staffan de mistura, welcome to hardtalk. thank you.much a year since you left your post as the un envoy in assyria. you have had a time for reflection. —— syria. on reflection, do you think that mission was doomed from the moment you took it? i have been thinking exactly about that. when i was asked to ta ke exactly about that. when i was asked to take up from the past, it was told that it was mission impossible. two of them had given up. he only served for a couple of years, kofi annan only six months and that was an impossible job. was annan only six months and that was an impossiblejob. was it arrogance that led you built to believe you could do something different? well, no, i don't want to believe it was arrogance because i refused actually at the beginning. i was in a wonderfuljob, probably at the beginning. i was in a wonderful job, probably the at the beginning. i was in a wonderfuljob, probably the bestjob in the world. i was in capri, writing my memories. i was told by the sacred general, —— secretary general, there will be m

biggest airline is gearing up for more strikes the info union that represents cabin crew has called on staffan of tondo subsidiary german wings to stage walkouts for 3 days starting on monday it's the latest development in a long running dispute over pay and benefits a 2 day strike in november stranded thousands of passengers. on thursday the german cabin crew union had already threatened another round of strikes following what it called failed arbitration talks with lufthansa last weekend but they refused to say when the all for which airlines finally the union announced that its members working at lufthansa subsidiary german wings would stop work for 72 hours of starting on monday before said the decision to target the carriers subsidiary rather than disrupting the lufthansa group was a warning that if it fails to win concessions the limited industrial action could be a precursor to full scale strikes targeting the parent company. the long running dispute began over a demand for a 2 percent pay increase to cabin staff but has grown to incorporate other issues before accuses live times of fai