they must commit to the geneva talks. now is the time russia needs to show the world whether they genuinely want to be a part of the political process. we need to see a real cease-fire on the ground. we need to see a credible political process through which syrians can chart their future. we need to see russia choose to side with the civilized world over an assad government that brutally terrorizes its own people. the united states is ready to do our part. russia, too, needs to do its part. getting serious about peace also means we have to be honest about iran's role in syria. iran is assad's chief accomplice in the regime's horrific acts, standing next to assad's generals are iranian advisers whispering in their ears or giving orders. standing next to assad's soldiers are hezbollah militias with weapons courtesy of iran and the power to overrule the syrian military. iran is dumping fuel on the flames of this war in syria so it can expand its own reach. this council needs to bring attention to iran's barbaric acts in syri

we expect the geneva process to continue. we have this negative experience .n 2016 you cannot flag in your efforts. you must continue in your work syrian delegation, actively urging them to dialogue and to finding common the statement but of the representative of great the onlyhowed that thing he is king of us to complicate your efforts to prevent the political process from unfolding, to bring into the security council a androntational attitude everyone in the u.n. knows this very well, that you are afraid. you have been losing sleep over the fact that we might be working together with the united thees, cooperating with united states. that is what you fear. you are doing everything to make sure this kind of cooperation would be undermined. this is precisely why. look at me when i'm speaking. don't look away. why are you looking away? this is precisely why you today did not say anything about the political process. you did not even listen to the briefing on purpose. make insulting demands as a guarantor of the process. what ha

they must commit to the geneva talks.now is the time russia needs to show the world whether they genuinely want to be a part of the political process. we need to see a real cease-fire on the ground. we need to see a credible political process through which a syrian's contractor future. we need to see russia choose to side with the civilized world that brutalizes its own people to do our part. do its part.eds to getting serious about peace, means we have two get serious about iran's role in syria. iran is serious chief accomplice. standing next to assad's generals are iranian advisors giving orders. standing next to assad's soldiers are hezbollah with weapons courtesy of iran and the power to overrule the syrian military. iran is dumping fuel on the flames of this war in syria so it can expand its own reach. bringouncil needs to attention to iran's barbaric acts in syria and collectively demand iran at stop and make sure iran cannot use syria as a base to keep terrorizing the syrian people and to the entire region. this co

everyone in geneva did engage. they also discussed general principles regarding the character of a post-transition syrian state. these u.n. ideas remain living points that can be further developed as the negotiation progress on the substance of each of the baskets. one day soon, all of these discussions will come together in eight packages for a negotiation, a real negotiation. assumet was premature to common understanding, some points became more clear than before. example, i have a growing appreciation that the basis of transition must be legally and constitutionally solid and that the journey and destination will mapped out and agreed to -- -- d hoped that has the potential to ensure the constitutional basis of the transition and how syrians in --nsition mode might agree might write and agree on a new constitution. this should not be underestimated. let's be frank, the fragile progress is in grave danger. in geneva, the talks were overshadowed by an intensification on -- of fighting on the ground and continued l

they must commit to the geneva talks. now is the time that russia needs to show the world if they genuinely want to be part of the political process. we need to see a credible process through which syrians can chart their future. we need to see russia choose to side with the civilized world over at assad government that brutally terrorizes its people. the united states is ready to do its part in the russia needs to do its part. getting syria about peace means that iran needs to do it's role. countlesse chief. a -- chief accomplice. standing next to assad's soldiers are hezbollah with russia's courtesy and the power to overrule the military. iran is dumping fuel on the flames of the war so it can expand its own reach. this counsel need to bring attention and we need to collectively demand that iran stop. to make sure they cannot use syria as a base to continue terrorizing these people in the entire region. this counsel needs to be serious about peace too. repeatfter month, we all the same points. look at what happens on th

we are a party to the geneva convention. we repeat our condemnation to all weapons of including chemical weapons. my delegation would like to further encourage the opcw in its work, particularly with regard to its fact-finding mission and its efforts attempting to analyze all the information available in order to determine who is responsible for what. last september in this very chamber, the president of senegal said in this room that there can be no military solution to this crisis. and that is why my delegation reaffirms our strong conviction that only a negotiated solution on the basis of the geneva communique and resolution 2254 can make it possible to find the final outcome to this conflict. we must not forget it needs to be political, security, humanitarian, nonproliferation. all those aspects have to be covered in this agreement. my delegation wishes every success to the fifth round of talks in geneva, opened on the 23rd of march this year, with the hope that the praiseworthy efforts of special envoys that these talks

