you have referred repeatedly how the future of the syrian people belongs to the syrian people.ut you also believe that what happens there is in our vital national interest. >> senator, just the fact that syria has the risk of destabilizing the region and become a base for terrorism, absolutely. >> i just want to make that clear. why do we even care about what is happening in another country? it is not just a civil war. it has implications in the region. in a few moments on the second panel, we will hear from an ambassador who will testify based upon his written testimony that syria on its present course is becoming the worst of all seek -- worst of all conceivable scenarios, a failed state that is divided between assad controlling a portion of the country, kurds controlling a portion near the turks used -- the turkish border, and a vast majority controlled by the jihadist who will use it as a base of operations for destabilization in a rack, and eventually jordan. would you disagree with that assessment? is that the not -- is that not the short-term to reject free it is headed

you have referred repeatedly how the future of the syrian people belongs to the syrian people. but you also believe that what happens there is in our vital national interest. >> senator, just the fact that syria has the risk of destabilizing the region and become a base for terrorism, absolutely. >> i just want to make that clear. why do we even care about what is happening in another country? it is not just a civil war. it has implications in the region. in a few moments on the second panel, we will hear from an ambassador who will testify based upon his written testimony that syria on its present course is becoming the worst of all seek -- worst of all conceivable scenarios, a failed state that is divided between assad controlling a portion of the country, kurds controlling a portion near the turkish border, and a vast majority controlled by the jihadist who will use it as a base of operations for destabilization in a rack, and -- in iraq and eventually jordan. would you disagree with that assessment? is that not the short-term projection it is headed in? >> i would agree wit

of the syrian people. the united states and united nations continued to recognize the assad-led government. a situation that had enormously bad humanitarian consequences for the people of syria. without an alternate government reflecting the values of nonsectarianism and citizenship many stuck with the devil they know having been denied an alternative they can see an evaluate. less we think this is only limited to syria, i want to go to the testimony we'll hear in a moment from dr. gelb who will testify a major policy failure is lack of a coherent and workable strategy. this is mideast leaders say they don't know what the u.s. strategy -- i apologize, is toward their country and region. they say it's vague and ever-changing. you say in your testimony the conflict in syria fostered an environment that fuels the growth of extremism and al qaeda-linked groups exploiting the situation for their benefit. we need to weigh in on behalf of those who promote freedom and tolerance. i take it you say that in the abse

but if you're suggesting we should move syrian chemical weapons to iran. that i have to say first of all. that moving those weapons would create bad publicity for iran because you know biased coming taters would probably say that syria and iran have made a secret deal. so i would say the main thing is that syria has launched this process of chemical disarmament and now this process should be carried out under some kind of schedule. well how else can you resolve the syrian crisis some say you're helping us out by sending volunteers to syria. of the. math no we have never supplied weapons or military personnel to syria. what we have done is we have sent a lot of humanitarian aid to syria over the past couple of years. we have been helping the people of syria together with the syrian red crescent and authorized volunteers distributing aid in various parts of syria. we even know that some of this aid ended up in the hands of the free syrian army. we have made dozens of flights and we have sent tens of thousands of trucks with humanitarian aid to syria. we had

for the main syrian opposition group. saudi political affairs 234,589, and the director of the institute for gulf affairs. and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, you're in new york. you've been at the united nations. what is the saudi perspective on the u.n. and their involvement? >> well, i wa the saudi governmt decided to go back to the u.n. supreme coursecurity council. i just confirmed that, and they said that they are going back. i think it should be this week or next week be. kerry it "s" there, and i think they have returned an agreement to return to the u.n. security council. the u.s. i think, will be more aggressive on syria, no strikes, but more aggressive in terms of trying to push assad regime out. >> ambassador, how significant is that news? >> well, it's definitely significant. the saudis have been throwing a bit of a tantrum over something that is very unclear, and i think their interest will be pursued much more directly if they're on the security council. it never made sense for them to say, we

population by the syrian go. crazy and stupid if you may not like assad but one thing i cite is certainly not as stupid no evidence at all just to clarify you see it anyway that damascus is trying to keep any stockpiles at all as you've just explained at length. well. kevin this is a rough neighborhood you when you have a country that has been a kind of siege mentality for for many many years they're just next door to occupied iraq they. occupied by israel this is a kind of you know weapons of mass destruction is the norm in the middle east i mean you could possibly survive in this kind of an air neighborhood without some sort of lethal defense force in case of you know armageddon type warfare but i don't think this is a. this whole disarmament think this is a kind of a repeat of what we saw in iraq the whole weapons of mass destruction formula again being being you know being used by the west as a smokescreen i think they're desperate right now because it's very clear and has been clear from the very start that

