barnaby phillips is in berlin live bhap if anythin. barbarneybarnaby, what can be accomplished? >> we don't know. when kerry will be here in berlin, on saturday he will meet mahmoud abbas the palestinian leader. what he is hoping is that he can take some clarity to president abbas, according to the americans, over israeli intentions or nonintentions as the israelis insist to change the status of the al-aqsa mosque compound, benjamin netanyahu saying that any suggestion is incitement coming from the palestinian leadership. john kerry hoping that he will be able to carry a message at a reassures the palestinian leadership also hoping generally i think to somehow deescalate the tension to change the language. as regards specific proposals, that is something that the americans have not been in favor of, they're talking about at this stage reassurances from benjamin netanyahu. >> barnaby phillips live in berlin. >>> russia's defense ministry says its planes have struck dozens of targets within syria in the last 24 hours. appear to show strikes on homs province, activists say the syri

let's cross now to barnaby phillips who is in vienna for us. barnaby, what can we expect from the talks? >> reporter: as you were suggesting, i think there are an awful lot of questions of the russian he, from the other three. united states, saudi arabia and turkey which have been amongst the most vehement critics of bashar al-assad, russia on the other side, now perhaps his most crucial ally. all four countries militarily engaged to different extents in different ways to syria itself. to that extent it is very important, i think yes, the anti-assad trees owe, want more clarity as to what russia's intlengserussia'sintentions are. what is its end objectives? as you were suggesting, those talks between putin and assad which took place a couple of days ago, what assurances did the two give to each other? i would suggest that those are the questions that sergey lavrov, the russian minister who will arrive shortly, will have put to him. >> particularly the future of bashar al-assad. >> reporter: yes, exactly. and i suppose this is a question that tho

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let's cross to barnaby phillips, live in vienna. what can we expect from these talks? >> well, these are four countries which all, to various levels, have military involvement in the war in syria. there should be a lot to talk about. as you were intimating, it is the russians who have made the boldest most decisive move in the past weeks. i think there will be questions about russia's motives here. all the others are opposed to assad's continuing in power. the americans say the majority of russian air strikes have not been against i.s.i.l, but against the other opponents of assad. sergey lavrov will say we have made the move, we can, wore with us anwork withwith us and we wid to the crisis in syria. >> one that cannot involve bashar al-assad, so presumably, they'll want to know what russia's intensrussia's intentie future of assad. >> yes, i think that's a crucial question. they'll want to know what undertakings might be made in that meeting in moscow to that effect. just speaking yesterday in berlin, john kerry says bashar al-assad remains the number one deterrent to

barnaby phillips is live for us in berlin. so the comments about the holocaust have caused quite a storm, haven't they. >> that was short shrift here in germany of all places. how ironic that this was benjamin netanyahu's destination stay acknowledging the holocaust that has been the statement that the government has put out today. we alone are responsible for this crime. the nazi murder crimes and we'll carry on teaching our children that. certainly a criticism of benjamin netanyahu's interpretation of events in 1941. other historians have weighed in. there is no doubt that the grand mufti of jerusalem collaborated with the nazis to a degree. but to go from there and to say that he was the man who planted the idea of exterminating jews across europe in hitler's head is quite a leap and historians have been saying that massacres of jews had already begun in lithuania and ukraine, often seen as the first stages of the final solution, and the grand mufti did not come in to this city until the final month of 1941. >> tell us what

barnaby phillips is in vienna. >> reporter: a flurry of diplomatic activity here in austria over theuture of syria, and talks that bring together several avowed opponents of the syrian regime, that is the americans, the saudis and the turkish governments with its most crucial military backer; that is, of course, the russians, and i would imagine that sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister is facing tough questions over russia's true motivations, what it wants in syria exactly, and what promises it may have extracted from president assad of syria over his future. what did he say to president putin in moscow a couple of days ago? the rur shans see themselves firmly at the middle of anyonings. and there have been bilateral meetings. and the russians said they had agreed to, quote, coordinate their military activities in syria, so that's an indication of where the russians would like things to be going in these talks. >>> and that is barnaby phillips reporting. we want to take you life now and show you these images coming out of vienna, you can see the microphones that are there as

