A cease fire in syrias last rebel stronghold. So iran is denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash on wednesday it is calling the allegations against them psychological warfare the video posted by the New York Times of appears to show the moment a missile hit the plane near teherans airport here it is a small explosion when the airliner was reportedly struck but the jet did not immediately explode in fact it continued flying for several minutes turned back towards the airport while it was on fire will start with this report from alan fischer. This was taken seconds before a ukrainian passenger jet crashed near toronto security cameras captured the dramatic moment of impact on the ground 176 people died including 63 canadians that countrys Prime Minister says it was done by in a rainy and missile we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by entering in a surface to air missile the plane came down just 4 hours after iran had fired a volley of missiles towards the u. S. Bases in iraq the country was on high alert for possible u. S. A television i asked if he blamed america for escalating tensions in the area Prime Minister trudeau said a full investigation was needed before fingers were pointed i think it is too soon to be drawing conclusions or assigning blame or responsibility and whatever proportions iranian officials insist the aircraft the Ukrainian International boeing 737800. 00 had a problem and was headed back to the airport they say there were other planes in the area deborah from the plane was scattered over a wide area the socalled black boxes a cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder have been recovered they even say they wont be handing them over to boeing but will conduct an investigation and keep ukraine informed its been reported that deborah has been bulldozed into a pile at the scene making a forensic analysis almost impossible but one expert told us the dead might be the best witnesses there could be evidence with literally within the bodies of the victims that could point to whether or not for example an explosion took place inside or outside of the air that earlier in the day u. S. President donald trump said he feared the worst it was flying in a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake some people say was mechanical i personally dont think thats. Even a question the communion presently flowers at the. Memorial at the airport where the plane was due to land he called for canadian experts to join the investigation its understood many of the victims had jule nationalities families or no painfully waiting to find out when the bodies will be returned and they can see their final goodbye and more with allan now in washington now lets talk about this new video 1st of all because you know when we saw the initial pictures yesterday theres some thought it looks like its on fire as it goes down but now were seeing it tried to turn around it was a small explosion its quite something to watch. They have any instances the plane had a problem thats why it was turning around heading back towards the airport and they insist that given that it came down on its belly that sure is that it wasnt blown out of the sky that there wasnt a catastrophic impact with a missile well the canadians want to be able to investigate these say theyve got to have a fool comprehensive and transparent investigation that is why the number of their inspectors have already traveled to turkey theyre waiting for approval from the iranians to go into the country they have no diplomatic relations with iran so this is all being done through the italians but they hope to get people on the ground sooner rather than later particularly as i said in the report were hearing that at this site some of the wreckage has been build those together which would make it difficult to carry out an investigation not impossible but very difficult and as expert said there is a real possibility that the silent witnesses might be able to talk here the victims that have been lying on the ground that boarded that plane thinking they were going back to ukraine they might be able to give the inspectors some sort of indication exactly what happened inspectors. Iranian territory ukrainian plane lots of canadians on board and the canadian say they want to be involved as well i mean who leads this how does it all sort of come together. Well normally when theres a plane crash it is the country where the accident happened so it would be around and they have primacy in this issue and normally they would invite people from the manufacturers which in this case would be boring the difficulty of course is boeing is an American Company and the entity between iran and the United States particularly at the moment we are told that some boeing inspectors will be given access to the site but when it comes to analyzing the 2 recorders on board the iranians are suggesting there may be some problem with that that there are maybe some damage to that and also that they will not be handing those boxes over to boeing the ukrainians obviously want to be kept fully informed they have asked for the canadians to help form part of an International Investigation they believe the expertise would be very beneficial this will play out over the next few days that normal after a crash like this but what is clear is that canada is on standby to take action Justin Trudeau was asked if it is proven that this was a missile what action will you take he repeatedly said we have to carry out a full investigation before we start even talking about responses and what he made clear is this might have been a mistake