moreover the syrian people support their army. it happens because clashes and massive terrorist attacks have resulted in nothing for the last thirty months i mean me i can say that if some countries stop supplying arms to syrian rebels. and we can help put an end to these political clashes protests and terrorist attacks inside the country. when we think that the genie will go see asians and other political instruments will be fruitful when both countries inside the region. the rest of the world. on finding a political solution sees violence control the borders and stop deploying militants and arms supplies to syria. that would ensure the success of all approaches and political agreements that are well in line with what you've just said a french bank has recently unlocked frozen syrian assets to enable food purchases could these be more than just a concession on the sanctions could it be that people in here i realized that peace is unlikely without asset in the region. i would say a few of the western countries are finally bracing

less to the be syrian people to discuss and decide.about power not now, it is about saving the country. >> in other news, israel's former prime minister has been cleared of corruption charges by a court in jerusalem, related to the former ambassador in belarus , he is now returning to the cabinet. apple has revealed detailed requests they have received from governments across the globe to revealed private data. the most common request, they say, involved robberies and police ines. and london have arrested 11 people after a scuffle broke out in front of buckingham palace. anonymous,the group it was similar to other events around the world. joke of which going off to a solid start that should dock -- jockavitch off to a solid start. people will be taking to the streets to block nato supply routes into and out of neighboring afghanistan unless the united states agrees to stop drone attacks. this follows the recent killing of the palo -- taliban pakistan leader in the u.s. grown strike. >> huge nato convoys grind their way through pakistan

>> the syrian capacity right now is very small.there were to be a use of chemical weapons right now it would be very limited. i think bashar al-assad took a political decision, he took a decision to get rid of this so that he could gain stature in the international community, probably under the advice of the russian government. the russian government, i don't think, would have backed him on this if they didn't think he was going to fully comply. it would not be in bashar al-assad's interest to be seen to be hiding something at this point. nevertheless, these things will have to be investigated. the tough investigations probably are still down the road. and when i say "tough" i mean going to sites which perhaps syria hasn't declared investigating and interviewing people who were perhapsed involved to really verify that they've gotten all the nooks and crannies of the c.w. capacity. but those details shouldn't take away of the significance of what had been done today. seen from the outside, i should point out, if you're a syrian, you

there's no denying it now-- elizabeth palmer has the evidence of iranian troops fighting in the syrian civil war, images syria and iran don't want you to see. floods in the south and midwest as a major storm system moves into the east. manuel bojorquez is there. and lamborghini takes a victory lap on its 50th anniversary. ha-ha! "60 minutes" goes along for the ride in the world's most exotic super cars. whoa! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, for 31 days now, the obama administration has been telling us americans by the millions are visiting the new health insurance web site despite all of its problems, but no one in the administration has been willing to tell us how many policies have been purchased, and this may be the reason. cbs news has learned enrollments got off to an incredibly slow start. sharyl attkisson attained documents that haven't been seen by the public until now. >> reporter: early enrollment figures are contained in notes from twice a day war room meetings from medicare and medicaid services after th

many syrians have been under siege.n certain parts it is completely besieged and food has not been able to go in or out, and the international committee for red cross has complained, and as of yet we have not seen too much progress from the syrian government to make sure that humanitarian needs of the syrian people is addressed. >> speaking of the syrian government and president assad he has been praised by some for allowing the inspectors in -- [ technical difficulties ] -- i think the number -- numbers speak for themselves. as ambassador fred huff saad today, addressing the chem -- chemical weapons issue is only the tip of the iceberg. 120,000 human beings have lost their lives through a variety of different weapons, and that needs to be halted and there needs to be more international pressure on the syrian government to put an end to this once and for all. throwing money at the situation can only ameliorate part of the problem, but asking assad and the rebels to halt all fighting is necessary. >> thank you for your i

members by you know at this gathering we don't have any representatives from the syrian government or the opposition present so how can we expect any progress there then. well. government is supposed. to know about do enough to date they are meeting in order to put the invitation letter that it's that i would then tough to that day but with the syrian government will be at that. without precondition i think that this should be made by the theory of before the problem that we had harding now is that. is life so if you add it beyond the u.s. assumed themselves to be presenting the syrian people and so they take their liberties to speak in the name of this it and people i think they should honor their word that the syrian people are the ones who should decide their future and who should engine have a duel and who should preach this is about the future of their country and about what better country would look like in the future well dr shabani just said that syrian government will attend the geneva peace conference where we're hearing that the leading western backed opposition group has r

and the syrian national coalition is also invited.ved a response to this invitation to the effect that the coalition will be represented and accepts the invitation. we note this as a positive step. >>> and inside syria, state media says the military has regained control of a strategic town near the lebanese border. it is considered a supply route for rebels. regime forces have stepped up the efforts in the area. >>> documents leaked by u.s. whistleblower edward snowden appear to show that [ inaudible ] has been listening to calls. he says he regrets any embarrassment becaused by the report, but stops short of offering an apology. >>> six foreign green peace activists have been granted bail in russia. more now from our european news center. >> i can tell you that it marks a significant shift in the russian position on this case. lawyers say the activists will now be allowed to go home while awaiting trial. we hope to be speaking to our correspondent in moscow about this apparent shift by russia shortly. >>> the first ukrainian parliame

