To benefit from a new gas pipeline through turkey. Top story the u. S. President on will trump says iran appears to be standing after a series of air strikes on Iraqi Military bases hosting u. S. Forces the strikes were in retaliation for the assassination of the top iranian commander Qassam Siller money he was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in baghdad on friday mr trump said hell be imposing new sanctions on tehran until it changes its behavior White House Correspondent kimberly whole kit with the latest. With the u. S. And iran edging dangerously close to war President Donald Trump proclaimed that tehran appears to be standing down truck gave no indication that the United States intends to strike back hours after riding in missile attacks on 2 bases used by the u. S. Military in iraq. We suffered no casualties all of our soldiers are safe and orderly minimal damage was sustained at our military bases it was a stark contrast to the president s threats of retaliation without hesitation that have dominated his twitter feed in recent days instead flanked by top advisors and generals trump made a surprising suggestion that members of nato to become much more involved in the middle east process it was an astonishing claim from a president who once called nato obsolete he also encouraged u. S. Partners and allies to abandon the j c p a way an agreement put in place in 2050 and by world powers to live it Irans Nuclear program we must all Work Together toward making a deal with the rain that makes the world a safer and more Peaceful Place however trouble didnt ounce new sanctions would be coming without giving specifics he also left open the possibility of diplomacy speaking directly to irans leaders he insisted the United States desires for iran a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the United States is ready to embrace peace. With all who seek it but missing from the president s speech evidence that the u. S. Killing of iranian general qassam solomonic was justified and necessary to prevent an imminent attack on americans its evidence opposition democrats are demanding from the trumpet ministration also absent a Clear Strategy something the administration has promised to provide in closed door briefings on wednesday to members of congress including Top Republicans iran didnt just taken off ramp it took a u. Turn because they know they have no capability to fight against america at least based on the presentation that was made. That it does not meet what i consider to be a threat but if President Trump chooses to respond by sending even more soldiers to the middle east he breaks a Major Campaign promise to pull the United States out of what he once called its for ever wars can really help at aljazeera the white house not to washington to my colleague john hendren so john just walk us through the main takeaway here. Well peter the president said that iran was standing down from this conflict but it also seems that the president and his administration were also gratefully stepping back from the brink of a confrontation that could have been very costly both sides in this confrontation said they did not want a war and it seems that after this attack by the iranians which did not result in any casualties and there are reports that thats deliberate that they deliberately did not target where individuals were after that this seems to have subsided for now but this conflict keeps re erupting we have reporting by the way that not only were the iranians possibly strategically not targeting individuals at those sprawling bases but that also the u. S. Had warning hours ahead of time and everyone was wearing their armor kit they were hunkered down in pretty designated places nevertheless after that strike you had a lot of criticism of the trumpet ministration because that strike came in in retaliation of course to the killing of custom sulaimani and the administration went to congress and reported to members of congress has been really was discussing in that story what their evidence was and most democrats seemed to walk away saying there was no evidence of an imminent threat and there were even a couple republicans who felt the same way one of them was mike lee and this is what he had to say. I had hoped and expected to receive more information outlining the legal factual and moral justification for the attack that was left somewhat unsatisfied on that front which i would add it was probably the worst briefing ive seen at least on a military issue in the 9 years ive served in the United States senate. What i found so distressing about that briefing was that one of the messages we received from the briefers was do not debate do not discuss the issue of the appropriateness of further miller military intervention against iran. And that if you do youll be emboldening iran is he also laying the foundations there when he was soaking up the Iran Nuclear Deal going back 2015 clearly he wants old European Countries to say yes well leave too we agree with you mr trump is a bad deal is dead and buried but clearly there are several European Countries who think theres still something in there that we could build a framework around thats right trump was lobbying to russia the e. U. Russia the United Kingdom france and germany saying they should get out of this agreement and he should come up with a new agreement with them that would allow iran to in his words prosper the administration is somewhat at odds with the european governments because they still want to help iran a little economically whereas the president today announced new sanctions and those would theoretically target a broader array of Financial Institutions and people but they would be largely symbolic a lot of analysts are saying the reason for that is that the u. S. Has already levied so many sanctions against iran the u. S. And other countries that there are even secondary sanctions so that would prevent another country from doing business with those sanctioned entities in iran to they cant simply launder the money and the president has been squeezing the 440000000000. 