Morning which starts right now. Good morning, im alison kosik. Randi is off today. Thanks for starting your morning with us. We begin this hour which may be the worst day of bloodshed syria has suffered in almost 200 days of war. And syria is bracing for more violence today. International efforts to restore peace are continuing, but are they having any success . Lets go to cnns mohammed jamjoom. Yesterday was the deadliest day since january of last year. Claims of a mass execution coming out. Tell me more about it. Thats right, alison, opposition activists reporting at least 397 People Killed yesterday. Thats a staggering number, even by the standards in syria where these days routinely were hearing that well over 100 people a day were killed because of the fighting there. What were hearing, the reports that are emerging that in hums province that at least 200 people were killed after Regime Forces retook a city from the Rebel Free Syrian Army forces. Now, one activist told us that the
Welcome to the journal here on dw. A syrian delegation in moscow for talks as the un on boy calls for a government of national unity. Barack obama breaks off his Christmas Holiday to resume talks on the u. S. Budget crisis. The annual Chaos Computer Club conference gets under way in hamburg with organizers warning that government internet surveillance is a growing threat. The international convoy for syria made a proposal in damascus where he is delivering talks. He will also be Holding Discussions in moscow as russia steps up its role in helping to find a political resolution to the conflict. The Russian Parliament says time is running out for damascus. It was a highlevel meeting between syrian diplomats and the Russian Foreign minister. He made moscows line clear the crisis has to be solved through political dialogue between the warring parties, but there was no mention of any new proposals to bring about that objective. The Foreign Ministry denied reports of a new peace plan from ru
Are buried in pakistan after being kidnap and shot by the taliban. Anger and grief in india. Candlelit vigils continue as the 22yearold gang rape victim is cremated. Plus moments of impact amateur video captures a russian plane after it overshoots a runway and crashes into a motorway. Hello, president obama has made another appeal to the u. S. Congress to reach an agreement in the next 48 hours to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. Its a term used to describe the expiry of tax cuts dating back to 2001. If there is no deal, 88 of americans will end up paying 400 billion more in 2014. That will be coupled with more than a trillion dollars in automatic Government Spending cuts. According to the Congressional Budget Office it will start with 200 billion in military and social welfare cuts next year. The big concern over falling off the fiscal cliff is it will send the u. S. Back into a recession with, of course, global repercussions. It could be weeks before anyone feels the effects. And ana
In central kenya, this is one of the last remaining northern white rhinos in the world. New technology could help protect it. Welcome to the program. I wish there was a plan, words from the man trying to broker a peace deal in syria. International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi made the comments in the last few hours at the end of a trip to syria. He met with representative poe representatives from both sides. Some have come here to market a russianamerican project. I wish there was a russian american project. Hence, i did not come here to market it. The Syrian Government delegation led by the countrys Deputy Foreign minister has been in russia for talks. He was reportedly sent to moscow by bashar alassad. Expect an announcement on the outcome of those talks later on a thursday. This activity a shows police shelling in the tone of rastan, an important town for the rebels, who have a large presence there. Theres been your children being killed on the internet. A warning, the report begins with a
Memorial, israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The people of israel bow their heads for the departure of ariel sharon, the former Prime Minister. A warrior. I believe he was one of the greatest military leaders we had in modern days. We will get reaction from noam chomsky. Israeli historian avi shlaim, and Rashid Khalidi. Ariel sharon began his career as a military commander with atrocities in 1953 and continued through masterminding the lebanon war in which 50,000 became casualties. He ended his career as the architect of the israeli expansion in the occupied territories of the west bank, largely his handiwork from 1977 onward. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents are on their fifth day without safe cap water after a Chemical Spill in the elk river. The Company Freedom industries leaked up to 7500 gallons of an agent used in coal extraction on thursday