Chancellor Angela Merkel in moscow and the call for an immediate cease fire in tripoli to pave the way to the. Peace talks between the rival factions but it does not seem i mean the announcement by have to a spokesman short a little while ago does not seem to be concrete as were getting reports now from the front lines saying that have to his forces are now targeting get many areas in southern tripoli with mortar rockets and with heavy artillery we cannot independently verify that but nevertheless they have been several cease fire. Agreements or calls before but they have been breached by both warring factions this announcement by miss molly the spokesman of how to own it cannot be guaranteed a less military operations a stop on the ground another cease fire brokered by russia and turkey has come into effect in syrias province becomes less than 24 hours after at least 20 people were killed in the strikes in and around. The u. K. s ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after
To you. Wherever youre chiming in from around the world. My names even on. The leaders of libyas warring factions have been here in moscow this monday for talks in the hopes of hammering out a cease fire deal now the negotiations have been brokered by russia turkey and their Foreign Ministers say they expect an agreement to be signed tomorrow the meetings after a concert it push for it to deescalate hostilities and the war ravaged country is divided between an internationally recognized government in the capital tripoli a rival administration in the east of the country which is allied to the rebel general. A draft deal circulated earlier calls on all sides to ensure the sustainability of any cease fire terrorism and Human Trafficking and work to improve the humanitarian situation in the country. Turkey and russia produced a draft document that was reviewed in detail today we took into account all the proposals for compromise between the parties suggested by general have 2 of the partie
A sharp warning to china also. Nicholas hawken going to be so in the words Law Enforcement agency described as africas 1st norco states join us next as we follow an anti north cortico prediction inside the capital of the international airports. In a stunning admission of guilt iran says its military mistakenly shot down a ukrainian passenger jet last week killing all a 176 people on board it was the same night iran launched missiles at a rocky bases housing u. S. Troops as tensions flared of the assassination of iranian general hossam salim money ukraine has demanded a full apology and compensation along with canada many of the passengers were canadian and the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for a thorough investigation its also by reports now from the iranian capital. The final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a Ukrainian Airlines boeing 737. For days iranian officials denied it had been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday irans revolution
Been shot down by one of their missiles but on saturday irans revolutionary guard delivered this dramatic u. Turn. It is us who are to blame the plane was on its way it did not have any error or mistake everyone worked very well efficiently it was us who made a mistake and we are responsible we should accept responsibility and accountability. The belated admission has sparked protests in teheran they chant death to liars and shameless as they demand those responsible for the missile strike to be brought to justice theyre angry about the downing of the plane and they want accountability from the authorities less than 24 hours before saturdays admission the head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization spoke to al jazeera. Was uscis it is very obvious that it was not hit by a missile if a missile hit it it should have crashed in its original direction. And this is whats causing more anger among iranians the fact that it took officials more than 48 hours after repeated denials to reveal what r
A landslide victory for taiwans Pro Independence president who has won a 2nd in power and already delivered a shop warning to china. We start with breaking news this hour britains ambassador to iran has been released after being briefly arrested in tehran its not yet known under what circumstances well macare was held foreign secretary dominic rob is called it a flagrant violation of International Law and has said that iran needs to take steps to deescalate recent tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forward its well earlier on i spoke to trita parsi the executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute and a professor of middle east politics and us about his initial thoughts and reaction to this arrest. We dont know the circumstances are exactly what happened here if that was a mistake it is important to note that apparently he was released rather quickly if he was still kept by the iranians and i think the risk of that leading to an Additional International crisis would have been