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A bill to limit the President Trumps ability to attack iraq. In the libyan war Khalifa Haftar rejects a call for a cease fire going against a plea by turkey and russia. And the top stories including. Trying to cash in on celebrity status public shock and anger part time. And in sports the tennis world number one makes a losing start to the new year actually barty sapper is a shock to a dinner opening match the brisbane national. So we begin this news with breaking news u. S. President donald trump says that he has suspicions about the crash of a ukrainian airliner outside tehran on wednesday all 176 people on board were killed when it came down shortly after takeoff u. S. Intelligence sources of concluded that it was shot down accidentally by an Iranian Missile a view that donald trump shared with reporters. I have my suspicions it was very i dont want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. Its a tragic thing when i see that its a tragic thing. But somebody could have made a mistake on the other couldve couldve made a mistake it was flying it was it was flying in that our system there had nothing do with us it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say was bin cannick i personally dont think thats. Even a question lets bring in our White House Correspondent kelly how could he live for us in washington what is the president basing his suspicions. Well its not entirely clear but this president has been known to be a little bit fast and loose with intelligence in the past the question is is thats what happening is that what is happening right now we do know that for some time since the crash of this ukrainian passenger jet that in fact there has been an effort to figure out what has happened investigators including u. S. Military intelligence looking over satellite data electronic data and radar and certainly there has been speculation but nothing conclusive that perhaps this was a mistake because the timing was so unusual you remember the timing adrian when all of this was happening when the reports of the crash of this passenger plane occurred it was immediately following those 2 strikes missile strikes by iran on military bases inside iraq that also housed u. S. Military facilities it would be very reasonable given the u. S. President s rhetoric at the time the promise to strike back at iran if it targeting u. S. Interests that there that iran would think that perhaps it was under attack we do know that in fact diego garcia the base in the indian ocean where the u. S. And said be 52. 00 bombers. Are entirely reasonable to speculate on the part of iran that perhaps those were flying in the air the question becomes now were they mistaken was this passenger jet mistaken for potentially potential bombers over tehran thats the question that needs to be examined and again the u. S. President certainly insinuating that iran may have been the cause of this crash can i stay with us because Something Else i want to ask on a different topic in a few moments for the moment but he thanks iranian officials have this huge strong denials that they were responsible for the downing of that jet and as there are still such a body is on the line now from wrong what are they saying dorsal. Well weve been hearing from the head of very a countrys Civil Aviation organization that the abt says that it is scientifically impossible for displaying to have been shot down by a new style i explained that of the time that this plane was flying over iraq and on the airport that there were hundreds of other planes in that area and that evolved as you know that coordination lists all the other airlines in that its a very busy airspace the are International Airport and it is absolutely impossible for them to mistake this plane for anything other than a passenger plane so the idea the accusations need to be rationed that this was shot down by the jolliest completely being disregarded by the iranians completely being. Put aside and saying its not true its a false narrative that there is a certain countries are trying to prove for with all cheerier motives now on the set that the International Airport of calling me is about an hour and a half tide of toronto its not in the city limits it is quite a bit far out. And there is a lot of traffic in and out of that airport theres a lot of Flights International flights that come through that airport. So there hasnt been a lot of accidents from that airport many of the you add plane crashes that we heard from over the past 2 years have all happened within that domestic flight in iraq because of the fleet of airplanes are so old and they havent had parts being able to service part because of sanctions on iran many of the domestic flights have accidents and those happen some of the best to care for within the city airport but the International Airport de monchaux many airport was built. A few years ago a chair a fairly new airport and its very well equipped 5 trouble to it many times and its always always been. You know working functionally operationally theres never been any issues but this is very very unlikely that this was very very difficult to absorb the news that this plane just crashed. Without any reason at the time and. I remember when the news broke on wednesday morning we were still dealing with a missile strike on i know outside. U. S. Base in soundbar province so this story wasnt featuring a tire i could at the time but now with all this news its very very different story weve heard from a number of the victims families who say theyre just theyre shocked many of them had dual nationalities they were canadian and they knew this and that is why weve heard from the canadian kind minister Justin Trudeau he describes as foreign minister to put together a team of diplomats to come to tehran and hes been speaking to be going on there in foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif about this accident because of the number of canadians that were on board so we are waiting to find out what the leading foreign minister will have to say in the coming hours from now the iranians are good denying that they had anything to do with