>>> shells hit the syrian city of homs, as reports that israeli jets hit russian made miles at a syrian military base. >> this is al jazeera live from doha. also on the program - a possible way back to that's correct. thailand moves -- way back for thaksin. >> the search for millions of missing people around the world. the discovery of what could be the largest mass grave from the boss nian war. >> can you get off my driveway. >> the mayor of canada's largest city under pressure after police find a video said to show him smoking crack cocaine. >> joining us for a developing story out of syria, where u.n. arab league lakhdar brahimi has been speaking. he has been talking about efforts to end the war there, and plans for a conference in geneva. >> i am going meet representatives from russia and united states, our partners in the trilateral format - we have been working together for quite some time now. i think probably in the afternoon or the second day representatives of the rest of the p5 will join us and maybe other countries. there are some very, very serious efforts being developed e

it is still very complicated now. >> reporter: syrian rebels remain at war with the syrian governmentthe talks were not even a factor in their thinking, they said, and they will continue the fight. and syrian state tv say government soldiers now control an important town on the road that linking two cities. the fact that rebel groups are divided along idealogical lines makes it difficult for them to form a united front, perhaps that's a fact tar bashar al-assad is banking on when it comes to him staying in power. >>> halloween was pretty scary for some people in kentucky, a powerful storm causing damage. now the storm is expected to hit the northeast later today. for more on the weather we turn now to dave warren. >> yes, we are looking at more wind happening across the northeast. wind advisories and high wind warnings throughout the day today. we had a line of severe weather that came through pennsylvania and in through the northeast, but they are no longer severe. we had wind damage, that's why you had severe thunderstorm warnings. many reports coming in, all of these orange dots ar

but many wonder whether the syrians will meet that deadline. they are working, of course, in the context of civil war and experts within the country do not have the necessary skills or the infrastructure to get rid of the arsenal. it's important to find out whether countries offering to destroy chemical agents can actually do what they say they can do. they may not have the technical skills or the experience to do this. they may not have the means to transport such chemicals. and they may not be able to provide the proper levels of security. officials from norway have already declined to help. those from albania and some other countries have offered to take on the job. but for the reasons i just outlined, albania is not necessarily the best nation to do this. it might be necessary for a group of countries, not just one country, to take on the responsibility. so we may see experts from belgium, france, italy, and possibly other countries take on this difficult task. >>> japan's largest automaker, toyota, says sales are brisk, especially overseas

officials and syrian rebel forces confirmed report israel bombed a syrian military base. it is said to be near this city -- port city, targeting missiles israel believes could be transferred to the militant group hezbollah. that's get more on the straightaway from jerusalem with our middle east correspondent. this has not been conformed -- confirmed by israeli authorities. what do we know so far? >> no, it has not been confirmed. it pretty much means the suppose it source of fire, israel, is not conforming -- confirming nor denying the reports. we know very little and we know what from sources speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the issue at hand, and that is notably an obama administration official confirming that last wednesday israel did mount an attack on syrian territory. however, that official did not indicate the nature of the target nor its precise geographical location. pan-everett media reported the strike occurred near the northwestern city in syria and perhaps another strike near damascus that has again not been confirmed. either by israel's def

this is what he hear when you talk to syrians. they want to know why is the west trying to stop the killing. at the end, the international community wants an agreement. there will be many hurdles along the way. but if they can sit face to face with some short of compromise, the next will be how to handle the arms on the ground. >> has there been reaction from the government in damascus. >> not too much reaction but they said if the opposite thinks they're coming to geneva and we're going to hand them the keys to damascus, that's not happening. they're not coming to the table to hand over power. the government really feeling confident they are force on the ground. they have the upper hand military taylor. they still control strategic regions in damascus. the rebel groups, their weakness comes because they're so weak on the ground. the agreement between iran and world powers historic agreement feeling strengthened that it's main ally is being recognize id'd by the international community which undoubtedly would give it a stronger ha

