quietly there has been that money printed here in moscow and that it was used for his informal government there was Logistical Support more recently russian mercenaries have fur have increased their attacks and cooperation with that but when these talks in moscow failed there were questions about how much leverage in our much control russia actually has over half the and i think it was very disappointing for moscow to conclude that they had not much control over him and i heard also from diplomats that they were complaining to me saying well we never know with him what hes going to decide so i think this is an operation to get back in control and its also interesting that analysts that pointing out that even though maybe moscow was a failure this this these negotiations on monday but what putin managed to do in a very quick time is to put himself in the center of this libyan peace talks also desire to know when he got a call from merkel the german chancellor to discuss the procedures in the berlin so hes very much involved and thats i think the most important thing for the russian president still thank you still 1st joining us live there from moscow chinas Economic Growth slowed to an almost 3 decade low its g. D. P. Grew by just 6 point one percent in 2019 and that is the lowest since 990 but still within the governments target the worlds 2nd largest economy has been stifled by the ongoing trade war with the u. S. Exporters have been facing steep american tariffs on wednesday the 2 sides close one of the tried to you to ease the tensions rory green is a financial expert on china he says there are positive signs in the economy despite the rhythms of the loan growth figure. You certainly look at the comparison between the q 3 and the q 4 numbers for g. D. P. For chinas Industrial Production and retail sales investment you can see a real clear improvement in those numbers so we actually think that the china chinese economy has bottomed out and is send for a relatively stable period of strong stable and strong period of Economic Growth china is in a very tricky transition period where its trying to shift away from a credit fueled investment driven economy towards a more high tech consumption. Fueled growth model and at the moment its kind of caught in the middle of the consumption is not Strong Enough the technology upgrading hasnt carried out at such a high pace so its still having to rely bet on investment and credit to to boost Economic Growth again continues to build up problems within the system continues to grow and until this transition successfully. China is very tricky balancing act to maintain here well john this presidency as youve been has arrived me about for his 1st official visit School Children lined the streets in the capital nairobi door to welcome him so is expected to sign a 1300000000. 00 deal to build a port in Rakhine State thats with me and must look for you suspected of carrying out a Genocidal Campaign against the rohingya it forced more than 7 100000 people to flee to neighboring bangladesh in 2017. Irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali hellman a has delivered his 1st friday sermon in 8 years he said u. S. Forces are not safe in the region and beyond thats after the u. S. Killed the top military commander tells them sell the money earlier this month when they went on to urge tom after protests in the accidental shooting down of ukrainian passenger plane he told worshippers to not believe in this information. Members of the treats wrist u. S. Government keep repeating that they are behind the people of iran but they are lying even if they are standing by iranians its only to state they poison to degas into the hearts of the iranian people well i said in tehran and has this reaction to the speech. I dont know how many hasnt spoken to the people like this since 2012 let me just say some of the context back in november there were widespread and to government protests because of a fuel price hike since then the United States general cost them so the money the head of the oil could force and then iran retaliated by striking u. S. Targets inside iraq and also the Ukrainian Airline was brought down by a missile and then after days of denial by the iranian government they finally admitted it was a missile strike a Iranian Missile strike that port d that thing done many usually comes to home the situation to rally people and thats essentially what he did he praised the many people that came out for the funeral procession of general cost him so the money around the country and he said that actually there were millions on the streets and question goes around the world and governments say that they support iranian people he said who were the real iranian people the millions on the streets or a few 100 that just a created a poster of general cost him so the money referring to some of those protests have taken place since the downing of the Ukrainian Airline but also we spoke about the Upcoming Elections because there have been polls suggesting that voter turnout will be low and he encouraged people to come out and unite and vote in those elections are not enemies of iran or take advantage of the situation to give them an excuse to attack iran but just the chance inside the mosque as he was speaking no compromise no surrender battle against against america. For what is r. T. Is professor of world studies at the university of tehran and joins us by skype from tehran professor its nice to have you with us the 1st of a speech of this type in 8 years very anti western sentiment as we would expect particularly given the events of recent weeks but is this an attempt to try to bind iranian people to a very virulent vitriolic sense of their own nationalism. I think thats part of it i think is trying to show the United States that maximum Pressure Campaign is not really working out that they dont and people are more defiant than they go before that policy i. Think you know i mean. Backfires and u. S. Government needs to understand that i think he is trying to create this. That people are going to be behind the government if more pressure has existed on iran so thats the basic message professor he may be sending a message that the policy of maximum pressure is not working but in reality when you see the impact of the sanctions the