this plane with an accident and im very very unfortunate accident well have all this breaking news later in the days off the public dole says rory and tyrone many thanks dad. The u. S. House of representatives is due to votes on a measure limiting president Donald Trumps ability to take military action against iran as the forum for the assassination of the iranian general custom samadhi continues House Speaker nancy pelosi says that she doesnt believe saudis killing has made the us safer we are passing today a war powers resolution to limit the president s military actions in ministration must be escalate and must protect prevent further by Alliance America and the world cannot afford war but what happened. In the view of many of us is not promoting peace but an escalation not that we have any confidence in the goodness of the good intentions of iran and we certainly do not respect an actor in my intelligence background know just how bad school money was not because we expect good things from them but we expect great things from us lets go live. How did your castro whos on capitol hill what are we to make of House Speaker pelosi is common so what are we expecting from congress today. Well you just heard the speaker say that shes confident that this resolution will pass out of the democratic controlled house of representatives today its notable that this is a nonbinding resolution it does not carry the force of law so if it passes as well as its sister measure in the senate it would really be a strong rebuke a statement from congress in response to trumps unilateral decision to strike and kill general celeb monny and democrats have said he did so without Consulting Congress which is in violation of the u. S. Constitution now there had been concerns about this leading up to yesterdays briefings here on the hill where a Senior Administration officials and including cabinet members and the cia director were here to brief members of congress behind closed doors on what the imminent intelligence was that administration has claimed justified the killing of sui monny but rather than temper the criticism which was the purpose of that briefing really it seems to have incensed members more because afterwards not only did we hear continued criticism from democrats but also a few republican voices joining in saying that the Legal Authority cited by those briefers for the hit to take out sulaimani was a farce they ministration saying that the Legal Authority dates back to 18 years ago when congress authorized the u. S. To retaliate against the 911 attacks so different conflict different adversary and different time of course which has led to those renewed criticisms now from members of both parties at trumps decision to kill general silliman me id even he thinks lets bring you want to go to White House Correspondent kelly hell cooch is live outside the white house whats the president making of all of this kimberly. Well the u. S. President continues to defend his unilateral decision to assassinate general sola monny and not seek congressional approval for that military action hes also defending his right of the administration he says to keep secret from congress and remember this is a coequal branch of government hes defending his right he says to keep the intelligence that he says prove there was an imminent threat to americans and thats why this killing was necessary heres what the u. S. President had to say we caught a total monster and we took him out and that should have happened a long time ago. We did it because they were looking to blow up our embassy we also did it for other reasons and were very obvious somebody died one of our military people died people were badly wounded just a week before and we did it and we had a shot at him and i took it and that shot was pinpoint accurate and that was the end of a monster heres the problem with not sharing intelligence with congress not just is it required to have this debate when it comes to military issues on the part of the United States but there is a real obligation of the u. S. President to share at least in the classified setting and the reason is because recent history if you go back to 2003 shows that when this intelligence wasnt shared openly there were mistakes made in that the u. S. Invasion of iraq back in 2003 the argument made by the administration that time is that there were weapons of mass destruction thats why the u. S. Needed to act only to find out later adrian that in fact that intelligence was flawed aljazeera White House Correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington can be many thanks. Breaking news this out of libya wars Khalifa Haftar rejecting calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday moscow backs the libyan war old whose forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april while turkey supports the un recognized government based in the capital the e. U. Has warned that libya faces becoming a 2nd syria if a cease fire is not reached soon lets go live now to tripoli al jazeera of the what it can tell us more whats the significance of this mahmoud. It seems that the warlord who for have to is determined to move one end this battle to take control of the capital tripoli and member that the government of National Accord along with other institutions in the worst of libya have stated that they are will coming. Forward in regard to the cease fire proposal that was suggested by russia to be implemented by sunday of this month but meanwhile the government of national called says that it has the right to defend itself and to defend the capital tripoli the warlord have to seems to be pushed by his own lies remember that the decision is not have to us the decision is not made by the house of. Representatives excuse me but by the the countrys backing have to namely egypt and the United Arab Emirates so those countries have been investing and have to for the past few years and it seemed that they cannot accept a half way specially after have to his forces have been recently advancing get in southern tripoli taken control of civil or locations and moving towards densely Populated Areas remember that have to have recently taken control