the cats to my claims they're working with the shia muslim forces loyal to syrian president bashar al assad we should be back to his limits elsewhere since the start the series but the two month long conflict with the overall move on to the federal poll. both through the far away because with that. those two groups in the tree and it reminded him of another colossal. you will a new dimension to the series' main opposition to assad the syrian action coalition a group backed by many western governments has also voiced his opposition to cut short on the main coalition said in a statement that the cuts with separatists stokes the syrian revelation. whether the syrian candidates democrats on corporate elite troops based in historical crevice on the specific impulse to drop turkey and iran to a rookie coach counties and the keys to the song but its proxy has already provided a buttons on monday the coolest the region's twenty five meaning that is said to the world's largest ethnic group or that this takes the keys to describe the waste avoidance insurgency for three decades until recently s

it is not clear, we've heard syrian officials say time and time again, this is a decision the syrian people will take. we'll decide the future of our country. in fact president bashar al-assad has said, who will we talk to on the table? does this opposition actually control the ground, so a lot of obstacles ahead. but we have to be clear, the international community is determined to push forward. the u.n. announcing a date, making it very clear, they are going to push forward because they feel there is no other position. >> thank you very much. zena. >>> introducing laws in bangkok as antigovernment demonstrators occupy government buildings. thousands have been demonstrate be for and against the government in bangkok and the biggest mass really since 2010. in a moment we'll hear from scott heidler, on the outskirts of the capital. but first veronica pedrosa. >> this is what's become of thailand command center for the economy. one of the most successful in the region. demonstrators occupied the finance ministry. they're from a loose coalition trying to force the government out. they w

population by the syrian government. things up a little bit coming up shortly a look at the upcoming space journey for that olympic torch it's heading up to space within the next twenty four hours and in its case after the break. so we leave the baby. bush and security. issues that no one is asking with the guests that deserve answers from. politics only of our. wealthy british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy. look at the global financial headline news. reports on our. welcome back the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympic torch relay suppression of historic checkpoint now final preparations are being made to send it into wall bit wanted andras is out that cosmodrome where the launch is set to take place. well the countdown begins and away less than twenty four hours before this russian space rocket jets off into space with the three crewmembers suppliers and of course the olympic torch it will take between six and eight hours to reach the international space station in ten minutes just to

the lebanese equation of the syrian from the united seventy's and eighty's and all that was the third geneva conference about lebanon other was the second geneva conference about lebanon and i think came out of it because in a situation like that where the force is supposed to each other you know it's like a fundamental clench for survival between differing forces has to be some kind of a decision on the ground in order to lead to a political decision and right now i don't think that there is going to be any real decision on the ground it's kind of if we both turn from football you know it's a throw and this is the role can go on for quite some time and so long as that they're out there i don't see any real possibility for a an important significant political breakthrough whether it is in my name in geneva or any other place whether it is a russian or american plane but i'll make one point about the russians here and if i may quote myself because on the twenty eighth of january of twenty seven thousand i wrote its appeal that russia should play a positive role about the chemical weapo

the rights group accuses the syrian air force of using weapons. these weapons, like napalm and foss ferrous. they are difficult to treat. >> what i saw in syria in august stands alone in terms of the cruelty, the expense, the devastation, the severity of the injuries that i saw. >> human rights watch wants the international community to condemn syria as they did for the government's use of chemical weapons. >> the red line and bar has been set too high, on chemical weapons. implicitly saying that anything below that is - is not such a big problem. it is a big problem. we have documented abuse after abuse in syria. >> insend uary weapons are classified as conventional, causing more death in syria than chemical weapons, which the government is believed to have used on august 21st. that was a major turning point in the conflict. >> it led to a deal to get rid of chemical weapons stockpile. that has not stopped the war and men syrians criticised the deals, feeling removing chemical weapons from the battlefield makes little difference. they believe the

the syrian national coalition is not important there never been reported by the way the forces on the ground read the ones which matter and the situation in syria is not getting better it's getting worse all the time i mean just in the last forty eight seventy two hours there were all kinds of clashes and losses to both sides one of the big labor leaders for kill there was a huge explosion that killed many city had soldiers in their suburb of damascus who had our stuff so you can see that all these he's bringing up and continuing and quite frankly these peace conference if it ever happens will not succeed nothing can. can change the situation right now the civil war in syria is going to continue and they know it reminds me a knobby and i'm in awe of their and if i can say so i mean i was money thought. the lebanese equation of the syrian from the united seventy's and eighty's and all that was the third geneva conference about lebanon other was the second geneva conference about lebanon and i think came out of it because in a situation like that where the force is supposed to to each o