barnaby phillips live in berlin. >>> syria's president has made a surprise trip to moscow to meet withr putin. it's believed to be his first trip abroad since syria's war began in 2011. rory challands reports from moscow. >> reporter: it was one of the political surprises the russian president so loves to pull. bashar al-assad who hasn't left syria since his country's uprising began four years ago, visits moscow unannounced. >> translator: the terrorism spreading today would without your decisions and action have spread to even more territories and states, not just in our region, but other regions too. >> reporter: russia's air strikes in syria have allowed president assad's army to go on the offensive, after months of setbacks. they have also killed 370 people. 127 civilians, and 243 fighters. >>> but russia seems increasingly eager to find a political solution to the war it is now involved in. >> translator: we assume that the long-term solution may be reached on the basis of the latest military developments and political process with participation from all political, ethnic, and rel

and the meeting comes just a few days after vladimir putin met bashar al-assad and we go to barnabie phillipss russia positioning it self to be in the driving seat when it comes to working out what is going on in syria? >> it does, marteen, russia has taken bold and decisive steps in resent weeks and there is an obvious contrast between russia's actions and the actions and hesitancy and doubt of the united states but all four countries here are militarily involved to some extent in the conflict in syria. as you are suggesting some of them saudi arabia, turkey, the united states will have a lot of questions over russia's motives, a lot of skepticism, a lot of daughter so sergei fedorov the russian foreign minister expected here shortly and says russia wants to build an international coalition against i.s.i.l. and it wants to build some sort of political transition that will lead to a peaceful unitry syria and everybody wants that end objective but there is an awful lot of diplomatic obstacles in the way and we perhaps may see some slight progress and may see where a possible solution could lie

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>> al jazeera's barnaby phillips reporting from vienna. >>> civilians and children are among the two dozen people reported killed today in russian air strikes. near the town of tablisi near homs. sevehoms. in eastern dutta near damascus, three were killed. since the russian air campaign started three weeks ago, three military facilities have been hit. al jazeera's omar al saleh has more. >> russian attack air crafts targeted in the town, were rescuing to rescue victims of an area russian air strike in the northern province of aleppo on tuesday. they said they were appealing to people to leave because jets were still circling overhead before this happened. rescuers say the rockets was fired from a russian aircraft. activist and medical staff say russian jets have hit losses and clinics before. >> they probably don't do it deliberately but they don't really care. if they have a target they think they need to hit they are not worried about the collateral damage and they're not using as many of their precision guided weapons because they're so expensive. there's no doubt about the fact t

barnaby phillips hav has more. >> this man is accused of destroying cultural history. identify himself. >> translator: i am from the tuareg tribe. i was born about 40 years ago, i was a graduate from the institute in timbuktu. >> it was in 2012 that the tuareg rebels with links of al qaeda occupied the fabled city of timbuktu. they set about destroying a number of tombs and mosques which offended their own strict interpretation of islam. hundreds of years of history smashed into dust. ahmed alfaqui was a dealous member of al hazdine. human rights groups hope that courts will examine other allegations against him and his colleagues. >> these atrocities include rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage amongst others. so we do believe it is very important for the offers of the prosecutor of the international criminal court to take into account the credible evidence that's been provided within the national system about these further scopes of crimes. >> reporter: timbuktu in its day a center of islamic learning suffered badly during the ansadeen occupation. next appearing

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >>> from all corners of the globe we go to kazakhstan, given the job of forming a coalition government. it's promised closer ties to russ. in 2010, kyrgyzstan went through an uprising, first country in south central asia to have a election for cooperation in europe. the voters in portugal have elected the governing center right coalition which is widely seen as oreferendum, this election, on four years of austerity there. the coalition of prime minister pedro coehlo, ready to talk to other parties about coalition. >> translator: we did not manage to achieve the majority in parliament as we had wished for. i told all the portuguese people it would have been a safer way of facing the next four years but i fully respect the decision of the portuguese people. >> coming up, do stay with us if you can, the brazilian investigation that's expected to uncover corruption at the highest levels. >>> it's a different story for rangers, the texas rangers, robin has got that in joavment. >> a money laundering operation that used a car wash as a front, has lent its name

