i'm jane dutton in doha. also on the programme israeli police say a palestinian man has been shot dead in the occupied west bank after he allegedly tried to stab a soldiers. >> desperate scenes off the coast of greece after a bot carrying 200 refugees sinks. bursting with life. while flowers begin to bloom in a desert in chilly >>> we begin in vienna where world leaders arrive ahead of talks to find a solution to the war in syria, it's the first time all national players will be in the same room. there are serious divisions on wednesday. iran saying it would take part in the talks, the first time the country agreed to be involved. on one side russia and iran are backing bashar al-assad's forces and say damascus must be helped militarily before a political process can begin, on the other side turkey and saudi arabia support groups fighting bashar al-assad, and insist he must go. every day, of course, the humanitarian situation worsens, more than 250,000 have been killed, 10 million displaced by four years of w

. ♪ >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton. the e.u.as a plan for the refugees, but needs turkey to agree. >>> government forces launch a major offensive in syria. >>> once common, now rare, we're in the u.s. where the mission is on to save the orchid. ♪ >>> u.s. president barack obama is due to announce in the next hour that american military presence in afghanistan will extended. his original aim was to withdraw most u.s. forces by the end of next year. jennifer glasse is in kabul. how is this going to work, jennifer? >> reporter: well, jane, the 9,800 u.s. forces that are here now are going to stay through most of 2016 and then as the -- at the end o next year, they'll make a decision on the pace of how to draw those down to 5,200 u.s. forces. the extension of forces here a reflection of the growing taliban insurgency -- or the fight against the taliban here. but also there is the fact that u.s. forces will remain in bases around the country. the original plan was to draw down to a small force of a thousand by 2016. but instead those

>> >>> a russian airliner carrying more than 200 passengers crashed in egypt >>> hello, i'm jane dutton, you're watching al jazeera. also on the programme, russia warns of a proxy war. a deadly blaze at a bucharest nightclub kills 27 people >>> it's a second day of campaigning in the turkish election in six months. >> we start with breaking news, an airliner flying from egypt to russia crashed. there were more than 200 passengers on the flight. a statement from egypt's prime minister said it came down in the cyanide. peter sharp joins us. you have been getting the latest information. what have you been told? >> yes, well the aircraft was an a321 airbut full of holiday makers from sharmal shake. it was 23 -- sharma shake. it was 23 minutes into the flight. 224 passengers on board and crew, including 27 children. the newsagency in moscow is reporting prior to it going off-air the pilot was requesting the location of an airport, saying he had problems with radio communication. the area, northern sinai is home to a 2-year long insurgency with fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. egyptian security for

. ♪ >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton.he taliban says it is withdrawing from the city of kunduz, but warns it can take it back whenever it wants. >>> and syria divides opinion as democratic candidates take to the stage for their first debate for the u.s. presidential nomination. >>> one palestinian has been shot dead in jerusalem. police say he tried to stab soldiers at one of the old city gates. since the start of october 31st palestinians and seven israelis have died in the violence. hundreds of palestinians are hurling sense to at israeli security forces in bethlehem in the occupied west bank. israeli soldiers have been firing tear gas in response. the violence started after a funeral for a palestinian shot dead by israeli forces on tuesday. israel's government has unveiled tougher security measures to tackle the unrest. hundreds of soldiers are being deployed in israel's urban areas. the israeli government says it is not going to return t the -- bodies of palestinians who have carried out attacks. let's go to mike hann

visit to moscow to meet with vladimir putin >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton, also ahead the u.n. chief calls for calm. it's falling on deaf ears after another day of violence between palestinians and israeli >>> we talk to people in juba about the peace deal. plus... ..the first note of fame. a 21-year-old wins the fredrik chopin piano competition. >>> syria's president has met vladimir putin in moscow. bashar al-assad's visit is believed to be his first trip abroad since syria's war broke out in 2011. the topic for discussion was the war in syria, and russia's military involvement. rory challands is live in moscow. what are the plans now, rory? >> well, that's a very good question. what we know is that vladimir putin and president bashar al-assad met on tuesday in moscow to talk about the syrian operations, to talk about the russian bombing campaign, and how that is backing up the syrian army on the ground as they push against the group's that they have been fighting against for so long. groups that some in the west see as friendly groups, moderate groups, g

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. >> >>> a russian airliner carrying more than 200 passengers crashed in egypt >>> hello, i'm jane dutton, you're watching al jazeera. also on the programme, russia warns of a proxy war. a deadly blaze at a bucharest nightclub kills 27 people >>> it's a second day of campaigning in the turkish election

. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera i'm jane dutton in doha and the last prisoner in guantanamo bay and been detained without charge since 2002 and proposal to create the world's biggest marine ra severe gets support from china but falls short of an agreement. ♪ we begin with breaking news from syria at least 40 people have been killed by government missiles east of the capitol damascus, conflict monitor and a local rescue group say 100 people were wounded in the attack on a marketplace in duma the observatory for human rights said they fired 12 missiles on the town and top diplomates are meeting in austria to find an end to the violence and u.s. secretary of state wants to see a way forward with talks but john kerry says it will be very different and france's foreign minister says there must be significant change in syria and the first time both sides have been invited to the table and u.n. secretary ban ki-moon has called for flexibility and we are joined live from vienna and what is the plan for today, mohamed? >> reporter: well, jane, the plenary section started in the last half an

. ♪ >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton. the e.u.as a plan for the refugees, but needs turkey to agree. >>> government forces launch a major offensive in syria. >>> once common, now rare, we're in the u.s. where the mission is

. ♪ >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, i'm jane dutton.iban says it is withdrawing from the city of kunduz, but warns it can take it back whenever it wants. >>> and syria divides opinion as democratic candidates take to