there is the possibility according to one person i spoke to earlier that if this was the Russian Missile system that they say it was then it may have been left on remember the timing of this it was just 4 hours after the iranians fired a volley of missiles towards u. S. Bases in iraq they were concerned about u. S. Retaliates and the Missile Defense systems were switched on its possible they were still in automatic and that this plane came within the area of that Missile Defense system and was short of the sky but at the moment that remains speculation the canadians and others want answers and they say the best way to do that is to make this Investigation International through all comprehensive and transparent to come on this on their alan fischer in washington thank you. Well more than 200000 people of iranian origin live in canada and the community has been devastated by the crash of Ukraine International flight 762 at least 63 canadian citizens died in the crash and more than 3 quarters of the passengers were travelling on to toronto or from daniel lak across a vast country grief devastation loss iranian canadians have settled widely and built lives here its no exaggeration everyone in the Community Knows someone connected to the tragedy a man caught our partner just 36 was a Real Estate Agent in a largely uranian canadian area near toronto he and his wife were returning from visiting her family in tehran very positive attitude very upbeat young aggressive very busy and had a law. The wife you want to the job you want to life but he chose that he wanted it could have been something great in mans wife perry nars worked in a bank and was a relentless fundraiser for a top iranian canadian cultural festival the organization doesnt know what it will do without her they realize she is no longer with us. Its a big gap that we have to fill in our committee and in our charity. Nearly 30 victims of the tragedy came from the western city of edmonton a small Iranian Canadian Community there has been gathering for vigils to remember the dead among them 2 married professors from the university of alberta and their young daughters this is a rainy and canadian member of parliament has been meeting his constituents almost constantly since news of the crash emerged on wednesday there are times like this that were really not a hyphenated canadian and were just a canadian. As promiser always said canadian is a canadian as a canadian so although it has hit our Community Everyone in the Community Knows someone that knows someone with its impact on Diverse Communities from iranian canadians to academics the Business World and professions this tragedy is going to continue to resonate even beginning the healing process will take a long time daniel acknowledges or at toronto. On to other news in the u. S. House of representatives has passed a resolution to rein in president trumps ability to engage in military action against iran days after he ordered that drone strike to kill a top iranian chemical and nonbinding resolution a passer 24 to 194 just 3 republicans voted in support and that democrats actually opposed the measure caster reports from washington. House democrats say president trumps order to kill iranian general customs with a mani was a reckless move done without the consultation of congress it is unprecedented the level at which this administration is seeking to obscure the facts from the congress of the American People thursdays vote on the house floor is meant to deliver a rebuke to the president that the democratic led chamber has little confidence in trumps military Decision Making toward iran despite his justifications we caught a total monster and we took them 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 that 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 the war powers resolution passed in the house on thursday directs the president to terminate the use of u. S. Forces in iran without congressional approval but how much power this measure carries is unclear it is a nonbinding resolution which under normal circumstances means it does not carry the force of law but House Speaker nancy pelosi says the war powers act is a special circumstance that gives the resolution legality that it does not have to be signed by the president of the United States the congress of the United States and this full power of full voice can speak a new 9 that way about what the war powers act should look like and that should count for something House Republicans called a vote a partisan distraction this resolution has as much force of law as a new years resolution this resolution is not safeguarding our constitution but attacking our constitution by attempting to. Vest a duly elected president of his commander in chief powers a similar resolution is pending in the u. S. Senate where at least 2 republicans have said they will support the measure to curb iran war powers but whether the resolutions will have that effect or will simply be ignored by the president is a question that may be decided in the courts. Castro aljazeera washington. Russia and turkey have announced a ceasefire in the province the countrys last rebel held stronghold a pause and fighting began just a few hours ago hundreds of people have been killed there in the past year with us from. More than 300000 people have been displaced from it lipped city in just a little over a month despite previews agreements between Turkey Russia and iran on a socalled deescalation zone in this last rebel held area in the northwest of syria bombing has intensified by the acid Regime Forces and his russian allies aid organizations have raised alarm about it to rerating humanitarian situation turkey which has already taken in 3700000. 