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >> sports news is coming up on the news hour, including this. [ cheering ] >> yes, special guest notice locker room who are partying like it's 1986 all over again. >> hello again. it's a corruption scandal that has reached some of brazil's most powerful people. something that first came to light when police discovered a money laundering operation at a car wash. >> these yellow and green ribbons, the colors of brazil's flag, have been tied around trees to show support for a police for the state which for the past year has put some of brazil's most powerful people behind bars. executives of oil giant petrobras, and high-level politicians have been arrested for the corruption. a money laundering scheme involving a car wash led federal police to the first indications that executives could be behind what is the largest corruption scandal in brazilian history. the astonishing amount of money involved and how far up the political system the scandal goes enraged many. thousands have taken to the streets. >> operation car wash was possible precisely because it was

barnaby phillips has the story about. >> he's already met angela merkel, the german chancellor. angela merkel said she would push hard for a two state solution. benjamin netanyahu accusing palestinians of terror attacks and accusing the palestinian leadership of insightment and lies. perhaps the john kerry meeting on thursday morning offers some grounds for diplomatic movement forward because john kerry is later expected to fly to the middle east and meet with mahmoud abbas. but we are not seeing any tangible signs of progress yet. >> meanwhile the u.n. he secretary-general ban ki-moon is urging both sides to pull back from what he calls a dangerous escalation. he meets with mahmoud abbas in ramallah on wednesday. >> this deserves renewed attention settlement activity busy israel is illegal. and only inflames the tension while reinforcing the sense that the viability of the two state solutions is disappearing. we cannot ignore sense of desperation that comes with the slow evaporation of hope. >> but diplomatic efforts have little hope. stefanie dekker has the latest from ramalla

. >> let's go to my colleague barnaby phillips live for us in vienna. she says, yeah, two-state solution is something we need to work towards. it would have been a surprise if she hadn't said that. goodness knows how long that might take. whether it comes to the more immediate future, she had something to say. >> reporter: well, she certainly told us, david, that the pace of diplomacy is increasing, because john kerry left vienna and is flying to the region. he's flying to jordan, and we expect tomorrow he will meet king abdullah and the palestinian president abbas there. she said after that abbas will travel to brussels to meet her there on monday. also, there is telephone contact between all these people pretty much all the time. she said that in her meeting yesterday with benjamin netanyahu, which took place in berlin, she had received assurances about the status of the holy sites, about that israel having no intention, according to prime minister netanyahu, to change their status and also there have been reassurances over the jordanian role in prote

barnaby phillips is live, what if anything can these talks achieve. >> it's difficult to be optimistic, adrian. john kerry will be liste listens much as talking. because after his meeting with netanyahu in berlin he will meet mahmoud abbas of the palestinians on saturday. hoping he can take some kind of reassurance and present it to present it to mahmoud abbas. so the americans are telling us that they are seeking greater clarity on where the israelis stand on this very emotive issue of holy sites. what jews call the temple mount, the al-aqsa mosque compound. benjamin netanyahu in remarks last night said, there are absolutely no plans ton israeli side to change the status of the al-aqsa compound. will he get that reassurance to john kerry, what will john kerry take to mahmoud abbas. whatever is achieved here, we won't know how tangible it will be for a few days. once this round of shuttle diplomacy comes to its conclusion. >>> yesterday you and i were discussindiscussing are germanys response, now americans have weighed in to round 2. >> yes, that's right, they have also implicitly cri

