Pictures from valley park in the u. S. State of missouri. The governor calling in the National Guard to help out. Top story on the news hour, the syrian army backed by russian air strikes says it has made huge advances. The new offensive is in a strategic area on the main hold connecting the capitol to damascus and dara in the south. Hashem ahelbarra joins us live from turkey. Hashem what more do we know . Reporter the fighting continues, peter, and were getting reports from rebel commanders on the ground that they have regrouped over the last two hours or so, and launched a counter offensive. They say they have destroyed vehicles, and they have managed to control some of the areas. But it remains a fastmoving situation for both sides. The problem that the rebels face as we speak is the russian air strikes. They have been launching air strikes, pounding rebel positions across the area, and if that pattern continues, there are huge concerns that the rebels will lose the area. Reporter a
The armed takeover of a Federal Building in oregon in the u. S. Find out what the protesters want from the government before they agree to leave. And in sport tenniss world number 2 suffers an unexpected reverse. Andy murray taken by surprise as he loses his first match of 2016. North korea says it has detonated a Hydrogen Bomb. The body which monitors testing describes it as a grave threat to peace. Japan and south korea have expressed doubt over the claims from north korea. The test was announced on north korean television. Reporter people stood to watch what they had been told would be an important announcement. [ applause ] reporter on queue, they cheered, the countrys latest military success. State media showed north Korean Leader signing off on the order. Hes a man who likes attention, particularly close to his birthday, which falls on january 8th. So this may have been his way of celebrating early. But it could take months or even years to prove if north korea really has success
The syrian army backed by russian air strikes says its troops have fought their way into a southern rebel held town. The new offensive focuses on a strategic location on the main road connecting the capitol to the Southern City of dara. Syrian rebels say the assault was supported by the heaviest Russian Aerial Bombing Campaign so far in the south. And its part of the governments first major offense nif southern syria since russia joined the fight at the end of september. The syrian observatory for human rights says moscows strikes on syria have killed more than 2,300 so far. 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, 180 were children. Russia has denied that its air campaign in support of assads government is hitting civilians. Hashem ahelbarra has been following the story and sent us this report from turkey. Reporter it all started with intense air strikes by russian fighter jets paving the way for Government Troops to advance towards the town, which is an opposition strong h
Central african republic. A number of young cuban couples are choosing to delay having children. North korea has prompted International Outrage after claiming to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. People living in the area close to where the underground nuclear test is reported to have taken place say they thought they felt an earthquake. But there is scepticism about the validity of the claim that this was a more powerful device than any it had tested before. Reporter in pyongyang people stood to watch what they had been told would be an important announcement. [ applause ] reporter on queue they cheered. The countrys latest military success. State media showed north korean leader, kim kijong, signing off of the on der. He is a man who likes attention, particularly close to his birthday, which falls on january 8th. So this may have been his way of celebrating early. But it could take months or even years to prove if north korea really has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. It
Investors sell their shares causing markets to fall by more than 6 . And the bolivian lake that has dried up, and with it, a way of life. We begin with those upcoming talks on syria, which are scheduled for friday. For weeks now there has been speculation about who will be invited and who will attend. Within the last hour, the invites for those crucial talks in geneva have been sent out. Lets go to james bayes in geneva. Who got the invite. Who is coming, james. We dont know. We simply know that the invites have been sent out, jane. It was a very short news release by the united nations, telling us that those invites have been sent out to the talks, again, saying that the talks start on the 29th of january. That was the date that was set 24 hours ago, it hasnt slipped yet, and they were set out in accordance with security resolution 2254. The process that lead to these talks, which was supposed to take place on friday was the socalled vienna process. Bringing together all of the intern