Conference in berlin to try and the war in libya. All modern more insult on a long time ruler known for promoting peace in an unstable region his cousin has some been taught to conceal you does name the new leader. Hello in a dramatic u. Turn iran has now admitted shooting down a Ukrainian Airliner describing it as a disastrous mistake 176 people were killed when the plane crashed on wednesday a commander with the revolutionary guards. Apologized to the nation and accepted full responsibility he says the plane was brought down by a short range missile soon after takeoff from ron it was the same night iran launched missiles that iraq had bases housing u. S. Troops as his own image out of there how. Those in our Aviation Services who are denying responsibility they were saying this based on their findings and i repeat they are not to blame it is us who are to blame. Name 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 this was a very small missile and thats why the plane had the time to sort of blend in to crash it did not explode straight away so they were not aware i do not know to defend them so our military forces neither the i or g. Was aware about it but we are regretful and we also are in pain and we share the pain of those families who lost their loved ones so basically this happened due to the heinous activities of americans that night we were ready to confront in any way there was a prediction that anything could have happened because there were so many airplanes in the air some aircraft and fighter jets there was a possibility for missiles to fire at us so we were ready unfortunately because of a very small decision made by an individual this tragedy happened well crowds of students in central to who are protesting the governments response to the airliners. They chanted death to the liars and called for the resignation of those responsible for shooting down the plane the protests are in front of America University where a vigil for the victims had been held earlier and the semi official far as the news agency reported some protesters tore pictures of custom soleimani in chants of against the iranian leadership in a few moments why cant i will be telling us how this news is likely to go down in washington but 1st. Joining us from tehran and now that that admission has been made or saw what more can you tell us about the reaction. And across the country. Well i think theres been a sense of shock and disbelief and anger by iranians at the news that was shared with them this morning by the revolutionary guards Aerospace Unit about what took place this missile strike striking this airline Ukrainian Airline new boeing 737. 00 is something ordinary arraigning just cant fathom the scenes that weve seen outside they are mere Cover University of chanting incompetent officials get out they want to the officials responsible for this. Horrendous accident to be held accountable and the rain in public is just besides theyre trying to come to terms with what has happened weve heard reports from the local News Agencies that around the 1000 people have gathered outside this university to protest what has been shared with them that this. Bowing that crashed was as a result of a missile strike by the iranians there is a sense that this is really something they cant let go that people that were accounted held responsible for this need to be accountable that weve also understand that the head of the revolutionary guard will be going to parliament to brief m. P. s in a closed door session weve also just received word that the reigning president Hassan Rouhani has been speaking to canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau they had a phone conversation where the reigning president reiterated irans continue cooperation on the matter but the president rouhani said that security in the region has reached a dangerous level due to the actions and interference of the United States these are very strong words that the iranian president has been speaking with the canadian Prime Minister about the cooperation between the 2 sides but stressing that the United States interference in this region is becoming very very dangerous all right mari thank you for that update from iran lets. But thats all i can i hes joining us from washington so as doris i was saying rouhani the iranian president saying that u. S. Interference in the region is becoming quite dangerous and earlier in the press conference we did hear officials saying that the shooting down occurred in the midst of hostilities with the United States how is all of this going down in washington where you are oh theres been no formal reaction from washington to irans acknowledgment of being responsible for the downing of that airliner there is an atmosphere of restraint it would appear not even the contention that the downing might have been part of a wider sense of hostilities has received any reaction from the United StatesPresident Trump has been tweeting this morning but its all to do with domestic issues it appears that the shooting down of the airline and not on his radar at the moment certainly not according to his twitter stream stream the state Department Also no formal comment so clearly the whole atmosphere of the escalation appears to be the trademark of the trumpet ministration at this particular time secretary of state has said that he wants discrimination President Trump has said so and certainly in terms of the muted or even a lack of reaction to the iranian acknowledgment this would appear to be the case at this particular point all right mike hanna thank you. Now the leaders of russia and germany are pushing for a libyan peace talks to be held in berlin a lot of reports at an angle a merkel held a joint conference in moscow a day before a planned cease fire in libya is due to come into effect at midnight on sunday russia the u. N. Representative for libya have called for the ceasefire but the warlords 24 have to it has refused to adhere to its we remain the. Welcome the German Initiative to have a conference in berlin on libya and we would like to invite all involved parties in states all decisions should be coordinated with those involved in the libya conflict and we should also have mr salami as the u. N. Representative. Lets bring in some passengers joining us from los so what was the most important outcome off that meeting stopped well libya was the main topic of that meeting and we can say and the president putin is still hopeful that in the 5 hours from now this cease fire well actually it materialized in libya and he said that he did support this initiative by germany to hold this conference a peace conference and im glad merkel also stress that all the parties will be invited to come to berlin to hold this conference but it was also interesting because during this press conference after the meeting president putin was asked about the allegations by turkey that russian mercenaries so to thousands of them have been fighting on the side of her and the president putin said that well if there are russian citizens there they are not backed by the state they dont represent the state and they are also not being paid by the state but its also interesting to know that because of this call for a ceasefire which actually materialized came to get a during a meeting in istanbul on wednesday of last week that this call has completely been rejected by have to so theres a lot of question about how much pressure actually and how much power russia has over half of course is very keen and very much interestingly watching this situation because she she doesnt want any more bloodshed and also is also very worried about more refugees coming to europe specifically coming to germany right sussan thank you. Had this in tripoli and says it has yet to be seen if putin convince have to add in his forces to implement the cease fire on