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >> more on our website, aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ >> hello. are at the "listening post" these are some of the media stories we are getting crosses this week: the tragedy in mecca. 1 story differing narratives depending upon what channel you are watching in which country. the conflict in crimea has led to the launch after new television channel in estonia. no country for journalism: profession. >>> the handle is@snowden. citizen 4 hits twitter. >>> there are certain news events when you examine the coverage them reveal much about the larger story: the disaster that structural the hajj pilgrimage in mecca is an example of that reflected through the lenses of saudi and airanian media. two tloningz of pilgrims met at an intersection called nina. what happens next is unclear. what we know is hungry of lives were lost. one of the reasons for the confusion journalists say is they were denied access to the scene for up to seven hours. the larger story is the geo politics of the region, news reports coming out of riyadh and a bit of bad press given it

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >>> mexican rescue teams arrived to help search for hundreds of people buried in a landslide that swallowed part of a town in guatemala. torrential rains triggered the bad weather on thursday. at least 131 people have died and hundreds more are still missing. in the u.s. 11 people have died in south and north carolina because of severe flooding. officials are following a wave of floodwater as it moves across the state to the coast. there are likely to be more vac vaguses or road closures. more than 40,000 have no matter and 26,000 have no power. >>> a flash flood on the french riviera killed at least 19 people. the french government declared a natural disaster in the southeastern region. up to 5,000 homes are without electricity on monday with as many as 70,000 suffering blackouts on sunday. the french president pledged relief payments to help cover damage within three months. >>> north korea says it has released a south korean student. moon was detained after he crossed the border between north korea and china earlier this year. pyongyang says the cross

barnaby phillips is in vienna. >> reporter: stephanie we have had a series of meetings in the hotel behind john kerry with turkish and saudi arabia counterparts all suspicious of russia's motive. sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister flew here to explain what exactly russia is doing in syria, what its end objectives are. what undertakings could have been given to president assad a couple of days ago. and it is possible for these four countries all of which are militarily engaged in syria in different ways, reach a common purpose. can they reach an agreement on a transition that would see president assad step down. if so, how quickly? and do they trust each other enough to make such a plan stick? a lot of doubt it has to be said, whether those can be realized or not. but at least at the moment four key players involved in the syrian disaster are actually talking to each other. and that's good news. >>> many of those displaced by the syrian war are part of this sea of people who made their way to the serbia croatia border overnight. 5,000 asylum seekers are at a small town there, tryin

barnaby phillips has more. >> 15 young men, more than 100 days in prison. no charges against them. including activists, two who have been protesting for years after what they say is a lack of democratic freedom in angola. >> they arrested in june when, according to friends. they gathered to attack a book. many of them spent weeks in solidary confinement. angola is led by president santos, in charge since 1979. his government says the men in prison were planning a coup, and the attorney-general told state media he's preparing a case against them. >> they were carrying out acts which could have been preparation for the overthrow of the legitimately elected government. >> families of the detainees tried to stage demonstrations. some of these have been broken up by the police. in angola, in theory, the constitution guarantees democratic freedoms, in practice it takes courage to protest. >> freedom of expression, assembly association. all is carteled in angola, and what the young people were to do is exercise the freedoms. that has been curtailed. we are calling on the authorities in an

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >> a sink hole opened up in saint albin outside of london. crater spread across a front garden and driveway 10 meters deep. several families had to be evacuated from their homes during the night. fire and rescue services say a small hole and in the road a few days ago. but a leak in water main is sta thought to have created the sink hole. resources of russian airstrikes in syria as the u.s. warns moscow against esc lating the 4-year conflict. residents in already flooded parts of the east coast brace for a major category 3 hurricane as joachin bears down on the bahamas. israel is expected to respond to the palestinian leader's accessizations that the