such illegitimacy fear representation of fear representing another group of syrian syrians are the fighting groups on the ground who have an islamic agenda not an extreme islamic agenda probably was an islamic agenda and those people are controlled unfortunately by the saudis who are feeling nowadays that the circle is becoming ever so tight around them with iran having agreed and with the western feeling the way for even a larger agreement so it seems that the saudis are digging their heels somewhat and they are supporting these fighting groups these fighting groups are making unification movements in between them their figures seem to be slowly but surely you know becoming coming on the media they are trying to take political matters into their own hands and it seems that even the politicians who are really running around trying to put their names on the geneva that and then the lists are not going to have any legitimacy at all so these talks scuppered before they've even started according to what you say where russia and the us have gone to great lengths to bring about this peace confere

reporting a deadly blast hitting the syrian capital damascus while a suicide bombing rocks a town in the south of the country this spike in terror comes as the prospect for peace talks moves further away i don't have to you know reaching for the stars the olympic torch for the winter games in sochi prepares for liftoff in its first ever space walk we report from the launch sites. over a good evening for me kevin owen if you just joined us live from the r.t. new center just after eleven pm now in moscow our top story guy fawkes night took on a global field this year and activists in more than four hundred cities around the world turned for the million man march to show their anger at corrupt politicians corporate rule and states of aliens in london the night was marked by fire scuffles and arrests crowd started a fire near buckingham palace and blocked parliament square the police moved in covering that side of the story r.t. sarah ferguson was there. oh yeah. trying to first run the protest of the lithium on the march to leather cargo really having a lot of resistance from the protes

a deadly blast hits the syrian capital damascus it's killed at least eight and injured dozens more as the prospects for long awaited peace talks moves further away. and i'm happy a note reaching for the stars the limpid torch for the winter games in sochi prepares for liftoff on its first ever space walk we're reporting from that launch site. very good even if you just joined us my name is kevin owen here with us this hour in moscow our top story from r.t. the guy fawkes night took on a global field this year activists of more than four hundred cities around the world turned out for that million mask march to show their anger at corrupt politicians corporate rule in states of aliens in london but i was mugged by bonfire scuffles and arrests crowds that started a fire near buckingham palace they blocked parliament square for a while as you see the police moved in the sarah firth was there. no you. are trying to the first one the greater the lithium on march the other cargo. read a lot of resistance from the protesters. sort of other people know more live as well mostly even more than t

ch the opposition free syrian army says the rebels will not attend a peace conference in geneva in january. it says there will be no ceasefire during the talks. thousands of pro european protesters demonstrate against ukraine this is jailed opposition leader yulia to recycle goes on a hunger strike in solidarity. at present one thousand soldiers to the central african republic a six month mission is going and maybe to support the african peacekeeping mission there. firstly this hour the head of the free syrian army says it will boycott the upcoming peace talks in geneva. opposition general citing injuries said the fsa will not abide by a ceasefire and continue its fight to topple syrian president. charlotte's up through out the geneva to cricket in january. justin someone is covering this story for us now from the re tested. the surprise was his decision to boycott the talks here's brian lately the sodas and snacks and games especially on a couple of areas. so to move on to that going into the sauce. it was in some sort of momentum and the rebels need to sort of momentum to try to get thos

civil war that the vast majority of the syrian people the sunni population they don't want our side than not going to like him in the future but there is also a proxy war as i said before this so she was raised it was said by michael before you know that are she volunteers or so from yemen even let alone from iraq and all of that and of course hizbollah and the saudis of sending their own people and you know of course is going to on everybody else it's going to spread it's already spread in three bullets now in beirut it will go on to maybe other places that's not good news but this is something which is out because look it started by the syrian people they didn't want bashar assad the alawite with eight by the sunnis this truly sorry to buy the alibi i mean i'm simplifying something which may be too complicated but that's the true story of this said story is that there was and still is just this is not in syria. it started copying is that it started a limited but it started as a limited bid genuine people's uprising and it was appropriated very early on by outside powers turkey sau

to all conflict connected there is a syrian civil war that the vast majority of the syrian people the sunni population they don't want our side that are not going to like him in the future but there is also a proxy war as i said before this so she was it was said by you michel before you know that are she volunteers or so from yemen even let alone from iraq and all of that of course because bella and the saudis are sending their own people and you know of course it's going to on everybody else it's going to spread it's already spread in three bullets now in beirut it will go on maybe other places that's not good news but this is something which is out because look it started by the syrian people they didn't want bashar al assad the alawite were aided by the sunnis this really sorry to buy the alibi i mean i'm simplifying something which may be too complicated but that's the true story of the third story is that there was and still is just this is not in for a new kind of it started. it started as a limited but it started as a limited but genuine people's uprising and it was appropriat

ok joseph we're going to switch gears here going to talk about syria right now the the syrian national coalition has dropped its demand that that assad must go how significant is that for you because for most of the if not all of the major opposition groups having assad go it's always been their key point to the point of just being obstinate in dealing with the peace plan that the russians and the americans of it least tried to at least russia has pushed very hard for you do you see an evolution josephs in the situation in syria when it comes to the opposition or is this this national coalition group just so we relevant now because of the rise of the fundamentalists there i would not i don't think that that is really significant and the s. and say this city and they shouldn't call eastern is not important they never been reported by the way the forces from the ground read the ones there and the situation in syria is not getting better it is getting nowhere for the time i mean just in the last forty eight seventy two hours. were all kinds of clashes and losses to both sides one of the b

