hello and welcome to nhk "newsline." i'm keikichi hanada in tokyo with the latest at this hour. the united states and russia have reached an agreement on a framework for destroying all chemical weapons held by syria. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov announced the agreement at a news conference in geneva on saturday. >> translator: it's a meaningful agreement. we will proceed with the talks under the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons.