special envoy stefan de mistura met both sides separately and explained how things would work. what we call the real. me that means the two sides in separate but adjacent rooms with mr de mistura and his team shuttling between them. it is though far from a breakthrough they're still discussing the way this round of talks will be conducted the situation is very much as we've seen many times in many rounds of these talks no discernible sign of progress but inside syria the people continue to suffer the u.n. has revealed that last month four hundred thousand people were displaced from their homes in syria that's the highest number of people on the move for eighteen months getting food and medicine to those in need may soon get even harder in new york the russian ambassador to the u.n. vaseline a benzema says he's opposed to extending in its current form a security council resolution that allows aid across international borders into syria mr de mistura humanitarian adviser is calling on all of those on the council to support aid access something he says they failed to do in the pas

syria and voice stephanie mistura says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire and proposed by russia the rebel held area in the outskirts of damascus has come under heavy bombardment ahead of the eighth round of talks in geneva to try and end to the. pope francis has avoided any direct mention of me and lars or hinge a muslim minority as he appeared alongside the country's leader on sun suu cheap a military crackdown has forced hundreds of thousands of rahane just to flee to neighboring bangladesh well those are the headlines do stay with us coming up next it's the stream and i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching by. hi anthony ok and you're in the stream live went out to sea air and. today ice.

will now be here on wednesday the opposition have been meeting here at their hotel with stefan de mistura the u.n. special envoy and he said he had some good news about the fighting in syria fighting that could derail these talks yet again i was just informed by a do russian then do it today or to people a meeting there day of russians have their proposals to end a government the effects of the eighty five on is difficult because we were and are very content up on seoul now we need to feel where did it take place but it is not coincidental that they've actually been proposed and he agreed upon just the day of the beginning of this stage further talks will take place between special envoy de mistura and the opposition side in the coming hours and then we expect the syrian government delegation led by their chief negotiator the ambassador who has been here for all of their negotiations ambassador bashar jaffrey to start their talks with mr de mistura on wednesday the opposition are saying they would like to have face to face talks with the government side very early on a pope francis has as

special envoy stefan de mistura met both sides separately and explained how things would work we have what we call. me that means the two sides in separate but adjacent rooms with mr de mistura quite literally the go between i've been shuttling with my colleagues between the two rooms which basically were five meters away while we were actually reading and discussing with both issues which we can see that very important it is though far from a breakthrough there are still discussing the way this round of talks will be conducted the situation is very much as we've seen many times in many rounds of these talks no discernible sign of progress but inside syria the people continue to suffer. the un has revealed that last month four hundred thousand people were displaced from their homes in syria that's the highest number of people on the move for eighteen months getting food and medicine to those in need may soon get even harder in new york the russian ambassador to the u.n. vaseline a benzema says he's opposed to extending its current form a security council resolution that allows aid acr

now a short time ago mr de mistura the special envoy was seen leaving here at the u.n.headquarters in geneva we think he's heading to that hotel for a courtesy call with the government delegation i think we'll have to wait and see how that goes to see whether actually any formal talks take place today here at the united nations it's already twenty past two in the afternoon it's possible that he talks here in the next couple of hours it's also possible that they will wait until thursday morning i could tell you the opposition delegation say they're really fed up with this process that we've seen in the past with mr de mistura talking to one side then the other they're saying let's just move ahead let's get both sides around the table james may's live for us in geneva thank you our forces loyal to renegade libyan general honey for haft are accused of summarily executing dozens of men in the eastern town of ben here's a human rights watch says local police forces discovered the bodies of thirty six men relatives told the rights of the men had been detained by half task for

special envoy stefan de mistura met both sides separately and explained how things would work. for real. that means the two sides in separate but adjacent rooms with mr de mistura and his team shuttling between them. it is though far from a breakthrough they're still discussing the way this round of talks will be conducted the situation is very much as we've seen many times in many rounds of these talks no discernible sign of progress but inside syria the people continue to suffer the u.n. has revealed that last month four hundred thousand people were displaced from their homes in syria that's the highest number of people on the move for eighteen months getting food and medicine to those in need may soon get even harder in new york the russian ambassador to the u.n. vaseline a benzema says he's opposed to extending in its current form a security council resolution that allows aid across international borders into syria mr de mistura humanitarian advisor is calling on all of those on the council to support aid access something he says they failed to do in the past i would do a r