>> it's almost a non-starter as far as any syrians are concerned.eople from the government said they are not going to attend any talks that are based on assad leaving government. and the opposition say we're not coming unless there is an acceptance that there will be a change. so there is an impasse here. and while the members may be meeting to talk about when there may be another geneva two, unless the syrians come, it is just non-starter after non-starter. >> phil thank you very much. >>> up next on al jazeera america. >> now people are realizing they can't take it for granted. they have to stand up and fight for us, because if we don't there will be big industry coming along and threatening it. >> new residents of maine fear a new oil pipeline will ruin their environment. >> they share it on the stream. >> social media isn't an after-thought, it drives discussion across america. >> al jazeera america's social media community, on tv and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. >> post, upload and interact. >> every night share undis

welcome back you were here with r t a bomb attack near the syrian capital damascus has left at least fifteen people dead including civilians and government troops this comes as further dramatic foods emerges from the war torn country and interviewer was talking to these children none of us. want to powerful blasts shook the street fortunately the children were on her own while the world powers have agreed that peace talks on the syrian conflict will resume in january next year in geneva the western backed free syrian army has denounced the talks saying it will continue its five a gasser regime of bashar assad curing video she asians syrian political activists amar cobb says the opposition could undermine any agreement. the good news is one of the only two factions who can claim to get to send if there should are this you've learned. do you think part of the opposition can claim to have such rigid to your presentation you're presenting another group of syrians but if the syrian government for example goes digital even the suits will be politicians who are new to this edition on the gr

. >>> more than 9 million syrians are now in need of urgent help. >>> and lift off from india. >>> helloi'm in london with all of the latest from europe including more work still needs to be done, e-leaders admit the euro zone faces more uncertainty. >>> and in the uk a somali money transfer service wins a court case against barclays bank. meaning it can stay open for now. ♪ >>> a brutal 20-month conflict in the democratic republic of congo as finally come to an end. the political leader said it's fighters were laying down their guns. the regional commander is reported to have escaped across the border to rwanda. in a statement released, he said we have decided to pursue a solution of the problems that gave birth to our movement through purely political means. the army has been bombarding the group pushing it back to hill tops near the city of goha. the name m-23 comes from a peace agreement signed on march 23rd, 2009. the group formed in april last year, because the government hadn't kept it part of the deal. peace talks began in december last year, but they never got very far, so in ma

here syrian refugees live among the population. >> reporter: and they are spread across the country. there are no official camps in lebanon. is >> we hope everybody will receive the message. it is very hard in a country where families are settled sometimes in garages, undergroun undergrountd ground, or literally wherever they can find a space. >> reporter: syrian children go to lebanese schools where polio vaccinations are now being administered. and vaccination teams and mobile medical units are going door-to-door. the virus spreads quickly. many lebanese are worried because thousands of syrians cross into lebanon every day. >> translator: we are afraid and hope that the government tightens control at the borders to prevent the virus from reaching here. >> reporter: polio has already broken out in syria. so far it has paralyzed at least 10 children. now hundreds of thousands of children across the region are at risk. >>> the world health organization links the polio outbreak to pakistan. it says a strain has been spreading across the middle east. >>> a court hearing is underway for

conflict will resume in january next year in geneva a western backed free syrian army has denounced the talks saying it will continue its fight against the regime of bashar asad during the negotiations syrian political activist says the opposition or mine any agreement. is one of the only two factions who can claim to present if i should part of the security. of the part of the opposition can claim to have such legitimacy for your presentation or if you're presenting another group of syrians but if the syrian government for example goes to geneva politicians who are new to this edition of the ground who differ is going to be agreed that this isn't going to be because any good underground can actually go through. and a brief look now at some other stories making headlines around the world the west has reportedly flown to be fifty two bombers over disputed islands in the east china sea define new chinese air to fans rules china expanded its air to fan zone on saturday threatening measures against aircraft the didn't identify themselves japan that also lays claim to the islands dismiss

