We used to Baseball Team follow the manager of the severe punishment for cheating scandal in the corruption trial of former world if they fix chief is delayed after the opening day in. A very warm welcome to the program our top story talks on a permanent ceasefire in libya ended on monday without a breakthrough but russias foreign minister says quote Good Progress is being made warlord Khalifa Haftar has asked to have until Tuesday Morning now to consider signing a formal deal hes in moscow for those negotiations along with the head of libyas un recognized government following a fragile truce brokered by russia and turkey over the weekend step vasa now reports. The aim of mondays meeting in moscow was to formalized a cease fire that started in libya on sunday 24 hours earlier russia and turkey invited fired outside atch Prime Minister of the un backed government and warlord for hafta to sign a more permanent truth thats aimed at paving the way towards formal negotiations to end the vs 9 year long civil war but after 7 hours of talks one signature remains missing to an emotion that was reached today we can report that a certain progress has been achieved and the chairman of the government and National Archives of libya mr starch and the chairman of have consul of state mr mehta has just signed it marshall shaft out of the comment of Libyan National army and the president of libya and house of representatives and tobruk mr again see this document positively and have asked for some extra time till to morrow morning to decide on what they were to sign it i hope their decision will be positive the ceasefire was brokered by the president s of turkey and russia in islam all last week following a meeting with italys Prime Minister is epic kaante red chip Tayyip Erdogan announced he will be in berlin on january did 19th for an International Conference aimed at ending the libyan conflict. Your political even if it is only in one day i believe a strong result from these dogs dogs which take place in moscow today lay the foundation for the berlin process. Turkish troops were recently sent to libya to help slow half last 9 months advance on the capital tripoli in the complicated proxy war russian mercenaries together with the United Arab Emirates and egypt are aiding have to both russia and turkey say they are hopeful that after will signed a truth agreement on Tuesday Morning the long and complicated negotiations here in moscow show how complicated the conflict in libya is with the International Conference due in berlin its crucial that the truth agreement will be signed and sealed here in moscow for us to step fasten aljazeera moscow or balin summit on the libyan crisis is expected to be led by the United Nations our diplomatic editor james bays has more now from u. N. Headquarters in new york. Diplomats have remarked to me what this shows about power and influence among external actors in the middle east and they say that there are parallels with the situation in syria clearly they are different conflicts but in syria you had a un led process and yet most of the developments of come as a result of the russians and the turks along with the iranians the socalled a starner process in syria now what one diplomat described as the astonished occasion of libya again you have russia and turkey which are on different sides of the argument which support different groups coming together to try and come up with an outcome that suits their interests and pushing out of the way the United Nations the e. U. And the United States i got this comment on this from the u. N. Secretary general spokesman the u. N. Cannot operate in a vacuum right what is always important whether its in syria or libya and those are Different Cases right i mean the whether its in syria or libya. A political process cannot move forward without the will of the people. Being represented but also we need to be realistic without involvement of not only of the parties who are fighting on the ground but of the parties outside of the country who have an influence what is important is that what is happening in moscow feeds into berlin and if general have to signs the cease fire agreement that remains a big if that is the next stage a summit in birth then at leader level but that summit now will effectively be a rubber stamp of the diplomacy crafted by russia and turkey. Well in terms of the background to all of this libya has been torn apart by conflicts since long time ago duffy was overthrown in 2011 its divided between militia groups which mostly back to rival governments you have the u. N. Recognized ministration that by Prime Minister fayyad a cirrhotic based in tripoli its supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is why the fighting in tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean and then in the east of the country you have the to brook based government a center of power for. He is backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the United Arab Emirates france is also accused of providing military support to his forces well in lawrence is a professor of International Affairs at American University joins me live now from washington tell us more about why appears to be dragging his feet over this deal well thats. Really puzzling to a lot of people including the russians i just saw some private communications coming from senior libyan officials in moscow that the russians are quite unhappy that have tarted and signed today having preagreed to some of this let me add that james b. Is your correspondent in new york was correct that the syrian libya conflict negotiations are tracking with each other. And that this grew out of a meeting in istanbul but what he didnt mention is that the negotiations over the 2 conflicts are now connected and there concessions and agreements that turkey and russia are making huge other in this in the syria conflict and the cease fire that are directly connected to. Each other libya or libya could i just ask how thats going to affect libya then because you obviously have turkey russia. Backing opposing sides in both of these conflicts how are the 2 how are the how is libya going to factor into syria discussions then. So 1st of all the most were going to say is europe has taken a big step backwards as has the u. N. And now turkey and russia are the main players here now obviously turkey has very specific interests in syria regarding the kurds and is clearly giving up some ground you know these if you the russian positions and and aims in northwestern syria in terms of the libya conflict there seems to be concessions that the russians are making to the turks in exchange for concessions in syria which is putting more pressure on have to which is one of the reasons why i have to reason signing yet because the deal wasnt exactly what he wanted its important also to note that the 2015 libya political agreement the former deal was not signed primarily because i have to ours role as a leader of the military under civilian control he rejected right to remain clean syria in libya any discussion making this situation more complicated is the russian in turkish influence in libya Strong Enough to ensure that a cease fire will hold. No but its increasingly clear that without them there will be no agreement because theyre the main players now why because the russians sent in over a 1000 new mercenaries fresh from the front lines in ukraine and syria in the last 3 months to Eastern Libya 500. 00 of which are on the front lines now and turkey sending in troops as well and so the very fact that theyre sending in troops which everyone says is disruptive its the Peace Process actually makes them the leaders in the Peace Process now and creates the very parity which makes the truce possible and the u. N. Meeting in berlin possible so thats the irony that more troops have actually got us closer to a deal right can i just regardless of what happens with the ceasefire agreement might not have succeeded in taking tripoli but he holds a great deal of territory in the country hes quite close to the outskirts of tripoli but also forces are in control of much of the eastern part of the country so he has the upper hand of the pfizer i surely. He has the upper hand but not for that reason as much as some other reasons he has a superiority in the air he has over 4000 strong mercenaries fighting for him including 3000 of the former gender weeden in sudan and other advantages logistically and otherwise the russians are running his logistics now. And these are very important facts on the ground but in terms of the territory the libya experts referred to his sort of rock through the south as rent to south and certain concessions of militias on the front lines to him as basically being bought off temporarily assuming he takes tripoli and as one libya expert said an event i was just here in washington if have to or is not moving forward theres no reason for have to are and so were at this very critical moment that were have to his failure. Militarily while the chance he might succeed is beefed up because of the outside factors makes it that have to are may not take this deal because hes starting to lose support from a lot of libyans if the inevitability of success isnt there and if his International Backers particularly the russians want to take a step back the possibility of a have to victory is actually limited now Professor William lawrence thank you. Front is sending an extra 220. 00 soldiers to west africa in a response to any increase in attacks by armed groups in the sahil region french president hosted the leaders of 5 west african allies in the french city of po where theyve agreed on a joint new command structure the deployment is in addition to the 4 and a half 1000 french troops already active in the region well the sawhill south of the Sahara Desert stretches from coast to coast across africa its difficult to police and several on groups are known to operate including some affiliated to i still and al qaeda soldiers from bikini chad mali mauritania and make up the sawhill chief 5 joint force helped by those french troops or is following events force in poland so france has agreed to beef up its presence in the region what else did the leaders agree on. Well at the end of this poem the southwest and frogs the g 5. Leaders and the french president agreed to cooperate more closely militarily and politically to fight what they called a growing terrorism in the region the president of bikini said that 29000. 00 had been a very difficult year with an increasing number of fatal attacks against the military and against civilians he talks about it being a humanitarian crisis that was unprecedented in the region now what the leaders said they needed to do was basically bolster the region the border region between bikini faso and mali a particularly volatile region where many of these attacks have taken place france also sending 220. 