the grounds. Ceasefire does not seem to be accepted by the both. Faction because as you know that have to has rejected this ceasefire called by both of them and putin and meanwhile fighting. Today in southern tripoli and the Government Military sources say that they have killed the sudanese mercenaries fighting along where they have to as forces in a couple of axes in southern new tripoli but the question now is whether or not this cease fire call would be translated into action on the ground as you know that many people here in especially in the west of libya are calling for calm actually the government of national called have accepted the cease fire agreement but again its not being implemented on the ground but the question now is that many people are asking here in the west of libya where there are not prison putin can put pressure on have to his forces to stop the military escalation in southern tripoli as the question he answered about the wagners russian mercenaries fighting along would have to say said that they do not belong to this state and they dont get paid by the state but they get the russians and theyre making a change on the ground they have been helping have to his forces taken control of several occasions they have been escalating the fighting in southern tripoli thats also to an assembler marty is an Affairs Analyst on libya these scientific institutions joining us live via skype from london thanks for being with us on aljazeera so lets 1st talk about the cease fire and on and right where putin have called for a truce and a cease fire in libya starting from midnight on saturday we know its been rejected by warlords and if i have to how much leverage this putin have on have to it and can he convince them to abide by the cease fire. Well there are 2 elements here its number one how much of the operation is actually being controlled by harper on and how much of the operation. Continue without russias support me to give Ground Forces because it will of article absolutely to chip out of nothing of those numbers a quite of a quality some of hundreds of bodies that most of these on the ground what if russia was to move to remove those and most used the approaches going to lock them absolutely for the most important here is actually its not really one of those of you control or so much as the question is posed almost entirely for a model that seems of pentecost versus the heart from from the earlier egypt or the last couple of years but the drone strikes that are the sponsible for at least 2050 are all being controlled by the us from an islam which that is the only problem compared to 16 so who do you have to call and want this war to stop of the political is that season and these are the listen much of this work can be done without russia but theres so much of that is not being done by our so there has been a number of photos of bin laden but there are reports mother in a sort of multiple to those heads of state specific instances i dont you and those at the front to get them to hold back while on the other principle and yet so what could be happening behind the scenes and particularly ahead of this planned schedule for peace talks in berlin as we heard the german chancellor announced just a few hours ago in moscow what are the chances of success if this conference does go ahead. Well the conference is actually on most of this members only look at the actual content on the opposite ends of the conference its a conference they try to get International Players to agree among themselves about who theyre going to support and again its not a conference within both parties whether in kind of off their own along with january or follow sort of but its not that thats not the subject but the conference is even more startling when we think there are so much this unity in the International Community will happen have a conference about partly what are question marks of the public and even bringing of instal thats the main issue here is that there are some lunch what is being said about much of the supports agenda in general thats the u. N. But. In truth they offer almost little to no support role which has been the case for the last my months which is why helicopter has not been function when its not due to land wasnt criticized and thats what do you learn about government generally have to go pluck it fall apart and military support over the last month and a half thats really what we saw before and what if the if this if much of it was your number one little thing called depression and thats whats what this public conferences i think were very very far off look these were sort of well i think whats the because there seems to be only just more of our to rein in on the battles of the month thats really important things look if we want moms and bottle were properly the 1st one thats going to ripen the local faction the believe they cant get it if the flow of weapons and thats on the ground at the very least in addition to the forces the vehicle but by explaining lightly but not that controlled by libyans if those 2 elements are not in the look of absolutely no chance of how or what were going to get this the one from soon all right on that there we thank you very much anderson cannot say for joining us. Still ahead on aljazeera. Taiwans president trying one wins a 2nd term in a vote closely watched by beijing. Broken homes and broken promises to talk to survivors of haitis earthquake hussein life hasnt improved by decades after being displaced. However after it rains heavily in the gulf and he did that yesterday through that thing so you get the oil which means all the rain is now going to toss around in towards pakistan and the breeze is blowing fairly strongly afterwards with a High Temperature on the very low side 19 in doha 14 in riyadh 18 we are below 20 thats colder than it should be the rain will be useful briefly heavy i think in the u. A. E. 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The russian president Vladimir Putin says he supports libyan peace talks that are being planned for berlin and german chancellor Angela Merkel says the United Nations should be involved in those talks. Oman has declared 3 days of mourning after the death of its leader assault on. The regions longest ruling monarch died after a long illness at the age of 79 his cousin has some been taught it and science has been sworn in as his successor has some how about a husband. This is no mans new Sultan Haitham been thought it. Sworn in a few hours after the death of his predecessor. The oldest rolling monarch in the region and the founding father of modern day oman. Sultan haitham made it clear in his 1st speech to the public that he will follow in the footsteps of the late silt on see if. We remain guided by the late sultans wisdom Going Forward we will preserve and embark on the achievements he made this is what we are adamant to do to follow in his footsteps with respect to International Relations we will follow in the same course set out by the late sultan we will embrace foreign policies based on peaceful coexistence without any interference in Domestic Affairs of other states. The succession ceremony was swift and smooth dispelling any concerns about uncertainty and instability in one of the oldest dynasties in the gulf region but the new sultan would have several roles hes the Prime Minister controls the government the armed forces finance and Foreign Affairs his biggest challenge is balancing a budget that relies on revenues from dwindling gas and oil resources. To better the death of couples comes at a critical moment tension has grown in the region after the us assassination of Iranian Military command some say money is killing has shattered any hopes of a diplomatic solution oh man has in the past played a crucial role in narrowing differences between the 2 rivals it has a longstan