Besieged city is taken back. Reporter i have all your sports to come up. With twenty20 and details of the fa cup coming up we begin this news hour in syria where the countrys foreign minister says the government will attend indirect talks with the opposition in geneva on monday. There are preconditions. His delegates will only wait 24 hours and then head back if the opposition doesnt show up. He called for president ial elections to be held in the next 18 months. The fate of Bashar Alassad has been the main object stack emin main obstacle in previous rounds of talks reporter both sides say theyre coming to geneva for the talks. The confirmation from the government coming from the deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister at a News Conference in damascus. He make it clear the role of Bashar Alassad was not up for discussion. Translation we are adamant on holding the integrity and sovereignty of syria as one state. At least this is what has been reiterated by the international documents
The dew point, which measures humidity, dipped into the 40s and 50s between Monday and Thursday making the city feel more like a mountain town than the juicy urban jungle.