impact on the iranian economy the decision by the European Countries to now large this action against iran because of violations of the Nuclear Agreement and the prospect of more sanctions again as a result of that wouldnt that indicate that yes iran is hurting because of the international pressure. No doubt about it iran is think iran and people and i think. But that doesnt mean that the u. S. Policy is paying off the United States wanted to overthrow the iranian government they havent been able to do that they wanted to get more concessions. Theyre losing the concessions. And they want to attack iran militarily and. General so that mine is a summation that iran has the capability and the willingness to use its military capability to attack back so that people are hurting that doesnt mean the policy of the president s camp is paying off and thats the basic message that he is trying to send that they dont and people are behind their government especially when they see disrespect and illegitimate activities from the United States but professor we also know that the Supreme Leader walks a very fine line yes there was that strike against americas forces inside iraq but he also doesnt want to antagonize an american response that sees an escalation yes there is these actions new european powers of the nuclear deal but the also doesnt want to antagonize that further by continuing to breach that deal what is the end game here is it a renegotiation of the new need deal is it to try to force american troops out of the region as he says is it a reply potentially with the United States at some point what is the end game. I think taking us troops out of the middle of this is going to be a medium term project of this time its a public the basic argument is that the u. S. Troops have occupied lands of countries that dont want them there and they have canned a lot of people and they have maimed a lot of people and you know that president likes all but the oil of decision belongs to its people not the americans the endgame is what he said earlier today that you know needs to become stronger so they can. Face the maximum Pressure Campaign but the maximum Resistance Campaign and the u. S. Is not really interested in may go shooting with iran if they were there would that this give beazer to the Iranian Foreign minister theyve been deny. To him but he wants to visit the United Nations headquarters in new york so the other side is also not really interested in negotiations they are interested in capitation and theyre not going to get that anytime soon professor azadi its been a pleasure to have you on the program so thank you thank. Still ahead on aljazeera the Taliban Office a cease fire in afghanistan for the governments reaction plus. The role of the over the region as leaders meet in brazil to try to save the rainfall just. Hello there we have got a few showers working their way through more eastern areas of honshu plenty of trash and up in the last few hours most of the rain is actually to the east but it will spread maybe even some wintry flurries across into 6 celsius in tokyo on saturday so little bit cool that we have had over late minus 2. Going to 6 celsius in seoul and meanwhile 20 degrees down in hong kong most of the clear skies you got one to 2 showers in the 4 calls by sunday that could sunny spot a few showers down into hanoi and then you can see weve got clearing conditions throughout much of japan indonesia widely unsettled recall there scott at the showers and thunderstorms becoming a little bit heavy as we go through the weekend particularly popping up late in the day into the central areas of borneo and again we have had some fairly heavy amounts of rain across into the mill a peninsula a little bit lighter there as we head on into sunday a fairly mixed picture in india for the most thought it is fine and dry without some very heavy way working its way out of the northern sections of india that still taking the snow across the line of the himalayas one or 2 showers further to the south a warm couple of days ahead into colombo 33 then 34 celsius on sunday but still really feeling a bit cool up and new delhi 17 celsius a past sunday. When investigating crime an admission of guilt is the ultimate corroboration. Or is it there are tactics that can be used to get innocent people to confess to crimes they didnt commit witness explores the shocking phenomenon of people incriminating themselves the person who falsely contrast actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior false confessions on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera his reminder of our top stories this hour libyan warlord has sold talks with the greek Prime Minister and foreign minister in athens its part of the latest International Effort to win the conflict in libya a conference on libya will get underway germany on sunday. Chinas Economic Growth has slowed to almost 3 decades lower its g. D. P. Grew by just 6 point one percent in 2019 thats the lowest since 99. Irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali has delivered his 1st friday sermon in 8 years he said u. S. Forces are not safe in the region and beyond he also called for unity after protests over the accidental shooting down of a ukrainian passions of one. Protesters in tire is a calling on yemens government to try to in the almost 4 year war that theyve gathered gathered in the cities through the square the Southern Region is on the front lines of the of this conflict that has struggled with famine and poverty probably ron who the rebels and saudi u. A. E. Backed fighters are battling for control of the city. Jordanians are protesting in the capital amount of against the import of israeli natural gas theyre accusing the government of financially supporting israels occupation of palestine jordans National Energy company signed a 10000000000. 