on for over a half an hour and at that meeting we have one bit of information that came from kathryn ashton'san and gave us one word and said useful so that is what we have to go on at this stage, are they going to reach a deal here or is this going to be stalled again? i'm sure it's very much in the balance. yes, they are close to a deal but that last bit is a difficult bit. >> reporter: and thank you. now in syria rebels are facing stiff resistance in a northern city of rshg aka and activists say two dozen fighterss were killed in the battle for the military base and it's considered to be rebel held but military kept control over strategic basis. the consequences of the war this syria continues to effect neighboring jordan and it has 100,000 syrian students in the state-run schools and can barely cope and we report some of the schools are having to run double shifts. >> these are syrian children who live in refugee camps in northern jordan and dropped off at the nearby public school where they attend classes in the afternoon. jordan is so overwhelmed by an additional 100,000 syrian students

kathryn ashton, she has been the one having by lateral talks with the iranians. now other members other delegations may have dropped in and added to a trilateral, or even more, but it is primarily those two who have been working out things. we do know the united states delegation, for example, did not hold a by lateral today. we don't know whose hands it is at any one time, but we are told it is being fine tuned. he does support a deal now on the table to allow american soldiers to remain in his country. today urging leaders to approve the agreement. coming up on al jazeera, a big night for gamers microsoft rolling out the x box one. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professiona

european union foreign policy chief kathryn ashton is coordinating contacts with the iranian side. she's setting up meetings with negotiators from the united states, france, germany and britain. she's working with the iranian foreign minister to try and close up gaps. the iranian foreign minister says they have worked through some details, but major differences remains. the iranians demanded that the powers recognize their right to enrich uranium. they claim their right is inalienable and constitutes a peaceful use of nuclear power. but their counterparts fear enriching uranium beyond a certain level of purity would enable the iranians to develop nuclear weapons. . >>> an oil pipeline in china's eastern province has exploded, killing 22 people. the blast occurred several hours after workers discovered an oil leak. state-run cctv says the explosion occurred in the city of qingdao friday morning. several dozen people were reportedly injured. authorities say workers were repairing a leak in the pipeline about seven hours before the explosion. they suspect the leaked oil caught fire an

one on one talks between the representative kathryn ashton and the iranian delegation were predominately what happened here. we do know from the u.s. that there was no by lateral directly between the u.s. and iran today. however, it's all together possible that the u.s. joined in meetings between ashton and her iranian counter part. so there's -- it's been interesting to note, the dynamics and the makeup of the talks. also been interesting to learn that there is apparently a draft agreement. now that agreement is far from a completed text. we are told they are would recollecting on the finer points. but the fact that they are working on the language of a potential signed agreement, leads many to believe that actually there is some significant progress being made. >> female workers aren faking out across several midwest states. they are working to determine who will receive help. the national weather service says at least 55 tornadoes touched down, and most in one day this year. eight people were killed. we are going to talk about winter weather, but first you need the cold air. that will