Soldiers were killed in an attack on a military camp. Spectacular show volcanic lightning from an eruption near the philippine capital thats close the airport and prompted Mass Evacuations. So then there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders after they admitted the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner but there have also been rallies against the u. K. By those who say its government is trying to stir up chaos on a diplomatic front counters that mia arrived in tehran pushing for talks to try to resolve the crisis with the United States. As this. An important ally on an important mission. The 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar so if the membrane hammett all funny comes at a critical time for the region at the invitation of president Hassan Rouhani the 2 leaders discussed increasing economic and political cooperation and the joy of the family yet considering the importance of Regional Security especially in the waterways in the persian gulf the strait of hormuz and the sea of a man who decided to have more talks and corporation for the security of the whole region. The recent crisis between iran and the United States was also on the agenda qatar is one of the few countries in the region that maintains a close relationship with washington and tehran the 30 feet walk has said this visit comes at a very critical time in the region and weve agreed that the only solution is to diffuse escalations among old policies and weve also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue is the only route to any solution to any crisis and that mere also met irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei before ending his one day visit the Supreme Leader stressed towns readiness for wider cooperation with regional states as the current Political Climate is very sensitive in the region because of u. S. Policies. While the diplomatic talks were underway this was the scene outside the British Embassy in tehran the chance calling for the embassy to be shut down. On saturday the British AmbassadorRobert Macaire was briefly arrested after attending what he said was a vigil for the victims of a rainy and missile strike that brought down a ukrainian airliner killing 176 people in iran some in the ambassador accusing him of attending and illegal protest where demonstrators voiced their anger at the initial denials that a reign in forces had shut down the plane after days of denials irans revolutionary guard finally admitted mistakenly shooting down the boeing 737 on wednesday morning the British Foreign office described him basters arrest as a breach of International Law hes now joining calls for dialogue to reduce tensions and finding a diplomatic way forward the qatari emir is visiting here is being seen as the 1st sign of a real diplomatic efforts to ease the hostilities between iran and the United States but its too early to say whether or not it will have to desired outcome forces of aljazeera to hong. Well as a note from 5. Dozen iraqi ambassador to the United Nations and he says that iran is being compelled from inside to ease the crisis. I think everyone in the region wants a deescalation robber than an escalation of the tensions of some of the reports of true that even includes. Iran and i believe it also includes the president of the United States there may be those around them who want an escalation with iran but i dont think the president now wants to be involved in another war in the middle east so i think a way forward. Makes sense through intermediaries and i think there are a couple other than obvious place to go for that sort of intermediation the issues of course are. More complicated now therefore it was the from the iranian perspective sanctions and the fact that the United States withdrew from the Nuclear Agreement the United States wants to negotiate a better Nuclear Agreement but also wants surance of the about iran. Regional activity which are detrimental to us and both and often detrimental to the states involved such as iraq such as lebanon. But now with the with the assassination of hossam so they money i think those efforts will be much more complicated its possible that because the Iranian Regime is feeling International Pressure but also pressure domestically that it may now find an opportune time to find a way to the escalate more questions are emerging about the immediate threat that u. S. President told trump cited as his justification for killing the iranian general consumption of money his defense secretary marc esp a says he hasnt seen specific evidence that iran was about to attack 4 u. S. Embassies an official has the details. The killing of kassam solo money and its consequences continues to reverberate around the american political scene President Donald Trump claimed in a televised interview on friday for u. S. Embassies when it imminent risk of a rainin attack that he said justified the operation but u. S. Defense secretary marc esper was far less certain there was one piece of intelligence that pointed in that direction i didnt see one with regard to 4 embassies what im saying is i share the president s view that probably my expectation was theyre going to go after our embassies embassies the most prominent display of american presence in a country one of the embassies at risk believed to be the one in baghdad the president S National Security adviser insists the threat to 4 was real the intelligence they were working with was in his words exquisite because of the prompt