00 Syrian Refugees is concerned more will come. Turkish president ratchet Tayyip Erdogan and russian president Vladimir Putin discussed the situation and when they met in istanbul on wednesday for the lounge of a gas project connecting both nations by high tech pipelines but in their statement on wednesday there was no mention of a ceasefire in lip but instead they called for a cease fire in libya starting on january 12th. Meanwhile in libya general who is backed by russian mercenaries has rejected the ceasefire proposal there and its unclear if the cease fire will hold. Since september 2018 more than 1300 civilians have been killed in attacks by the Syrian Regime and russian forces. A cease fire declared on august 31st last year also failed to hold each of the cease fires just as with every single agreement that the russians and the regime has made the cease fires are then broken and the regime continues its brutal military onslaught and we hope that this time will be different and it is really turkeys responsibility here called for a ceasefire come at a crucial time as a un mandate that allows humanitarian aid delivery to syria through for border crossings is set to expire on friday leaving 3700000 people vulnerable shuto still ities continue step by. Moscow. In the news ahead a living warlord Khalifa Haftar rejects a call for a ceasefire theyre going against a plea by turkey and russia and malaysia releases recordings appearing to show its former leader covering up corruption. Hello there watching a big storm developing into southern sections of the United States spends a cloud to the north and we have seen a fair amount of snow even some sleet pushing into washington d. C. You can see the tourists still doing the tourist visiting despite the weather but as i say really is now about the south you can see this amount of rain beginning to build really coming out of texas and that will sweep its way very steadily east was over the next couple of days are plenty of warnings in place for floods the flash floods but also for the threat of tornadoes weve got some very warm air in place ahead of this big system so as you get the cold air behind the very moist warm air ahead of that this is where were going to see this line of thunderstorms really developing a look at the time it is behind once it goes through minus 2 the high in kansas city on saturday and that could of course turn some of that rain over to snow were going to mix out across the Pacific Northwest weve got some snow flurries building in but you know its too bad as we head into the 1st part of the weekend its a valid sort of quiet picture through much of the caribbean but that same system developing in the southern sections the United States that really begin to develop so were going to see quite a line of rain showers working away throughout the gulf and of course we have got the usual showers elsewhere very unsettled certainly into the northern bahamas but still staying warm in the with a high of 26 degrees. The fruit of the burning inspired you to pin dreams of peace and democracy but how many came to pass they transformed from communist the social democrats but it was a fake democracy people in power travels through the former eastern bloc to ask why post cold war optimism to succumb to darker more authoritarian realities the Police Called a cop or brought a bomb to the march and they were ready to detonate beyond the wall one on now to syria. The top stories this hour on aljazeera iran is denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash. Ronald weapon state foreign leaders including ones from the u. S. The u. K. And canada also there is intelligence suggesting the plane was hit by an Iranian Missile u. S. House of representatives has passed a nonbinding bills to limit president trumps ability to take military action against iran House Speaker nancy pelosi said the assassination of general caused some sort of money was provocative and disproportionate and russia and turkey have announced a ceasefire in the countrys last rebel held strongholds hundreds of people have been killed there in the past year. Now russia and turkey also calling for a cease fire in libya but the wall Khalifa Haftar has rejected that call. Fighting between have to us forces in the un back to government is only escalated over recent weeks european and African Leaders for the conflict could destabilize several countries the support from cut it off as other young. Libyan warlord khalifa hop star says the fighting will continue. The ceasefire called by russia and turkey has been rejected and have 2 hours vowed to take control of the capital tripoli has been renewed but yeah the libyan arab forces will continue to target the enemy by ear and land moving forward and spread its control on your forces in all areas from the capital from the east of sirte to the outskirts of us rotter. International concern is now growing across the region have to are met with italys Prime Minister to separate continent rome hoping to stir support from the European Union. Then there is russia and turkey which support rivals on the ground on current has begun deploying troops in support of the un recognized government and by turning down the cease fire half dark could be pushing away russia one of his main allies. Fighting has escalated between half theres a Libyan National army and the internationally recognized government in tripoli. Attempts to take control of the capital have fallen short but half the arse forces have gained ground especially in the coastal city of s