A leadership challenge ahead of the that election and less than a year. We begin with breaking news from kazakhstan where a passenger plane with 100 people on board has crashed shortly after takeoff Civil Aviation authorities now say at least 14 people have died rescuers trying to reach the other passengers the jet lost altitude while taking off from force well Alexandra Godfrey joins us now live from moscow so alexandra its now been less than 4 hours since the crash talk us through. Less than 4 hours after the crash as we know the 4 rowse to 14 there is almost 30 people confirmed injured there in the hospitals in the city of almaty some of them are in the Critical Conditions of cording to the city authorities so what we by now know happened is that the plane of the back air airliner almost immediately after takeoff lost altitude crashed through the concrete fence and then hit the building there was no fire as a result of this to this point there is dozens of ambulances at the crash site to dairies search and rescue workers were trying to take the best injures and the crew members out of displaying and taking the injures injured ones to the hospital this was a domestic flights of around 7 oclock local time it was flying to from. Which is the capital of kazakstan what happened immediately after discretion is that the cars are standing on forest minister of industry an infrastructure basically grounded all of 4 could 100. 00 planes which is a type of a plane used by disconsolately and also ground all the planes of the air kompany until the investigation determines what exactly happened and how this plane crash happened to be and xandra as you were saying there the death toll does continue to rise what are we hearing now from imagines the 7 says about that rescue operation are there still people on board. What we can hear at this point is that they are still working at the crash site there is around 40 ambulances there that theyre taking people not only to the hospitals of 3 so far but also to the surrounding downs so it might be that in the next hour well hear that the death toll rose even more as well as the number of people and the reports from kazakstan are saying that there is a number of people that are in Critical Condition at this point in the hospitals and alexander what do we know about back air Safety Record what our company has been found in somewhere in the in the ninetys in kazakhstan is the 2nd biggest domestic flight operator in kazakhstan and it didnt have any major incidents so far there were 2 incidents where the landing gear was not working but that Safety Record must. Apparently is not a really really good because since the from the period of from 2006 to 2002016 they were on e. U. List of banned airliners because of their Safety Record this company is going to be poorly investigated this is the promise of the kinds of study before it is alexander god fred there joining us live from moscow with the latest well be bringing you more on that as we get it thank you alexandra well i spoke to aviation analyst kyle bailey and he says smaller Regional Airlines like back air tend to have less money for maintenance. This is a very Small Airline it appears we only have about 8 fox soccer one hundreds in the fleet so a very Small Airline generally what we find. Often the case you know in developing countries that are Smaller Airlines tend to cut corners tend to. Skimp on maintenance and you know very high. Cross you know heavy maintenance items and im not saying that that was the case with this or alive but you we have to be very weary of very Small Airlines with a small fleet of airplanes and that the folks are 100 isnt a brand new airplane that airplane is you know could be as old as 30 years old the earth the airplane 1st of flight about 30 years ago that type so its not you know the latest and greatest stock commercial airline all fuckin 100000 have been grounded in kazakstan but it is also used fairly extensively in iran and australia and as you say its a really old plane bestest but one of safety concerns about the muslim that crossed no theres not broader concerns i mean if the maintenance is done properly and all that that you know the federal air worthiness directives are complete complied with the airplane can be operated very safely and you know that that is the case and will in a lot of the developed countries so thats not an issue its just a matter of how this airline is funded and if theyre doing the proper maintenance and following the proper state the proper safety protocol as recommended by the manufacturer of the airplane. On living on to other tribal areas now libya is internationally recognized government has made a formal request for Turkish Military support to help Battle Forces royal toward Khalifa Haftar thats according to the Reuters News Agency politicians in ankara could vote within the next fortnight on whether to approve the deployment. Reports from the capital. This is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where theres been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. Forces loyal to warlord have to are now using the tillery of fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading forces as they take control of civil important locations including military camps near the salon the neighborhood. To key says its a planning to send troops to help you and your kidneys the government it wants to prevent have to those forces from seizing the libyan capital turkish president trichet tell you this has parliament with voting generally on a mandate to send troops to libya in charlotte 6 god willing on the 8th or the 9th of january