a deadly blast hits the syrian capital damascus while a suicide bombing rocks town in the south of the country the spike in terror comes as the prospects for peace talks moved further away. but on a happier note reaching for the stars the olympic torch for the winter games in sochi prepares for liftoff on its first ever space walk we report from the launch site later. in the morning she is joining just past midnight here in moscow now my name is kevin i when this is an international story than this the spying scandal between germany and britain is gathering for sperling's war in london that using its embassy as a surveillance post is illegal under international law the allegations of u.k. snooping come of course on the heels of another revelation america's unprecedented spying on the german chancellor and his laura smith as that he tells. it wasn't just the us who was eavesdropping on the germans it's have been revealed that britain probably was to this information comes from the edward snowden leaks from n.s.a. documents from aerial photographs and of course from past form and it sugg

first on the syrian peace talks has been announced that generate i know it's already morning that they may not get paid to tip the conditions imposed by the saudi syrian president assad says he is willing to talk about it stands for allah wants to position syrian national council says it's not ready to entertain the idea of the site being involved in serious future in any way for extremists rebel forces meanwhile say they pointed to the ceasefire negotiations series to not be politics has now opened her up and took thousand lights despite the efforts of international community still sharing insights come in today . i am the way to use on him more. you will the club the us . israel's air force to be holding drills in cooperation with u s greek and italian in the tree of the desert in southern israel in exercises designed to demonstrate and improve operational capabilities. the flag exercise the festive it's going to israel's history has been on the table five that he and the israeli air force has conducted two training flights a day during the last six months in anticipation of the ex o

syrians but if the syrian example goes to geneva in the suits with all the politicians how would this edition in the ground who differ is going to be a creature of this intensity because when you go underground to actually go through . some international news in brief now the u.s. has reportedly flown to b. fifty two bombers over disputed islands in the east china sea defying new chinese air defense rules china expanded its a defense zone on saturday threatening measures against aircraft that didn't identify themselves japan it also lays claim to be islands dismissed the new instructions as invalid. in germany anglo merkel's christian democratic party has reached a coalition deal with the center left social democratic party merkel c.d.u. fell just short of an at writing last month's polls when it's liberal partner one seat many as the supporters are wary of the deal after the party suffered in the shadow during a previous grand coalition. israeli security forces have killed three suspected palestinian militants in the west bank israel claim those killed were linked to al qaida and wer

we take a look at the latest images from the syrian civil war. that will work up with the country in gold in violence international mediators agree on a day to resume peace talks already shunned by the rebels fighting the regime in syria. now britain is turning into a color coded society but the u.k. is whites and ethnic minorities choosing to live apart that's according to a new study that warns of comfort zone segregation which could lead to division and hostility between the communities r.t. sarah firth is more on the worrying trend. well that warnings that could be drifting towards becoming a color coded society coming from the former head of the equality and human rights commission trevor phillips now mr phillips has been leading some research with think tank demos and the university of london and what they've done is analyze data from between the two thousand and one census and the two thousand and eleven census and what they found is during that time more than one hundred thousand people from ethnic minority groups had moved out of london

syrians continue to suffer as the war rages on. this is a shelter for residents displaced by fighting. about 200 people are staying here. more than a dozen members of four families are crowded into a single room. >> translator: we've used up all our savings. i want to go home as soon as possible. >> reporter: the war and the sanctions imposed by western nations have shuttered the syrian economy. we saw plenty of meat and vegetables at this market, but residents say they can't afford to buy them because prices have risen so sharply. >> translator: everything from powdered milk to diapers costs ten times as much as it used to. it's really hard to get by. >> reporter: syria's christian community has been a target of violence. last week a mortar attack on a school bus in the christian quarter killed four children. the government blames the attack on opposition forces. mourners at a local church attended a funeral for the children. >> translator: our kids have become angels in heaven. please, punish the people who did this. >> reporter:

more than half syrians are children. they have almost 400,000. a staggering 80% of them are not at school. jordan has taken in 100,000. more than 1,000 are separated. in the country that's given them a new home, syrian refugee children are not safe. they have to work to provide for their families. hoda abdel-hamid reports. >> this is an 11-year-old girl. she escaped the war in syria, to face new danger in lebanon. her school is safe. like her, many of these refugees have to work once classes are over. >> translation: a man in a car with a syrian plate number approached me and asked to buy plours. as -- flowers. as he i gave him the flowers he grabbed my arm. i ran away. she no longer works on the streets. her brother had no chis choice. her mother is a cleaner. every afternoon her brother sells flowers. more and more children are forced to work. as families's resources are depleted children are sent out to work. >> you can see the problem in almost every street corner in lebanon. the children are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. >> the child

