Harder to survive the bits of the cold winter in sports are as far as a coma the greatest schools his 1st one in the cage of more than 3 years his victory in 40 seconds could such a rematch against a man who almost ended his career 18 months ago. Thank you for joining as we begin this news hour in berlin where libyas warring sides are coming together in the latest International Effort to end years of civil war turkeys president. And his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have just met the 2 support opposing sides in libyas call flaked in are seen as key figures in bringing the fighting to an end russia backs warlords highly for half tall whose forces control much of Eastern Libya and who have launched an offensive to take tripoli in april turkey supports the internationally recognized government base in tripoli early attempts to negotiate a cease fire have failed including a summit in. Last week. We have been trying on a number of occasions to have a cease fire agreement signed the Nat
Epidemic claims more lives. By Barbara Sarah in london with the top stories from europe including moscows eyes in the sky we take a close look at russias new facial recognition system thats provoking fear is of big brother and far as small have all the days sport including its 2 wins from 2 for holders al heloise saudi arabia and the group stages of the Asian Champions League. But we begin in syria where president bashar assad has made a rare address on state television to promise no let up in his offensive in the northwest he congratulated his forces and their allies for their rapid recent gains which are edging closer to winning back the last pieces of rebel held lands the un. Says the russian backed campaign supported by iranian militia has displaced 875000. 00 people mostly women and children since early december so assad votes a relentless push towards in his words complete fix 3 we learn in an item and we fully understand that this liberation does not mean the end of the war or t
Warning that its a breaking point as thousands of migrants stream in seeking asylum. And in sport tennis well number one ashley barty has won her 1st title of the year and winning the adelaide international. Opening round slam tournaments. We begin with breaking news from lebanon where police of firing tear gas and water cannon protesters who are demanding a speedy resolution to the countrys financial and economic crisis these latest pictures from close to the Parliament Building in the capital beirut hundreds of protesters are involved in running battles with Security Forces the demonstrators are angry over plans by the ruling party to form a government from the current Political Class out of syrias zaina honda is out on the streets among those protestors in beirut shes on the line now zena how large is this demonstration of why is it turned violent. Well what weve seen really over recent days are more and more incidents of violence. A outside the Parliament Building where a few 100 p
Streets i remember you were all chanting peaceful peaceful this individual rather large if i may say to show that this is like me i mean people who worked like like like we are people hes a father im an artist i like like like its not we didnt want to confront nor we can confront that today i was putting my cast and i didnt know what to do it i looked at the cup but then you i dont even know how to put my defensive you know here are nearest to me we have tried before us i was not working there like this like 100 days rather. Well the politicians so adrian is inconsistent at this defeat or angle that i am now mourning the former king about the nerds as a resort to violence in order to achieve their goals at the beginning our i do remember and i used to see the same protesters in the streets saying that those are the only way forward is to use peaceful means we are not going to be drawn into any conflict but. And you can see the anger people dont feel that they have any future in their o
Tunisia and representatives from bahrain, iraq, jordan, tunisia, turkey, yemen, the netherlands, norway, australia, zimbabwe and ecuador so from the four corners we come to hear you. We also welcomed the Board Members and founder of the programs here at the Atlantic Council and finally we look in the u. S. Government private companies and nonprofits i predict a rich and substantive question and answer session following the discussion on the stage. Open to everyone. This richness of the discussion will be enhanced by the absolutely superlative interviewer to draw the kernels of wisdom today. Tom friedman needs no introduction but for fun i will remind you you can read the analysis of the Foreign Affairs and the new york times, an analysis for which he has won the pulitzer prize. Hes the author of several books focused on the middle east and one of which from beirut to jerusalem where the textbook and work as an undergraduate. The full bio is available and is printed out here. Now let us