the u.n. syria and voice stuff funded mistura says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire and he goes by russia the rebel held area on the outskirts of damascus has come under heavy bombardment in the past forty eight hours ahead of the eighth round of geneva talks to try to end the conflict to also meant to begin on tuesday but the government delegation has said it won't arrive until wednesday francis has avoided any direct mention of me in masri had jim is the minority as he appeared alongside the country's leader aung san suu kyi is widely expected the head of the roman catholic church insisted that myanmar should respect the rights of all ethnic groups facing greece say they've arrested one turkish nationals after finding bomb making equipment in apartments in athens greece eight men and one woman are members of a left wing group this treated as a terror organization by turkey the e.u. . you are up to date those are your headlines this hour stay with us up next it's a.j. selects will be

u.n. security council resolution to extend the world body's investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month u.n. investigators found the syrian government was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in a handshake and in april in which eighty people died many of those were children diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york the tenth veto by russia in the u.n. security council on syria and one that ends the council's efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. it was a vote that sparked outrage from the u.s. ambassador and she gave this warning that the u.s. may now work outside the u.n. russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the united states does not accept syria's use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the international standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hailey accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to en

the u.n. syria and voice steffan de mistura says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire in eastern guta proposed by russia the rebel held area in the outskirts of damascus has come under heavy bombardment ahead of the eighth round of talks in geneva to try and end to the thing. but francis has avoided any direct mention of me and lars orange a muslim minority as he appeared alongside the country's leader on san suu cheap a military crackdown has forced hundreds of thousands of rahane just to flee to neighboring bangladesh well those are the headlines do stay with us coming up next it's the stream and i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching by. ok and you're in the stream live went out to sea air and on you tube today i saw has been defeated on the battlefield but it is not really the end many experts say the conflict continues and that the front line is digital i'm only going to allow so does defeat in iraq and syria i mean i suppose ideology has been toppled

the u.n. syria and voice stephanie mistura says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire and proposed by russia the rebel held area in the outskirts of damascus has come under heavy bombardment ahead of the eighth round of talks in geneva to try and end to the. pope francis has avoided any direct mention of me and lars or hinge a muslim minority as he appeared alongside the country's leader on sun suu cheap a military crackdown has forced hundreds of thousands of rahane just to flee to neighboring bangladesh well those are the headlines do stay with us coming up next it's the stream and i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching by. hi anthony ok and you're in the stream live went out to sea air and. today ice.

the u.n. syria envoy stuff funded mistura says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire in east and go to proposed by russia the rebel held area on the outskirts of damascus has come under heavy bombardment in the past forty eight hours ahead of the eighth round of geneva talks to try to in the conflict also meant to begin on tuesday but the government delegation has said it won't arrive until wednesday. but francis has avoided any direct mention of mean masry to jim is the minority as he appeared alongside the country's leader aung san suu kyi is widely expected the head of the roman catholic church insisted that me in march should respect the rights of all ethnic groups facing greece say they've arrested one turkish nationals after finding bomb making equipment in apartments in athens greece eight men and one woman are members of a left wing group this treated as a terror organization by turkey the e.u. you are up to date those are your headlines this hour stay with us up next it's a.j. cel

syria's u.n. mediators to find a mysterious health separate meetings with government and opposition delegations in geneva this is the eighth round of the united nations sponsored talks to end the civil war the opposition is still demanding the departure of syrian president bashar assad but they are significantly weakened after nearly seven years of fighting diplomatic editor james bays reports from geneva the syria talks have reached a new phase at u.n. headquarters in geneva opposition negotiators arriving just minutes before the government delegation u.n. special envoy stefan de mistura met both sides separately and explained how things would work we have what we call. me that means the two sides in separate but adjacent rooms with mr de mistura quite literally the go between i've been shuttling with my colleagues between the two rooms which basically were five meters away while we were actually reading and discussing with both issues which we can see that very important it is though far from a