00 deal for the gas back in 2016 its caused widespread anger in a country that hosts millions of palestinian refugees. The volcano in the philippines has had weaker emissions and fewer troubles but its still. Thats why people are being urged to leave the high risk areas. Joined. On a flight over the volcano. These government officials want a closer look at the rumbling of ok no so theyve come to this military air base in the town this province the plan to fly over the creator of the. And decide how to respond to the threat it continues to pose its been days since that erupted but the crisis is far from over. We flew over a city towards our late what we saw there was beyond human comprehension. Of what was once a popular Tourist Destination is now recognisable. From above we can see and it was killed when it came spewing steam and. Farmlands to communities to us in crisis but in the middle of the destruction some are tearing to return for many this is all that they have left. We finally reach the volcano this crater. This is what alert level for looks like up close experts are warning. Is imminent. Seconds later a fountain of plaques. And the pilot has to make you very quickly to escape a reminder of how the situation is. Very. Hour and ill. Bet. So why. What we. Expect. The people. In the last terrible. Concern we. Need to be done and. The sense. And focus more than 50000 people have been evacuated. But beyond the physical discomfort Officials Say it is the uncertainty of what might happen next that the government to prepare for the worst. Eruptions are difficult to accurately predict but more are expected and government Officials Say theyre leaving nothing to chance. On this province northern philippines. The u. S. Military has confirmed that some of its soldiers were injured in an iranian attack in iraq earlier this month washington had initially denied anyone was hurt the missiles targeted the. Military base north of baghdad they were launched in retaliation to the assassination of Iranian Military commander the money in a u. S. Drone strike the u. S. Says 11. 00 soldiers being treated for concussion into a wait and germany. Visited base just a few days ago he has more now on the strike and what it reveals about the capability of irans military. The kind of destruction we saw was a reminder that this could have gone. In the opposite direction and the extent of the damage was quite a lot soldiers there were telling us that they were not there training prepares them for the worst Case Scenario when there is nothing that prepares them for a Ballistic Missile strike it also showed you the kind of Defense Mechanisms that they had in the base many were afraid that this is going to be a rocket attack which will be followed by a ground incursion so those were the kind of fears that they had on site and that the the damage was so extensive those big t. Was that you see being set up by a large cranes were taken off like lego blocks and they had fallen on at least one of the bunkers which was adjacent to sleeping quarters of some soldiers where one contractor was inside and that was one of the people who was injured as well so it does show that they came very close to a conflict where u. S. Servicemen are contractors could have been killed but it also does show according to military analysts the kind of capability that iran has developed over the years because it can hit precise targets it perhaps did not want to kill u. S. Soldiers but wanted to show that it can launch missiles from iran hit u. S. Targets in the region and get away with it because it does not want to create a situation where many u. S. Servicemen would have been killed as youve seen from the u. S. President saying that if a u. S. Citizen is killed he is going to respond in force the Afghan Government has rejected a taliban offer for a 10 day cease fire which President Trump called negotiations did in september the taliban was foreign troops to withdraw while the u. S. Has said a reduction in violence would see its forces pull out in return for security guarantees best ravi is in charge he explains why the government says the deal is unacceptable. And it has to be said in the broad context of an 18 year long conflict a short reduction in violence might not seem like that much but the hope here by the United States is that even a short reprieve would be a welcome d thing because talks have been stalled for so long in the hope is that this would have some kind of a cascading effect if the United States and the taliban can come to some kind of a long term reduction in violence some kind of an agreement that would make that possible then perhaps the thinking is by peace negotiators here in afghanistan in qatar in doha were peace talks are ongoing that that could then lead to some kind of a deal between the taliban and other afghan stakeholders what weve heard from the government in the last 24 hours is that the the proposal in the letter from the taliban to the United States as far as the Afghan Government is concerned is simply not good enough Salaam Brahimi is the state minister for Peace Affairs hes a member of the president ial cabinet here in the capital kabul he was speaking at a local think tank here in kabul and during his speech he said that the offer was quote an acceptable as far as the Afghan Government is concerned for the stakeholders here in afghanistan what they want for any sort of talks with the taliban is a complete cessation of all military operations by that group a an all out cease fire and nothing less will do as far as the Afghan Government is concerned. Ukraines Prime Minister has offered his resignation of relief already a recording in which he criticizes the president all the ski on chara is allegedly hood saying that a lot of is a lengthy knows nothing about the economy on facebook on joran says he submitted his resignation to remove any doubt that he respects and trusts the president. Guineas opposition is a protest is to continue to demonstrate against president has been. In office since october 20 people have been killed in protests that violence 4 boys were shot this week morbid manly has been. Burning tires barricades and tear gas canisters have been littering the capitals main roads since mid october thousands of people rallied against any attempt by president alpha conde to stay in power for a 3rd time the government allowed them to march but only on certain sanctioned routes many of the protesters deviated and thats when they say police opened fire and claimed offices didnt stop there. The police entered into the hospital and they started shooting at us and tried to take some of us but we refused a coalition of opposition groups calling itself the National Front the fence of the constitution has been spearheading