it is a logistics hub for syrian rebels and the only remaining lifeline along the lebanon/syrian border. this town supports the syrian opposition and lebanon's shia-armed group hezbollah has sent fighters to support the syrian regime. >> translator: hezbollah has joined the battle in syria. if the syrian opposition decides to retaliate against the shia in lebanon, this will have negative repercussions in the country. >> reporter: officials here are warning they could be facing the beginning of a humanitarian emergency. already the new arrivals have added more pressure on a country that can't cope with the refugee crisis, and it could get worse now that the battle in the densely populated region has begun. >>> still to come here on "the news hour," loathed orloved, we look at the legacy of georgia's outgoing president. >>> we're at the air show in dubai counting the costs of the biggest order in history. >>> no rain on their parade. nigerian fans brave the elements as their team qualifies for the world cup in brazil. the details are coming up in around 20 minutes in sports. conditions, r

funerals were held today for some school children held in syrian civil war.r shells hit a school bus in damascus. nine students were dead, 27 others were injured this >>> the son of oklahoma senator died in an plane crash. witnesses say the plane spiraled out of control and burst into flames. officials say the reported mechanical problems before he lost control. thousands of people are expected to pay tribute to the first tsa agent shot in the line of duty. eric holder is along those expected to attend. the public service will be held in los angeles. police say several other people were wounded when the gunman opened fire. the shooter is still in the hospital after being wounded by police. >>> garbage piling up in the streets of madrid. 6,000 garbage workers walking off the job more than a week ago. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax cuts... the economy... iran... healthcare... it goes on and on... ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough q

they are in the syrian war and what can we expect? expect there is a tough road ahead because we know the war in syria is not going to end any time soon and the battlefield will be open for a very -- for a longer period of time because nobody really can settle the situation in syria, not the regime and not the opposition and this will have its bad days in lebanon as well, we seen today and probably what we saw before and, you know, we could see the same casualty all over the country. >> reporter: thank you for your insight. so people really warning that this could just be the beginning and lebanon clearly embroiled in the syria war and fears that we could see more attacks like the one we saw this morning. >> reporter: thank you for that. we will come back to you later on this hour but for now zana on the site of where the explosions took place, thank you. we have also been talking about how lebanon has long felt the ripple effect of syria's civil war, fighters from lebanon traveled across the border to fight on both sides and attacked

international law top story some news just coming through from the syrian capital start with the russian embassy we're hearing in damascus has been hit by mortar fire today one shell has exploded inside the compound another one right outside it a syrian security guards been killed in the attack by the latest reports coming through but none of the russian stuff is said to be hurt there's also been reaction from the russian foreign ministry that label the incident an act of terrorism the embassy is also being damaged by a shell back in september that injured three people later this hour we're going to have a live report from our correspondent on the violence into mask is today. first focus now on ukraine the eastern recruits begin their summit shortly with ukraine's president firmly in the spotlight as he hesitates over signing up. closer ties with brussels meantime pro european demonstrations in kiev are into their fifth day with hundreds of people proceeding the parliament building day and night election. there will be staying here at least until the end of friday and the protests are co

this means not much to send thank you new york the syrian all positioned is making life difficult for those trying to find a diplomatic end to the conflict in the country league alive in us is about back to my mouth to the break i a the science and technology innovations all new developments from iran and russia. the future. if any of these. when asked how long i forgot that we all sang night at the traffic light thingy. the house. guru i know. i was the new. our goal. the leap into the big guns in is the most delicious thing to him reach of love the defense of chatter a little. the group came under attack from government troops among the least knowing people were killed and dozens wounded in the clashes. it's the latest crackdown on militias which can be molded to disband old joined the only local to this korean an ig reports from aaa. all of twenty people were killed and one and two hundred and ten at the valley last weekend as protesters clashed with nbc as a clean install of a number of government buildings. the men gave in to the demise of the arabian authorities and rafting. i t

the rights group, accuses the syrian air force much using being weapons in are residential areas. cause burns that are difficult to treat, and kill. >> what i saw in syria in august, stands alone, in terms of the cruelty, the athe extent of the devastation, the are severity of the injuries i saw. >> just as they did for the government's use of chemical weapons. >> because the red line, the red bar has been set too high and it has been set only on chemical weapons. implicitly saying anything below that is not such a big problem. it is a big problem. we've documented abuse after abuse, in syria. >> iincendiary weapons, which te government to have used on august 21, that was a major turning point in the conflict. utter pled to an international deal get rid of syria's chemical weapons stock pile. that hasn't stopped the war. many have criticized the deal, they feel removing chemical weapons from the battle field makes little difference. the international community gave syria permission ting use weapons. even so, human rights watch says the government has violated international law. ar