From europe, including angry protest in france over the arrest and deportation of a schoolgirl to kosovo. And often by illegal hunting the russian bear cubed being raised for return to the wild. Well its been less than three weeks since International Inspectors arrived in syria to destroy its chemical weapons. And now the watchdog overseeing the mission says the team has made significant progress. Syrias ability to manufacture or even use chemical weapons will be eradicated by november 1st. Reporter for the First Time Since the mission started in early october, chemical weapons inspectors in syria were denied access. The Syrian Government is, yes, principally responsible for ensuring permissive environment for our inspectors to do their work, but its also understood that they dont control all of the territory in syria, and in a few of these sites they are in contested areas where the Syrian Government is not in a position to provide guarantees. Reporter but the spokesperson said the fi
Wai was more or less channeling. He was stern with the republicans and almost scolding them at one poimentd. Poimentd point. He talked to the damage of the economy and the daniel o damagee reputation of the country worldwide. And he wanted to put ant end to the bicker in washington. Now the let is over and the threat to the economy is renewed we need to stop focusing on the bloggers and focus on what the majority of americans sent us here to do and that i that is gs economy. Strengthen th the middle class d get our fis fiscal house in ordr for the long haul. And tony, the new day has not quite dawned here yet. There are many represent republy that yes we lost this round. And Mitch Mcconnell who was invieinstrumental in that deal t was put together with harry reid says we are never going to go through this again. There is never going to be a threat of shutdown any time soon. Tony even though the president is a winner in all of this. He is not going to roas rest his laurels he is zeroing
Washington. Congress approves a bill to end the financial crisis for now at least. And picking through the rubble. At least 151 people have died in a massive earthquake in central philippines. Well, the chemical weapons watchdog opcw says its on track with the inspection of syrias chemical weapons. It hopes to finish the first stage by the beginning of next month. The longawaited peace talks over syria may resume in geneva next month. In a moment well hear from our correspondent David Schrader in moscow but first first lets hear from them live in tokyo. What are the inspectors saying . Well, a spokesperson for the opcw did confirm to al jazeera a few moments ago that the inspectors are basically halfway through their work and that everything is on track. They said theyve got the cooperation they need from the syrian government. Now, its important to understand that this phase involves verification of what the syrians have disclosed with regards to the stockpiles of kek cal weapons, and
But first, the u. S. Federal employees are going back to work after Congress Vote today reopen government and raise the debt ceiling. Ideal to resolve the financial crisis was finally approved in the early hours of the morning, but it may only be a temporary meant and as al jazerras White House Correspondent reports, Many Americans are worried that politicians took so long to reach this agreement. Without objection the motion is agreed to. Reporter and with that, a temporary reprieve for the global economy. The u. S. Will not default on its debt. For the American People, their government will now reopen. For at least the next three months. President obama expressing optimism that the country wont be back in the same place a few months from now. Once again i want to thank the leadership for coming together and getting this done. Hopefully next time it wont be in the 11th hour. One of the things that i said throughout this process is that we have got to get out of the habit of governing