barker is at the talks in geneva for us, neave what, are we expecting today?rter: hoping when they make their opening statements it will set the tone for the rest of the day. it has been kept very close to the chest of russian and american delegations. both have arrived here with unusually large delegation of top level diplomats and chemical and military experts, mr. there be technical discussions throughout the day as they both collate what information that they have to syria's chemical weapons stockpiles. there will be the need of getting hundreds of specialist into what is essentially an ongoing civil war with a view finally to did he voic destroy s chemical weapons. that is the technical sides. politically it will be most importantly a trust-building exercise between the russians and the americans. of course also the international community is going to have to put an awful lot of trust in to syria in this plan going to work. >> stay with us, never, because syria, as you know, has applied to become a member of the global treaty banning these chemical weapon

and russia are entering a third day gentleman neave actual the diplomats say it's a pivotal moment.i am elizabeth the other top stories. a ceasefire between separatists rebels and the philippines military collapses only hours after it came forth. riot police move in to end a three-week sit-in protest by teachers in mexico city. d

and russia are entering a third day gentleman neave actual the diplomats say it's a pivotal moment.lo, i am elizabeth the other top stories. a ceasefire between separatists rebels and the philippines military collapses only hours after it came forth. riot police move in to end a three-week sit-in protest by teachers in mexico city. and patching up a serious health problem. the high-tech remedy that could help indians treat pa, but lows. ♪ ♪ >> five days after russia proposed a plan to bring syria's cheap cal weapons under international control, there are signs of diplomatic progress. the white house says that it's open to a u.n. resolution that isn't backed by force. the threat of military action was one of russia's main objections. but the u.s. d could still takes action without u.n. approval. talks are now going in to a third day in switzerland. u.s. officials have been quoted as saying both sides are coming to an agreement and that talks are at a pivotal state. meanwhile, the report by chemical weapons inspectors in to the attack in august, could be submitted to the u.n. security

neave, john kerry seeking for a more firm support, did he get it in paris? >> it does appear that france reiterated its stance and its desire to stand side by side when it comes to possible intervention in the middle east, when it comes to possible strikes against bashar al-assad. one of the impressive points made by the french foreign minister is that france has some how isolated itself on the global stage. the foreign minister made a long list of examples of how members of the e.u. members of the g 8, g20 joining a broader action. what he failed to mention no other states but the french and the americans have actually gone so far as saying they will militarily interconvenient. of course one of the key points made by john kerry is that he feels, both france and the americans need to stand side by side, not only out of some sense of historical solidarity between the two nations but also because he firmly believes doing something is better than doing nothing at all. both france and the u.s. reiterated their tans that intervention is the most certainly the way

thank you, neave. >> we will go to omar to talk about what's going on in syria at the moment. a his or the tica historic chrin damascus. tell us what's happening with thisville anthis village fallin. >>> we are hearing that from the last several days. there's been heavy fighting in this mainly christian village. now the latest you're hearing is that rebels were fighting inside the village. they went out. they were driven out and they lost control basically. so there is heavy fighting to regain the village or the town. >>> and more widely, omar, tell does, they were chatting to me about this lead up to the strikes which may or may not happen. how are accept rations going there? government accept ration acceptt might come. >> yes for the last few days, what seems to delay since president obama are e tpered the whole issue to congress we understand some sources in damascus that the government of. president bashar al assad has been moving around. they have been emptying key billings. the latest we got from a source at the syrian army chief of staff saying that there are bases at t

it took three days of talks in gentleman neave, a but u.s.retary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart say gay lavrov have negotiated a plan it. calls for weapons inspectors to be on the ground in no. syria's entire chemical weapons arsenal is to be destroyed by the middle of 2014 and the u.s. will not change its military position. more from geneva. >> reporter: unlikely partners in diplomacy. russia and the united states say they have agreed a plan to put syria's chemical weapons out of use, john kerry said neither side was under any immaterial lukill lines butallusion butsai. >> the world will expect is sawed to live up to its public commitments. as i said at the outset of these negotiations, there can be no games, no room for avoidance, or anything less than full compliance by the assad regime. and what if he doesn't comply? after meetings that went on for three days in geneva, sergei lavrov seems to have achieved russia's goal of watering down the u.s. threat of force. >> in this approach agreed upon there is nothing said about