we are a party to the geneva convention.we repeat our condemnation to all weapons of including chemical weapons. my delegation would like to further encourage the opcw in its work, particularly with regard to its fact-finding mission and its efforts attempting to analyze all the information available in order to determine who is responsible for what. last september in this very chamber, the president of senegal said in this room that there can be no military solution to this crisis. and that is why my delegation reaffirms our strong conviction that only a negotiated solution on the basis of the geneva communicate -- communique and resolution 2254 can make it possible to find the final outcome to this conflict. we must not forget it needs to be political, security, humanitarian, nonproliferation. all those aspects have to be covered in this agreement. my delegation wishes every success to the fifth round of talks in geneva, opened on the 23rd of march this year, with the hope that the praiseworthy efforts of special envoys th

we are a party to the geneva convention. we repeat our condemnation to all weapons of including chemical weapons. my delegation would like to further encourage the opcw in its work, particularly with regard to its fact-finding mission and its efforts attempting to analyze all the information available in order to determine who is responsible for what. last september in this very chamber, the president of senegal said in this room that there can be no military solution to this crisis. and that is why my delegation reaffirms our strong conviction that only a negotiated solution on the basis of the geneva communique and resolution 2254 can make it possible to find the final outcome to this conflict. we must not forget it needs to be political, security, humanitarian, nonproliferation. all those aspects have to be covered in this agreement. my delegation wishes every success to the fifth round of talks in geneva, opened on the 23rd of march this year, with the hope that the praiseworthy efforts of special envoys that these talks

-led talks in geneva. the syrians take responsibility for the violations on humanitarian law and we need the recent airstrike on raqqa have led to civilian casualties and hit civilian infrastructure. this compounds the suffering of the anymore raqqa, who are already the victims of senseless torture and murder the behinds of daesh. we urge the international coalition against daesh protect selfans. madam president the reality of those living under beseasonal that the when the opportunity arrives -- they are moved to areas scarcely more safe or stable than those they have left. the u.n. has repeat lid expressed concern over local agreements precede by besiegement, starve vacation and bombardment and resulting in ford displacement of civilians. the tactic of bombing and laying siege to neighbors after so-called local agreements must come to a stop. we recall the warnings from the secretary general that under international humanitarian law, forced displacement may constitute a war crime. we reiterate his call t

, the geneva conference for the geneva that they cited 2012. which is to have a transitional government away from aside. interestingly, the emphasize that assad would not have a role in the future of syria, he cannot go in syria in the future. that's a very good point of clarity. it's good to get that out of the way. but in terms of the political framework, it's still the idea of a transition. but now, with this strike, it has the graded capabilities on one hand but put muscle behind the american position that we are not just following the russian leader. that we have are here and we have statements and our allies have a statement. we are representing those statements. >> tony from the foundation from defense of democracy. thanks for your expertise. we will be back with more of our extended coverage on the u.s. missile strikes in syria. >> to u.s. warships floating watching 59 tomahawk missiles on that syrian air base near damascus. they were expected of having the airplane that wants this chemical weapons. coming up, we will have the latest re

were you taught about the geneva conventions? yes, sir.efore a jury and said he couldn't remember a single army class on the geneva convention. his name was rusty kali. the one man who was found guilty of the my lai massacre. i would say he has a very short memory. i will not say a lot of emphasis went on those classes. anyone who went through basic training, just had some instructions. code of conduct, geneva conventions and treatment of... and it know what it was called. treatment of prisoners. but standards were set. but i won't say they emphasised them a lot or really delved into it. it was more or less, you know, you had to go to this class. it wasn't, you know... it wasn't a lot of emphasis is being put on it. hugh thompson, march 16, 1960 eight, 36 years have gone past. how clear in your mind are the memories of that day? certain things to clear. 0ther memories of that day? certain things to clear. other things not clear. what is clear? when you shut your eyes, what do you see? a lot of pain and suffering by a lot of people. i remem