of the strategic city of sirte it and it was a swift takeover especially after one military brigade with the ultra puritan Islamic Movement called salafism just switched. To have to the forces at the last ditch at the last moment so in this case morris collation more fighting on the ground is expected as expected especially after have to just. And i was it that did not abiding by the ceasefire proposal so after sunday it seemed that were going to witness more escalation in southern chile and also around the city of sort it out 0. Reporting live from tripoli mccord many thanks indeed this is the news hour from our serious time to come on the program evacuation orders parts of australia as more hot windy weather is forecast threatening to fan bush fires that are burning out of control. And in support irans footballers suffer a setback in their bid to qualify for the olympics. After months of turmoil the british house of commons has finally passed the briggss Withdrawal Agreement bill for more on that lets cross to Lawrence Taylor at our european Broadcast Center or thanks adrian the bill passed the commons and will now move to the house of lords it passed 332231899 vote majority it paves the way for the u. K. To leave the European Union on january 31st after that there will be a one year transition period the 2 sides have to come up with a deal on their future relationship in that time but the chief negotiator says it wont be possible to reach a comprehensive agreement with the u. K. In a year. We simply cannot expect to agree on every single aspect of this new partnership. We can do our best. Practice to. Do it bore ok. We have to translate the political will in legal terms but we have to reach an agreement on what i could do but sick agreement for treated goods. New parker joins us here in the studio a significant hurdle here for the prop for the new Prime Minister shortens achieved for his predecessor treason may didnt achieve youve managed to get the lower house of parliament the house of commons to back his all important Withdrawal Agreement that agreement dictates the terms of britains divorce from the European Union was already agreed in principle with the e. U. Before the previous election but since then the arithmetic in parliament has changed course Johnson Controls a significant majority of 80 seats which is meant that this bill is passed comfortably after its final reading in the commons 330 votes to 231 what is next in our go to the upper house the house of lords where it will undergo further stages further scrutiny downing street has urged members of the lords not to block it and given the weight of public support for the conservative party and indeed breaks it it looks as if it will pass in the lords relatively quickly before finally getting royal assent and becoming legislation has added it was just since someone from the Opposition Labor Party wanted amendments to be included the conservatives have rejected those stiff resistance from the Scottish Nationalist Party who control 80 percent of the seats in scotland the e. U. Party actually tabled a statement to the Scottish Assembly saying that they do not consent to the bracks it legislation will make a difference probably not it looks very very likely that on january the 31st of the u. K. Will leave the and so when that if that happens and when it does then the hard work starts of trying to negotiate a deal we already had some sketches in there from the chair money here thats right in the e. U. So people that it wont go easy on the United Kingdom are having some very warm words though from the new e. U. Commission chief delay and she has promised unprecedented cooperation she said a partnership that goes beyond trade is closer when it comes to things like Climate Action Data Protection fisheries energy so on and so forth but just to remind you this bill thats currently going. Through parliament includes a clause which means that there cannot be a further extension so if there isnt any Economic Partnership by the end of the year then well britain leaving the European Union on something of a cliff edge johnson is hoping to have an Economic Partnership in place by july but very very soon many people think about but maybe a little bit too ambitious but johnson says he can achieve it in fact thank you very much. The thousands of protesters have returned to the streets across france in the latest mass demonstrations against Pension Reforms transport services were disrupted and power cut in some areas in a bid to force the government to scrap the planned overhaul critics say the changes would require millions of french citizens to push back retirement potential butler has more from paris. Would have been protests against the french governments plan Pension Reforms for more than a month now for 5 weeks in fact transport workers have been on strike and that is meant a major travel disruptions up and down the country as trains buses metro transit says severely reduced now what the trade Union Leaders have asked for is a nationwide day of action that is more like here in the center of greece there are people from all sections of french working society you have Doctors Health workers accountants over here on my left there are lots of teachers many schools and universities are shut today and what they are all saying is they are worried that the french governments reforms that they will have to work longer. And that they will have their pensions reduced. The Pension Reforms will be a huge catastrophe and are protests may take time but we must win not just for us but for our children and grandchildren what he wants to impose and thats its a there are system where everybody is but there is absolute. Solidarity for more people and. Joining this march and really its a pretty big crowd now no opinion poll suggests that despite all the disruption that a majority of french people still support the strike that is growing theres no doubt that there is a part of the trade unions that the french government to do something to try and break the stalemate that the french government says that this reform is necessary to try to streamline the Pension System save money and make it fairer and this week the french Prime Minister said what the lead to get both sides trade unions and the government up to work hard to find a way to be impasse. Especially the bill which will be presented to the companies on generous 24 is necessary to guarantee powers of the trade unions have a better proposal a more intelligent one which they agree and im sure you dont take into account what sort of trade unions and protesters here want is for the government to scrap their Pension Reforms was all together with the french government wants to try and appeal to some of the more moderate trade unions with some modifications to the bill work talks between the trade and the french government 1. 