she had thank you now the u.n. syria envoy stephan the mistress says the syrian government has agreed to assist fire in eastern huta after days of heavy bombardment this came at the start of an eight round of talks in geneva to try to find a way of ending the violence our diplomatic editor james based reports. the syria talks in geneva are back on but for now with only one of the two sides present u.n. envoy stefan de mistura met the delegation from the opposition but the government which has been involved in a major intensification in eastern. it's trip to geneva the suspicion is they wanted this aerial bombardment to strengthen their hand at the talks and you have any optimism when you see what's going to be as you'll see most. well i was just informed by do russia and then do it today at their peak for a meeting their russian proposal to end a government they've accepted a defiant is difficult because we were and are very content up till now we need to feel where they did take place but if not coincidentally they've a

u.n. mandate to deploy along station troops in syria a u.n. security council resolution only authorized sanctions to be used against eisel such as freezing assets or an arms embargo but nowhere is troop deployment to a sovereign country mention the syrian democratic forces one of the groups who the u.s. backs and who happens to be at odds with damascus have welcomed america's long term plan for syria. they have a strategy for decades to come there will be military economic and political agreements in the long term between the leadership of the movement areas and the us administration so while i feel is on its way out all signs point to the pentagon digging in on a former u.s. diplomat questions the reasons behind washington not wanting to withdrawal from syria even the elimination of isis any attempt to stay in syria has nothing to do with isis or isis to or do you think of the sort us troops are out there legally in the first place unlike iraq where they have been invited in by the the government of that country the only resolution that comes

james mattis is said that america will not withdraw from syria even after the total defeat of islamic state the announcement comes ahead of u.n. backed peace talks in the future of the war torn country and while syria continues to insist that washington's intervention is illegal mattis claims it is justified the u.n. so the isis basically we can go after isis and we have to take them out but that doesn't mean we just walk away and learn to put back to rome or the united nations charter recognizes only justifications for the use of military force in a foreign country the first is having the permission of the security council and the second is self-defense in response to masses comments the syrian government has again said it sees america's presence as hostile the presence of american forces in syria without syrian government consent is aggression and a violation of syrian sovereignty and the u.n. charter. ok we cannot cross to me night and political analyst. dad he's in beirut and we can talk him out good evening thanks for coming on this evening what's your reaction to what james mattis said effectively saying look even if is

u.n. security council so james is is this this avenue or this particular avenue kray entail chemical weapons use in syria as it pertains to the u.n. is is it get dark that guy cannot come up again is that right or is there any other avenue. well it could it could put it could potentially come up again if someone reintroduced it but i think for now it's standard and i think it's damaging to the whole efforts to fight weapons of mass destruction once you nipple way of this global system on fighting proliferation then you get problems other other nations take their chances ok james we're going to take a quick break here and pick up the discussion of this on the other side of the break the vote in the u.n. security council basically to further investigate chemical weapons use in syria more to come on the other side of the right. head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job as a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the ec

u.n. humanitarian advisor for syria has called on world powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from a besieged damascus suburb yanna egeland said that humanitarian supplies are not being allowed to reach east and go to nine children have died in the last few weeks waiting for the syrian government to allow them to be evacuated to hospitals just a forty five minute drive away rebel held in a single turn has been under siege since twenty thirteen and some four hundred thousand civilians are believed to be trapped. with talks on ending the crisis in syria have begun in geneva the opposition and a syrian government delegation have been meeting with u.n. special envoy staff under mr and diplomatic editor james bass is in geneva here u.n. headquarters in geneva reporters have been waiting outside with flurries of snow watching the comings and goings of the various delegations and for the first time in this round of talks in fact for the first time for several years we've had both the opposition and the government in the building at th

u.n. tries yet again to end syria's civil war. donald trump lashes out at his political enemies but also criticizes the leader of america's closest ally. and argentina's navy says that it will continue to search for a missing submarine but the rescue efforts and. libya has agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in detention camps the plan's been drawn up at a joint e.u. african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries natasha butler reports from abidjan. well the frame of this summit was huge but there is no doubt the from the outset it was dominated by the issue of the refugee slave trade in libya and by migration we heard from the host of the summit the president of the ivory coast in the beginning who said that everyone had a collective responsibility to do something when at the end of the summit what leaders decided is that they would try and repatch reate those migrants and refugees that are trap

