Crashes, leaving most of the crew in the hands of rebel fighters. Far right leader denied victory in french elections. And the sport elclassico is poised at 1all. Cristiano ronaldo equalized real madrid against barcelona much we begin with the news that singapores founder, lee kuan yew died at the age of 91. He had been ill for weeks with pneumonia. Nicole johnson takes a look at his legacy. Reporter without lee kuan yew, singapore, as the world know it may never have existed. Born in 1923, fourth generation chinese singaporean saw his homeland occupied first by the british and then the japanese. After training as a lawyer in britain, he became Prime Minister, a post held for 31 years. Despite a ruthless style of politics he was no independence leader. Singapore became independent against their will kicked out of malaysia in 1965 against a backdrop. A fearful lee contemplated a bleak future. We are connected by geography, economics and sentiment gave way to prague mattism. He was unfli
Government forces step up the offenses against rebels in the philippines. The costa con cardiois free from the rocks in the biggest salvage operation in history. And mexico is battered by huge storms on both coasts. At least 21 people are dead. Syria must be held to account. Thats the message from the United States, britain and france. At a joint News Conference in paris, u. S. Secretary of state john kerry said they would seek a United Nations resolution with serious consequences for syria if it failed to hand over its chemical weapons. Now, russia did agree in geneva that chapter 7 is mentioned specifically as the root for compliance. If there is noncompliance or any use of chemical weapons by anyone in syria. Well, the French Foreign minister made it clear that military force is still an option. Translator keep in mind that all the options remain on the table. If these statements are not followed by concrete actions in the field. This is why france, the u. K. And the u. S. Wants to
Please join me in thanking Charles Duelfer for his presentation today. [applause] [inaudible conversations] taking you now to new york city where the u. N. Security council is about to meet discuss and possibly vote on a resolution to set guidelines for removing chemical weapons from syria. It was announced yesterday that five the councils permanent members including the u. S. And russia had come to an agreement on a resolution and its now going to be brought before the other members of the Security Council for consideration. Reuters has a story on a resolution saying the major Sticking Point up to this point was russias opposition to enforce compliance with the threat of sanctions or military force. The article goes on to say the draft resolution makes the measure for removing weapons legally binding but provides no automatic enforcement of syria fails to comply. Instead the Security Council would have to draft a second resolution and we will take a look now inside the room. The Secur
Solve the crisis in syria has moved to paris. French president Francois Hollande sat down with secretary of state john kerry and British Foreign minister William Hague today. Those two men just gave a friend press conference with the French Foreign minister, after a weekend deal with hands that in geneva. That plan to dismantle and destroy syrias chemical arms stockpiles would give inspectors immediate access to the weapons within a week. The agreement seems to remove any immediate threats of a military strike against syria following the chemical attack in august that killed up to 1300. Lets listen now to what the French Foreign minister had to say. In the coming days, we wish to obtain from the United Nations Security Council a strong resolution. The resolution which will and force the rule of the Councils Authority to chemical disarmament plans. The resolution that would include sirius consequences if not applied. Finally, a resolution that would reaffirm clearly that those who commi
Well speak live to the liberian government on how they are coping with the ebola outbreak. And Seaside Development could bring more tourism to greece, but at what cost . Well, we start this news hour with the latest on the fighting in the gaza strip. Israel says it has opened what it calls a humanitarian window that is due to last for the last three hours. This is the scene in gaza right now. Israelis army is clear it does apply to many areas where the socials are conducting operations. These areas have had the heaviest fighting. The army says it will respond to any attacks on its Service People or civilians, and thats what it says it was doing when this happened an attack on a un facility, a former school being used as a shelter by palestinian families. 19 people were killed, many more were injured. James bayes is in west jerusalem. Does it look like we have a humanitarian force together or not . We have got a very limited and qualified humanitarian pause, which means no air strikes,