we will pass this in our parliament we will be responding to the invitation i we have given i will give all forms of support to the tripoli government which is fighting against just general backed by arab countries and europeans. During a News Conference in tunis libyas interior minister the war need that libyas neighboring countries will be affected if true police falls he says have to risk being backed by civil regional countries. We know very well there are a mirage he forces an airbase in the east of the country there are also forces from sudan and chad they have all been brought by have target has given them bases and airports in libya without any agreements we hope that this is. Wishing is worsening as have to as warplanes target civilian locations in and around tripoli. Who has voiced concerns over a possible Turkish Military deployment to libya while president erdogan said last week turkey will not stay silent over what he called russian backed mercenaries supporting have to have to his forces are supported by advanced weapons and troops from several countries including russia france the United Arab Emirates and egypt turkey appears to be one of very few friends of the tripoli based government who are prepared to offer more than mere words to support it. Would have to go ahead it is here to pretty. Well in arent says a professor at the George Washington universitys Elliott School of International Affairs and he says the Current Situation is a win win for tacky. Ive seen 10 different versions among the analysts of the deal that could be in the making whats being discussed the Turkish Foreign ministers minister was just in moscow having a pretty discussions there was a talk of an live for a trip to tripoli deal where the russians would be given more of a way forward. In exchange for stepping back in tripoli and increasingly the syrian and libyan theatres are overlapping in the turkish russia negotiation and putins also been very astute here because with an increase of turkish presence that also was part of his desire to decrease nato influence in libya so its turks instead of nato and then hes got that other arms deal with turkey which cheaply hes trying to cut in naders influence and be his relationship with turkey as well so all of those issues are interconnected now its kind of a win win for turkey on the one hand i dont think anyone really wants to send in troops and hes been signaling in various ways including to the tunisian surface a cease fire coming that hed prefer not to bring in troops and on the other hand if he does send in troops though those can be used for the defense of tripoli from the 3000 sudanese mercenaries and 1000 russian mercenaries and and other increasing troop levels and also a sense of psychological message both militarily and also regarding the internal an extra lion says in libya regarding the libyan conflict and it also helps get us to the berlin peace conference in january because if tripoli falls that completely changes the turner of that discussion then if tripoli is holding up and there is an actual cease fire and peace deal that can be negotiated iraqs president says hed rather resign than named danny as the new Prime Minister whos already been rejected by protesters bhansali has been trying to find a replacement for the who stepped down last month reports from baghdad. A political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraqs president has sent his Resignation Letter to Parliament Saying he would rather step down than approve a new Prime Minister and a 3 page statement by him solace said out of my keenest to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name a satellite downy as a candidate for the next Prime Minister i danny is the governor of buster province he was nominated for the role by the largest bloc in parliament but now that coalition is made up of mainly uranium backed political groups which is why their candidate is being fiercely rejected by their opponents i dont he was picked to replace the uphill mettie who resigned in november after months of antigovernment protests but the governor has been accused of neglecting his own province busser is home to more than 70 percent of iraqs oil reserves but locals dont have the basic necessities like clean water and reliable electricity i dont think they will accept his resignation i think they will try to convince them is that you must accept our candidate in a way or another but i dont think he will accept that he will try hard also to push over in just as i said someone who is independent prosecutor and didnt inside the political process and look for the future of iraq. Protesters have strongly rejected i thought on his nomination and thats the reason president saleh gave for not approving the choice it now means since mattys resignation no party has proposed a candidate who has been acceptable to all sides the protests which began here in early october have been about demanding political change in iraq a new electoral law was finally passed on tuesday which seemed to please their archys and now it is the latest move by president saleh to reject i done his candidacy is likely to strengthen the demonstrators position. Door such a pari aljazeera baghdad weather is next but still ahead allegations of spying and diplomatic harassment mexico takes a dispute with bolivia to the u. N. Stop course and 15 is after a tsunami killed hundreds of thousands across asia we look at the struggles faced by those who survived. Hello there weve had some very heavy amounts of rain across northern sections of the middle east pretty clear across much of iran because the quite katie where all the activity has been still continue really front of the 24 hours this is the coast in israel some very very strong winds gusting to about 75 kilometers an hour but going through friday the winds beginning to fill some shadows along these coastal areas most of the rain and snow working its way through syria and into northern sections of iraq and then by saturday it really tends to just stay around so we could be picking up some pretty heavy accumulations of snow 50 centimeters over the next 23. 