. >> barnaby phillips thanks.in berlin. >>> syria's president has made a surprise trip to moscow to meet with his russian counterpart vladimir putin. it is believed to be his first trip abroad since the war in syria began in 2011. the topic, of course, the war in syria and russia's military involvement. >> reporter: it was one of the political surprises the russian president so loves to pull. bashar al-assad who hasn't left syria since his country's up rise began four years visiting moscow unannounced. >> translator: the terrorism that is spreading today would have spread to even more territories and states not just in our region, but to other regions too. >> reporter: russia's air strikes in syria have allowed president assad's army to go on the offensive after months of setbacks, they also according to the syrian observatory for human rights killed 370 people, 127 civilians, and 243 fighters. but russia seems increasingly eager to find a political solution to the war it is now militarily involved? >> translator:

barnaby phillips is there too. >> reporter: a flurry of diplomatic activity here in austria over theure of syria, and talks that bring together several avowed opponents of the syrian regime, the americans, the saudis and the turkish government with its most crucial military backup, the russians. i imagine sergei lavrov is facing tough questions about russia's true motivations, what it wants in syria, and what promises it may have contracted from president assad. the russians see themselves firmly in the middle of things. and on the side there have been bilateral meetings between the russians and the jordanians, and afterwards the russians said they had agreed to, quote, coordinate their military activities in syria, so that's an indication of where the russians would like things to be going in these talks. >>> four people in egypt including two policemen have been injured after a bomb they were trying to diffuse exploded. >>> congo ports along mexico's pacific coasts have shut down as the biggest hurricane ever in the region veers towards land. it has packed speeds of up to 400 kilom

are accused of planning a coup but human rights groups say they are prisoners of conscience, barnaby phillips. >> reporter: 15 young men, more than 100 days in prison, and no charges against them. they include activist activists. who have been protesting for years against what they say is a lack of democratic freed numb an goal actual they were arrested in june when according to friends they had gathered to discuss a book about peaceful protests against repressive regimes. angola is led by the president that has been in charge since 1979. his government says the men now in prison were planning a coup and the attorney general told state media he's preparing a case against them. >> they were carrying out act which could have been preparation of the overthrow of the legitimately elected government. >> reporter: families of detainees have tried to stage demonstrations some have been broken up by the police. until an goal, a in theory, the constitution guarantees democratic freedoms in practice it takes courage to protest. >> it's all curtailed in angola. what he were they were trying do is exerci

barnaby phillips is live for us now in vienna. ave come out making noises rather than saying anything substantial, would you say, barna barnaby? >> reporter: yes, i would, david. and the noise is from the american secretary of state john kerry were positive. he said the talks were constructive and productive. the saudi foreign minister, less positive, said that the four countries, all four of which, of course, have a military stake in syria to varying degrees. the russian side very much on president assad's side. the other thing on various opposition sides. he -- the saudi foreign minister said that the four could not reach a common position on the future of president assad. and of course this was always going to be a crucial sticking point as indeed it has been for the last four years, of conflict in syria. >> sergei lavrov says he is interested in bringing in other countries to these conversations, specifically, iran and egypt. >> reporter: yes, he did. i'm not sure that that's necessarily new. specifically on the side of iran, a

barnaby phillips is live for us in berlin. and surely the daily violence going on right now is going to be topping all of the agendas. >> reporter: yes, and we have seen the german host saying exactly the kinds of things that you would expect to see as benjamin netenyahu was on his way here, that the violence needs to de-escalate, that israel has the right to protect itself own citizens, but it should do so in a proportionate way. the interesting diplomatic initiative has come from e.u. partners, the french who have talked about some sort of international presence at the al aqsa mosque compound to reduce tensions there. but that is something that benjamin netenyahu has already rejected. his meeting with john kerry tomorrow very important because john kerry will fly on, we believe, eventually to the middle east in a meeting with the palestinian a leader. little grounds for optimism. >> barnaby also kerry heading to germany to talk with benjamin netenyahu tomorrow. what exactly will he be looking for from the israeli prime minis

