Hello there. There are signs of a break through in the peace talks in morocco between libyas rival governments. Both sides having a agree the structure of an deal on security. But talks are set to resume next week in morocco. But in central libya gunmen attacked an oil field killing eight guards. The government targeted the field in the south of the country. Witnesses report smoke rising from the fas till. A statement from the national oil corporation, which runs the oil field implies the attackers are from the city of sirte which has been ceased by the Islamic State of iraq and the levant in the last month. Hashem ahelbarra has the latest from rabat now. Hashem when we say they have agreed to the structure of a deal what does that mean . Reporter well basically delegations from the internationally recognized government of tobruk and the the tripolibased gnc which is recognized as legitimate by though countrys Constitutional Court came out of a meeting with the United Nations special r
Trial charged with insulting the president. But first some developing news from the United Nations Security Council in new york. In the past few minutes it has approved a resolution condemning the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in syria. James bayes at the u. N. For us now. What more can you tell us about this latest resolution on syria and what it means. Reporter its a rare moment when the Security Council managing to agree on a resolution. This resolution was passed. Only one country was opposed and that was venezuela. Were still in the meeting right now, some of the countries explaining their national positions. The french ambassador is speaking now, explaining the french positioning in his National Capacity as we speak. We have heard from a number of other ambassadors saying this resolution is important because there have been these chlorine attacks in syria, and this promises that there will be measures taken in future if there are chlorine attacks. The venezuelans interesti
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A white house adviser responded to that saying, quote, you cant always get what you want. We are following other breaking pandemic news. Health care workers are now getting Pfizer Vaccine at 425 sites across the United States and the fda is expected to grant emergency use authorization for the Moderna Vaccine within the next few days. The need has never been greater. The u. S. Coronavirus death toll now stands at more than 302,000 people with more than 16. 6 million cases and hospitalizations here in the United States right now are at an alltime high. Lets begin our coverage this hour with president elect bidens return to the campaign trail today. Our Political Correspondent mj lee is joining me now. This Georgia Senate Runoff Election has huge implications for the biden presidency. Reporter thats right, wolf. There is no question that joe biden is going to be sworn in as president on january 20th. What we dont know right now is what the balance of power is going to be in the senate co
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