u.n. security council signals the end of an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. untamed outness is al-jazeera live from zimbabwe's military says it's making progress in talks of president robert mugabe after the army took control. and started news detention centers ordered to kurds after shocking revelations of abuse . building the future we take you to the world architecture festival where the latest innovations are on display. russia has vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month un investigators found this eerie and government was responsible for a chemical attack you can show her in in april eighty people died many of them children are diplomatic get into james bays reports from new york the ten veto by russia in the u.n. security council on syria and one that the council's efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. it was a vote that sparked outrage from the u.s. ambassador and she gave this warning that the u.s. may now work outside the u.n. russia

u.n. humanitarian advisor for syria has called on well powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from a besieged damascus suburb egeland said humanitarian supplies are not being allowed to reach eastern ghouta nine children have died in the last few weeks while waiting for the government to allow them to be evacuated to hospitals just a forty five minute drive away rebel held east and has been under siege since twenty such teens some four hundred thousand civilians are believed to be trapped there. not being able to reach them good. for many months in most of the areas has now read to lead to an uncountably catastrophic situation so the man nutrition now recorded and we haven't had the figures before is nearly twenty percent acute malnutrition among children eleven point nine percent acute to men i wished them good of the children that is. up from two point one percent in general so it's a five six fold increase. in the course of twenty seventy russia has accused the united states of doing everything it can to broke rules korea an

u.n. security council resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month u.n. investigators found the syrian government was responsible for a chemical attack in concha cool and in april eighty people died many of them were children at the matter go to said james bays now from new york the tenth veto by russia in the u.n. security council on syria and one that ends the council's efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. it was a vote that sparked outrage from the u.s. ambassador and she gave this warning that the u.s. may now work outside the u.n. russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the united states does not accept syria's use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the international standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hayley accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter into negotiations

u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria is to be disbanded and is after a tense session in the u.n. security council where russia vetoed any extension of the inquiry it shows even when chemical weapons are concerned the battle lines in syria are as rigid as ever and in another rollback of decisions made by his predecessor president donald trump has decided the import of elephant remains into the u.s. as trophies will be allowed from zambia and zimbabwe for conservation so it's a big step backwards it's like trying to save elephant populations from being hunted to extinction. and this whole presidential election in the public of somalia have turned soloist protests overnight and ahead of a homage to hashtags a.j. he spread. our as. you know with the news grid and live on air and streaming online live and they were dot com and having zimbabwe's leader appear at a university graduation isn't usually out of the ordinary except maybe this year when that leader robert mugabe been has. under house arrest for the past two days we're going to be appeared in public for the first t

u.n. security council on syria and one of the council's efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. it was a vote that sparked outrage from the u.s. ambassador and she gave this warning that the u.s. may now work outside the u.n. russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the united states does not accept syria's use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the international standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hailey accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter into negotiations for some reason the phones at the russian mission aren't working we have tried to get a call with them and they've been too busy to talk to us this week and when i have tried to call the silly for some reason he's not available moments later she was able to express her displeasure in person a very public exchange of words with the russian ambassador vasoline the

with syria's u.n. mediator staffan de mistura has health separate meetings with government and opposition delegations in geneva the opposition is still demanding the departure of syrian president bashar al assad diplomatic editor james baines reports from geneva the syria talks have reached a new phase at u.n. headquarters in geneva opposition negotiators arriving just minutes before the government delegation. u.n. special envoy stefan de mistura met both sides separately and explained how things would work. for real. that means the two sides in separate but adjacent rooms with mr de mistura and his team shuttling between them. it is though far from a breakthrough they're still discussing the way this round of talks will be conducted the situation is very much as we've seen many times in many rounds of these talks no discernible sign of progress but inside syria the people continue to suffer the u.n. has revealed that last month four hundred thousand people were displaced from their homes in syria that

u.n. security council signals the end of an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. and tendernesses al jazeera live from the house a coming up an australian youth detention centers ordered to close after shocking revelations of abuse. zimbabwe's military says it's making progress in talks with president robert mugabe after the army took control. this is about giving hard working taxpayers bigger paychecks more take home pay these are given those families are struggling peace of mind the u.s. house approves the first major tax overhaul in three decades pushing donald trump closer to what would be his first big victory while in office. russia has vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month universe again it's found the syrian government was responsible for a chemical attack in her and show her in april eighty people died and many of them were children or diplomatic as a james bays reports from new york the veto by russia the u.n. security council on syria and one that the council's efforts