8. Spains top court says catalan separatist leader or homecare us will not be released from prison to claim his seat as a member of the European Parliament despite an earlier court ruling that he was entitled to immunity from paris was sentenced to 13 years jail in october of his role in catalonia failed bid for independence in 2017 it was not elected an m. E. P. While awaiting the verdict Spains Supreme Court said it will not set aside his sentence. Britains royal family are reportedly hurt and disappointed after prince harry and his wife meggan so theyre stepping back from senior roles within the monarchy a couple made the announcement without consulting the royal family saying they need to become financially independent as general reports from london critics say that isnt possible if they want to maintain a role in public life. It wasnt long ago that the american actress make a mark was injecting new life into britains state rule family marrying prince harry 6 in line to the throne in 2018. But the mix of transatlantic glamour and walty quickly turned toxic in the press with the duke and duchess of sussex criticised for a jet set lifestyle at taxpayers expense and accusations in return against some newspapers of racism. In an interview late last year meghan hinted that it might all be too much pressure and said to me. Im sure hes great. Because the british tabloids will destroy your life. There will be critics of the sussex his decision to go their own way becoming financially independent they say splitting their time between the u. K. And north america while retaining their royal status its so the looks of the outside world as though theyre trying to have their cake and eat it theyre trying to cash in on their celebrity status while maintaining that higher level which is royalty i dont think those 2 things can go hand in hand easily and the idea of using your royal title to make money is something which. British royal family has never ever entered into before. Outside Buckingham Palace expressions of support and regret everything in the same family simply to be. Fair you can only try to get fragmented think about the country and shes come from a different background and hes come from a different background and theyre trying to make it work for both families just isnt trying to make situation worthwhile the u. K. Press carries the story on every front page the queen upset were told apparently she wasnt even consulted in advance of Prince Charles and harrys brother william in candace and with the rage and this talk of civil war inside the royal family its the sort of gossipy reporting that is so common and which harry and meghan seem to think will cease all reduce once they put a bit of distance between themselves and this institution. But members of the royal family sometimes forget but the taxpaying public has a legitimate interest in their extravagant lifestyles harrys uncle andrew was reminded of that in his disastrous televised attempt to excuse his friendship with a convicted paedophile harry and meg meanwhile have already been removed from the royal waxwork display at Madame Tussauds but there are likely to escape the media spotlight jonah hold aljazeera london. Back to. For a blazing is Anti Corruption commission has released a series of or your recordings featuring former Prime Minister najib razak seeking help from his crown prince to conceal a deal linked to the one n. D. P. Corruption scandal and one recording asks the crown prince to help clear his son on Money Laundering accusations. Then you. Will. Be the nominee i mean. God only going to go. Over d. In the world. Will. Be very very. Good because robbie. Knievel will go in there and it will to tell you where you are. Lead. We. Will be the closest we need to reach. Michael hirsh mice president and c. E. O. At the Fairfax Group that specializes in Corporate Risk management he joins us now via skype from the u. S. State of florida good to have you with us mr hirschhorn this is explosive stuff what do you make of it. Well it really is extraordinary and it came out of left field that as you may know the trial has been ongoing in malaysia many documents have been entered into evidence many statements taken many witnesses called but no one xpect it to uncover these sorts of taped conversations between the highest officials in toujours sections a jeep faces what 42. 00 criminal charges in 5 separate trials related to the alleged theft of billions of dollars from one d. P. Hes the subject of investigations at least 6 countries including the us singapore and switzerland. Is he going to be held to account is he guilty. Well it remains to be seen as to whether he will be found guilty but i see the evidence is overwhelming and i do believe he will be hell to kick out others have already been held to account as you know there have been several convictions on this case stemming from the theft one of the largest staffs in the history of governmental corruption what about the legality of these recordings. They were they were made while he was still the head of government. But we dont know who made them we dont know whether they were made for example by the Intelligence Services of malaysia or they were provided by someone on the other end of the conversation in the us. Regardless of whether theyre found to be admissible into evidence they show a pattern of misconduct a pattern of cover up which is a model for what not to do in 2015 i specifically called on ji to come clean to admit what hes been