00 economy of iran since pulling out of that nuclear deal in 2015 and it seems to be working to some extent that economy is expected to shrink by 9. 5 percent and inflation looks to be nearing 30 percent john good to talk to us have a thank you very much i said bakes in tehran with reaction from there. President rouhani has had some strong words for the United States he said the United States should know if they commit another crime even if it is a threat that they would receive a Decisive Action from the armed forces also weve had. Enough for many speaking the rare live broadcast you see there recorded and then put out on state t. V. But you have to live broadcast to speaking to followers he said that yesterdays missile attack was a slap in the face for the United States but military action alone wasnt enough on the u. S. Presence in that we needed to end but weve also had response to what the nato secretary general secretary general who condemned irans missile strikes against u. S. Forces divides reached the foreign minister said that those those attacks were an eagle and he said that the nato had been nothing in the region except for destruction and instability but also the Foreign Office spokesman has said that the nato had become a tool to justify u. S. U. S. Crimes and terrorism so were still having some very Strong Language come out from iran despite donald trump saying. That iran is standing down iran also released video footage showing them assembling the missiles and those missile strikes and again theyre trying to appease Public Opinion here people have been out in the streets over the last few days asking for revenge over the assassination of qassam so the money aljazeera is jonah hill is in london and says donald trump used a speech to give nato powers addressing done for what he considers the muted response to the killing of qassam sort of money. Remember donald trump has a fairly checkered history with nato ones calling it obsolete now apparently supporting it but frequently railing against its members calling them to take on a greater share of the burden a greater share of the cost for their own defense and the collective coffers of nato now i think he will see nato alongside european powers as having disappointed the administration might compare the secretary of state said as much in failing to full throated lee support the actions last week against custom solomonic. An opportunity i think in this address to give everyone a sort of dressing down here a bit of naming and shaming and in nato as case presumably as i said to take up some of the burden in iraq opening the door for the u. S. Possibly to draw down its forces there something we know donald trump is keen to do and something of course that we also know that the Iraqi Parliament at least hes keen for him to do blood loss to be heard in the iraqi capital baghdad on wednesday night 3 rockets fell inside the heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and Foreign Missions causing fire according to iraqi Police Sources. The other major story were following out of iran this hour the crash of that ukrainian passenger plane it was a boeing 737 that went down shortly after takeoff from tehran killing all 176 passengers and crew among them 63 canadians need barca has more. The passengers and crew of flight p. S. 752 didnt stand a chance. Minutes after takeoff the Ukrainian InternationalAirlines Flight from tehran to kiev went down in a city suburb. Recovery teams pick through whats left of the plane from peoples lives. Most of the dead are rainy and more than 60 canadians were also killed many reported the students returning from vacation. The boeing 737800 was less than 4 years old and had been recently serviced. Video and social media shows a light hurtling to the ground and then a fireball. Iranian Officials Say there was no distress call as you can insult me fortunately it didnt question the reason into area but the wreckage has scarce it around the gardens of villas within a large radius nobody has survived. The arrivals board bears the grim news. This mother and father had been waiting for their son to arrive may seem to be my son is a senior Flight Attendant my daughter called at 615 this morning to say that in the us they were reporting that a plane had crashed a Ukrainian International airlines plane. Ukraines now canceled all flights over iran the countrys embassy in tehran initially blamed engine failure for the crash to remove the statement was useful widely approaching we made our decision to suspend all the activities of all ukrainian of the Asian Companies in raining airspace until the causes of this tragedy become clear. The crash comes amid heightened tensions across the region following a u. S. Drone strike that killed top iranian general has a money in a sign of worsening ties irans Civil Aviation authority says it will not give the black box flight recorder to u. S. Plane make a boeing for analysis its not clear which country iran will send the box to. The safety audit and it had no accidents whatsoever so there they really do theres a very very good airline but i do believe it will be mechanical or possibly it might possibly be a terrorist act its too hard to tell at this stage the crash is a major setback for boeing but struggled to regain trust after the grounding of its 737 max and craft following 2 fatal accuracies within 5 months. The boeing 737 is one of the most popular aircraft in the sky with a good Safety Record investigators must now determine how and why so many lives ended here. Aljazeera. Well the canadian Prime Minister just in gave a News Conference about the crash just a few hours ago he said canada does expect to have a role in the investigation Ukrainian Airlines plane just landed in toronto from kiev according to the airline there are 138. 