foreign secretary phillip hammond says only a transitional government without bashar al-assad can solve the country's political crisis. >> bashar al-assad talks about a unity government by which he means bringing one or two hand-picked regime friendly oppositionists into minor posts in the government. that is not sufficient. there has to be a change of direction in syria. there has to be the creation of a government that represents all the people, all the communities, all the faiths in syria. it has to be a government that is not or at least in the future will not be led by bashar al-assad >>> people in the libyan capital have come out in force to show their support for the new unit dw government. they're calling on the u.n. backed government to help end years of political turmoil. members of the government travelled to tripoli from tunis on wednesday defying threats of violence. they have begun meetings there. thousands of protesters in brazil have rallied to show their support for dilma rousseff. they believe impeachment procedures against her unjust and amount to a coup. >> reporter:

the foreign secretary, phillip hammond, says it will not solve the syrian conflict. president bashar al-assad offered to form a unity government with the opposition. >> bashar al-assad talks about a unity government by which he means bringing one or two hand-picked regime friendly oppositionists into minor posts in the government. that is not sufficient. there has to be a direct change of direction in syria, there has to be the creation of a government that represents all the people, all the communities, all the faiths in syria and it has to be a government that is not, or at least in the future, will not be led by bashar al-assad >>> one of iraq's most prominent shia leaders has urged his followers to end a two-week protest. his supporters had been staging a sit-in around the capital green zone. the prime minister has met their demand for reform by announcing a new cabinet. our correspondent has more. >> reporter: the sit in, with thanks and appreciation to you, with those words, he called on the protesters to stand down. >> translation: after all these demonstratio

foreign secretary phillip hammond says only a transitional government without bashar al-assad can help solve the country's conflict. >> bashar al-assad talks about a unity government by which he means bringing one or two hand-picked regime friendly oppositionists into minor posts in the government. that is not sufficient. there has to be a change of direction in syria. there has to be the creation of a government that represents all the people, all the communities, all the faiths in syria. it has to be a government that is not or at least in the future will not be led by bashar al-assad >>> the u.s. said its japanese and south korean allies have vowed to increase pressure against north korea's nuclear program. the three warned they could take faurth steps to counter threats from pyongyang. a dinner was held at the white house for heads of state and delegates from 50 countries attending the summit. on the agenda is how vulnerable nuclear materials can be better secured. our correspondent has more from washington dc. >> reporter: this is the fourth and final nuclear security summit of pr

phillip hammond said only a transitional government without bashar al assad can help sox the country's conflict. >> bashar al assad talks about a unity government by which he means bringing one or two handled-picked regime-friendly oppositionists into minor posts in the government. that is not sufficient. there has to be a change of direction in syria. there has to be the creation of a government that represents all the people, all the communities, all the faiths in syria, and it has to be a government that is not or at least in the future will not be led by bashar al assad. >> myanmar's upper house approved a new government post. she'll be in fact the president's boss. the house is expected to vote on it is proposal on tuesday. she is barred from becoming president because her children hold foreign passports. we have this update from myanmar's capitol. >> a large majority in the upper house accepted a very crucial bill which will give extended powers to the prime minister. she was barred from running for president. now she has created a very powerful position for herself which seems t