A business on the rise. Drones. Delegates representing syrias main Opposition Group is travelling to geneva. The opposition is yet to commit to direct negotiations with the government. A glimmer of hope that peace efforts may be getting off the ground for the First Time Since two earlier rounds of talks collapsed in 2014. The conflict began almost five years ago and it has killed at least 250,000 people. Millions of other syrians have been forced to flee, many of them like the refugees you see here, have risked their lives to reach europe. The war has allowed the Islamic State in iraq and the levant and other powers in. Going to james bays who is live in geneva. I suppose the fact that they are happening now is some sort of progress. Reporter i think it also justifies the u. N. s decision, which i think was a difficult decision, to go ahead with a start to this process as planned on friday. Talks on syria with only one of the sides here, the Syrian Government. The meeting lasted for ov
Secret. Reporter im with all the days sports, including the Australian Open has a new womens champion. Kerber wins her first grand slam title hello. Delegates representing syrias main Opposition Group are due to arrive in syria soon where hopes is held that it will end the war. The developments give a glimmer of hope that peace efforts may goat off the ground for the First Time Since two earlier rounds of talk collapsed in 2014. Almost 250,000 people have been killed. Millions of civilians have been forced to flee. The war has allowed i. S. I. L. To capture territory. It has drawn in the u. S. And russia as well as regional powers. Saudi arabia, turkey and iran. Lets cross over to our diplomatic editor jails bay. Where is the james base. Where is the delegation now . Reporter in flight, not arrived but expected soon. We have had different reports in the last few days. The information out of riyadh has been confused. It is clear that this is a substantial delegation coming here. Im told
White house correspondent reports live. What happens next . Hello and welcome to fox news night. Clusters of the coronavirus all over tonight. Massive quarantines, locked down, and more. Tonight, the president looking to ask congress for billions to protect the homeland. Brandnew details, hey garrett. They tell us this request for emergency funding is an indication of how seriously they are taking a step. In total, the administration has asking congress to approve 2. 5 billion to help fight the global outbreak of the coronavirus. Half of that is new money, the rest of it is unspent money. Appropriated for other things like ebola. 1. 2 billion will go directly towards developing a vaccine while the rest of the funds will go towards all other aspects of the u. S. Response. Including helping local, strat, state, and federal agencies prepare for a outbreak. Tonight, Senate Minority leader said that this emergency request is too little, too late. Adding that President Trump is trying to ste
And lets get right to the breaking news. A fresh round of u. S. Air strikes in iraq. American war planes attack targets belonging to isis as the jihadists who call themselves the Islamic State close in on a major city in Northern Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of christians and other minorities are now on the run. U. S. Aircraft have the also dropped food and water as the Obama Administration warns of what its calling a potential genocide. Our correspondent and guests are standing by with the kind of coverage only cnn can deliver. Lets begin with pentagon correspondent barbara starr. What are you learning . We have now in less than 24 hours had three rounds of air strikes against isis militants in Northern Iraq. It began early today with a strike by f a18 aircraft against a mobile artillery position that isis had outside the city of erbil in Northern Iraq. A short time later, a couple of hours later two additional strikes. A u. S. Military drone fired a shot against a terrorist mortar pos