Received area east of damascus also coming out. A Large Exchange of prisoners between pro russian separatists and the Ukrainian Government is underway in the east of the country why is it happening now. And a very unusual Congress Gets underway in the leipzig germanys digital activists hold their annual get together in a clandestine setting. Welcome to the program my name sarah harman thanks for joining us aid workers in syria have begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people from of the siege rebel town in eastern guta evacuations were part of an agreement between the Syrian Government and rebels the u. N. Has drawn up a list of some five hundred people to be evacuated from the damascus suburb it faces severe shortages of food fuel and medicine as winter approaches. For this little girl its not just the end of a its a chance to stay alive. She was one of the first of almost thirty critically ill people evacuated from eastern cooter. For weeks International Aid organizations have
[ inaudible ] is to be questioned in the u. S. And ill have your sport with details on the australian grand prix. Well begin with that breaking news the Turkish Coast guard has fired on a cargo ship carrying over 300 Syrian Refugees trying to reach italy. The coast guard shuttered the ships engine room after it ignored orders to stop. The passengers have been detained and they include 85 children. Zana hoda is live for us in beirut. Reporter syrians yet again find themselves in the middle of a cross fire. The coast guard fired warning shots. The ship ignored the warning shots, and they fired on the ship again. The people on board the ship are now detained. More than 300 people the majority Syrian Refugees. What we understand is that they will be questioned. The policy is when turkey arrests Illegal Immigrants they usually deport them back to their country, but since these people are syrians they are expected to be placed in camps. But this incident really is just the latest in a series
Reveal early on set alzheimers, we take a look. The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has been meeting his russian counterparts in paris and the friends of the group are there to discuss the talks in swirdz land and fighting continues and around 700 people have been killed in nine days of fighting in the city of aleppo and kerrys meet willing be irans participation in the up coming International Peace conference forcier yeah in geneva due to start in ten days time and we are in tehran to tell us more but we will go to jackie and we expect a press conference with john kerry and how far apart are they in the participation in the peace talks . Well, there are a couple of points on which there are diverge and view of the russians and u. S. And the russians being close to the Syrian Regime and the western partners being close to the Syrian Opposition and the americans and russians are important in sponsoring these swiss talks due to take place later in the month. They argued that iran is
Frontier in indian elections. Hello, im robin adams with all of the latest sports including meet the comeback kings, chelsea reaches the semifinals of the Champions League. Ill have all of the details later for you. Ukraines interior minister has issued a 48hour deadline to prorussian activists occupying state buildings in the east. He warned they must join talks to find a political solution or face force. Translator i am sure that both political and force options are available, but it seems like another option will be taken up, which is something in between. For those who want dialogue, we propose talks and a political solution. For the minority who want conflict, they will get a forceful answer from the ukrainian authorities. Prorussian demonstrators continue to occupy government buildings in ukraine. Activists remain in control of the citys security building. Some demonstrators say they are still armed and have erected barricades outside. And in the city of donetsk they have declare
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the environment magazine. A week coming to you from a show in austin state southwest nigeria im here to bring you new an Inspiring Stories on Environmental Issues from all over africa and europe but im not alone with me its my calling from kenya shout thank them. And a very warm welcome to you this is what we have lined up on the show today. We join scientists for the democratic republic of congo to find out more about its unique good lads. Will visit a supermarket that tries to reduce food waste by ignoring sobeit. We find out how a bunch of fans in south africa can help protect people from simply bubbles. Its no longer news that nigeria generates a lot of waste and the country needs challenges with how to. This waste where they are recycling or reusing. Challenge of managing the ways is there now across the country and across the world weve had that waste can be turned to well we also have that waste can be turned to beautiful things but is