special envoy stefan de mistura met both sides separately and explained how things would work. would call for. me that means the two sites in separate but adjacent rooms with mr de mistura quite literally the go between i've been shuttling with make a leak between the two rooms which basically were five metres away while we were actually reading and it's got thing with both issues with which we got very important it is though far from a breakthrough they're still discussing the way this round of talks will be conducted the situation is very much as we've seen many times in many rounds of these talks no discernible sign of progress but inside syria the people continue to suffer. the un has revealed that last month four hundred thousand people were displaced from their homes in syria that's the highest number of people on the move for eighteen months getting food and medicine to those in need may soon get even harder in new york the russian ambassador to the u.n. vaseline a benzema says he's opposed to extending in its current form a security council resolution that allows aid ac

sad stooges a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition. geneva well meanwhile the united states says it's considering adjustments to how it gives military support to kurdish led forces fighting eisel in northern syria take it considers the kurdish syrian fighters known as white the earth on friday the turkish government said u.s. president donald trump told his counterparts rest of. the supplies to the kurdish groups would hold at the state department such decisions on military support will be based on battlefield requests. not on. we are allies of the us under nato and we have made it clear several times to us with the right method with the right rhetoric that this was not the right thing to do what we were told in response was that they attached a lot of importance to the fight against eisel and as a result they had to assess our options but of course it is not a choice for us to work wit

sad stitches a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition jane spays al-jazeera geneva. television is on course for a surprise victory presidential election. has almost a five point lead over incumbent one orlando have none this is one of the poorest nations in south america it also has the highest murder rates in the world still ahead on al-jazeera. the new evidence showing that an oil giant was allegedly can play in punishing nigerian villages who complained about spills. i'm joined now on the greek island of lewis was where more than two and a half years after the great influx of refugees to europe began people are still making this perilous crossing from turkey every day. hello and welcome back now across europe we've got some really cold air taking down we've got snow in many areas this area across hungry remaining crossed into the black sea region is going to cause some problems we've go

envoy stefan de mistura met the delegation from the opposition. but the government has been involved in a major intensification in eastern. geneva the suspicion is they wanted this aerial bombardment to strengthen their hand at the talks and you have any optimism when you see what's going on with these people as you're supposed to be. well i was just informed by do russia and then do it today or did people a meeting their russian proposal to end their government they've accepted a defiant it's difficult because we were and are very content up till now we need to feel where they did take place but it did not point that they've actually been proposed to end a great job on just the day of the beginning of the station. there is tension within the opposition camp two groups the karo platform and the moscow platform or previously shunned by the rest of the opposition now they've been brought into the negotiating team but that decision made in recent days in riyadh is deeply controversial many including the former leader riyadh his job resigned their pos

special envoy stefan de mistura he's managed to bring the syrian government and the opposition to the table in the past but has so far failed to get any agreement syrian opposition negotiators say they'll be in geneva and that there are no preconditions this will be the eighth round of talks in geneva previous attempts of stalled because of disagreements mainly over whether president bashar al assad should stay in power we can go live to james frey's now our diplomatic editor who is in geneva the scene for those talks to get under way tomorrow that's tuesday so round eight james can we have any optimism that they will yield anything that will end fighting on the ground in syria. i don't think we can be too optimistic knowing the grim history of all this we're going to get some more details you mentioned stefan de mistura who's convening this process he'll be speaking to the u.n. security council in about an hour's time but the word is that this is probably not going to start on time in the past we've had the opposition of taken days to get here to get to geneva because it had last min

envoy stefan de mistura the delegation from the opposition. but the government has been involved in a major intensification in eastern. geneva the suspicion is they wanted this aerial bombardment to strengthen their hand at the talks and you have any optimism when you see what's going on. as you were supposed to be. well i was just informed by do russia and then do it today at their peak for a meeting their russian proposal to end a government defector a defiant is difficult because we were and are very content up till now we need to feel where did this take place but it did not point to then told that they've actually been proposed to end their greed upon just the day of the beginning of the station. there is tension within the opposition camp two groups the karo platform and the moscow platform or previously shunned by the rest of the opposition now they've been brought into the negotiating team but that decision made in recent days in riyadh is deeply controversial many including the former leader riyadh his job resigned their posts and now