shejoins me from geneva. good evening. let's get your assessment of that pledge of aid.assessment of that pledge of aid. that figure ofjust over $1 billion. what is your reaction to that? we are very happy that those promises and pledges have come in. but a lot still needs to be done. we are the world food programme this year want to feed 9 million people in yemen. they are already experiencing pockets of famine in small areas of yemen and it is crucially important that we get the money, we need it now, we cannot have it later, we needed today and not in a few months. otherwise we are in danger ofa months. otherwise we are in danger of a full fledged hammon breaking out. you wanted more than that figure i mentioned, how confident are you about extra sum will your way? unfortunately at the un we are never fully funded, we are the best dressed beggars, we keep on going to the donors and asking for more and i think what we have seen today in geneva is everyone realises how dire the situation is. this is the worst spot as far as humanitarian workers on this planet, men, wome

but he also liked reagan and in geneva the prior year, they want to the park near the geneva lake, and gorbachev said, hey, i saw one of your movies, and you were great in it. that helped break the ice. so they respected each other, but i think there is something deeper. these two people are come from the country. they don't come from cities. they come from very lower middle class, from rural parts of illinois for reagan and the caucasus for gorbachev. then gorbachev climbed all of the layers of the party, reagan was a self-made man. but they are kind of made from a similar wood, like we say in french. i don't know it is the same conversation. they played the same part. >> you mentioned there is a possibility like the paris climate deal that something similar could happen to a nuclear deal today. what would that look like if anything, and how would the conflict of interest be solved of how the big powers have nuclear power for a different reason than the smaller powers, so that is why the geneva summit was effective? what is your take on that? guillaume: i am not a specialist of intern

many nations look to the geneva process to resolve conflict that produces stability and gives the syrian people the opportunity to determine their own political future and our hope is bashar al-assad will not be part of the future. if the cease-fire negotiations become effective, then the geneva process has the opportunity to accelerate. today it has not produced much progress. it is also clear russia has failed to uphold the agreements that have been entered into under multiple u.s. -- un security council resolutions. these stipulated russia as the guarantee or of chemical weapons , that they would also locate from a secure, and destroy armaments in syria. stockpiles and continued use demonstrate that russia has failed in its responsibility to deliver on its 2013 commitments. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously want russia has been incompetence. this distinction does not much matter to the dead. we cannot let this happen again. our military action was a direct response to the assad regime barbarism. the united states priority in syria and iraq remains w

achieved,ease-fire is the geneva process can accelerate. today, it has not produced much process. -- progress. it is also clear that russia has failed to uphold agreements in multiple you and resolution spirit they stipulated russia is a guarantor of a syria free of chemical weapons and it would also locate, secure and destroy all such armaments in syria. stockpiles and continue to use demonstrated that russia has failed in its responsibility to deliver on this 2013 commitment. it is unsure if russia failed to take this obligation seriously or if they have been incompetent, but the distinction does not much matter to the dead. we cannot let this happen again. to be clear, our military action was a direct response to the regime's barbarism. the united states priority in syria and iraq remains the defeat of isis. tocall upon our g-7 partners sustain this. we must eliminate isis. g-7 support will be critical. to stabilize syria, we will need the g-7's direct participation to protect the civilian population and help with the reconstruction of a

when the political process in geneva and as sta n political process in geneva and as stan as that staticample is a tragedy. according to our information the syrian opposition has requested that the syrian government... the syrian government has requested to send a mission to investigate these events and provide assistance. there's no need to repeat that the russian federation has always had a clear and unequivocal position. the view from russia. earlier i spoke to dr beyza unal, research fellow with the international security department at chatham house, who told me what she thinks happened. there is speculation whether this nerve agent or a different type of chemical attack happened. i think what we have seen was the use of sarin ora similartype what we have seen was the use of sarin or a similar type of nerve agent which was dropped from a jet plane, possibly from the syrian government or affiliates of the government. you would query this account that we are getting from the syrian regime that this was an accidental bombing of a militant arms depot essentially where that kind of agent

failure to do so on the upcoming talks in geneva.while emphasizing the regime and its allies have been responsible for the for the overwhelming majority of the violation we also know recent air strikes onc alleged to have civilian infrast infrastructure. this compounds the suffering for those that are both the victims of selfless torture and murder. when the opportunity arises they are being moved to areas more stable than those dates left. it results in the displacement of civilians. the tactic must come to stop. under the national humanitarian law but displacement they constitute a war crime and weeva reiterate any civilians must be placed voluntarily into a place of their choosing and we urge parties full compliance of any new local agreements and other organizations and member states to intensify and dialogue primarily the government to end this. we understand the predicament with local agreements for the un and other humanitarian agencies. the others have no access in the security situation when it the possibility to be present

