Killed in forty eight hours russian and Syrian Government jets hit rebel areas in and eastern cooter. Also rescue crews are searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake hit taiwan. Forced out of kenya a week after standing by our position leader raul loading given his controversial swearing in ceremony a major supporter is deported plus. Three. And liftoff in florida for the worlds most powerful rocket a key turning point for the privatizing of space exploration. Welcome to the news hour its been described as the deadliest day in the rebel held syrian region of eastern cooter in over a month at least seventy one people have been killed by a strikes in the damascus suburb which has been besieged by the government for four years Syrian Government and Russian Forces have ramped up their attacks there as well as the rebel held areas of italy province there are two of the four apparent deescalation zones agreed by iran russia and turkey last year and a total of one hundred thirty eig
A month long cease fire in syrias government and russian air strikes killed sixty six people in. A low. U. S. Markets vala tile in early trading a day after steel also switch to sell off in asia and europe. And space x. Prepares to launch the worlds most powerful rocket and send along musks a tesla roadster where no sports car has gone before. And im touching on the fun times with the latest sports news where three days ahead of the Winter Olympics train Russia Police begin to arrive in p. R. Chunks while others are still fighting for the right to compete ill have more on that story later. Their warm welcome to the program a six point four magnitude earthquake has hit eastern taiwan bringing down a hotel and all the buildings the United States Geological Survey says it struck near the northeast import city of lead several people are thought to be trapped inside the hotel thats it there its the latest in a string of quakes that have hit the region in recent days time when their lies nea
Very in a low profile situation about catalonia thinking that it would just go down and on the opposite it just kept increasing support for independence now for the past month or just from september the twenty if weve seen that suddenly all the resources from the state resources were put into action at the same time which was almost overwhelming for citizens here because it was Judiciary Police and political resources all of the same time now as you were just saying what is going to happen today no one knows but yesterday the speech from person from the Spanish Government was pretty harsh even suggesting someone could face a serious crime sentences so what is going to happen today we will see bob its pretty scary indeed a very tense situation certainly one that has no precedent here and all will be revealed in the hours to come. Thank you very much sonia a great deal of anticipation ahead of that speech in Parliament Later by the sun youre going to go in barcelona for us returning now
A move that could signal an end to a decade long divide between the two groups hamas and father have been meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a National Unity government. Brokered by egypt started on tuesday lets get the very latest from harry for that hes following events for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank great deal of confusion harry about the timing of this press conference what do you know. Thats right we were expecting it to happen three hours ago local time noon local time here in ramallah what were now hearing is that it already has happened but it that it didnt happen live on television as we had been led to expect either a News Conference or a statement from these two factions instead we hear that the agreement has been signed and a Statement Given by ari for hamas. For four fatah but it will be replayed were hearing at a later stage by Egyptian Television so what we dont have yet although it does seem that the agreement has been reache
And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown more people found work in november and more people stopped looking for work. As a result, the number of new jobs came in better than expected today and the rate of unemployment was the lowest since 2008. Newshour economics correspondent paul solman begins our coverage. Reporter washington brightened yesterday when the annual switch was flipped; the White House Christmas tree, relit. And this morning, more holiday cheer, it seemed, in the form of the monthly jobs numbers. 146,000 new jobs were created last month, according to the survey of employers; unemployment dropped again, to 7. 7 , according to the survey of households. Both numbers better than expected in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and fiscal cliff anxiety. So it looks like sandy will not affect the numb