side stooges a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition. geneva . meanwhile the u.s. says it's considering adjustments to how it gives military support to kurdish led forces fighting isis and northern syria turkey considers the kurdish seven fighters known as the wife tell us on friday the turkish government said u.s. president donald trump told his counterpart range of five adelong that supplies to the kurdish led groups would hold for the state department now says such decisions on military support will be based on battlefield requirements. woman not all done. we are allies of the us under nato and we have made it clear several times to us with the right method with the right rhetoric that this was not the right thing to do what we were told in response was that they attach a lot of importance to the fight against eisel and as a result they have to assess all options but of course it is no

syrian government delegation to arrive there in the hotel now we expect was to de mistura as he did withthe opposition to pay them a courtesy call in the hotel not to talk clear whether there will be talks that the u.n. with the government side here taking place on wednesday or whether that will happen on thursday certainly the opposition delegation want to get both sides face to face to actually meet together around the table but the syrian government reluctant to come here they came here late some reports even saying they don't plan to stay here particularly long. life for us there in geneva thank you i still add on al-jazeera reports that britain is moving closer to agreeing on its brakes a divorce deal with the european union. and finally some good news for thousands of tourists stranded on the indonesian resort island of bali. howlers a creeping cold is a bit more of a rush now to north korea and probably hard. as coming out of what is a very cold mass a ground this is not cloud this is effectively frost if you like think of it that way is cold so minus eight is a maximum that if as

a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition. geneva well let's hear now from a summit in java has been speaking to people in three areas of syria to ask them about their expectations from the geneva talks. when there are no place in the sky and there is less fear of forces invading you there is hope all around you in this particular town in northern syria this is drabness and people are trying to come back and resume their lives but when it comes to talks in geneva they're not very hopeful they say this is the revolution that they began and it has been taken away from them and the world really doesn't care. i'm in syria and they call me a refugee what can we want from the talks but. as long as assad remains geneva doesn't mean anything. they show solidarity with syrians but in reality they're all complicit and involved in the destruction of syria we just hope the siege can end. our hope is n

special envoy stefan de mistura at their hotel in the last few hours here at u.n. headquarters but the syrian government perspire on their trip angry they say some comments by the opposition there are those that believe the real reason for the delay was to allow the syrian military to continue their operations in eastern the u.n. special envoy though says he's now received word there will be a cease fire i was just informed by do russian standard today or to people a meeting that the russians have proposed to end the government has accepted a sci fi only temple because we were and are very concerned about till now we need to see where did it take place but it is not coincidental that it's actually been proposed to end a greed upon just the day of the beginning of this station the syrian government delegation will arrive here on wednesday it's not clear whether they'll have talks straight away the opposition say they want to meet with them face to face around the same table he sing greece of detaining people after finding bomb making equipment and detonators in raid

so james what phase are these talks and right now well i think that the special envoy stephan de mistura is trying to move things on pretty far let me show you the scene here in journey room with the flurries of snow you can see the reporters outside the door that we've seen inside the door both delegations going at the same time for the first time actually we've had them both in there for what's called proximity talks since liked abrahim e was the special envoy going back a number of years what happens in proximity talks is you have both in adjacent rooms the special envoy talks to one speaks to one goes then to the next room and relays messages we understand that that is how they're going to proceed in next at least for the next few hours i also understand that the government delegation isn't particularly happy with things as you know they perspire their arrival here in geneva there on happy about some of the comments made by the opposition side in the special envoy has put out a statement saying that both sides should refrain from talking to the press and saying things that might upse

security council to be covered and there is some criticism from the opposition side about stefan de mistura the special envoy and the fact that he's been focusing on some parts of that resolution not other parts they say that you need to go back to the resolution and start with the first thing in the resolution which is political transition before you move on to a future constitution and elections supervised by the united nations so disagreement but i think some disagreement between the opposition and the special envoy even before the government gets involved i have to say we've seen so many rounds of talks here we've seen so much fighting ongoing even until hours before these talks started. with an aerial bombardment that you have to say hopes on particularly high. change base life for us there in geneva thanks jason. grated breaking news to tell you about a story about the bosnian war crimes appeal hearing. earlier we have ported to you that the person in cry at mr. had taken what he said was a poison it is now being reported by croatian t.v. that he has now died after allegedly taking at