we have the peace talks in geneva. does this give assad an opportunity to try and come to terms, or will russia then dump him but then you will get another assad in your in and rush is not getting up there in? >> russia is not going to give up any of that and russia can be a great spoiler. this is a moment where you could have a breakthrough diplomatically, but let's not forget the bigger picture here. we are still fighting a war against isis. isis is still the main enemy, and so you need a coherent government in damascus to conduct the fight against isis. all of these people who are saying and analysts who are saying this is the moment to get rid of bashar al-assad, maybe. but maybe we do need him there, as trump said only a month ago, in order to fight isis, first things first, get rid of isis and now send a message to president bashar al-assad that that will not be tolerated. >> what you are saying is in a way do you think the message could be acceptable? even though it meant i like you? even though you don't use ch

-led talks in geneva. while emphasizing the syrian regime and its allies bear responsibility for the overwhelming majority of violations of international humanitarian law in syria, we also know that the recent air strikes have allegedly led civilian casualties and hit civilian infrastructure. this compounds the suffering of people who are already the victims of senseless torture and murder at the hands of the people. madam president, the reality for many of those who have been forced to live under siege for years is that when the opportunity does arise to lead, they are cruelly being moved to areas xascarcely more stable or safe. the u.n. expressed concern over local agreements preceded by the besiege ment and bombard ment and resulting in the fourth displace ment of civilians. so as to enable local agreements must come to a stop. we ral the waurng from the secretary-general that under international humanitarian law forced displacement my constitute a war crime. we reiterate that any of our evacuation of c

the who used to have teams, rapid teams, rapid response team that would leave geneva to tackle ebolaafter. they isolated patients by burying the dead and by decontaminating them with bleach. but the last one in 2014 got away from them and the people who fled from the villages where the epidemic, fled to the capitals. the disease began to spread from the capitals and from that.was out of control for quite a while >> in the field in central africa, you are living in tents, driving a jeep i imagine what the weather was like we have steak, we have alligators, and you are having a pitched battle over postage stamps. >> at the same time, the who is the only organization i can declare a public emergency which you need to do to get it alerted. it gets a lot of countries cranking there own equivalent cdc to fight the disease. also, when you have an epidemic they oversee the coordination of the network of laboratories, national laboratories and sometimes state laboratories around the world, making them share virus samples with each other so that you have a sense of what's happening and what di

bread gelling of gas warfare of 1925 —— geneva protocol.has become a general rule of the monarchy if i can call it that and he is guilty of a couple of counts. the question is, absent of counts. the question is, absent ofa of counts. the question is, absent of a security council resolution, should the us decide it wants to act forcefully in one way or another and does it have that capacity? generally that has been the case in the past, that the us is not dependent on it security council resolution to authorise attacks but it is very useful if it has one because it increases the legitimacy and brings the rest of the world community into harmony with the us and others in moving in that direction. britain also has been somewhat shy of using military force in the absence of a clear security council authority as long as the use of force is not palpably and clearly in self defence. what do president trump's comments about what he has seen and his view now president assad suggest to you that he might be prepared to do? they represent a change. i h

how do you assess where the parties of the caliphate now, after the geneva? secretary of state tiller said last week and uncle russ said the future is up to the syrian people to decide. -- that mean amb. haley: it does not mean the u.s. will accept it. it's that we do not think the people want assad anymore. to strongly condemn the actions of assad and when he has done that in tea continues to be directly on our radar in terms of what he does as well as -- russian and arabian ups support of assad is troublesome because when he does these things he should be called out. >> the political process? amb. haley: we very much support what he has done. the complexities he has been having to deal with it and the way he has handled it. i think i met with him to discuss how that political situation is going and that is why we think the geneva talks are so important. we do think we are forged new cannd the and we think we analyze again what the united states will be doing and how we will handle things in syria. >> and education? >> thank you, madam president. i just wond

geneva talks, your discussions there were ongoing in geneva to try and find a way to settle what's been going on for several years now was syria. stabilize, defeat isis, and begin to work with the local leaders to further stabilize the area and potentially some time down the road move refugees bac back. there is an indication still at the united states, was secretary rex tillerson, is going to try and work with russia on protectively as early as this afternoon. senior state department officials were saying that secretary of state rex tillerson's trip to moscow next week is still on. they still plan on addressing with the putin regime, partnering in areas where the united states can benefit. he's meeting with secretary -- or his counterpart sergei lavrov. all that is still in the works beside the harsh rhetoric we've word over the last couple days. they are moving forward with meeting with the russian counterparts in the russian government. also getting international reaction to all of this. we just got a statement from israeli prime minister, ben yahoo! who was benched very supportive o