action that we took both with respect to the embassy in baghdad which they would have attempted to overrun and storm and with respect to our military bases that were hit by the iranians with their Ballistic Missiles there was no loss of American Life in any other case and i think thats a credit to the president states but in capitol hill both republicans and democrats have been critical of the intelligence briefing they were given democrat adam schiff chair of the House Intelligence Committee stopped just short of accusing the trumpet ministration of lying to congress the brief was much more along the lines frankly of something the secretary pompei o admitted the other day when he said that we dont know precisely where and we know know precisely when republican senator rand paul a trump supporter said there was no evidence an attack was imminent and insisted Congress Must act to limit further action against iran so my point being for this war powers debate is that we really need to have a debate about whether we should still be in iraq or afghanistan and there needs to be authorization from congress. 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House of representatives has approved a war powers resolution aimed at limiting future military action against iran by the trumpet ministration theres a new sign its about to be debated in the senate alan fischer you know washington when i say this all we can speak to Bill Schneider whos a political analyst and Public Policy professor at George Mason University is in washington i mean its not a welcome to the program again its only sounds like it was an assumption an expectation that attacks in the offing how concerned should we be about that well need debate thats going on in the United States is whether the attacks were necessary not whether they were the attack on general somani was justifiable most americans would believe that it was justifiable to eliminate him because he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans in the iraq war and he was in league with a lot of terrorist organizations supported by iran in the middle east but the question thats being raised by critics of the president is why does this attack necessary the president has argued that it was necessary because of imminent attacks being planned on 4 american embassies but no one has seen any evidence of that imminent attack being planned. As you say we acknowledge that sort of money was responsible for many deaths you could argue indeed the tribe of ministration would no doubt argue that we are now in a better position for negotiation than we have been in fact for a long time. Well that is an argument theyre making i dont think the American People believe that they dont believe these attack the attack was necessary and they dont feel particularly secure polling shows that most americans do not feel that the elimination of general sort of money has made them more safe or more secure it seems to have been a risky and provocative move that wasnt necessitated by any particular imminent attack that the administration has argued what do you make of the National Security adviser saying that the maximum Pressure Campaign is working that iran is being choked off and it will have no choice other than to come to the table well the iranians has certainly responded cautiously to the pressure from the United States it appears that they do not want a war or a confrontation with the United States that would be very costly for them as the president has warned but thats not the debate going on politically in the United States what the president s critics are arguing is that the real motivation for the elimination of general so little money was political it wasnt military ok moving along to the nuclear deal was the fundamental part of all this is you know what do you make of the european stunts on this encouraging iran to stand while trump is encouraging europe to pull out altogether. Well he he had been encouraging all europe china to pull out of the nuclear deal so far the nuclear deal seems to have feeble support the iranians seem to be abiding by it for the moment but they have expressed the intention of building a Nuclear Weapon so it doesnt appear that this nuclear deal is going to hold up in the long run and the europeans who of course have always been in favor of it and presented the United States pulling out of it as we did a couple of years ago thats a very big issue between them and the United States all right those not appreciate that thanks for a perspective. Well thousands of people have gone along vigils for the 57. 00 canadian victims of the ukrainian passenger jet crash Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau told one more event in edmonton that he wont rest until there is justice for the tragedy on in toronto people gathered at the university which lost 6 jews and was the. Those reading out victims names from the Ukrainian Airlines crash were choked with emotion so were many who watched among the victims were dozens of University Professors students staff and their families including Young Children this tragedy has hit one particular Community Hard but political leaders say the entire country is united in mourning and now it is time for a reigning canadian. And all of their canadians to come together as canadians we remember together. We mourn together. And we will seek answers together so hundreds of people are waiting outside as the ceremony goes on in a hall that seats 1500. 