involved in and to apologize and seek for forgiveness he chose a different path he chose a path of cover up and frankly this is one of the worst cover up situations that ive run into in the course of the many investigations ive done over the years if you had a direct involvement and this mass which a till now has been have been disclosed they are you willing to disclose that to us now. Id be happy to in 2015 the Malaysian Anticorruption Commission the n. A. C. See under the chief commissioner at that time the mother was investigating the Prime Minister for Money Laundering and misconduct. At that time the chief commissioner who i see mohamed went to the then attorney general and told the attorney general of the later that the Prime Minister was a target of their investigation when the attorney general confronted the Prime Minister and told him he was under criminal investigation she was forced out of office and replaced by a friend of the jeeps at the same time Abu Cassim Mohamed was placed under surveillance this is the chief commissioner and was asked to resign from office was pressured to resign from office was at that point when abu who ive known for many years he and i served together on an interpol Anticorruption Commission asked if i would pass on documents to the u. S. Prosecution authorities in new york the u. S. Attorneys office and to arrange for a secret meeting with him with the u. S. Attorneys office so that he could be assured that an entity outside of malaysia would continue this investigation i did provide that information i did set up that meeting unfortunately as a as a result he was faced with charges of treason for assisting a foreign Prosecution Authority in its investigation of the one n. D. P. Scandal mr houseman really appreciate you being with us many thanks indeed have a good day russia has announced a cease fire in the socalled deescalation area of syrias province some serious to model shall is on the line from istanbul and can tell us more tomorrow. Well injury and this is a much greater the much needed agreements between turkey and russia who have been the guarantors of this socalled deescalation zone in the syria turkey border region ever since both on our talks began a couple of years ago in the past few months alone so since april of 2019 some 700000 syrians civilians have fled to egypt because of the bombardment because of the violence there 300000 of them alone in the past month of december and thats why there was a lot of pressure to try and find some sort of agreements to bring about or bring back the relative calm or ceasefire obviously turkey has its own vested interest in the fact that most of those who believe fleeing that area were heading towards its own territory then obviously with the millions of refugees currently in turkey that was something that was added for the stream were not quite sure exactly as to the details of this we havent announced yet in terms of how long it will last a year or what will the breakthrough this time around but its something thats going to certainly be welcomed by humanitarian organizations are also be finding it difficult to deliver a fair overcomers on the eve adrian of the u. S. Envoy to syria general kepe hes arriving in charge. In roughly 12 hours time so we can get some sort of movement on the server from as far as the main regional players as well as International Players are concerned all right jamal many thanks dave. In istanbul on the line from the sub im sorry have sara mildly mugs around throughout that this is al jazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour the u. S. President donald trump has told reporters that he has suspicions that the ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in iran was accidentally shot down by iranian a defense missiles to iran has denied that it rolled down the plane. Maybe a whole lot of Khalifa Haftar is rejecting calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire to be implemented by sunday moscow backs the libyan war those whose forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april and turkey supports the un recognized government based in the capital the e. U. Is warning libya faces becoming a 2nd syria if a cease fire isnt reached soon. And the u. S. House of representatives just basing a bill that would limit president Donald Trumps ability to attack iran trumps denounce the move and cold on republicans to vote against us more on that now with the choice of who is an associate professor of Political Science at texas a and m. University in castle hes with me in the studio the president himself is not happy about this is it he calls it president ial harassment well President Trump has a habit of making the most of political conflict with the democrats it. Charges his Political Base in the United States and its just his rhetorical style but you know congress is clearly bothered the democratic majority in particular but also some republicans by the president s handling of the conflict with iran and this is a serious rebuke to his leadership there we should perhaps remind people watching that as far as the branches of power in the United States go the executive branch is that the president and congress have have equal power is that hes not hes not above them no the u. S. Constitution divides power between the branches of government the president is commander in chief but congress retains the power to declare war and shares the authority of using the United States military abroad and so this conflict is about congress trying to put some constraints on the president and restrain his. Aggressive posture with iran all right so what happens if the house votes to limit his power a war powers resolution would need to pass the house and then go on to the senate and be passed there were the republicans. Hold a majority so its unlikely to pass even though a couple of prominent republican senators have said that they will support it it would also be subject to the president s veto since its essentially an ordinary statute that veto could be overturned by 2 thirds majority vote in both houses of congress but again thats very unlikely to happen if by some slim chance the president agreed