the barnaby phillips sent us in update from berlin. >> the israeli prime minister will have a flurry of meetings here in berlin with e.u. foreign policy chiefs and with john kerry, the american secretary of state. he has met angela merkel, the german chancellor. the two gave a previous statement after their meeting. nothing too remarkable came out of it. angela merkel said she would continue to push for a two-state solution. benjamin netanyahu accusing of terror attacks and palestinian leadership of incitement and lies. perhaps the john kerry meeting on thursday morning offers some grounds for diplomatic movement forward because john kerry is later expected to fly to the middle east and meet with mahmood abbas, but we're not seeing tangible signs of progress yet. the other issue which has blown up here in berlin were those controversial remarks by benjamin netanyahu made on tuesday in israel, the grand mufti of jerusalem back in the 1940s actually inspired the final solution, the holocaust. he gave the idea to hitler. since then benjamin netanyahu has road back somewhat from that and

barnaby phillips, al jazeera. >>> british prime minister david cameron has ruled out paying reparationsn role in the caribbean slave trade. he made the remarks during his trim to jamaica, the caribbean countries say european governments are responsible for slavery and genocide. >>> mexico has extradited 13 alleged drug traffickers to the u.s. including two prominent cartel bosses they have been housed at the maximum security facility in mexico which was the scene of a dramatic escape by jaoquin guzman. mexican officials have refused to comment on whether these ex-straw dingses are link today el chapo's escape. >>> the south african government is supporting a new board game for schools meant to address a very serious issue. the game teaches students about sexual abuse, how to preprevents it and how to report it. tania page has the story. each roll of the dice lands the players on a new question. design today educate about domestic violence and sexual a beautiful it's called the live board. >> it says make a symbol for a rain awareness campaign. >> reporter: it's been dropped by the cares

let's get more from barnaby phillips who is live for us. tell us more about what was discussed during this meeting. >> they gave a brief statement within the last half hour or so. angela merkel saying the sort of things that you would expect her to say, that she would continue to push very hard for a two-state solution. benjamin netanyahu saying that israel was a victory of terror and accusing the palestinian leadership and mahmood abbas of spreading incitement and lice around the al aqsa mosque compound. nothing particularly new there, and no new grounds for opteddi optimism. perhaps more important is the americans secretary of state john kerry will be meeting benjamin netanyahu here on route to the middle east, and we believe a meeting with mahmood abbas. there is certainly international activity, a sense of urgency that something needs to be done to calm the situation in the palestinian territories and israel, but whether that will actually transmit into something tajible, some sort of progress with less ground for optimism. >> and the b

. >> barnaby phillips live for us in berlin. wikileaks saying it will release emails from john brennan's account, including strategies on afghanistan and pakistan. those released including a social security number of brennan's life. the high school student says he's the one that hacked into the database, the c.i.a. accusing wiki leaks of militia intent and said there's no indication that the documents are classified. >> president obama meets the prime minister of pakistan. a meeting with secretary of state john kerry on wednesday - the two discuss the security situation in pakistan and afghanistan. president obama decided to slow down the withdrawal of u.s. troops from pakistan's neighbour afghanistan to deal with the resurgence of the taliban there. >> a couple of weeks ago we talked about wildfires. and the possibility of flooding. let's bring in monks jay nixon on that. -- in meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> you can see the flooding, it will get worse. starts out popcorny, when we get to this morning it's a loop. there's bow

barnaby phillips following the talks. john kerry - making statements ahead of official talks with binyamin netanyahu, what has he been saying. >> what he has been saying is that he's on a mission to calm the situation. what happened he's hoping is that he can take a message from the meeting to mahmoud abbas, the palestinian leader who he's due to meet in jordan. on saturday, a short time ago, john kerry had this to say. >> obviously this conversation that you and i have is very important to help with the steps to be taken that take us beyond the condemnation, beyond the rhetoric. it is critical to end all violence >>> as for the israeli prime minister, he was fairly uncompromising in his remarks. he reiterated that in his opinion israel was responding in a proportionate way and he said yet again israel had no dire to change the status of the al-aqsa. i think it's type for the international community to say to mahmoud abbas to stop telling lies. lies that israel wants to tear down the al-aqsa, and lies that they are execut