special envoy stefan de mistura after meeting the government delegation at their hotel he had a few brief words for reporters if you will sit in the meeting was it if you will profession. there's already a disagreement about the focus of this round of talks the opposition want to look at a transition and a transitional body to run syria mr de mistura wants to focus on the elections and the new constitution this round of talks is likely to continue until next week. lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has signaled that he may withdraw his resignation next week he said that matters were quote positive and if that continued he would consider rescinding his decision to step down as prime minister of lebanon area announced his resignation while in saudi arabia earlier nov he put it on hold last week at the request of president michel. rival palestinian factions hamas and fatah have agreed to ask egypt to delay the handover of gaza hamas was due to hand over power in the gaza strip to the palestinian authority by friday after a decade of dominance there as part of a reconciliation deal but they

syria and voice stuff funded mistura says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire and he goes by russia the rebel held area on the outskirts of damascus has come under heavy bombardment in the past forty eight hours ahead of the eighth round of geneva talks to try to end the conflict to also meant to begin on tuesday but the government delegation has said it won't arrive until wednesday francis has avoided any direct mention of me in masri had jim is the minority as he appeared alongside the country's leader aung san suu kyi is widely expected the head of the roman catholic church insisted that myanmar should respect the rights of all ethnic groups facing greece say they've arrested one turkish nationals after finding bomb making equipment in apartments in athens greece eight men and one woman are members of a left wing group this treated as a terror organization by turkey the e.u. . you are up to date those are your headlines this hour stay with us up next it's a.j. selects will be back in about half an hour's time see that. i don't know how to. the. you know but then i have

the government side to meet with him formally in just a few hours time mr de mistura saying his first meeting at the hotel was very professional and also saying that he's hoping to bring both sides together for direct talks that something the opposition said they'd like to see as soon as possible what are the major stumbling blocks the sticking points i mean in recent times and other talks that were held ends any of our or first of all we had a different opposition and the opposition demand was always assad must step down. yeah i mean one of the big problems this time around is the fact that this opposition delegation that's here is not all of the opposition who were here in the past there are some that are not coming here in fact there's been a letter with all the more than four hundred names of prominent opposition leaders say the people here don't represent them because they believe this process has been compromised by russian pressure russian influence on the special envoy de mistura and i think that's another of the problems mr dumas stories working with a resolution from the u.n

well we've just been hearing in the last few minutes from stefan de mistura who is the special envoy the united nations are the people who are running this process and he's in charge of it for the united nations he's been here meeting the delegation the negotiating team from the opposition he was with them for the best part of two hours talking about the situation he came out afterwards and spoke to us clearly he's not been able to speak to the government side because they delayed their arrival here and are not now expected to be in geneva until wednesday stefan de mistura vote confirming important news he says that a meeting earlier on today which he had with the representatives of the five permanent members of the u.n. security council their representatives their ambassadors here in geneva russia proposed a ceasefire in eastern guta and he said that the syrian government has said that it will comply with the cease fire because it is really at the moment only one side that is involved in military action there and that is the syrian government with their onslaught their aerial bombar

sad stitches a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition jane spays out jazeera geneva. so much more to come on the al-jazeera news hour including work continues in ethiopia and what will be africa's biggest hydroelectric dam can challenge from egypt on a mission to transform france's relationship with africa president kroll embarks on a four day war of the region and the job will be here to tell you why these football players have to run for cover in a brazilian gave. the early results have given him. a shot in the presidential election supporters of. are celebrating after the announcement from the electoral court with more than half of the votes counted he has a lead of forty five percent to forty percent current president to one orlando hernandez was expected to comfortably win a second term doesn't seem so likely anymore that sanchez is in the capital to speak to her now and then maria th

sad stooges a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition james bays out jazeera geneva. well meanwhile the u.s. says it's considering adjustments to how it gives military support to kurdish forces fighting eisel in northern syria turkey considers the kurdish syrian fighters known as y.p. to terrorists on friday the turkish government said u.s. president donald trump are told his counterpart rigid five everyone that supplies to the kurdish led groups would halt but the state department now says that such decisions on military support will be based on battlefield requirements well let's get more on all of this now we're joined by rami cordie professor of journalism at american university of beirut and senior fellow at harvard university and he's joining us live from boston mr corey always great to have you with us on al-jazeera there was plenty to talk about let's start with that u.s. kurdish t

a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than political transition. geneva buttons prince harry and his new fiance u.s. actress meghan markle have given their first television interview following the official announcement and they're engaged meant it comes a year and a half after they first met in an introduction by mutual friends peter sharp reports. prince harry and meghan markle together outside london's kensington palace the thirty six year old actress brings a touch of the twenty first century to britain's royal family she's an american who describes herself as mixed race which came under scrutiny in media coverage of their relationship and some of that scrutiny and you ended up making a very public statement about it some of that scrutiny was centered around your ethnicity. when you realize that or something. of course it's disheartening you know it's. it's a shame that that is the climate in this world to focu