the marches its now called for a general strike to continue. But in the capital conakry those businesses are paying the price. Unfortunately today i didnt even get a client so i dont know how the family is going to eat. So the government is supposed to help us but now the police are entering our houses looting and hurting our children shops markets and garrett is a role affected by the strike with a rise in fuel prices and inflation overseen double figures many businesses say they are struggling to survive. Going to customers come but very few because there is no security everybody is afraid of the police and government 81 year old conde 1st came to power in 2010 his 2nd and final 5 year term in office is coming to an end this year the opposition says he plans to use a new constitution to extend his 2 term limits and fears that without the support of parliament he may go straight for a referendum its unclear when the strike and protests will end thats likely to depend on condits next move. Out is there a. Indigenous leaders in brazil so theyre fighting to preserve their land and culture ive been meeting in the Amazon Region for 4 days to find a way to counter president gibe also naras Environmental Policies which they say are devastating their communities. As bill. Ward in the heart of brazils rain forest dozens of Indigenous Leaders me to form an Alliance Together they want to stop Government Policies they say are putting their livelihoods at risk president also not o. Wants to open up the amazons reservations for commercial mining and agriculture thats of great concern to many tribes who see it as a threat. Brazils most respected and revered indigenous leader chief ronnie is leading the resistance against the plants but he admits the issue has caused rifts within tribal communities no matter when theyre all relatives who support both scenarios ideas so the president is causing a division but those who support him are making a mistake we are against him and we will defend ourselves deforestation rates have nearly doubled in the amazon since paul so narrow became president in january his critics believe the fires that devastated the amazon last year were a result at least in part of his policies but speaking before the Un General Assembly he downplayed the damage. Its a fallacy to say that the amazon is the heritage of humankind in a misconception confirmed by scientists to say that our amazonian forest of the lungs of the world based on these fallacies certain countries is that of helping him but to media lies and behaved in a disrespectful manner with the colonialists spirit Indigenous Leaders are now looking for more support at home and abroad. We have to come together only through these alliances and movements we be able to borrow this tragic agenda that reflects bilson our us government. About 900000 people make of brazils native tribes the president has promised to integrate them into a modern day economy but these indigenous communities fear the price of doing so could lead to irreparable damage to the environment and their culture. Katia llopis of the young aljazeera. This is aljazeera these are the top stories greece is calling for a cease fire in libya warlord only for half the is in athens for talks after us forces are fighting the internationally recognized government in tripoli the talks are happening ahead of a conference in berlin on sunday that greece is not being invited. So heres one of them you. Think we continue to believe that you to the current circumstances our presence in germany should have been viewed as something positive since we will not be there we expect germany the host to be the protector of europe stands on issues concerning libya europe has a clear position has expressed in the last european meeting a common position recognizes the accord signed between tripoli and turkey as invalid chinas Economic Growth has slowed to almost 3 decades lower its g. D. P. Grew by just 6 point one percent to 29 say thats the lowest since 9090 but still within the governments target irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali home in there has to live with his 1st friday sermon he is he said u. S. Forces are not safe in the region and beyond and they went on to. After protests over the accidental shooting down of the ukrainian passenger plane he told worshippers not to believe western misinformation. Members of the treats for a serious government keep repeating that they are behind the people of iran but they are lying even if theyre standing by iranians its only to stay at the a poison to degas into the hearts of the iranian people. The Afghan Government has rejected the taliban offer for a 10 day cease fire President Trump called negotiations did in september the taliban wants foreign troops to withdraw while the u. S. Wants security guarantees pakistans foreign minister says the talibans offer is a positive step. Ukraines Prime Minister has offered his resignation of relief recording in which he criticizes the president for a lot of news a lenski a list is allegedly heard saying that for a lot of these alinsky knows nothing about the economy on facebook on chara he submitted his resignation to remove any doubt that he respects and trust the president. But as the headlines and news continues here on aljazeera right after the strain. The Climate Crisis and the environment take center stage at this years World Economic forum in davos Business People experts and leaders from around the world can expect an icy reception from sun as they discuss how to save the planet from the threat of rising temperatures get the latest updates on aljazeera this monday today it might be a little harder than the usual one because saturn is about to go retrograde saturns a planet of discipline and structure and having to just go with the growing so rather than focusing on so much the outward story like your boss writing you to heart you have to listen to your in authority and get it in touch with your own sense of discipline im sam reynolds and astrologer and you are in the stream. And im listening to my inner authority its unclear when human beings started looking up at the stars and planets for guidance solace or comfort perhaps the strategy is as old as humanity itself but something a lot newer the digital age has kickstarted a global us