to it or his veto were overturned then effectively ures law would require the president to withdraw from conflict with iran within 30 days but the were talking hypothetically here it is if its unlikely but if it ever got to that position could could trigger the president trying to basically golden rule well you know the president. Might find some alternative justification or claim that new circumstances justified further action claim that there is a new imminent attack fall back on the previous authorization for force in iraq from from 2002 so there are many pathways for the sort of various legal plausibility with which the president might proceed of course that the democrats have the majority in the house whats this all about from the point of is this just political posturing make making a point well i mean its a number of things i think that the democrats in congress both with respect to impeachment here with the war powers resolution the previous war powers resolution with respect to the conflict in yemen feel compelled by the president s conduct to assert their constitutional prerogatives there may also be some political benefits for same republicans in congress who might be vulnerable in the next election to choose publicly whether stand with the president or not but my sense is that these are actions that the democratic majority and others in congress feel are motivated by their constitutional obligations always going to you just have many thanks indeed for being with us thanks. A group of diplomats from 15 nations including the u. S. Is on a 2 day visit to india administered kashmir its the 1st time the foreign diplomats have been invited by the Indian Government to assess the situation after new delhi revoked the regions autonomy last or best of khans well is assistant professor of south asian history at Lafayette College she joins us now via skype from the u. S. State of new jersey good to have you with us how credible is this visit. This is actually not a credible visit at all and i see it as unscripted propaganda tool or the most the government knows that it has received some International Condemnation of what its done to meet in the past 5 months she can clamp down massive detentions and arrest on another Human Rights Violations and its also important to note that there is actually a House Resolution in the u. S. Congress 745 that has received bipartisan support and i think their intention the governments intention is to create an optics of normalcy to ensuring that there is no further International Action on what india is doing in the use a mass that is not part of this delegation what are we to make of that i think that was a good step that the e. U. Took because it understood that this was a scripted to war and i think the nature of the 2 are just. I just read reports that basically the delegation was brought into question need in the late morning today they were directly taken in a huge motorcade to the Army Headquarters where they were given a security briefing and then they were again taken to another location where they met with a hand picked a group of politicians and journalists there craze them of the situation they were not allowed to meet with the Common People they were not allowed to meet with the pro freedom leadership so i think for the e. U. And even though they said they did not go because they were not going to have access to the name of it or chief ministers that are currently under detention i think its really important to push them to have them as the government to meet waves on the ground and hear from them whats happening and not politicians that are basically being put in place as kind of a new front in this move there as you said these this delegation has been unable to to meet. Prominent kashmiri politicians who at the moment are under detention oh. Yes they are under 10 detention 3 former chief ministers are under detention but i think its important for people to recognise that when it comes to understanding the culture on the ground what christianitys feel think and what are their future are these politicians dont represent their aspirations they always say new dowels interests theyve been inclined regimes and they have no legitimacy on the ground and once news only makes use of man and doesnt need them anymore theyre discarded so i think again its really important for this delegation to meet for any future delegations to meet people on the ground especially the pro freedom leadership that has been under detention well before august thats good to talk to have so many thanks indeed to have so controversial that. Has imposed a travel ban on this on boss carlos ghosn officer he was summoned over an interpol red notice is wanted by japan after skipping bail last month and fleeing to lebanon hes accused of financial misconduct from his time at the sun but denies any wrongdoing reports from. Former newsstand in reno chief carlos gone jumped bail and fled from japan over a week ago on thursday lebannon state prosecutor summoned him for questioning for the 1st time it follows an interpol notice issued by japan seeking his arrest on charges of financial misconduct prosecutors have gone from traveling and are waiting for japanese authorities to hand over his file before deciding whether he violated lebanese laws and should face trial here lebanon and japan dont have an extradition treaty carlos gone maybe an International Fugitive but lebanese authorities dont seem to be treating him as a criminal suspect his lawyer says go on is very comfortable with lebanons judicial system the businessman has said he is ready to face trial but in what he called a fair system and in any of his home countries lebanon france or brazil gone arrived in lebanon over a week ago and had not been seen in public until he held a press conference on wednesday it is important for me to emphasize that im not the above the law and i will come. Out and to have my name. And my reputation restored i did not escape justice. Justice. Political persecution gone had been detained a number of times in japan and was under strict house arrest when he fled he says he did so because he didnt believe he would get a fair trial he also says