00 already full to capacity this is a community thats determined to come together both to grieve and to press for answers from the regime in Tehran Canadian officials have begun arriving in tehran to take part in the crash investigation and to help victims families canada cut diplomatic ties with iran in 2012 but tehran moved quickly to grant visas to canadian representatives after it admitted on saturday it had shot down the plane amid the grieving at the vigil in toronto a glimmer of hope for some sort of change in iran this incident may well turn out to be irans chair noble because its really the straw that broke the camels back people have already suffered enough from. Violent repression and authoritarianism and corruption people in iran are truly suffering especially the young people this is one of many avenges held across canada since the crash in tehran last week the canadian government says its listening and promising to keep up the pressure on iran for a credible investigation compensation for those who lost loved ones and for justice to prevent another tragedy Daniel Lak Al Jazeera toronto. A problem also ahead here on the news hour including commemorations marking 10 years since haitis earthquake ive shot it by anger about its people and of how. We follow one survivors fight for justice following the massacre of 156 people in guinea a decade ago. And tributes for a writer killed in the crash of the dakar rally in saudi arabia peter will have the full story. Now the deaths of almost 90 soldiers have been confirmed by nigers government off the attackers stormed a base near the border with money as ahmed interests explains from the capital in the army its just the latest incident in a region thats becoming increasingly violent this is the cost of a conflict that most of the world knows nothing about 89. 00 body bags soldiers from the shows me killed in an attack at an army base in she never got close to the border with money no one has yet claimed responsibility but a number of armed groups active. In violence across west africa say the region has been increasing last month 71 soldiers were killed in an attack and yet as u. S. Border with mali and booking a fossil some believe the conflict in libya is worsening problems across the region. After the collapse of the libyan state. After the the war now it is by france that in libya thats way thats when all the problems in this whole because they came with. And the attack countries like mali michel booking their 1st so and those countries are too poor to face. The terrorists who are fighting them and french president Emanuel Mccauley is expected to horse leaders from the region on monday where they will most likely discuss the future of francis military presence in the south no we need to have a military answer because we need to educate those jihadists there are also but it wont be enough because we need to bring also social and also in the region but what i must also stepped up attacks on the military and civilians in the next area at 1st believe that along with a military solution governments in the region must do more to address poverty thats pushing more young men to join the armed groups the United Nations estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced in the region because of the farmers are better greece aljazeera the army and. Well as ahmed mentioned the french president. Is to host a meeting of g 5 countries which are responsible for the military response to conflicts in the region they are mauritania mali became faster and chad. Well as youve been hearing the violence is only beginning worse the number of People Killed in attacks in kenya mali has jumped from 770 in 2016 to more than 4000 last year and thats largely because of a combination of attacks by armed groups in communal violence remote areas where government presence is weak are especially vulnerable the humanitarian cost is also growing the u. N. Estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced thats a 10 fold increase. In 3 years and lets take this on we can speak to carter whos a Lecturer International relations at George WashingtonUniversity Welcome to the program this upsurge in violence and as a whole is doing largely unnoticed by the wider world but shouldnt we sit up and take notice isnt it just as important as anywhere else in the world salut really absolutely this is this is the big theme you want to push people that i work with want to push that terrorism and insecurity in africa. In this i have no should be taken seriously. If it were happening see a neuro pour their heart of the middle east unfortunately it is not and i think its a lack of political will particularly in the democratic countries like the United States and in washington i mean western europe they. Dont get pressure from their voters that you need to take this issue seriously what all the dangers. Of the rest of the world leaving this alone and let it go unnoticed. Oh that dangerous and many you know of course in the United States because of domestic issues you have this movement called black lives matter sometimes i cant help thinking that people need to be reminded that african lives martyred to the same time though if you look beyond Africa Europe and africa reality close neighbors theyve been for thousands of years whatever happens in africa is going to affect europe for good or ill to a certain extent thats why mr mccrone has taken interest and before him previous friend president s they realize that the danger of insecurity especially terrorist insecurity enough ruka is g