u.n. resolution which would have extended the investigation into chemical attacks in syria. pressure builds on robert mugabe to quit as tens of thousands of zimbabweans are expected to march in support of the army. climate talks in bone and with progress on technical details but the u.s. pushes back on moves to ban fossil fuel. lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has now arrived in paris two weeks after he unexpectedly announced his resignation in the saudi capital now he landed at the paris airport in the bush a on saturday morning his resignation in riyadh was on november the fourth in which he said that he feared for his life and he blamed iran for setting tension in the region his two week stay in the saudi kingdom prompted suggestions that he was under house arrest lebanon's president has said he won't accept mr hariri as resignation until he returns to beirut let's talk to our correspondent in beirut now saying the harder this is saad hariri has now landed in paris what are the signs that we're looking for. well yes sagal how do you the landed in paris a short while a

syria the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. did not hide her frustration with the outcome of the vote with the unity of this council or alone and under strain about russia's obstructionism we will continue to fight for justice and accountability earlier the russian representative to the u.n. suggested that the council is trying to remove russia from syria's political process international affairs commentator jonathan steele told us this atmosphere is not helping the situation on the ground. russia is a crucial player in this syria in this war in syria and. parties around in the sense that it supports the syrian government but then western governments including the british government parties are on the move those supporting the armed opposition so that somebody cannot take part because supporting one side or the other is absurd we want people who are involved in the problem to be at the solution so all people should be there including russia and the united states. british school teacher has been suspended for praising his studen

u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria and april the most crafted japanese effort to allow the probe to proceed for thirty days while talks continue between the u.s. and russia and means the u.n. team that was investigating will be disbanded on thursday during a meeting of the council moscow vetoed a u.s. led effort to allow the team to continue its work ok hayley the united states ambassador to the u.n. staunchly criticized the use of the vetoes from the very beginning russia has not negotiated with any of us russia has just dictated and demanded that's not how the security council is supposed to work that's not how the security council can work. russia's ambassador hit back at the criticism from western powers look at starwood news the russian delegation conscientiously participated in all consultations multilateral bilateral consultations those which were designed to bring together the positions of the security council on the extension of the mandate of the joint un o.p.c. w investigative tool to investigate instances of chemical weapons use in syria attempts to po

russia has used its veto of a syria for the tenth time blocking the renewal of an international inquiry into whose behind chemical weapons attacks that the us ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley blasted moscow for its actions saying it gives a green light for syrian president bashar assad to carry out further attacks. russia has issued vetoes before to prevent council action and accountability in syria russia has invented reasons not to support a mechanism that helped create because it did not like its scientific conclusions russia has acted to obstruct these investigations many times but today it strikes a deep blow russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council and by a lemonade in our ability to identify the attackers russia has undermined our ability to deter future attacks assad and isis will no longer be on notice for the use of chemical weapon. by russia's actions today i'm joined now by al-jazeera as diplomatic editor james bays is been monitoring all these developments at u.n. headquarters in new york and james tell us more about why russia blocked the resolution to renew the investigation into chemical

team investigating the use of deadly sarin gas and syria will now be disbanded our diplomatic editor james bays reports the ten veto by russia in the u.n. security council on syria and one that ends the council's efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. it was a vote that sparked outrage from the u.s. ambassador and she gave this warning that the u.s. may now work outside the u.n. russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the united states does not accept syria's use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the international standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hayley accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter into negotiations for some reason the phones at the russian mission aren't working we have tried to get a call with them and they've been too busy to talk to us this week and when i have tried to call the silly for some reason he's not available moments later she was able