that's against the geneva convention.he united nations is not doing anything because i never do.n so donald trump, i am personallh going to right this wrong and i'm going to hit him, and if he doesn't again i'm going to hit him and take them out completely.. t you don't think that is an inhibitor? you don't think that's going to stop assad from using the gases? >> i don't think these tracks we undertook will do much to dissuade assad.ad >> bill: you expect assad to drop more poison gas on the civilian people? >> it's a distinct possibility. and even if he doesn't use chemical weapons, we have done nothing from this waiting him using barrel bombs and other very nasty weapons to kill thepo people he's killed. >> bill: i want to wrap up the first round with you. so if you were the president, you would not have taken any action against assad for what he did? >> i wouldn't have taken military action like president trump did. i would have tried to restart diplomatic negotiations -- >> bill: like the obama administration and you

cities, this is the fifth time, at least, the fifth time, syrian dictator assad has violated the geneva conventions and use poison gas to go civilians get back in 2012, president obama threatened assad. >> the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally on acceptable. and if you make a tragic mistake of using these weapons, they will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> bill: but assad is not held accountable. but instead, , the obama administration did what it always did, talk, and announced a deal with the dictator. a fascinating footnote to that is susan rice was on point alongside john kerry. >> we were able to find a solution that actually removed the chemical weapons that were known in syria in the way that use of wars would never accomplish. >> with respect to syria, we struck a deal where he got 100% of the chemical weapons out. >> bill: obviously a false belief on mr. kerry's part. for years, assad has been protected by the russians who were warned of the attack was coming that night so they could get their personal out of the airfield. >> russia should be e

let's now have rapid ceasefire and a return to the negotiating table in geneva.ens much thousands have died in this conflict. weapons are pouring into the region. it's getting worse. there has to be a political solution. it's up to russia, america, the european union and all the neighbouring countries to rapidly get together before there's even further loss of life. short time ago our political correspondent spoke to labour's shadow foreign secretary to get her reaction to the news. the uk government actually finned the us air strike —— fully behind the us air strike —— fully behind the us air strike. last night they we re the us air strike. last night they were consulted beforehand, michael fallon spoke to his counterpart in the us, the evening before. they knew what was going on. they weren't asked tojoin in. to be honest, there is some relief perhaps around westminster that is the case. considering how much difficulty and agonising the issue of air strikes against syria has caused politicians in westminster right back to 2013, when parliament voted not to endo

the agenda for that geneva two round of negotiations, and political transition was at the top. we get to the talks, a couple of month the later, the russians walk back and a oh, no, no, we can't discuss political transition. there is nothing we can do. again, i think the lessons that all of us should take out of this is treat russian promises with great caution. >> rose: was it section 7 that allowed the united states to do and europe to do what they did in libya? yes, exactly. and the russians on that instance went ahead thinking that it was going to be military action only to prevent the assault on benghazi. they were then upset that the united states and european countries used that same u.n. security council resolution to help libyan rebels overthrow moammar qaddafi. they said that was not the intent of the res lose. >> rose: the russians haven't done very much in the fight against icist here, and they promised to do that. >> they are a huge emphasis, since their strong intervention in 2015, it has been on assad, not against islamic state. they left that us to and our allie

i think had we done it, the geneva talks, the second round of which we were trying to prepare at theime, might have gone forward a little quicker and maybe would have had a better result. they collapsed immediately in early 2014, but that his old history. as i look at this -- charlie: to learn from. robert: yes. as i look at this going forward, i learned two things from russian behavior. number one, we had a deal that if assad used chemical weapons again, the security council would agree to some kind of chapter seven united nations measure. could be economic sanctions on syria, could be military actions, could be some other punishment that the security council would agree to, if syria was confirmed to use any chemical weapons again. the russians and the chinese agreed to that in october 2013. fast-forward to the end of 2016. the report that i mentioned, november 2016, confirms at least three uses of chlorine gas. that puts a big question in my mind about russian credibility young promises. another one, i was talking about the geneva talks after the obama redline incident -- the russi

