. >> it's not for everyone, but we will tell you why body art is booming in venzuela. >>> hello againwelcome back. a reminder the top stories on al jazeera. isil said it carried out a triple bomb attack in the syrian capitol, killing 60 people. the attack happened as both government and opposition delegations are in geneva for talks aimed at ending syria's war. at least 65 people have been killed in an attack in northeast nigeria. the country's military says boko haram is responsible. iraqi troops have made more gains against isil fighters who remain in ramadi, the capitol of anbar province. more now on those syria talks taking place in geneva with al jazeera's senior complicanalyst, he joins us live from doha. tell us first of all, how do you assess the mood of both sides in these talks right now. >> certainly, this is, if you were the opening day, so they're basically concerned with scoring points especially to their respected audience and to the international community rather than making any substantial points as to why they are there in geneva. for the opposition, it's clear that

. >> venzuela's coalition hases chosen an out spoken leader for the national assembly. henry rammots is due to be sworn in on tuesday. aeptd two-thirds majority more. >> today the opposition coalition elected the new president of the national assembly. for many here, he is as seasoned politician and one that they consider venzuela needs at the moment. this is the first time in 16 years the opposition lear in venzuela will have control of the national assembly. despite being formed by several different faxes, the opposition has vowed to stay together, which is particularly relevant, also, because the supreme court has just ruled forty ledgelators might be blocked from assuming their posts. all 112 will be sworn in. it has reawoken fears that the streets of venzuela could be the stage of the violent clashes that in 2014, 43 people are dead. >> russian food markets have opened for the first time sanctions hitting the tourism real expected to cost the circumstancish economy billions of dollars. more. >> the sanctions were imposed on turkey following the shooting down of the

. >> it is not for everyone, but we will tell you why body art is booming in venzuela.ad weather forces world's number 1 to put the open rallied on hold the >>> hello. welcome back. sport now. >> fell usty, thank you. world number one, novak djokovic bet andy murray to win the australian open. the serb is the second man after roy emerson to win 6 titles. >> now six of the best for novak djokovic with a the serb taking home justify the amounts to the greatest players of all time. his opponent andy murray would testify to that the gap between them as players seems to be getting bigger by the year. the first set came and went in 30 minutes. djokovic taking it six games to 1. such was level of play that even when murray looked to be getting upper hand, the worldnu 1 always had an answer. the second set was much less one sided. it still went away. once again, the third set was no walkover for djokovic but as he has done so often against murray, he found an extra level when needed. needed a tie break, 7 to 3 for a 3 set to love victory, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 for his 11th grand slam t

understand the decision of the 6th of december senior a political change in venzuela has started andncludes at that change of attitude that the government has to have in these new times. >> south africa's say next page changes are needed across the country the local currency continues to lose value. poor are struggling. the president is promising to act quickly. >> at a time challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment have their roots in the vast land. that's where. stolen from indigenous people of south africa. sleflz of support for emerging sporadically accelerating the government says it will not raise feeds for university students. this may appease people frustrated but his decision to fire two finance ministers in less than a week is part that's correct blame for the under performing ranks. >> a fall of around 10 percent. something like it, $28,000,000,000 worth of finance official efforts wiped out in two days as people withdrew, investors withdrew money. >> this could be a challenging year for africa's oldest liberation movement. >> the test will be the looeksdz. offici

. >>> tonight columbia and venzuela are seeing a jump in paralyzing disease link the to the zika viersme of the victims here in the u.s. as we reported linked to serious birth defect.so washington can those mothers do now? and what is a top u.s. health officials saying about the real risk here at home. dr. richard vesser is at ground zero of this out brake in brazil. >> we leave rio to travel three hours north by plane. up to the place believed to have the highest con sen tretion of zika cases in the world. roughly four people diagnosed every day. put on repellant to protect ourselves from the mosquitos that carry the virus. >> these are abnormal findings. >>reporter: here at the medical center she's treating more and more patient's with devastating condition. >> first we were shocked we started noticing the high amount of babies with small heads. >>reporter: with northbound normally small ahead. hundreds of cases here. more than 4000 in brazil. scientist suspect they are directly connected to mothers infected with the zika virus during pregnancy. áq>> it was a surprise not only for th