Crisis to show restraint. Plus, criminal connections. Warn that londons gangs are expanding across the u. K. And the economics of the environment, permission is granted to build the worlds biggest coal port near the Great Barrier reef. The first round of talks to try to end the war in syria has ended. A second round is planned for february the 10th. So the government has yet to confirm whether or not it will attend. Now, according the the unimediator, its been a modest beginning. Which can be one which can be built on. Over the past eight days here in geneva, sides engaged each other through me, it was a very difficult start. But the sides have continued. Neff presented positions and listened to one another. There have been moments when one side has even acknowledged the concern and the difficulties and the point of view of the other side. Progress is very small indeed. But the sides have engaged in an acceptable manner. This is a very modest beginning, but it is a beginning on which w
The most expensive olympics in history is now underway. Today there were qualifying events. The olympic flame also finished its tour. Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on hotels and other venues and security is tight. As thousands of athletes and visitors attend the games despite threats of attacks from militant groups. More now from sochi. But on theve of the game as warning from the u. S. G. That bomb making equipment could be smuggled on to planes in tooth paste tubes. Russias deputy Prime Minister was quick with his reassurance. This information is being checked. If confirms this means our Security Services are on alert. This information that we got today allows us to say that the security and the city will be provided properly. Its been 6 1 2 years since the city was announced. And russia celebrated. But since then, theres been more bad news than good, with tails of construction delays, corruption, overspending, human rights abuses and security concerns. Olympic
President obama making good on a promise during his state of the Union Address on tuesday the president vowed to do something about the issue of income and equality. On wednesday, he took the first step visiting a costco store in maryland where he called on congress to raise the minimum wage. Yesterday, he went to a g. E. Factory in wisconsin, there he called on businesses to offer more in the way of job training. Today the focus is on unemployment, and once again he is turning to big business for help. Mike is at the white house, what does he want the ceos to do . Century the unemployment picture remains the black cloud inside the silver lining. More and more the economic picture brightening with each passing day figures about the Fourth Quarter rising at 3. 2 . But everybody though the Unemployment Rate is sinking the lowest it has been since before the great recession, there is the question of people dropping out of the work force, the long temple unemployed simply giving up. We kno
Injured. It happened in an upscale business district. The United States condemning the attack the investigators are not pointing the finger toward anybody. They are trying to look for all of the includes possible that they can find. I am going to step out of the shot, and our cameraman is going to zoom. First to get building under construction. That, under that buildings, where the car bomb was parked, and then the cameraman is going to take you to another car. You see the remain of the metal, the remain of this car, that is the car of the min sistminister the car flew and landed in in this spont. He was a leading figure for the future movement. He was a close aide and close advisor to former Prime Minister hanini. Even to the sense of security for all of the plugs and for lebanese in general. The march 14th coalition, pointed the finger to iran and hezbollah. He said the same people who killed his father are behind this attack. According to the international investigate orders, the su
Six days after Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished, there is no sign of the plane and the 239 plane aboard. There are few facts and many theories about what may have happened to the aircraft. The malaysian military says radar shows it may have made a uturn before heading west. The search area may be extended to the indian ocean. A wall street journal report claims it sent transmissions after the plane disappeared. Reporter there is no sign of this jet. The search area may be expanding again going further westward away from the original flight path of this boeing 777. Thats based on some military radar that shows the plane may have made a uturn. They are searching potentially further west looking at maybe the indian ocean. Here is white house spokesman jay carney . Its my understanding based upon some new information thats not necessarily conclusive, an additional search area may be opened in the indian ocean and we are consulting with the International Partners about the appropriate