To uphold the late sultans peacemaker policies part of the day the middle easts longest ruling. So than to cease fire as one and libya and the other in syria now in effect both were brokered by russia and turkey the libyan truce was initially in doubt because warlord honey for half that was refusing to halt his offensive on the capital tripoli however he eventually changed his mind making the announcement through a spokesman for. The general command of the libyan arab forces announces a cease fire in the west inside of libya the cease fire starts from one minute past midnight on the 12th of january 2020 the other party should stop any type of military operation at the same time we will respond harshly to any violation of this cease fire. While leaders meanwhile are working on putting together a libya peace summit in berlin as for syria the lead up to the cease fire in rebel held province or at least 20 People Killed in as strikes by russian backed Government Forces will have a moral not a little bit later but 1st lets speak now to mahmoud on the wall had he is in tripoli hands or mahmoud what encourage this change of june do you think from haiti for have to. Most probably just because of the amount of pressure put on have to have by his regional and International Allies as you know. The United Arab Emirates egypt and russia have to allies and after todays meeting between the russian president Vladimir Putin and the german chancellor Angela Merkel in moscow and the call for an immediate fire in tripoli to pave the way to the believe in peace talks between the 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 us forces are now targeting many areas in southern tripoli with mortar rockets and with heavy artillery we cannot independently independently verify that but nevertheless there have been civil cease fire. Agreements or calls before but they have been breached by both warring factions this announcement by miss mollie the spokesman of how tone it cannot be. A less military operations a stop on the ground remember nic that. A few days ago after the it himself rejected this cease fire call and he called on his forces to continue fighting and to launch the latest incursions as he called it to take control of the capital tripoli and also they have been opening game and have to this force that they have been opening new front lines in other areas namely in central libya taken control of the coastal city of sit. So with the fact that the government of National Court which early had accepted that sees fire call educating to the fact that it says that its right it has the right to defend the capital tripoli and its also demanding that have to as forces pull out of southern shipley as a prerequisite to any settlement to this conflict with their timing thanks very much up to wirehead there lets speak now to William Lawrence whos professor of Political Science at George Washington university and a former u. S. Diplomat is in washington d. C. Mr lawrence whats your assessment of the Current Situation a very fragile cease fire some reports unconfirmed reports that the may not actually be totally in effect across the whole of the country whats your view of how its set. Well of course the ceasefire is not supposed to start till after sunday night so normal in these types of situations for each side to try to do the most they can with the limited time to sort of put stakes in the ground all of this jockeying for position prior to peace talks in berlin what was really surprising about what happened is that have to are agreed and as your reporter said he agreed because of International Pressure which is true and that was a direct result of turkey russian negotiations which were primarily about syria but also about libya and those of us that follow syria libya closely see the 2 to go have been connected and its probably the case since the ceasefire benefits the turks more than the russians in libya of that concessions were made on syria and of course right now the russians are trying to get more positions in syria all of this sort of sidelines the European Union as well and puts turkey and russia as the most Important International brokers in the conflict in a way we havent seen before yeah it is an incredibly complex situation a role is not just in libya how important is peace in libya to the context of the whole situation in the middle east. Really important as you know the strongest Islamic State state outside of syria and iraq was in libya they can reconstitute in libya just as there reconstituting now in syria iraq if things dont go well with not only migration implications for europe and the rest of the globe but terrorism in implications so everybody wants to see libya stabilize and a lot of countries put a bet on have to are that he could do it not really understanding the revolutionary context that prompted the whole problem in libya and the fact that much of the west would never submit to an authoritarian state under have to are and so theres a lot of reassessing going on the french of reassessed even the egyptians to agree of reassessed and not without dissing themselves from have to are everyone seems to be more in a position now than they even were 34 months ago to participate in good faith in the peace talks of course the u. S. Got spun up by the introduction of a 1000 new russian mercenaries all of thats in play and thats the thing isnt