u.n. climate conference underway in the german city of bond while the surprise move by war ravaged syria comes after nicaragua also signaled its intention to join the pact to cut carbon emissions. are you want to take you now to body of use of correspondence and dean who is joining us from there is covering the climate talks assign a war torn syria intending to sign onto the paris agreement that they see this coming. it was absolutely unexpected and what we understand syria has not signed anything yet but we were able to speak to a source who was present at the ad hoc working group meeting where apparently a representative of the syrian government expressed interest in receiving the paperwork for signing we also spoke with the u.n. f.c.c. see that's the u.n. climate framework that is running this event and in fact they told us it's their understanding that syria is intending to join so i think it really took everyone by surprise all right took everybody by surprise so it tell us about some of the reactions at the climate summit in bonn where you are. well of course the reactions are very posit

u.n. in syria on boys step on the mr a says the syrian government has agreed to a cease fire and extend good after days of heavy bombardment came at the start of an eighth round of talks in geneva to try to find a way to end the violence and diplomatic editor james bays reports the syria talks in geneva are back on but for now with only one of the two sides present u.n. envoy stefan de mistura met the delegation from the opposition. but the government which has been involved in a major intensification in eastern. it's trip to geneva the suspicion is they wanted this aerial bombardment to strengthen their hand at the talks and you have any optimism when you see what's going on. as you're supposed to be. well i was just informed by do russia and then do it today or did people a meeting did their russian propose there and they've accepted a defiant is difficult because we were and are very content up till now we need to feel where did it take place but it did not point to then told that they've actually been proposed to end their greed upon just a day on the beginning of this stage. there is te

u.n. team investigating the use of chemical weapons in syria has been disbanded after russia vetoed a resolution to extend its mission diplomatic editor james spader's has the latest from the u.n. in new york bieber of the draft resolution contained in document two thousand and seventeen slash nine seven zero please raise the hand those against. it seems this was the moment that investigations into who carried out chemical attacks in syria ended an eleventh russian veto on the side of the assad government leading to this angry rebuke from the u.s. ambassador in a world in which the council's time and attention could be productively devoted to one hundred different things russia is wasting our time conflicts are raging outlaw states are acquiring nuclear weapons the human dignity of millions is violated every day brutal regimes are using chemical weapons on their own people this was russia's reply new war a berlin you're so worried about an extension of the gym's mandate for us is possible only a fundamental flaws in its work are rectified this was probably the last chance to save the internation

times in many rounds of these talks no discernible sign of progress but inside syria the people continue to suffer the u.n. has revealed that last month four hundred thousand people were displaced from their homes in syria that's the highest number of people on the move for eighteen months getting food and medicine to those in need may soon get even harder in new york the russian ambassador to the u.n. vaseline a benzema says he's opposed to extending in its current form a security council resolution that allows aid across international borders into syria mr de mistura humanitarian adviser is calling on all of those on the council to support aid access something he says they failed to do in the past i would do a rape there the success of the security council and the great powers as very low in terms of helping us to reach women children wounded the most vulnerable in this in this conflict they have not succeeded the diplomacy continues to move at a glacial pace while the agony for the people of syria is far from over james pays al-jazeera at the united nations in geneva. and as winter approaches in syria

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u.n. reports children of the age of fifteen in syria sometimes even younger have been engaged in combat there is anything that the u.n. can do in order to try and prevent child soldiers becoming a key part of this war that's still ongoing. well you know my colleague they said general special representative produced a very important report on this subject just a month or so ago and everyone everywhere needs to take their responsibilities and international humanitarian law seriously and that includes not listing or forcing children to be party to the terrible conflict in the u.n. of course compulsory huge number of reports on humanitarian catastrophes especially when it comes to africa we report on what's here on t.v. but what are the main obstacles that you face in trying to solve these problems or at least trying to ease suffering in the worst trouble spots. and what i would say to you and your viewers is there every year that global humanitarian system the u.n. the red cross and the n.g.o.s reaches tens of millions of people in need of lifesaving assistance and we unquestionably say millions

u.n. back to joint mission investigating the chemical attack in syria's eagerly province back in april has found government forces to be responsible the watchdog says they have looked into various scenarios question hundreds of witnesses and examined thousands of pictures and files however they did stress they never made it to the site of the attack. the leadership panel has identified. as responsible for the use of sulfur mustard in. and the syrian arab republic that's responsible for the use of sarin at conseco and their studies showed that the samples from handshake koon match with a particular chemical from the syrian arab republic stockpile that is required to make sarin. and has got more on the story and joins us live now caleb thanks for being with us so tell us the details of what was said during that meeting. well after we heard from the report of the o.p.c. w. after that we heard from nikki haley the u.n. ambassador of the united states now she escalated her rhetoric against the syrian arab republic and seemed to be rallying the council to prolong the work of the joint investigat

