To see how people are reacting to this change. Top story this hour, the Syrian Opposition made a list of demands ahead of u. N. Brokered peace talks due to happen later this month in geneva. They want confidence Building Steps from the Syrian Government, including an immediate end to the bombardment of opposition held areas. Heres victoria gattenby. The civil war in syria is almost five years old and its estimated a quarter of a million syrians have been killed. U. N. Backed talks to end the fighting and restore the peace are due to start later this month. Syrian opposition leaders want confidence Building Measures from the Syrian Government before the talks begin. They want sir i cant be Government Forces to stop bombarding opposition held towns and cities. They are calling for Political Prisoners to be released and they want humanitarian aid delivered to those in desperate need. You cant enter negotiation whilst people are being slaughtered en masse. At least stopping this onslaught
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. The United Nations plans an urgent meeting in a few hours to talk about north korea claims that it testified a Hydrogen Bomb. The South Koreans and International Inspectors can only confirm there was some sort of explosion underground near a nuclear site. It showed up on sensors near the site to the north as a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake. We have the latest from beijing. In pyongyang, people stood to watch that they were told would be an important announcement. State media showed north korea leader signing off on the order. Hes a man who likes attention, particularly close to his birthday, which falls on january 8, so this may have been his way of celebrating early. It could take months or years to prove whether north korea has successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb. It says it possesses weapons to counter threats by the united states. There was familiar alarm. It was north koreas Fourth Nuclear test in 10 years. Japan say
After spending years calling on congress to take action today president obama is unveiling his plan to reduce gun violence using his executive powers to put the focus on background checks. Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im dell walters and part of a push for the final year in office to tackle what he is calling the most frustrating issue of his presidency and Al Jazeera Libby Casey is live for us in washington and libby there has already been republican push back ahead of announcements and what are politicians where you are saying . Immediate reaction dell from republicans both on the campaign trail and from washington lawmakers with House Speaker paul ryan calling this a dangerous level of executive over reach that americans wont stand for but the white house says these are common sense moves that are in line with existing law. And the president s executive actions are being called modest and small steps because without congress on board there is only so much he c
Ending gun violence in america. The president complete with attorney general Loretta Lynch today. The topic of discussion, allow to get guns off the streets. He says hes tired with congressional inaction and hes using executive powers to tighten up the nations gun laws. A lot of the work has gone on behind the scenes to take a look at what the president ask do using his executive authority has been grounded in the knowledge that the gun lobby and the republicans in congress who regularly do their bidding are going to look for ways to stop it. Mike viqueria joins us from washington. Mike, the president seems, appears ready to take on this fight. Well he does and josh earnest went on to say that whatever the president proposes they feel they are on solid legal ground. It was a year ago when president obama what infamously said he was going ouse his pen to Block Congress on some of the issues that frustrated him and none more so than his own reckoning, than president obamas own accounting
Reciting video keep him from speaking his mind. The topics for week ahead. We begin tonight at a national wildfir wildlife refugn eastern oregon. Typically, no one is around for miles but protesters are occupying an office there. They took up amps after a judge ordered two ranchers to turn them in tomorrow to serve time in prison for arson convictions. Mallier National Wildlife refuge, being led by amon bundy, they are prepared to stay there for years if they have to. Al jazeeras Allen Schauffler joins us live from burns, oregon and allen youve spoken to these protestors, why are they doing this . Well, they have chosen the occasion of the resentencing of these two ranchers from this area, the hammonds father and son. They will now be serving five year minimum prison terms for arson convictions dating back in one case to 2001. So three have chosen that occasion to take too stand with what they say is overreach of the federal government the way ranchers and farmers can manage their land