he was detained in harsh conditions and denied access to lawyers to pounds judicial system has been criticised by human. Rights groups japanese officials were quick to react to gones claims that he was a victim of a conspiracy and a coup well. None of defendant gardens claims can justify the fact that he fled japan illegally if he has his own views on each individual case then he should present concrete evidence to back them up and to make his own claims in court in japan i strongly urge defendant going to ask for the judgment edge appends fi a court within japans fair trial system gone is believed to have arrived in beirut on a private jet by in istanbul airport video has been aired by media in turkey purporting to be Security Camera footage showing him being transferred by vehicle to a 2nd jet turkish authorities have made arrests japanese Officials Say they will try to bring gone back but they may have few options gone is a man who has friends in high places and is believed to enjoy political cover and. I am proud to be. And lebanon is the only country in the world that stood by my side the businessman turned fugitive appears confident and in his words hes preparing for a long stay in lebanon. Beirut after 7 months of unrest in hong kong people in taiwan a taking this hundreds of prodemocracy protests of to the island from hong kong since the demonstrations began taiwans president ial election this weekend is seen as a referendum on beijings increasing influence reports from taipei. Tony chung shuttles between hong kong and taiwans capital taipei every month hes part of a growing support system for protesters looking to flee hong kong because theyre worried about their safety or fear of going to jail the 18 year old is also a prodemocracy protesters the chain on Presbyterian Church in taipei has opened its doors to fleeing protesters always and we. See what china has done to suppress us in hong kong could possibly happen to taiwan we hope that for the sake of protecting its own democracy taiwan can extend a helping hand to hong kong theres a need more than 200 protesters have come to taiwan but they live in a legal limbo holding only temporary visas for the Pro Independence ruling party here in taiwan the d. P. P. Has seen a surge in support since the protests began in hong kong many view this weekends election as a referendum on taiwans relationship with Mainland China one of the protesters who left hong kong for taiwan sees his future hinge on the Election Results hes already been arrested by Hong Kong Police and was one of the protesters who stormed into the Legislative Council back in july and. Whether i will stay in taiwan may depend on what the outcome of the president ial election is judging from his statements position potsie came t. Appears to have labor does a nice from hong kong as violent riots is that is a very unfriendly gesture to us. Presbyterian church has helped the dissidents from Mainland China for years but nothing like the numbers of young protesters coming over from hong kong. Its very clear that the one country 2 systems formula in hong kong is a complete failure which i think serves as a wake up call to people in taiwan this provides an opportunity for us to have a basic grasp all reevaluate what china has pledged stephen vows to keep up his prodemocracy fight if the movement succeeds hell return but for now hes going to attend university here to better equip himself to speak out for hong kong even if hes not there its got harder al jazeera taipei. Firefighters and residents in southeastern australia are preparing for the return of dangerous weather conditions that could make bushfires more intense new warnings and evacuation notices have been issued urging People Living in high risk areas to leave 27 people have died since the fires began in september of 0 as jessica washington was. From the coast to the mountains fires have burned through an area larger than south korea thousands of houses have been destroyed businesses disrupted and dozens of lives lost the Blue Mountains in the west of sydney a unesco World Heritage site has been hit particularly hard in the neighboring region of penrith its almost impossible for people to avoid breathing in bushfires smoke and more than once this summer head north has become the hottest place on earth so we can ignore the fact that you know temperatures are going to take ridiculous levels and. They are at a point where weve never seen them before weve never had time to divide 50 degrees in my lifetime so. As a kid weve never experienced. A strategy a severe drought has worsened the bushfire season which arrived weeks earlier than normal and those fires have become political just months ago Scott Morrison won the election in a landslide appealing to voters who were concerned about their personal finances but the scale and scope of this bushfire season has made many ordinary straley and realize the personal cost of an environmental catastrophe experts say politicians are now facing increasing pressure with many people blaming Climate Change and demanding action the situation is trying to quite considerably certainly Coalition Governments are caught Climate Policy issues have been brought into question big fast im so. Startled but how the conditions have arisen has become the key question of people really interested in the government has been reluctant to make the connection between Climate Change and the fires now the Prime Minister says there is a link but the government isnt prepared to reconsider the countrys reliance on fossil fuels this push by season is far from over and so too is the political impact jessica washington aljazeera sydney australia. At least 20 soldiers have been killed in an attack in northeastern Nigeria Military sources say that members of an armed group stormed the town of mangano in border states on tuesday evening some people had to flee their homes for safety there are fears of casualties this is the latest in a surge of attacks across west africa cell region the Un Special Envoy to west africa has warned the Security Council that violence in seville is at unprecedented levels the number of People Killed during attacks in book you know