on the use of chemical weapons in syria here at the u.n.security council really this is very significant eleven out of fifteen security council members voting in favor of chemical weapons investigations but crucially russia has vetoed it and so now the united nations will no longer investigate the use of chemical weapons in syria so very significant implications to this vote taking place we are waiting to hear from the russian representative and so we expect that to happen and of course al coverage of this u.n. security council vote will continue as we go into the news hour i'll see you in a couple of minutes time stay with al-jazeera. is captivity the only hope for china's panders. ventures deep into the mountains of western china in search of the elusive wildcard. at this time and how does iran. violence and discrimination are all too familiar to many women in india a reality too often reinforced by volatile. but it's leading star is throwing his weight behind the cause. of addictive behavior and using his celebrity to advocate for gender

syria's opposition is making the u.n. mediator stuff and the mr are in geneva in the round of united nations sponsored talks to end the civil war discussions are happening as rebels trying to topple syria's president bashar al assad face up to being significate. a weakened by nearly seven years of fighting syrian government negotiators held talks with a dentist or on wednesday diplomatic editor james bays with more now from geneva. here at u.n. headquarters in geneva reporters have been waiting outside i mean flurries of snow watching the comings and goings of the various delegations and for the first time in this round of talks in fact for the first time for several years we've had both the opposition and the government in the building at the same time we understand they have what's known as proximity talks that's the two delegations in adjacent rooms in the special envoy stefan de mistura has been going between those rooms passing information we understand at this stage they're talking about some principles for the ongoi

u.n. special envoy to syria about that ceasefire for eastern ghouta he sent us this update. here in geneva currently only one of the two sides is represented and that's the opposition delegation the government delayed their trip here they will now be here on wednesday the opposition have been meeting here at their hotel with stefan de mistura the u.n. special envoy and he said he had some good news about the fighting in syria fighting that could derail these talks yet again i was just informed by a do russian then do it today or to people a meeting there day of russians have their proposals to end a government the effects of the eighty five on is difficult because we were and are very content up on seoul now we need to feel where did it take place but it is not coincidental that they've actually been proposed and he agreed upon just the day of the beginning of this stage further talks will take place between special envoy de mistura and the opposition side in the coming hours and then we expect the syrian government delegation led by their chief negotiator the ambassador who

you this morning investigations into chemical weapons incidents in syria have stalled russia's veto to draft a u.s. resolution at the u.n. on extending the work of a joint probe into a deadly chemical incident in syria earlier this year. russia has acted to obstruct these investigations russia is being blamed for everything as usual russia has helped to bury the truth allegedly all trying to disparage our country russia has played games with the new aggression is not playing games you are trying to play games with us russia wants a mechanism but not an independent one we've refused to protest against this blatant unprofessionalism russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism to prove also those who voted against russia's draft resolution are responsible for the fact that the joint investigative mechanism to stop operating. tensions grew after the joint commission accused the syrian government for the sarin gas attack in its second report released in october at the time russia question the credibility for a number of reasons one of the key concerns moscow had was with the reliability of the samples those experts d

u.n. the syria and boys stuff and the mr a says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire in eastern guta imposed by russia at least twenty two people have been killed by syrian government air strikes in the rebel held area on the i'm skirts of the capital damascus eastern go to has come under a heavy bombardment in the past forty eight hours ahead of the trend of geneva talks to try and the conflicts the talks were meant to stand on tuesday but the government delegation has said it want to arrive until what stay our diplomatic efforts and james bass joins me live from geneva hi there james so the russians have proposed the cease fire in eastern guta but how likely is it do you think to take place should be put in a faith and. well remember that in the sink really there's only one side involved in military operations and that's the syrian government bombarding from the same syrian government postponed its trip here to geneva they said they didn't like some comments made recently by the opposition but certainly there is the suspicion that they wanted to finish this military operation

russia has rejected the findings of a un inquiry into a chemical attack in syria. u.n. investigators concluded the syrian government was responsible for the use of sarin gas and the rebel held. more than eighty people died a third of them children examine the movements of aircraft the bomb crater and samples of the sarin gas well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera the stream. from the united states. live reports from the climate conference in bonn and from the front lines of global warming climate. how do you build peace. people are the root. what does that.

