i am sarah harmon.uropean union foreign ministers call for a strong response but ask for thethe hold up on military action. the australian conservative coalition sweeps to power in national elections. or madrid?nbul the world waits for the announcement of the olympic host city. >> the european union on saturday called for a strong evidence indicating that the asad regime was a deadlyle for chemical weapons attack against civilians in august, but stopped short of calling for military action. this followed a meeting of the ministers in lithuania. they have been sharply divided over how to respond to the calls for military action. will not takehey part in any punitive strike. but the united eu position was praised as a signal of invaluable importance. >> catherine ashton confirmed that european union member states had found a united is action over the events in syria, and said there should be no intervention before the inspectors released a report on the chemical attack from last month. but evidence shows

i am sarah harmon in berlin. our headlines this hour.ohn kerry and the arab league meet on syria and say that bashar al-assad has passed a global red line. the opposition leader is contesting the results of the male oral election in moscow. and mazda takes a step closer to its fourth formula one title. >> syrian president bashar al- assad has told the american media there is no evidence he used chemical weapons against his own people. this comes as u.s. secretary of state john kerry continues a whirlwind tour to drum up international some work for military intervention in syria. international leaders are not the only ones who need convincing. many americans are skeptical as well. >> antiwar protesters demand the u.s. stay out of the conflict in syria. demonstrations like this one are meant to send a clear message to the obama administration and the world that there is broad opposition to military intervention. >> i have family living there. they worry about what is going to happen in syria. >> most protests only to a few hundred people b

i am sarah harmon.uropean union foreign ministers call for a strong response but ask for thethe hold up on military action. the australian conservative coalition sweeps to power in national elections. or madrid?nbul the world waits for the announcement of the olympic host city.