30 day ceasefire across syria. Itll allow aid to reach areas including rebel held Eastern Ghouta, where more than 500 civilians are said to have been killed in Government Air strikes in the past week. Syrian rebel groups have welcomed the vote, which had been delayed repeatedly by russia, an ally of the syrian government. The leaders of france and germany will speak by phone on sunday with president putin, to push for the truce to take hold in the coming days. Nick bryant reports. The people of Eastern Ghouta woke up this morning to continued aerial bombardment, and the news from new york that the Security Council remained deadlocked and still couldnt Reach Agreement on how to bring about even a temporary halt to the killing. Delay in syria always brings more death. At least 120 children have been killed since sunday, according to human rights activists. Hospitals overwhelmed by the number of casualties have been targets of the governments bombing. 0n the fringes of the Security Counci
Plus im Florence Looi in myanmar where villagers now have the task of rebuilding their homes and salvaging their farmland destroyed by the flooding. Reporter a sport invented in canada nicknamed murder board, makes its debut at the paraolympic panam games. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to identify those behind Chemical Attacks in syria. An agreement reached between the United States and russia paved the way for the resolution to pass. Attributing responsibility for poison gas attacks in syria could pave the way for action by the Security Council. The council has threatened consequences for such attacks which could include sanctions. The Syrian Ambassador responded. Translator syria has upheld its commitments to the convention and resolution 2118 of 2013. [ inaudible ] has cooperated in all ways and positively dealt with this issue. All of this in spite of the ter shl challenges of an extremely challenging and complex security situation. This i
At the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in our asia program. Welcome to our event called weighing bad options. Past diplomacy with north korea and Alliance Options today. The Significant Interest we see in todays event, of course, is attributable to the quality and reputation of our speakers and our panelists. It is also a topic that is foremost in the minds of policymakers in embassies in washington. What kinds of realistic Diplomatic Options do we have to prevent a Nuclear Catastrophe with north korea and how do we evaluate these options. Today as japanese citizens unfortunately grow accustomed to Missile Warning sirens and text messages. Its worth remembering that a decade ago this month the second phase actions and the sixparty talks were jointly decided for implementing north korean denuclearization in exchange for diplomatic normalization and economic cooperation. This included dismantlement or disablement of north Korean Nuclear facilities, among other steps. A year la
Silenced as we prepare to begin and for those watching online youre welcome to send questions or comments emailing speak speaker heritage. Org. He is a veteran Foreign Policy specialist who has written widely on the middle east and issues of International Terrorism since coming to the Heritage Foundation in 1979. He has authored dozens of papers on iran, its Nuclear Program, and has testified before congress on Irans Nuclear program and other middle east security issues. Please join me in jwelcoming ji phillips. Thank you. The Iran Nuclear Agreement has been in force now for more than a year exhib, but yet it faces uncertain future. As a president ial candidate, donald trump indicated that he would overturn the deal or also indicated that he may enforce it so tightly that the iranians may walk away from it, but as president he has been in no hurry to rip up the deal and it appears the administration is still reviewing its options. Our critics charge that the nuclear deal only slowed ir
This is not an isolated example. But it is now on the front pages of our paper. And we must act. And thats why were here. To make it clear that we cannot allow that type of conduct to go. What we do know, it was a russian aircraft piloted by an assad pilot that dropped a weapon that is had the affect that reminds us of sarin. I dont know whether it was sarin or not but it had the impact, much stronger than the chemicals that were used in recent months. We need action. To me, it starts with a clear u. S. Policy that president assad has no legitimacy as the leader of syria. And no future as the leader of syria. And that should be made very clear by the pronouncements of our administration. Senator rubio and i have introduced a resolution we hope will be considered this week on the floor of the senate that speaks to this atrocity and makes it clear our the Senate Position on it. We have also filed legislation or will be filing legislation concerning syrian war crimes accountability act th