Larger firms still have to comply next year. But only for 70 of fulltime workers. Companies with fewer than 50 workers remain exempt. Well explore whats behind the announcement right after the news summary. Peace talks between the government of syria and the opposition resumed today in geneva. There were no immediate signs of progress. Back in syria the red crescent said that another 300 civilians were evacuated from the beseiged city of homs. Well have a closeup look at the situation there later in the in iraq, a group of insurgents intraining accidentally set off their own car bomb killing 21 people. Police say the wouldbe terrorists had gathered near the city of samarra, in an orchard, when the bomb exploded. In addition to those who died, two dozen suspects werec arrested. The monthlong flooding thats drowned huge swaths of southern england is still getting worse. The thames river burst its banks today, 20 miles upstream of london, inundating small towns and villages. We have a re