. >> thanks so much, barnaby phillips there. >> human rights groups say medical facilities in syria have been hit by airstrikes since russia began its aerial campaign. the latest happened in idlib pro-vince. the field hospital there was hit on tuesday, killing two people. >> much more still to come here on the news hour. climate change back on the agenda, just agreeing on a framework plan is proving to be a problem. plus: >> i'm tanya page reporting from ivory coast, where economic growth appears to have assured the president of a second term. >> some of the most ancient sports set to go on display at the first world indigenous games. >> a suicide bombing at a mosque in nigeria killed at least 11 people. the attack happened during dawn prayers in the northeastern city. it's the capital of borno state, the birth place of the armed group boko haram. >> an opposition leader in the republican of congress said the presidential guard had him under house arrest, saying he's detained along with three others. there's a heavy police presence on the streets of the capital after several days of prot

. >> all right, barnaby phillips live from berlin, thanks for that. let's cross to mike man in a live in west jerusalem. despite the diplomacy, that's not having much of a calming affect on the streets here, is it? >> no, not at all. you've seen a continuation of this wave of sporadic has been hazard knife attacks once again in the course of the morning, a touch and attack according to the israeli police, two palestinians were shot, accused of being attackers, one of them fatally. we are seeing this as almost a daily occurrence now, the attacks unplanned an unorganized, no clear direction, no pattern to them, erupting in any part of israel or indeed the occupied palestinian territory. >> all right, mike hanna, live there from west jerusalem, thanks for that. >> to yemen now where the humanitarian situation is only getting worse. the u.n. says 80% of the population is struggling to get access to drinking water. hygienist now a major issue. fighting has damaged electricity lines and power plants that pump water. in some areas, water is only available fo

barnaby phillips is there for us life. what came out of that meeting?reporter: sami, we're getting dribs and drabs out of meeting and none of it is very encouraging. the saudi foreign minister who we saw leaving the hotel behind me, about half an hour ago is quoted as saying these four countries, saudi arabia, turkey, the united states and russia, all of which are involved militarily in syria on various levels and on different sides, russia propping up president assad, the other thing arming, assisting, various rebel groups. these four countries have agreed to carry on talking. what the saudi foreign minister also said, and i think this gets to the crux of the problem, was there was no consensus on the future of president assad. for the saudis, for the americans, and for turkey, they see the syrian leader as an obstacle to beat. they say they he has to go. for russia he is an important partier, and peace in syria is not possible if he were to be removed first, that he must oversee that process. that crucial difference on opinion seems to be unresolved a

barnaby phillips reports the government says they were planning a coup. >> 15 young men, more than 100 days in prison and no charges against them. they include activists who have been protesting for years against what they say is a lock of democratic freedom in angola. they were arrested in june when they'd gathered to discuss a book about peaceful protests against repressive regimes. many of them spent weeks in solitary confinement. >> angola is led by the president whose been in charge since 1979. his government said the men now in prison were planning a coup and the attorney general told state media he's preparing a case against them. >> they were carrying out acts which could have been preparation for the overthrow of the legitimately elected government. >> families of the detainees have tried to stage demonstrations. some have been broken up by that the police. in angola, in theory, the constitution guarantees democratic freedoms. in practice, it takes courage to protest. >> freedom of expression, all is curtailed in angola. what these young people were trying to do was exercise t

. >> barnaby phillips for us in vienna.involvement in syria is its first military campaign outside the soviet union since its occupation of afghanistan in 1979. >> hillary clinton is back to being a presidential candidate today after recalling her time at secretary of state. she was questioned all day thursday and well into thursday flight about the 2012 benghazi attacks that left four americans dead. as al jazeera reports, that hearing produced little in the way of new information. >> it is the second time hillary clinton has appeared before a congressional committee to answer questions about what happened in 2012 in benghazi, libya, when four americans died. the head of the committee insists this line of questioning is different. >> these questions lingered because those previous investigations were narrow in scope, and either incapable or unwilling to access the facts and evidence necessary. >> the former secretary of state is defending her actions. >> i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been rackin