Use Fredrik Chopin piano competition. Breaking news from russia a kremlin spokesperson confirmed serious president Bashar Alassad has met with Vladimir Putin in moscow. Rory challands on the line in moscow. What do you have on this, rorie . Well, this has come as a bolt from the blue, hasnt it. It was an unannounced visit from president Bashar Alassad in moscow, tuesday evening. No one new about it before it happened. And, of course, we are only finding out about it now. I mean, as i was leaving work yesterday evening. I noticed that moscow traffic was pretty much on a lock down, and a president ial helicopter moved overhead. It didnt seem likely that the president was in the end helicopter. What did Vladimir Putin and Bashar Alassad talk about. According to the kremlin, the kremlin spokesperson, they spoke about the usual things, the Russian Air Campaign and the Syrian Army Operation that has been going on. The Russian Air Campaign has been going on since september 30th. The president
Continues to rise. And a winning performance of a 21yearold from south korea wins a prestigious music competition well get to those stories in a moment. We start the newshour with a live news event in ramallah in the occupied west bank, the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in a conference with u. N. Chief ban kimoon. Translation that you take the credit for all this, and you take the credit for having the palestinian plastic bag hoisted, and premises the continued violations by the occupation and desecration of our sank tities, namely alaqsa, will open the doors of a sectarian conflict, which has already happened, and well regret fully warn the commences of this conflict. Stressing that the historical sadist of the terrorism must be preserved, not the status quo imposed since 2000. Here, Binyamin Netanyahu is misstating himself when he claims that he is adhering to the status quo. The status quo imposed in 1967 is the real status quo we are speaking of, not the status quo imposed by
A 21yearold wins the Fredrik Chopin piano competition. Syrias president has met Vladimir Putin in moscow. Bashar alassads visit is believed to be his first trip abroad since syrias war broke out in 2011. The topic for discussion was the war in syria, and russias military involvement. Rory challands is live in moscow. What are the plans now, rory . Well, thats a very good question. What we know is that Vladimir Putin and president Bashar Alassad met on tuesday in moscow to talk about the syrian operations, to talk about the russian bombing campaign, and how that is backing up the syrian army on the ground as they push against the groups that they have been fighting against for so long. Groups that some in the west see as friendly groups, moderate groups, groups that are trying to get rid of Bashar Alassad and that the west has been supporting. What we dont know is whether they discussed the big question is there going to be a transfer of power away from president Bashar Alassad . The cl