Carrying 200 refugees sinks. Bursting with life. While flowers begin to bloom in a desert in chilly we begin in vienna where World Leaders arrive ahead of talks to find a solution to the war in syria, its the first time all National Players will be in the same room. There are serious divisions on wednesday. Iran saying it would take part in the talks, the first time the country agreed to be involved. On one side russia and iran are backing Bashar Alassads forces and say damascus must be helped militarily before a political process can begin, on the other side turkey and saudi arabia support groups fighting Bashar Alassad, and insist he must go. Every day, of course, the humanitarian situation worsens, more than 250,000 have been killed, 10 million displaced by four years of war. Saudi arabias foreign minister says the involvement of Bashar Alassads allies reveal whether they are committed to peace. The view of the partners in this was that we past the intentions of the iranians and the
First loss in 15 years as the emissions cheating scandal takes its toll. First to the diplomatic efforts underway to end the war in syria. Iran has accepted an invitation to attend talks in vienna on friday. Meeting will involve the u. S. , russia, turkey, and saudi arabia, and it comes at a time of heightened iranian involvement in syrias war. Our correspondent has the story. Reporter this is one of the funerals for iranian soldiers killed in syria. Hes among the two dozen soldiers and generals who have died fighting there. The u. S. Says nearly 2,000 Iranian Special forces are in syria fighting in support of the government. Iranian generals have been assuring people that Foreign Military involvement is important. A commander had this to say but more countries getting involved in the conflict has not stopped the killing of civilians, and unlike previous years, many feel iran is being forced to publicly acknowledge the death of its soldiers. Not a single day goes by that we dont hear n
And all the sport including a Pitch Perfect performance putting kansas city half which towards winning a first world series crown in 30 years. The greek coast guard is involved in an ongoing rescue operation to find dozens of people missing in the sees off the island of lesbos. Hundreds, including children were in the sea when an overcrowded boat sank. Lets cross to our correspondent. Update us on the latest we are hearing from the rescue mission. The search and rescue is ongoing. There are three coast guard vessels and fishing boats and coast cards are being assisted. At the moment numbers have not changed to what we new 12 hours ago. Three confirmed dead, and 38 missing. There could be more fatalities, thats righties believe theres few chances in the old act waters, the deep waters between greece and turkey. There are also 15 people in intensive care in the hospital here, in the capital of les both. Most of those people we are tolds are inquant or chin, and their continue is that muc
It to europe, america and other parts of the world. African countries are losing whole generations of young people. Who is responsible for the mass exodus . International debate. Your host is melinda crane. Melinda hello and welcome to quadriga. The refugee crisis has been dominating headlines for weeks. Much of the attention is focused on syrians. The largest share of those fleeing are africans and we want to look at their situation with three african guests. Welcome pleasure to richard kahmis, a journalist from south sudan and went on to work for the german broadcaster mitteldeutscher rundfunk. Lastingit will do damage to the economy of africa. And we have veye tatah, who was born in cameroon and lived in germany for many years. She is the editorinchief of africa positive magazine. She says many policies in the west end african countries contribute to my third guest is usman shehu, who is a journalist. He says it is not only corrupt leaders, but many in africa refuse to pay taxes. Th
It to europe, america and other parts of the world. African countries are losing whole generations of young people. Who is responsible for the mass exodus . International debate. Your host is melinda crane. Melinda hello and welcome to quadriga. The refugee crisis has been dominating headlines for weeks. Much of the attention is focused on syrians. The largest share of those fleeing are africans and we want to look at their situation with three african guests. Welcome pleasure to richard kahmis, a journalist from south sudan and went on to work for the german broadcaster mitteldeutscher rundfunk. Lastingit will do damage to the economy of africa. And we have veye tatah, who was born in cameroon and lived in germany for many years. She is the editorinchief of africa positive magazine. She says many policies in the west end african countries contribute to my third guest is usman shehu, who is a journalist. He says it is not only corrupt leaders, but many in africa refuse to pay taxes. Th