nearly seven years of syrian government fighting syrian government negotiators held talks with de mistura on wednesday let's go to james where is diplomatic editor is covering things from geneva force james what sort of phase are these talks and of stephanie mr a sort of in the middle east got people coming to him from either side how would you describe the the the scope of these talks at the moment while he's trying to create some momentum in this talks process and he's moving pretty quickly in this around he's had for the first time on the second day of the two sides being here in geneva both of them in the building behind me at the same time that hasn't happened since the special envoy lakhdar brahimi some years ago what's called proximity talks the two sides in adjacent rooms the special envoy stefan de mistura shuttling between the two now they're not really talking about any of the really hard issues what they're talking about now is a statement of principles and they came up with one of those early on in the year when there was a different opposition delegation they at the time ref

the coming hours we don't yet know when they're going to have their first meeting with stefan de misturawe think it's likely he will follow the same path he did with the opposition a courtesy meeting first in their hotel before then inviting them for the first stage first meeting actually at the u.n. for a moment james thank you james bays live for us there in geneva now iran's president is accusing saudi arabia of targeting his country as a way of shifting focus from saudi involvement in regional conflicts tensions been grind between the regional rivals since sanctions on iran were eased under the nuclear deal. says his country has to act with professionalism when dealing with the kingdom. on saudi arabia is seeking to solve two fundamental problems that's why the tide a character as an enemy saudi arabia failed in qatar and feeling a lock in syria and finally failed in lebanon they failed in all these regions and want to cover the failure by portraying iran of an enemy secondly inside saudi arabia the stance and the internal disputes so they portray iran as an enemy to cover of their f

special envoy stefan de mistura he's managed to bring the syrian government and opposition to the table in the past but has failed to get any agreement so the main sticking point between both sides has been in the past whether president bashar assad should step down from power some of binge of aid reports from jobless we're not everyone is keen on the negotiations. people inside syria have been telling us that they are afraid of another round of talks because every time negotiations happen both sides try to accelerate their suffering their attacks on people and the suffering of people actually in pieces in the last twenty four hours we've had multiple attacks in the eastern suburbs of damascus a looter. of more than four hundred thousand people are believed to be besieged united nations have been calling on all parties to allow unhindered access and it's been waiting for the assad government to try and get aid to these people but haven't been able to retrieve the hospitals are very ill equipped and one airstrike an artillery strike happened in the various they're not able to provide hel

well the opposition is staying let's not stop having these separate talks with mr de mistura let's get everyone around the table they'd like to see face to face talks taking place i have to say though it doesn't feel to me that the prospects are particularly good certainly the russians in the syrian government i think were hoping that the new opposition group in here had been a bit diluted because they brought in something called the karo platform in the moscow platform and certainly the latter of those in the past the other opposition have always seen as pretty much close to the russians and close to the syrian government and even derided as assad stooges but i can tell you now that groupings got together they are still insisting assad must go and that of course has been the central problem in trying to solve all of this another development on the opposition side which i think will cause them some difficulties those that have come here to geneva are now being condemned by a great big list of signatories that have signed a petition saying they shouldn't be here in geneva that has signa

sad stooges a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition james bays al-jazeera geneva. well correspondent a solid and jolly it has been speaking to people and three areas all syria to ask them about their expectations from the geneva talks. when there are no place in the sky and there is less fear of forces invading you there is hope all around you in this particular town in northern syria this is jobless and people are trying to come back and resume their lives but when it comes to talks in geneva they're not very hopeful they say this is the revolution that they began and it has been taken away from them and the world really doesn't care. i'm in syria and they call me a refugee what can we want from the talks. as long as assad remains geneva doesn't mean anything. they show solidarity with syrians but in reality they're all complicit in involved in the destruction of syria we just hope the

now here both sides in this city for talks and both of already met the un special envoy stefan de mistura after meeting the government delegation at their hotel he had a few brief words for reporters the most intimidating was it difficult to bring professional. there's already a disagreement about the focus of this round of talks the opposition want to look at a transition and a transitional body to run syria mr de mistura wants to focus on the elections and the new constitution this round of talks is likely to continue until next week the international day of solidarity with the palestinian people is being observed across the world today marks almost seventy years after the un adopted a resolution partitioning palestine into generation arab states a year later israel was founded to its displacing millions of palestinians and israeli forces reports it comes as palestinian communities in the occupied west bank face increased pressure from israel its a hilltop home for sixty three palestinian bedouin families use of jerusalem in the occupied west bank had none jolene has lived in all his li