secretary mattis: i want to say very clearly that the use of chemical weapons, contrary to the geneva convention that syria signed up for, using chemical weapons that syria removed from their arsenal, those chemical weapons that the russian certified were gone -- if they used chemical weapons, they will pay a very stiff price. >> thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. we appreciate your time here. thank you very much. in ♪ announcer: all month, we are featuring our studentcam winners in c-span's documentary contest for high school and middle school students. this year, students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. our second-place winners are students from milan, michigan. milan high school. their documentary on autonomous vehicles is entitled "live and let drive." take a look. ♪ >> there are approximately 16 million auto accidents in the united states every year costing the economy over $250 billion. traffic accidents accounted for the deaths of over 38,000 u.s. citizens in 2015. this is a problem self-driving cars can fix. 94% of traffic accidents are

we are looking at the geneva talks and being a part of that. >> i am from lebanon. i work for france 24 in france. my question is about the middle east session -- a discussion. you said it is not going to be israel as one of the greatest allies of the united states. , syria, lebanon and hezbollah. and hezbollah, would you expect from the lebanese government and what do you thect from unicef, peacekeeping force on the border of israel to deal with hezbollah there. >> our goal with lebanon is our goal with everywhere. had we bring peace and security in that area. had we talk about the peacekeeping mission that is actually productive and working for the people. you can put that in every single region and you can handle the same way. we think lebanon is very important. that is why we want to have that discussed in the middle east briefing. not enough has been put toward some of these other issues. i hope they will talk about hezbollah and what is happening in lebanon and how we can move so we can that region find political solutions. what's to be done with hezbollah? >>

in conference is called geneva to work out some sort of way for allowing the french to exit. there's a new french government, strong, socialist, he does want to continue fighting. china suggests a deal. the deal is to divide vietnam havingth the communist control over the north, french and their supporters having control of the south. the americans don't like this, but the french have already agreed separately with chinese to do this. vietnamese nationalists feel betrayed. the deal is done. so-called geneva accord are publicized -- publicized, nobody were signed. the people can relocate. on communist from murphy and to come self, pro-scummy nests can go north, and a new government is set up in south vietnam. that's technically the old french union government, but the new prime minister. the question in the fall of 1954 is what are the americans going to do? the south vietnam was cambodian southeast asia. one of the things we set up in support of his strategy come aceto, the equivalent of nato in southeast asia. looking to create containment against the out in china. a decisio

it geneva the way the --ords -- the geneva accords it meant that conflict was regardless of what was decided at the u.n. or the way that the u.s. or soviets tried to influence discussion. >> i think there at least secondhand evidence that the offers were trying to this as a carrot to afghanistan in the middle of the decade. finally you can have some border dispute resolved. and offer thatrm was and how durable i leave to you to research. >> i'm going to come over to the side of the room. jennifer, thanks for your great paper and the panel in general. very interesting stuff. one kind of suggestion and an interesting way to look at it. reagan the administration's attitude towards the dollar is as important as their attitude toward japan. the dollar appreciates something like 40% to 86. this is precisely why japanese products can flood the market. and their defense of this action is this is the magic of free markets doing its job's. this is precisely what free enterprise and an international movement of goods and globalization is about. just including a few thoughts on the dollar could

we are hopeful is through this syrian process, working with coalition members, un and through the geneva process, we can navigate a political outcome, and we wish the syrian people will determine bashar al—assad's fate and his legitimacy. it is also not clear how this leaves relations between the white house and russia. mr trump himself hasn't mentioned russia once since the chemical attacks last week. the us bombing of an airfield near homs does demonstrate that this new american president is prepared to draw a line and abide by it, at least on chemical—weapons attacks. for the past six years, western powers have achieved almost nothing in syria. today, theirforeign ministers meet in italy. america's secretary of state is in italy to turn up the international heat on syria's president assad and his russian backers. rex tillerson very deliberately joined an international wreath laying at the memorial to a nazi atrocity here in 1944, the massacre of local villagers. we remember the events of august 12th 19114, that occurred. then he drew a direct parallel to last week's gas attack in syri