00 days in some areas so want to show. That a 16 degrees is the high and 11 celsius across into kabul temperatures feeling pretty good across much of the Arabian Peninsula mid twentys fitting a bit cooler in the nighttime hours and friday into saturday there is just a chance of maybe want to show along these coastal areas of oman but really the most of the rain is staying out into those open waters but plenty of rain and snow the madagascar its been in place for the last day or 2 it will continue also northern mozambique seeing some heavy amounts of rain and scattered thunderstorms for the next couple of days into both and johannesburg. This is a boon for point you know and technology there is so much going to help people its phenomenal thanks for calling i wrote this is there oh what are you looking for today we get to the blind with their day to day tasks and give them more independence and freedom schools are too little sure is a commuter exploration process. We have outside knowledge available to us. I know again and a reminder of our top stories this hour at least 14 people have died in a plane crash and. It went down with 100 people on board shortly after it took off from the tea airport in the southwest. The Reuters News Agency is reporting that libyas internationally recognized government has made a formal request to Turkish Military support its aimed at fighting forces loyal to ward Khalifa Haftar. And iraqs president has offered to resign after refusing to back the man nominated to become Prime Minister. Says danis nomination satisfy protesters demands for an independent leda. Well in israel Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has fended off an internal leadership challenge that could pose a veteran get inside i had hoped to convince members that it was time for a change but they chose nessun yahoo despite sending the fast sitting Prime Minister to be indicted for corruption and as natasha going to reports from west jerusalem hell continue to face challenges heading into the National Elections and. For the 1st time in 5 years likud members had the chance to elect someone other than Benjamin Netanyahu as their leader on thursday they chose him again solidifying his nickname as the magician because of his ability to pull off victory after victory did you know who campaigned heavily to beat his challenger former interior and Education Minister gideon sar i know who are going to be brought about great things to the country and in order for us to continue bringing about great things to the country we need to go boat for me for you. Even though netanyahu is the 1st sitting Prime Minister to be indicted on corruption charges his popularity has remained steady among his right wing base a feeling. Sars the tactics of sitting on the bench and not trying to do anything active in in the public fields is wrong i prefer people who take action. Source pitch to voters is that netanyahu failed to form a government twice why would he be able to reach a different outcome a 3rd time he warned maintaining the status quo could mean likud loses power in National Elections in march. Sars supporters cited concerns over the corruption charges trailing netanyahu charges he calls a politically motivated witchhunt the sar camp has also alleged election meddling and voter intimidation but theres a feeling well have to k. In. The most grisly from within the part of the generally newsroom israel is in the midst of an unprecedented political crisis netanyahu has until january 1st to ask the knesset to grant him immunity hell need a 61 majority vote he was unable to get that same number of seats to form a government in the last 2 elections and on tuesday the Supreme Court is expected to rule if an indicted sitting Prime Minister is allowed to form a government natasha going to. West jerusalem a japanese was then recognizance a craft being sent to the gulf to protect japanese oil imports the deployment from his last weeks visit to tokyo by irans president 90 percent of japans crude oil comes from gulf arab countries and iran denies links to several recent attacks on oil tankers well alan i spoke to jeff kingston whos a professor of Asian Studies at Temple University in tokyo and he says japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay is trying to balance various interests. He said in an awkward position hes trying to thread the needle hes got basically 3 audiences hes dressy one is a Trump Administration that asked to join the coalition the other is president rouhani of iran is key to maintain good relations and the 3rd audience is domestic keen to revise the constitution and remove the pacifist article so. Calling this intelligence gathering not joining the u. S. Coalition is meant to placate trump you know to avoid the accusation of being a free rider but not undermine iranian relations and not cause a domestic backlash because theres deep money at the Security Alliance with the United States and only about 3537 percent of people support the dispatch of the vessels to the mideast clearly about japan and skin in the game last june when they was just being tehran the recent attack on