Lets take a look at what is making headlines this hour. Ensuring that the geneva peace talks will happen next month. But still no confirmation from the Syrian Opposition. A report by Amnesty International says cia drone attacks in pakistan are responsible for unlawful killings, some of which could amount to war crimes. This is going to be as bad as it gets. Why are fighters bracing themselves in australia for yet another horror day as they brace themselves on the outskirts of sydney. First, our top story and the pressure on for the Syrian Opposition to attend planned peace negotiations next month. The opposition is refusing to talk unless president assad steps down. Talks with members of the opposition with the aim of getting them to change their mind. Lets listen to what u. S. Secretary of state john kerry had to say. What we did today was increase our commitment to the convening of the geneva conference for the specific purpose of implementing the geneva one communique. We have agree
Essay might be getting the mail before you do. Plus in protecting your e mail might become a bit more challenging now that the nsa is racing to state three steps ahead of you. By building a quantum computer thats later in the shower. I am. Yet scribe in january thirty five pm in washington dc and the mob has and your watching artsy only begin this hour with a closer look Us Drone Program effectiveness and its future to estimates released by the pier on Investigative Journalism the long war journal lee and the new America Foundation are shedding light on just how it stands at the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle strikes have been since two thousand channel in all there been a total of four hundred sixty one strikes in pakistan yemen and somalia resulting in some three thousand five hundred twenty depths of the People Killed four hundred fifty seven or oh eleven per cent were civilians. Meanwhile the Defense Department released its annual report on the use of on an assist on this. The chorale dow
Spend the night far from their destination. The Costa Concordia is on the move more than two and a half years after it sank off the coast of italy. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Huge developments in gaza and israel, as well as the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. A plane carrying remains from that night is on its way to the netherlands now and millions are observing a national day of mourning. After rockets fell near telaviv, american passenger jets are told dont fly there. The travel ban to israel is in effect for a few more hours. Secretary of state john kerry now on the ground in israel in an effort to broker a ceasefire. We have reporters around the globe covering these stairs. Trial says it has got to finish the job of destroying those tunnels fighters use to get from gaza into israel. As the diplomacy is intense filing, so is the violence. On the gazaisrael border, the wounded arrived faster than ever. This Service Member and 200 israel tr
And the people at sony are changing the picture of their business and are hoping to become more competitive in the hot market for smart phones. Nuclear regulators in japan have taken another step towards restarting power plants and approved safety reports for two reactors in the southwest. The plant becomes the first to meet regulations imposed by the government following the march 2011 nuclear disaster. All 48 of the reactors are offline. The operator of the plant submitted the safety plan to the Nuclear Regulation authority. Officials with the authority assessed the plan and collected more than 17,000 comments from the public. Many called for stricter measures against possible earthquakes, volcano eruptions and serious accidents. The authorities said those wont affect the conclusion. The plant is likely to be the first to restart under the new regulations but the operator must clear more hurdles. They need to gain consent of local municipalities before going back online and must get
Good morning, and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie cy. The 2013 election brought major surprises, but for avid political watchers and the offyear voting was a tasty appetizer for the main courses to come, next years midterms and the race for the white house two years later. Voters picked new leaders in cities and states across the country. Most of the National Focus was on new jersey and virginia, where governors were chosen. New jersey incumbent Chris Christie was reelected in a landslide. Hes viewed as a Top Republican challenger to Hillary Clinton in a potential 2016 president ial matchup. In virginia a powerful clinton ally, Terry Mcauliffe narrowly beat republican ken cuccinelli. Virginia has been a battleground state in the last two elections. New york city elected its first democratic mayor in more than two decades, bill de blasio. In detroit mike dugan is the citys first white mayor in 40 years. Al jazeera has all the election details. In a race widely seen as a refe