it because this is not just libyas war its turned into an increasingly complex proxy war and we have as youve already talked about the opposing sides of russia and turkey agreeing to the cease fire. Multiple proxy wars so you have that us russian thing i spoke about you have gulf on the gulf you have italy france you have turkey and egypt and e. U. And others there are many dimensions to this and and all of that has got much more complicated an increase in libyan contacts that i speak to tell me we feel like were watching someone elses war and not our own war but more importantly. New Technology New russian snipers and russian mercenaries and other advantages that have to gain in recent months started to tip the balance against the us back to governments and thats whats prompted a lot of whats going on now and its sort of interesting that we had over 4000. 00 mercenaries arrive in libya to support have to or without much of a mention from the International Community turkey had a vote in parliament and put 38. 00 troops on the ground and there was a huge amount of analysis hitting the International Press saying that turkey was about to escalate the libyan war and so there you have it its the battle of the narratives in many ways has been the most important battle of late. Great to get your perspective as to appreciate that thanks very much. Lets go to the other piece of the jigsaw the lawrence was talking about syria and the latest attempt to bring a cease fire to the province of the loss where the the rebel held territory turkey has been seeking the truth for weeks is monitoring developments from ankara. Well theyve been desperately seeking a ceasefire for several weeks now if not months saying that there needs to be some sort of an agreement and calling on the countries that support the regime of Bashar Al Assad reign in its military as well as their own namely the russians who have been participating also in attacks on italy because the vast majority if not all of those whove been fleeing libya in recent months hundreds of thousands of civilians have been heading towards turkey there was some brief optimism maybe even as people heard the russians announce on thursday that this ceasefire agreement had been reached however there was a bit of caution with that optimism because the turks on the other hand hadnt announced anything friday as weve seen and heard the heart of have been airstrikes have been shelling particularly in the area of moderate to norm on. Other suburban parts of it lip which went to show that maybe that announcement by the russians with either premature or may be nothing more than just some sort of politicking or at least some p. R. From the their side and then on saturday we have now. The u. S. Rather the u. S. Envoy to syria James Jeffrey in charge here on friday meeting with officials and then continuing his meetings into saturday before we hear of other developments taking place in terms of the foreign minister the defense minister of turkey heading to moscow as well on monday so a lot of diplomatic movement lot of announcements or at least statements being made but in terms of the reality on the ground still very dire indeed. At least 11 refugees and migrants including 8 children have died after the boat capsized off turkeys western coast in a separate incident on saturday 12 others drowned when their boat sank off the greek island of pax osce the greek coast guard says 21 people were rescued. I dont other 120 people including 50 children have been rescued off the maltese and libyan coasts they were picked up in 3 separate missions by german and rescue ship on thursday and friday. Already the news ahead said appeal from venezuelas Opposition Leader for people to pile more pressure on president Nicolas Maduro. We follow indias Prime Minister modi and his trip to calcutta his 1st since passing a controversial citizenship. I want to show you how his latest tournament is proving a smash hit as a semi finals turn up the heat. Now the u. K. s ambassador to iran has been arrested and released after attending protests in tehran against the governments handling of the shooting down of the crimean passenger jet the countrys leaders admitted earlier on saturday that the military accidentally fired a missile at it in a statement the British Foreign secretary dominant rob said that ambassador robert reich has the rest was a flagrant violation of International Law youre right and government is at a crossroads moment it can continue its march towards pariah status with all the political and economic isolation that entails or take steps to deescalate tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forwards with iran accusing ambassador of organizing and drumming up irani involving hundreds of people outside a university they chanted antigovernment slogans and demanded the Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei step down vigils have also been held to remember the 176 People Killed in the crash also jabari has more now from terra. The final terrifying moments for 176 passengers and crew onboard a Ukrainian Airlines boeing 737. For days iranian officials the night had 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 aljazeera. 