syria's un mediator stefan de mistura has held separate meetings with government and opposition delegations in geneva is the eighth round of united nations sponsored talks to end the civil war the opposition is still demanding the departure of syrian president bashar al assad and at least fourteen people have been killed in fighting in the yemeni capital sana'a forces loyal to the former yemeni president ali abdullah saleh fought with their hoofy rebel allies near the mosque the salah loyalists have accused the who says of carrying out a coup those are the headlines a full news hour is coming your way after inside story. more demands from the u.s. aimed at china from the united states off to north korea's latest missile with the government in pyongyang claiming the u.s. mainland is no bridge will take action and help diffuse the crisis this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program today with me this one was bigger and more powerful and it sets off the alarm bells in capitals around the world especially in washington after successfully testing a new type of intercontinental ballisti

the un syria envoy stuff and a mistura says the syrian government has accepted a ceasefire in eastern guta reports by russia the rebel held area and the outskirts of damascus has come under heavy bombardment in the past forty eight hours ahead of the eighth round of geneva talks to try to end the conflict. but francis has avoided any direct mention of me in mas ranges the minority as he appears alongside the country's leader aung sang suu kyi as why do expect the head of the roman catholic church insisted the mean washed respect the rights of all ethnic groups and military crackdown has forced hundreds of thousands of to flee to neighboring bangladesh bali's airport has been shot for a second day as an erupting volcano disrupts travel plans and threatens thousands on the indonesian island mind agony is spewing huge crowds of ash into the air and officials are warning a larger eruption is imminent who see a headline stay with us up next it's a story see you later. with . with. over an. idea rabia the government. accused of failing to follow proper procedures. regulated and. this is a s

mediator stephan de mistura in geneva the eighth round of u.n. sponsored talks to end the civil war which began almost seven years ago and i mean been hamilton he has received an invitation to attend next month's gulf cooperation council summit in kuwait there had been doubts about whether that g.c.c. meeting would go ahead but kuwait has confirmed it will the kuwaiti emir shakes job at al sabah is the one who sent the invitation coming up in twenty five minutes time here on al-jazeera right now though the street. international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons we receive the nobel peace prize but what is. in a series of special reports examines the state of nuclear proliferation around the world. hi i'm femi ok and you're in a strange. today protests and threats have halted the release of the bollywood film . so what is a film about a y.c. up setting so many people know about to find out. the hindi film is swirling in control the sea so much so that its release in india has been postponed and his international debut left on certain the film se

syria and voice steffan de mistura says the syrian government has accepted a cease fire in eastern guta proposed by russia the rebel held area in the outskirts of damascus has come under heavy bombardment ahead of the eighth round of talks in geneva to try and end to the thing. but francis has avoided any direct mention of me and lars orange a muslim minority as he appeared alongside the country's leader on san suu cheap a military crackdown has forced hundreds of thousands of rahane just to flee to neighboring bangladesh well those are the headlines do stay with us coming up next it's the stream and i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour thanks for watching by. ok and you're in the stream live went out to sea air and on you tube today i saw has been defeated on the battlefield but it is not really the end many experts say the conflict continues and that the front line is digital i'm only going to allow so does defeat in iraq and syria i mean i suppose ideology has been toppled or is that more just beginning today we'll hear from a panel of experts and the former wife of an

attend the talks that began on tuesday between the syrian opposition and un special envoy stephan de mistura the government was angry the opposition wanted to talk about bashar al assad's removal as syrian president something it says is off the table kuwait has confirmed it is planning to go ahead with the gulf cooperation council summit on december fifth and six diplomatic sources have told al-jazeera invitations have been issued to all members the g.c.c. is made up of behind kuwait on mon qatar saudi arabia and the united arab emirates the bin doubts about whether the summit will go ahead after saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind in egypt imposed a blockade on qatar in june or pope francis has urged me and mars' buddhist leaders to tackle prejudice and hatred at his visit in yangon the pope avoided using the name of the persecuted minority but he preached a massive message of forgiveness in a public mass he called on people to resist the temptation for revenge the u.k. may be close to an agreement on the so-called briggs it divorce bill british media said it would cost u.k. taxpayers sixty five

