>> hello, i'm maryam nemazee. this is the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. turkey blames isil for a bomb attack on a tourist district that has killed 10 people. >>> food reaching syria's starving, but medical help is desperately needed. >>> the president who promised change in the united states actually delivered? barack obama prepares for his final state of the union address. >>> and on the 40th anniversary of her death, a look at why agatha christie remains the world's best selling author. >> we have the latest in authority including russia makes efforts to reform after a challenging--damaging doping scandal leads them far afield from the track and field. >> ten people are known to have died in a bomb blast in istanbul. the attack happened in an area known for historic monuments. it's popular with tourists, and eight of the dead are german. the explosion was so large that it was heard several kilometers away. they say that the suspected bo bomber was a syrian member of isil. security was on high alert after attacks from is

hello, i'm maryam nemazee. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, turkey blames isil for a bomb attack on a busy instal istanbul attack that killed several people. >>> has the president who promised change in the united states finally delivered? president obama's final state of the union address. >>> and britain sees its first doctor strike for 40 years as thousands want changes to contracts. >> we start this hour with breaking news. the pentagon announcing that two of itsavy boats are in iranian custody. officials say iran has told the united states that the crew will be returned promptly. let's get more on this now from washington, d.c. al jazeera's roslind jordan has more. we know that a conversation is it taking place between the secretary of state john kerry and the iranian foreign minist minister. >>> what we don't know, maryam, is whether that conversation is taking place. the senior official has told al jazeera that secretary of state john kerry has been in direct contact with senior iranian officials about this incident whic

hello, i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. german police broke up a far right protest over the new year's eve attacks of women in cologne. >>> opposition protesters throw petrol bombs over a deal with serbia. and back behind bars mexico's top drug lord is returned to the prison he escaped from six months ago. aid agencies are in a race against time to get vital food and medicine to the besieged towns in syria where tens of thousands of people are starving. as winter sets in families have been burning furniture for warmth and resorting to eating leaves, even cats and dogs. the situation is pickerly bad where 42,000 people have been cut off since july. but sources say an agreement has been reached for aid to be delivered there on monday. in return aid will be allowed in two opposition-held villages in the north. the crisis has caused an international outcry after images of emaciated children emerged. >> in 2016, what is your name. >> nua. >> how long have you been without food? >> four days. >> and what have you taken from the h

hello, i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera. calling for calm after days of protest. the challenge now to find a solution to growing discontent. >>> a monster blizzard paralyzes accumulative swaths of the eastern united states. >> whatever those parts of us that are so deep that no storm can take them away. >> it's all about the documentary at sundance fill festival. why more and more people are flocking to see factual films. >> the u.s. is looking for a push to end the war in syria. secretary of state john kerry will try to ease concerns about warming ties with iran. kerry said that he's confident that possess talks will go ahead but he's not sure when they'll start. >> one of the things that we did today that i think is really important is that we set up a clarity for how to proceed forward in the initial steps. in the negotiations with syria we're confident that with good initiative in the next day or so those talks can get going, and that the u.n. representative special envoy will be convening people in an appropriate manner for the proximity talks that will be th

hello, i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up.rman police broke up a far right protest over the new year's eve attacks of women in cologne. >>> opposition protesters throw petrol bombs over a deal with serbia. and back behind bars mexico's top drug lord is returned to the prison h

hello, i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera. calling for calm after days of protest.the challenge now to find a solution to growing discontent. >>> a monster blizzard paralyzes accumulative swaths of the eastern united states. >> whatever those parts of us that are so deep that no srm