One day carry people beneath a helium balloon to the edge of space. We begin with breaking news of syria, where the death of 400 i. S. I. L. Fighters in palmyra. 300 rebels have been killed in air raids on the oppositionheld area of the its one of the many battles that Government Forces appeared to lose. Reporter the syrian Rebel Alliance army of conquests, said its consolidating in idlib and moving forward. Recent advances against Syrian Forces made them confident. For weeks they fought to take over a hospital in idlib, and overran it on friday after syrian troops retreated, with the help of air support. The government soldiers returned after losing the stronghold which the president promised to tweet them. It was an alliance funded by arab state and turkey. Experts call it propaganda when maps show a strategy to take back lost area. On the ground the situation is different. I. S. I. L. Roles areas from raqqa and other areas and palmyra. Government forces have been back and hold parts
North and south korea. U. N. Brokered talks to end the war in yemen have been thrown into dark. The countrys president , abd Rabbu Mansour hadi, says he Wont Take Part unless Houthi Rebels pull back from territory theyve seized throughout country. Lets go live to hashem ahelbarra. Hes not going why . Reporter jane, there has been long conversations between the u. N. Envoy and him. They say they are a legitimate government so they say they should be the ultimate authority in the country. Number two they would like to get guarantees from the International Community that the houthis pull out before the geneva talks and also stay away from politics and stay away from undermining the political process. If these demands are met then the president his government is going to go to geneva. If that is not met they dont see any reason to go to the talks. Very delicate talks right now. President abd Rabbu Mansour hadi with the members of the Political Parties in saudi arabia today to try to convin
Women act nonevent. Women activists cross north korea and south korea mass graves have been discovered in malaysia in an area known to be used by human smugglers. The government is investigating how many people may have been buried there, and where they came from. Translation today the chief and deputy chief of police are near the thai Malaysian Border to verify the mass graves found, believed to relate to Human Trafficking activities involving migrant. Al jazeeras correspondent is there for us. We know that the home minister confirmed the discovery of mass graves but is not able to say how many bodies have been found or dug up. He is able to say that there were camps discovered in the area and said by the Time Police Officers got to that area the camps had been abandoned. The police are believed to have made the discovery late last week. We know the Inspector General of police and his deputy are in the area and are expected to hold a press conference to give details about what they ha
Know, basically kicking in, first of the year. Thats when everyones taxes would be going up. That happened just yesterday. And also you have all these pro union protests happening not too far away in lansing, michigan. We have a correspondent there as well. Well talk to here. Jessica yellin to you in washington. And, first things first, you think here michigan, you think the birth place of unions and you think about all these people who are very frustrated with this, everything i read, it seems to be pretty much a done deal, this right to work legislation, that the governor has indicated he would sign. These are the folks who helped elect the president not too long ago. Should the president step in and go to bat for them . Well, you know, the unions have been enormously supportive of the president as you point out. Not only during this campaign, not only as foot stole jer sold helping get out the vote, but also financially with their dollars. The white house already expressed its suppo