sad stitches a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition james pays out jazeera geneva. a turkish goal try to charge with conspiring to evade u.s. sanctions against iran will not go on trial in new york this week reza dropped out of sight and the two months leading up to schedule a trial prompting turkey's prime minister to suggest he's reached a plea deal with the u.s. authorities jabber tansey has more from washington president. of turkey has repeatedly trying to get this trial scrapped lobbying then vice president joe biden and twenty sixteen and president trump in september of this year he maintains of this is a politically motivated prosecution intended to discredit and ultimately overthrow his government on behalf of and islamic cleric who lives in pennsylvania to learn. these steps are purely political i hope we'll get a chance to discuss this issue the united states needs to revise th

process aimed at bringing six years of war in syria to an end as led by the special envoy stefan de mistura his managed to bring the syrian government and opposition to the table in the past but has failed to get any agreement syria's main opposition group behind to go see a sions committee or agency says it will be in geneva and has no preconditions it will have a new person at the helm after former head riyadh he job quit last week that resignation came on the same day president bashar assad made a rare trip out of syria to meet with the russian leader vladimir putin in sochi this will be the eighth round of talks in geneva previous attempts are stalled because of better disagreements mainly over where the assad should stay in power and a trade is a syrian affairs analyst and senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy he says he's not surprised by the resumption of airstrikes ahead of the next round of geneva talks. oftentimes when we go to towards negotiations seemingly sealed agreements are not sealed. it's also hard to predict the activities of the regime the intere

known as proximity talks that's the two delegations in adjacent rooms in the special envoy stefan de mistura has been going between those rooms passing information we understand at this stage they're talking about some principles for the ongoing talks in this room which is supposed to according to the special envoy focus on a new constitution for syria and also for u.n. supervised elections they're not talking about any political transition and who should run the country during that transition and that certainly is what the opposition want to focus on rather than those other matters. well as winter approaches in syria people in the northern city of homs are worried about how they will survive the cold there is a surveillance fuel and people living in areas say they've already used most of the trees around them for firewood and some of the reports from gaziantep on the turkish border. it's getting cold in syria and it's the time of the year to scavenge for things to burn they need it more than winter because in addition to cooking the family will need to stay warm they tell us we came from ho

special envoy on syria stuff and de mistura who praised the talks as useful syrian opposition groups have agreed to form a fifty member delegation to attend next week's u.n. sponsored talks during a two day conference in riyadh they were new their demands for the syrian president bashar al assad to step down assad's resignation will not be a precondition for negotiations. well the two hundred fifty refugees have been rescued off the coast of libya libyan coast guard says it intercepted two boats which had been badly damaged at sea and those on board were brought back to tripoli international organization for migration said on friday that more than thirty three thousand people have died trying to cross the mediterranean since two thousand. human rights groups are calling for international agencies to monitor the repat reaction of the hinge of muslims to miramar as the un's for a few g. agency says it's still not safe for them to return me a man bangladesh signed a pact on thursday allowing those displaced to go home once their paperwork is completed but the advocacy group human rights

the question we should ask is what influence or what the real power mr de mistura has in bringing an twistin some using all the possibility towards the same time we have. or the meeting that becomes like a precondition step before geneva at the same time and the other question that we also should we should also entertain is how far the russians the turks and the iranians are helping the geneva process so unfortunately the geneva process is. being challenged more and more because we have a major crisis within one we have the political crisis about syria and who should with that said should remain in power or not you have the humanitarian crisis half of the put a population is i.d.p.'s or even here is that alone about half a million of casualties then you have the security crisis that is now being here out of the by all of the regional and international powers i'm talking about isis so everybody is trying to maneuver or to handle one segment of the crisis from this and the fourth one which is woodson in the or making it more difficult for journey of. their time if occasionally of the l

security council in new york the man who's supposed to lead the talks on tuesday stefan de mistura condemned the violence he noted that the syrian government had perspire its travel to geneva but he said they needed to attend naturally we hope indeed expect that the government will be on its way shortly but to get an idea president the third of men to prove that in putting when they met in sochi that meeting part of intense diplomacy in recent weeks the russians who turned things around on the battlefield for assad are supposed to bring the syrian government to the geneva table but the saudis created a new opposition group ing to go to the talks out are key players like former leader riyadh his job in a figures closer to moscow some of which were previously even. well you did as a side stitches a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stuff. is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than old political transition. now early results have given honduras as opposition leader a short