00 extra troops and they also called on the International Community to do more to support this region to support the g 5 force in terms of the just sticks and money because they said what happens in that region of course affects the world because many of the armed groups that are working in that region that are operating that region i should say have links to al qaida i saw boko haram as a macro wanted the chief i sallied us to show that French Forces were still welcome in the region did he get the answer he was looking for. Yes emmanuel macro really summoned this summit initially he some of these g 5 leaders because he said that he felt that there was growing anti french sentiment in the region he felt that the problem was that the leaders in the region werent doing enough to condemn that french sentiment so he wanted to know from those leaders whether or not they wanted french troops in the region working alongside their own forces now in the end of course he did get the answer he wanted because those president s turned up for this summit and a lot of this was to do with president marker also trying to appeal to the French Public in a piece of French Public thats becoming increasingly concerned about its french troops in the region an increasingly violent area and of course at the end of last year 13 french soldiers were killed in mali in a Helicopter Crash that really shook Public Confidence in the whole reason of why france has a role in that region so french president tomorrow mark really wanted to try and justify frances involvement also the French Public thank you very much. Are you more on this news hour in london were going to bring you many more stories look at increasingly hostile conditions refugees and Asylum Seekers a facing and a desperate journey from greece into Central Europe after 3 am past Northern Irelands Assembly gets back to work while schools wait on urgent funding. And the worlds top badminton player kanto mamata is injured in a Road Accident that killed his driver. The philippines government is on full alert as a volcano nears the capital and it gushed out red hot lava in a sudden eruption of ash and stain tom ok now is about 70 kilometers south of manila and its forced the evacuation of 16000 People Living near the crater Scientists Say it could erupt at any time potentially triggering a tsunami from a tangos province jamila island and reports. There is fear and anxiety here thousands of people are fleeing their homes and looking for a safe place to go everything happened in an instant ill volcano in the northern philippines spewed ashes steam and lava on sunday a violent activity not seen for decades and raising the threat not just to those living in the provinces of but on the us and to the day but even in the capital manila where many people also woke up to a city covered in ash driving too but than this was a difficult journey we came across people desperate to flee gathering their Families Together and not bringing anything else except the clothes on their backs really make us think of it being asked to leave and were google. Place and there are still people behind. It isnt easy the roads are bad and we are constantly reminded that we are in a danger zone while speaking to some of the residents we felt another earthquake ok were feeling. There is an earthquake mild we were told this is because of the volcanoes constant activity basically what shes trying to say is that theyre trying to make their way out of here so they can go to the next possible town hoping to be able to commute and get to the nearest relative in the next province the Philippine Government says it is doing the best it can but admits resources are already stretched thousands of people have already been moved to different evacuation sites unsure when they will be able to return home. You know the situation here is difficult theres no electricity and water the roads are muddy making it difficult to people here even our trucks are struggling powerless one of the worlds smallest active volcanoes it sits in the middle of a lake just a few hours from manila a popular Tourist Destination known for its unique landscape for people who have lived around the lake all the lives there are always a volcano they were raised to love not one they thought they would be here one day jim duggan aljazeera. Northern philippines. Haitis president rule by decree after being left with no government to no parliament because elections to choose new representatives were never held 2 thirds of parliamentarians had terms ended when elections were postponed indefinitely in october haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere has been rocked by violent protests in recent months opposition leaders and their supporters are calling for human and noise to resign over corruption allegations and poor Living Conditions so lets speak to treys about his imports of prince where the president has just been holding a press conference and you were at the president ial palace what did he say. Well that sort of this is not the 1st time that Something Like this happens in haiti political instability has been part of its history but the government has failed to colds. And legislative elections last year and thats why and this has created a constitutional vacuum to see your is that this could lead to abuse of power thats what many of the people on the streets are saying the president didnt exactly give a press conference he made some statements he did not want to answer many of the questions that were asking basically blames congress itself members of his party but also those of the opposition saying that he sent to the law for those elections to take place and that the congress didnt vote for it he also said that now with the time to push for structural reform for things that need to help pay to move forward he also blamed congressmen and said that with their salaries money hes going to use that money to build at least 10 schools that haiti desperately needs but he did not give any type of explanations of when elections could take place which is something that a warrior many here in this country after whats happening on this day here in haiti this is l