for some of mali and they jumped from 770 in 2016 to walden 4000 last year the key to faster as one of the hardest hit countries where the death toll increased from 80 in 2016 to more than 182019 the humanitarian cost is also growing the u. N. Estimates that the violence has displaced half a 1000000 people a 10 fold increase in 3 years. This is that from 0 time now for sports is far of a dream thank you so much the International Olympic committee has warned that political protests will not be tolerated at this years summer games in tokyo on thursday the i. O. C. Has top officials met in a low sand and announced new guidelines stipulating that taking a political stand on the field of play will be prohibited athletes will be allowed however to express political opinions during official media settings and on social media actual punishment for protests will be decided on a case by case basis. We want people to understand and athletes to understand that there are athletes that come from different backgrounds and different understandings and there are so many more athletes and Olympic Games that benefit from the solidarity principle. And if we can look at and try and get us to understand that when youre going to the Olympic Games youre going as a team and not as an individual they lympics has a history of staging political protests the most iconic of which is arguably the black power salute at the 1968 olympics in mexico city u. S. Sprinters tommie smith and john carlos of raise their fist to protest against racism in the United States both athletes were suspended by their country not by the i. O. C. In 1906 to protest against having to represent Great Britain irish high jumper Peter Oconnor waved the flag of ireland after receiving his silver medal at rio 2016 marathon silver medalist face at least cross his wrists at the finish line in support of protests at his home in ethiopia or for more on this were joined by sports journalist stuart ware whos covered a number of Olympic Games start weve seen political statements being made at the olympics in the past why is the i. O. C. Putting this measure in place now well absolutely as you say this is been around for a long time but i think the. Trying to say their statement use the word sport is neutral must be separate from political and religious or any of the kind of interference i think that theyre trying to make the focus of the olympics be on the sport on the competition. And the athlete to hijack it for their own political reasons ok but do you yourself stewart believe that it is possible for the olympics to be completely politically neutral. I think youre half to stress that us plates are not being guy because when the talking to the media they can take good over the like it simply that theyre not a load to needle dawn or put a fist stop like the the to didnt and 68th i mean of course the will always be a shoes a road the olympics but i think its court a good thing for the i. O. C. To be saying this is the 1st civil of sport and we want to keep it that way you know if you want to protest about racism in america do it in the murder or do it that they American Embassy dont do it in the midst of all for the Olympic Games what you really has no jurisdiction there and how severe do you think these these punishments well be well i mean that if the big question on the example that you gave all but the ethiopian marise on runner he didnt get any punishment there were 2 american athletes who did a protest at the recent panamerican games one of that mealing and theyll dont putting a fist stop a big oft probation for a year or saw again not the any really real punishment took i think youll be a tick mean wed they dare to take a medal way from someone with the by on the from the next olympics at again you know if you feel it your last olympics the nuff not much of a deterrent either i mean i think that just tried to persuade people and i would be surprised if the really were a neat draconian punishments coming out of this ok great to get your thoughts stuart where thank you so much for your time thank you oh syrias footballers a taking a small a step towards qualification for this year is Tokyo Olympics they had been to know down it to kept are in their asian under here 23 championship great match a competition doubling as an olympic qualifier but they grabbed a last gasp equalizer in their great be madge in bangkok all ran were playing defend me get champions is backs stand the rain eons not helping their cars with this early miss ellie should jari with a moment team for gads the match is finished and a 11 draw russia have reached the semifinals of tennis is a. T. P. Cup in australia their top player Daniel Medvedev could face punishment after twice striking the umpires chair in anger. Mark. Colvin you cant you get used to the going. To have escaping with a point penalty after this meltdown last years u. S. Open runner up did go on to win this match against argentinas diego schwartzman. Tennis world number one ashley barty has made a losing start to the new year the french open champion suffered a shock defeat in her opening match at the Brisbane International playing in front of her home crowd the australian was beaten in straight sets by world number 53 Jennifer Brady brady was coming off the back of a win over maria share but this was the americans 1st ever win over a top 10 player r. T. Will look to pick up some form at next weeks Adelaide International for moving on to the 1st grand slam of 2020 the Australian Open starts on january the 20th. 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Investigating the ukrainian plane crash in iran the u. S. President points to a mistake as your sources say it was not a shot down by iran. Unarmed taylor this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a Senior Iranian commander says attacks on u. S. Military positions in iraq targeted military equipment not personnel and was just the beginning. This is u. S. Politicians debate a resolution designed to limit the president s ability to use further military force against iran. And australias bushfire emergency i temperatures are forecast to return officials warn residents to be ready to