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 really happened there was also criticism when the preform the wreckage was moved from the crash site possibly tainting evidence. The announcement comes a day after iran gave a Ukrainian Team access to the planes black boxes. Evidence that could be crucial for putting together a timeline a group of International Aviation experts is now part of the iranian investigation but this case could complicate further a region thats already in crisis the head of all judiciary has asked for all the evidence to be handed over to be investigated and the man in charge of irans revolutionary guard will be briefing m. P. s in a closed door session in parliament but what is not clear is how this will impact irans military and its government in the future. Dorsett bari aljazeera town of 57. 00 canadians were on board the ukrainian jets and the leaders of both those countries are demanding iran take full responsibility for the disaster irans president has promised a thorough investigation mike hanna has more from washington d. C. More than 50 of those aboard the plane were canadian and their passing was mourned at a number of moral services the foreign minister summing up the impact on the country this ladies and gentlemen is a National Tragedy its a sentiment echoed by the Prime Minister and he insisted the iranian admission of responsibility should not in the investigation earlier this morning i spoke with president rouhani of iran. I told him that irans admission that its own armed forces unintentionally shot down flight 7052. 00 is an important step towards providing answers for families but i noted that many more steps must be taken a full and complete investigation must be conducted we need for clarity on how such a horrific tragedy could have occurred the president of ukraine had this to say on his twitter feed bag knowledge in plain shutdown is a step in the right direction einstein immediately competing identification of the bodies and their return to ukraine the perpetrators must be held accountable we look forward to further legal and technical cooperation. The president also ordered ukraines prosecutor to open an investigation yes. But medical training i call on all International Partners of ukraine the entire World Community to be warned and persevered in the full and final investigation into all the circumstances of this disaster all of us need it for the sake of a person who needs to feel safe in this turbulent world on earth water or in the. Mike hanna aljazeera washington or lets get more now live from washington heres alan fischer island so the president President Trump has been pitching in whats he been saying. Well its really the 1st reaction weve had from anyone in the trumpet ministrations since the iranians admitted that they shot during the jet but not specifically referencing that instead the president has on usually tweet it out in farsi and as far as were aware he doesnt speak farsi so its obviously by someone handles his social media came but he also sent out an english translation he says to the brave in suffering iranian people ive stood with you since the beginning of my presidency and he says hell continue to stand with them we are following your protests closely your courage is inspiring if one farsi tweet was surprising then the 2nd one is probably even more surprising and we certainly got that from donald trump in the last half hour or so he tweeted something in english in farsi he says the government of iran must ally human Rights Groups to monitor and report facts on the ground on the ongoing protests by the iranian people there cannot be another massacre of Peaceful Protesters nor an internet shut down the world is watching interestingly enough when he references another massacre of peaceful protests of course this has been a major talking point of the American Administration over why they targeted and killed general siller money they believe that he was responsible for putting down in some of the the protests in iran in the past and said that the world is no a much better place because that they have dealt with them of course what this doesnt take into account is the widespread anger around towards donald trump and his minutes administration for that very attack. On the one hand you could say that donald trump may perceive this the turn of events to be running to his advantage because. Its donald trump its american 2020 you really want people to speculate on what donald trump is thinking i think has been important from the American Administration we have not had them talk directly about the iranian admission that they brought down the jet there has been nothing from any of the the parties nothing from departments nothing from state nothing from the white house itself nothing even from the pentagon and it seems that they dont want to be seen to be gloating and dont want to be seen to be talking about that directly part of that may well be simply the time scale youll remember when Justin Trudeau came out and said we believe iran short in this jet because of all the information we have the attack took place just 4 hours after the iranians had fired missiles into the u. S. Bases in iraq and the whole country was on high alert for any sort of american retaliation and one of the 1st questions that Justin Trudeau got at his News Conference on thursday was do you believe that the americans are responsible for cranking up tension in the area he said look we need to carry out a full investigation before we do that so this is clearly something that the ameri