russia and use their influence to achieve areas of stabsation throughout syria and create -- through geneva in which we can engage all the participates forward and through that process we believe the syrian people will ultimately be able to decide the fate of ba s shar al assad. >> haley said stability is one of them possible with assad is president. >> there's not any option with assad at the head of the regime. it's going to be hard to see a government peaceful and stable with assad. >> haley also says the u.s. is calling out russia and iran for their support of the assad regime. the u.n. ambassador warning tougher sanctions is not off the table. all this comes hed of tillerson's high stake's meeting with russia. our coverage this morning beens with ryan nobles in washington. >> reporter: good morning. the big question for the trump administration is what's next when it comes the crisis in syria? is the airstrike a one-time thing to keep assad from using chemical weapons or the start of a move involved u.s. follows support the removal of assad. the matter is more complicated than assad. y

in 2010, sherry opened peaceful # parlour in geneva, illinois.he store is now the go-to for locals looking for a custom blend of tea or vienvironmental conscience gift. but with hundreds of tourists expect abouted to come into town for an annual festival, sharp ary is hoping to convert visitors into repeat customers. so she called in retail strategists rich and georgian to help her get the store ready for the influx of new shomers. >> one of the of the challenges we've been facing is we'll still have people come in and they make a loop around and they walk right out the door. >> if you have people who are walking in the store make goiing walking in the store make goii loop and walking out, they don't understand what you sell. ready to get started? >> let's do it. >> so sherry, this area is really important. it's a key area and it needs to stay open. the first five feet square feet inside the front door of a store is really no man's land because anything you put there, people won't see until they're at least five feet in the store, that's where we

convention by killing an afg ha n geneva convention by killing an afghan insurgent, but his centresng him to be released. this is the moment we have all been fighting hard for. it is hard to believe this day has finally here. but back it was in 2011 that sergeant blackman was shown on this video shooting and injured taliban insurgent. he was later found guilty of murder. injured taliban insurgent. he was laterfound guilty of murder. but after a campaign by the daily mail and others, new evidence emerged showing the southern horrendous combat stress and his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. but although that manslaughter ruling meant that alexander blackman could be driven out of his prison here, thejudges made it clear that he had unlawfully killed that taliban insurgent. they stressed that he was being made a freeman and not an innocent one. he is now expected give his first full public account of what happened on that day in afghanistan. his time in prison over, his period of adjustment is about to begin. a fund set up to improve access to cancer drugs. this is been called a

, but it is happening and let's now have rapid ceasefire and a return to the negotiating table in genevapulling into big region and it is getting worse. the house to be a political solution. jeremy corbyn is saying that there are alternatives, in addition to that the green party are saying there should be more emphasis on an arms embargo and there has been talks bumped diane abbott about freezing russian assets to put pressure on them. but interestingly, there remain sarri jeremy corbyn opposed the iraq war... this year the lib dems are in support of this action. it will be interesting if westminster consulted, interesting too that the former chancellor, george osborne, tweeted that parliament could make amends for failing to back military action back in 2013 when he and david cameron of course narrowly lost that voted to join with president obama the last time it was documented that president assad had been involved in chemical attacks on his own people. thank you very much. a cricketer has been sent to jail for domestic violence following an outcry over the "leniency" of the original t

bilateral interactions to help and to facilitate the multiparty negotiating process, apart from the geneva along with our american partners. including those where american partners are present as observers. the united states have many opportunities to help the international community to regulate and settle down conflicts in yemen, libya and last but not least to find approaches to move from the point... the israeli — palestinian conflict. iam certain the israeli — palestinian conflict. i am certain these are not going to be fruitless. we have also had the subject of afghanistan, as you know over the last few years, different formats have been used to form external support in afghan peace settlements. one of the directions was... i mean, is happening on the 14th of april in moscow, the moscow format, with the participation of central asian states that have been invited and american observers, representatives who have been invited and we hope they will be able to participate. we have also touched on the crisis in ukraine. we have common positions, minsk agreements of 2015 should be implement

we call on the parties to the new, legendary their commitment to making progress in the geneva talks.ciples for the united nations may. thank you madam president. we will now take statements from council members and we will start by giving the floor to the representative from bolivia. translation: for having convening this open meeting of the security council, it is vital that not only the members of our organisation, but also the whole world should see that the positions of the members of the security council in a total transparent way. given what has taken over transparent way. given what has ta ken over recent transparent way. given what has taken over recent days in syria. bolivia has called for the convening of this meeting, we are concerned. we are concerned at what has taken place over recent hours. while the security council was debating proposals on what would be the investigation mechanism for the horrendous chemical attacks which have been witnessed by all my kind, while we were discussing the words which could be used in a resolution to be considered by this council, while