00 passengers who werent on that flight because they died in the crash this song or day comes in the wake of deeply concerning events in iraq canada condemns the missile attacks launched by iran last night. I am relieved as are all canadians that all personnel deployed in iraq are safe. Since canada is seeking more on says from the investigation canada has a large and rather influential or rainy and Canadian Community lets not forget that more than half of the passengers on that plane or bound for this country 63 of them full blown canadian citizens others may have been on their way to citizenship or students researchers working here as student on student visas or work visas so this is not something the government can take very lightly least of all because its a tragedy for so Many CanadianFamilies Communities universities businesses were hearing of all sorts of reports from around the country the people who die the canadians who died in this they were Real Estate Agents dentists there were 2 married engine nearing professors from the university of alberta in edmonton in the west of canada they and their 2 young daughters died these stories are emerging in the media so the government is very keenly aware it needs to get to the bottom of this Justin Trudeau said that they werent ruling out anything when they were looking into this they offered canadas help with the investigation they called repeatedly and firmly for a thorough investigation and when asked about irans refusal to submit the black box to boeing or u. S. Authorities mr trudeau said he hoped that other countries perhaps ukraine or italy would involve canada in their aspect of the investigation were they to become involved he did say however its an iranian led investigation and theyre going to be reaching out to the iranians to talk about it thats a little difficult because canada and iran dont have diplomatic relations theyre broken off in 2012 by a previous government but mr trudeau said they can work through allies and eventually direct with the iranian government they seem determined to get to the bottom of this bring some sort of closure to those people who are grieving. Still to come here on aljazeera. I should have never been arrested in the 1st place on the run form and dissembles colace go in says he fled japan because he was the victim of a conspiracy. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast well here in northern parts of japan still see some snow but for southern japan it is going to be the rain that will and by the time we get towards thursday we do have that system that is now pulling away so just a few showers left over tokyo though it is going to be a cloudy day with the time for a few about 15 in as we go towards friday a little bit better but the temperatures are coming down to about 11 degrees there here across china southeastern china it is going to be the rain widespread rain across much of the area extending all the way over here toward shanghai for you it is going to be about 10 degrees there and it is going to be some snow in the Higher Elevations across parts of the central areas well for the philippines not looking too bad we are seeing a few more showers down here across much of the south manila partly cloudy conditions at 30 degrees there it is going to be some very heavy rain now down here across parts of jakarta that is going to start to make its way a little bit more towards the north as we go towards friday thailand though you are looking quite nice we do expect to see bangkok with a temperature of 34. 00 degrees there and we have had some rain across parts of india mostly to the north mostly over here towards the east as well that will start to edge way as we go towards the next couple of days a few scattered showers for kolkata but as we go towards the south it is going to be partly cloudy for tonight with a temperature of 30. The story of a british italian man experiencing life close up in a Palestinian Refugee camp in beirut its. Coming face to face with the daily lives of its residents some of whom have lived there for 70 years but hes been there a few jomo sold his life its not been on the show 7 days in beirut. An aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera im peter dhabi these are the top stories u. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing down but still promised to impose further economic sanctions on tehran he was speaking several hours after iran launched more than a dozen missiles at air bases in iraq which host u. S. Forces. Last to be heard in baghdad on wednesday night 3 rockets reportedly felt inside the heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and Foreign Missions starting a fire according to iraqi Police Sources. A ukrainian passenger aircraft has crashed moments after take