Washington. Mission accomplished the Costa Concordia is upright again we begin in the philippines with the chief of zamboanga has been taken hostage and its the 9th day of confrontation between forces and fighters from the liberation front and we have the latest from zamboanga. Some of our exact things remain unclear on the ground and there are not as many clashes between the liberation front and Government Forces. The news that the Zamboanga Police chief has been taken hostage with other several other police is a surprise as people were expecting here on the ground that there will be a slow down of forces. Now, for those the government announced there were hostages that have been freed but its unknown how many are under the custody from mnlf and there was a question of the service here and from the size of this all they ever wanted was a channel directly with the liberation frontage at least initially, try to rescue those who have been trapped. Now, having spoken to them and the comma
The Costa Concordia is upright again. France and russia have publicly disagreed over who is responsible for last months chemical attack in damascus. Seeking a tough resolution at the u. N. Secure council that carries the threat of force, theres a wrist between the approach of the two countries and russia is unwilling to countenance military action. We discussed in detail the situation especially rewarding syria. We dont have discrepancies with the end goal, which wed like to see for the syrian people. To restore peace on the solvency and integrity of the country, insuring the rights of all the groups, the goal is shared by moscow and paris, though there are differences on how to achieve it. What we were not able to achieve in geneva one we can get done in two. The best case would be for the Assad Government and opposition to meet up and work in the direction of a solution, and the sooner, the better, its only then we can stop syrian tragedy. Weve got our correspondents jacki roland in
Destroyed dozens of businesses in new jersey. The fbi says they are running down every lead looking for any information on aaron alexis, the gunman who open fired on the Washington Navy yard. The focus today was tracking his final steps and tracking the weapons he used to kill 12 people. At this time we believe that mr. Alexis entered building 1 7 at the navy yard with a shotgun. We do not have any information as this time that he had an ar15 in his possession. We also believe mr. Alexis may have gained access to a handgun once inside the facility, and after he began shooting. Alexis had been employed as a contractor for the navy. Were learning more about the initial response once shots from fired. Mike viqueira, from the Washington Navy yard. Mike, tell us what youre learning today. Reporter tony, youre right, the fact that the second person of interest, the potential suspect they talked to yesterday, the individual, africanamerican male 50 years of age, that interest has gone away. A
Anger in greece as member of the far right is arrested for stabbing a left wing activist dead. And berlusconi waves goodbye to his senate seat. As he awaits his fate. Well, russia is claiming it now has proof that the Syrian Government did not launch a deadly chemicals weapons attack, and it said it will soon show this to the u. N. Security council. It said that it already has the evidence but decided to leave it out of the u. N. Inspectors weapons report. A visit in which syrian president Bashar Alassad praised his apply for helping to create what he calls a new global balance. The exact nature of the syrian evidence has not yet been disclosed but russian said this new information may challenge the u. N. Findings, and must be treated with the utmost seriesness. Seriousness. We are disappointed that there is no due attention paid to this evidence in the report which the group presented in new york earlier this week. Reporter this new information alleged evidence from the assad regime h
Who need assistance, it is crucial that the resolution also addresses access for humanitarian workers and condemns the killing of civilians, killing the people who are there to help them. The syria crisis is not only it is also the only one where the Security Council has not yet said that it is not acceptable to violate International Humanitarian law, not acceptable to target civilians, not acceptable to shoot at ambulances and kill doctors. That has to be rectified. For syria but also for other people out there in the world. 31 humanitarian workers have lost their lives helping others. Many more wounded, many more kidnapped. That has to be brought up, and the United Nations Security Council has the responsibility to fend for any violation of international law, use of weapons of mass destruction or violation of humanitarian law as well. One of the figures we have talked about the last few weeks is the amount of money the you in particular has spent on the issue of humanitarian aid in s