Position in the public in the ongoing debate over security and civil liberties. Im del walters in new york. Authorities trying to piece together the clues, trying to find a motive behind that shooting spree in kalamazoo, michigan. Jason dalton is due in court later today. He killed six people and injured two others. Authorities say he committed those crimes while he was driving for uber and continued to pick up passengers in between those shootings. Al jazeera has been following the story for us from chicago. What do we know this morning about the victims . One, a 17yearold boy. He was killed, at his high school there will be grief counselors on hand to help students cope with all this. He and his dad were gunned down along with four women and two other victim who is are Still Holding on at the hospital at this hour. Last night there was a prayer vigil for all of them at a kalamazoo church. There will an catholi a vigil tonight in kalamazoo. There was a woman who was first shot in this
And in step with the president. The 106yearold who has a dance with the president at the white house. You breaking news in the last hour we hear a draft deal has been reached between the United States and russia. They both agree on the date of cessation of hostilities in syria. Our diplomatic editor james bays is at the United Nations in new york. He detailed timeline which will be announced from high levels in the coming hours but the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry, we assume that Sergei Lavrov will also be talking about it. Midday, that includes the Syrian Government. It includes all the other armed groups that are fighting there, but it does not include jabhat al nusra, but all other groups must be ready to say theyll take part of the ceasefire and then 12 hours later will begin the cessation of fighting. The Syrian Government is fighting on two fronts in the countryside around aleppo. These pictures show government planes dropping barrel bombs on north of aleppo. The russian a
Gianni infantino is the surprise new boss of fifa. And donald trump gets the backing of Chris Christie as the republicans president ial candidate. After five long years of war, all the warring sides in the conflict apart from isil and the al nusra front has agreed to participate in a cessation of hostilities. Less than an hour ago the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously about the ceasefire. The deal was struck in munich, but throughout the day there has been more fighting and reports of more civilian casualties. Diplomatic editor james bays joins us live now. James, as youre hearing from the representatives of the different members of the council, i suppose two things really came out. One was how much of this depends on the actions of armed groups, fighting on the ground in syria, and of course the second part is the backers regionally and internationally, and how they influence those parties. Yes, you can have a cessation of hostilities on paper. You can have, as you now
At least through the first phase of it. Second, these attacks with any weapons including rockets, mortars and antitank guided missiles against the syrian armed and any other shaded forces. Three, refrain from acquiring or seeking to acquire territory from other parties to the agreement. Four, allow humanitarian access. Five, use pr use pro portion nat force on the other hand the syrian arms associated forces have committed and said to abide in exactly the same points. This means ceasing attacks with any weapons including Aerial Bombardments by the Syrian Air Force and the against the armed opposition groups and parties to the cessation of hostilities. The Ceasefire Task force will oversee the cessation of hostilities and primary functions will be including one the delineation of the territory held by daesh, al nusra and other Terror Organization designated by the Security Council, which are not partwhich are not part of the cessation of hostilities. Promote compliance and december cana
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