and president putin agreed they would find a way forward and political solution to syria under the framework of the u.n. security council on syria. the two leaders saying that efforts to deconflict between the two militaries have proven fruitful in their ability to get after isis and they will continue to do that. we have this press conference soon and we expect that he will be asked to clarify what he meant about president putin. in terms of what he will do with the vietnamese president, the president is expected to get a strong measure of support from the president in the president's efforts to reign in north korea's nuclear program. he's been trying to get a lot of support for economic and diplomatic moves against north korea. it's also expected that he will expand trade with vietnam. there could be some new property acquired by the united states to build a new embassy 1 ha-- in hanoi. and the coast guard is transering if a coast guard vessel to help with coast protection, especially important when you consider china's development of military facilities in the south china sea. a lot to talk about he

extension at the syria and korean till matters can be resolved but the same space reports finding agreement after thursday's meeting will be far from sample the tenth veto by russia in the u.n. security council on syria and one that ends the council's efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. it was a vote that sparked outrage from the u.s. ambassador and she gave this warning that the u.s. may now work outside the u.n. russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the united states does not accept syria's use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the international standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hayley accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter into negotiations for some reason the phones at the russian mission aren't working we have tried to get a call with them and they've been too busy to talk to us this week and when i have tried to call the silly for some reason he's not available moments later she was able

u.n. members than different syria urged the opposition to appear united but apparently that has not been the case i mean the energy who is the saudi representative has openly resigned from at which has been praised by the russians as a victory against extremism because it categorically wants no dialogue with assad but there are some other factions of the opposition whether they be some members of the s.d.f. some members of the moderate opposition who are concerned about news or is risin in a live in some other areas who could be open to dialogue and could be open to negotiation but that being said i think russia has seen a lot like the seat and seen in israel palestine by the seen as a stakeholder that's pretending to be indifferent but actually has a vested interest and i think that lack of unity in the divisions within the the branches in saudi arabia the branches in egypt the greatest guitar the domestic branches in damascus all the factions within the syrian opposition and the fighting even amongst the even amongst the kurdish factions in amongst others racists very much the agreement on

u.n. special envoy to syria stephanie restore says his priority is ensuring the strongest syrian opposition delegation had to geneva later this month the saudi foreign minister has pledged to help the opposition come out unified following monday's resignation of the head of syria's main opposition bloc. two aircraft have landed in the yemeni capital sana'a for the first time since the saudi led coalition tightened its blockade sixteen days ago now it had prevented aid from being delivered despite increasing pressure from the un and humanitarian groups the un earlier said more than thirty flights carrying aid had been cancelled as one millions of people face starvation. in the un's command says north korea violated the armistice agreement when its troops shot at and chased a soldier who was defecting across the border another defector remains in a south korean hospital with gunshot wounds after the incident last week is kathy novak. extraordinary video of a soldier risking his life to escape from north korea at around three in the afternoon he's seen driving a truck past a checkpoint on the

u.n. inquiry into syria chemical attacks.t yesterday even iran was claiming victory that it had destroyed isis. so everybody wants victory. seems like the only one who really came out on top was assad. >> i have been open to this idea that it makes sense for the american government, for president trump, to try to have a working relationship with vladamir putin. but the pd that he's pulling to these kind of roguish world leaders from assad to the head of the turkish government to iran. it's just a rose gallery. i think what president trump ought to tell vladamir putin is that it's good that we have really beaten back isis because it's time for assad to go. >> dana: obviously we do need cooperation on an international level especially when it comes to counter terrorism measures. we do share concerns there. anything you thought of after that call? >> i think secretary ambassador haley, the u.n., had it right. the u.n. is the place to pull this together. i agree with matt. you can't do this in piece meal. you have to leverage the