. >>> simon mcgregor wood joins us now in geneva. he's covering the talks, simon, good to see you.rry making an unscheduled trip to join day two of the talks, the french minister is also on his way we now here to geneva what are you hearing there of the prospect of success. >> reporter: well, i think the general feeling here, jonah is that the arrival of the big guns if you like on the international community's side. don't forget the iranian foreign minister himself has been here throughout the process is a harbinger of perhaps ideal being tantalizingly close. the language being used generally is that katherine ashton the u.e.'s high representative for foreign affairs has asked mr. kerr toy come here to help narrow differences. so some hinting that there may still be gaps between the two sides decisions but the mood is being interpreted for his till. hvery positively. he was on tv suggesting a draft could be finalized today. so that there is a feeling of anticipation, he's not here yet, i believe he's in israel. that might be an interesting meeting, he's dead set against this kind

so they have is simon mcgregor wood live in geneva.o syria national elements inspectors have an inaccessible site inside of the country. they have use the footage of sealed camerasch acoveredding to the organization of pro decision of chemical weapons that means 21 of 23 sites have been insuspected. >> government tourses have ontario a new front in the rebel held north and making significant advances. but some rebel commanders are plameing their little in the rank for their successes. this is the airport. and if has been inonner able for months. >> now the army is trying to break the rebel overwhelm. after making rare advances why thmostly rebel held north. the government forces took control of the towns. >> they are on the highway linking government held central syria to the south east gates. >> from hire the army on difficult is to re-open the fly lines into government controlled areas in the city see r r see. some rebel tied earns are blaming the infighting for the battle field stead backs. this has had a negative effect on the batt

simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: hopess of finding survivors are fading.oof of the supermarket in the capitol collapsed on thursday evening. hundreds were inside at the time, many of them shopping on their way home there work. this man's wife was one. >> translator: i have a wife there. there is no information about her, whether she is dead or arrive. wherever i call, there is no information. >> reporter: when the first collapse hand firefighters rushed to help, but while they were working, the rest of the roof came down. at least three rescue workers were killed. >> i think sitterable that you just come shopping and you can't go home and all of the relatives that are waiting for their -- their people -- it's -- i think it's terrible. >> reporter: the police have started an investigation into what went wrong. local reports say a roof top garden was being built at the time of the accident. >> translator: it's clear we have to take steps to avoid tragedies like this happening again. we are going to impose stricter controls on construction projects of this ki

and simon mcgregor wood outside that press conference in boeheimmy, we thank you both. to africa now, and the rebel commander and the democrat republic is believed to have fled across the border to rwanda. his escape comes as his move is in ruins with the political leader. vying that fighters will lay down their arms. it can signal the end of the conflict in the drc. the army has been bombarding the group in the east of the country, pushing it back into hill tops near the city. malcolm web sends up this update with one of the last rebel strong holds. >> the remaining m 23 rebel fighters have fled, and the government troops have moved into their last hill top positions that they were fighting from just a day ago. some of the government troops we have spoken to say that the driver of the rebel leader surrendered, that's general mcenga's driver. he says that he himself fled. so people here are waiting to find out if that's true, and see what the government is going to do with him. in the meantime, the government is consolidating its new ground and bringing in new troops. i

the latest from simon mcgregor woods. the talks are in shrouded in secrecy. anything more on the news today? >> not really, there has been some empty statements from nameless officials here. serious and substancive, these are the words we keep hearing. we were expecting on camera media briefings about this time, lauren, but those have been postponed. not bad news, we gather, the sense here is that is good news, because the parties are still talking and it is getting more and more serious. there is a deal on the table, very briefly, as we have been briefed by american officials echoing words coming out of the white house this afternoon. what the international community wants to do is agree to a series of measures that freeing further progress in the nuclear program. in return for which there would be limited sanctions relief reversible if the iranians are found to misbehave. that's what is being finalized. or fine tuned. it is very difficult. there are gaps but there is a growing sense that both sides for the first time, really, have got a potential deal, and