i have been asking first-time voters what do they think about the presidential candidates? hello, in the last hour, russia s foreign minister has said his country has proposed what it calls a concrete plan to resolve the syrian crisis. sergei lavrov said the proposal is now being studied think washington. but the u.s. secretary of state has said russia s air strikes are making it harder to hold talks with moscow. there is no question that russia s activities in aleppo and the region right now, are making it much more difficult to be able to come to the table and to be able to have a serious conversation. and we have called on russia, and we call on russia again to join in the effort to bring about an immediate ceasefire, and to bring about full humanitarian access. in that is what this meeting will be about, and this meeting will tell a lot about the road ahead. we are not blind to what is happening. we are all very, very aware of how critical this moment is, and russia
reading for the bbc. reporter: an investigation finds the bbc missed several chances to stop sexual abuse by the presenter. and we talk to one of the digital bodyguards hired by hollywood after sony s infamous hack attack. hello, thank you for joining us. the syrian observatory for human rights says government forces have taken back a town from isil fighters. control of it is important for president assad and his troops because it s their only access to rebel-held aleppo. the government is said to have had help from russian air strikes to recapture the area. and dozens of people have been killed in russian air strikes on the damascus countryside. syria s opposition says moscow has increased attacks ahead of a planned cessation of hostilities due to start on saturday. russia s military says it has reduced strikes over the last two days. and 21 tons of food, medicine, and other supplies has been lost. it was air dropped on wednesday, but failed to meet its target. p
including i m here as part of fifa, to make sure that i participate in the [ inaudible ] of what is going on. reporter: candidates for fifa president make their way to zurich ahead of friday s elections. we begin in syria where the u.n. says that much of 21 tons of food, medicine, and other supplies have been lost. it was supposed to reach people in the town of deir al-zour. the chairman of the u.n. humanitarian task force explained what happened. there were two problems. palettes were drifting in with their parachutes so that some missed target, and others of the palettes the parachutes did not open, and the food were destroyed. speaking at that same media conference in geneva the u.n. special envoy for syria said they planned to get more aid to syrians who desperately need it, if a planned pause in fighting happens on saturday. more needs to be done. more effectively, and certainly, if as we all hope, the decision was [ inaudible ] take hold effectively, the
right now, iowa city police suspect.they say the incident nenetonight former governor chet culver wants iowans to get involved in the debate over privatization of the state s medicaid program.n tuesday, culver will hold meetings in cedar rapids and coralvilil to hear how people are being affected.culver says the state s swift move toward privatization is putting the 560-thousand people who rely on medicaid, at risk. implementation is scheduled d for march first.some believe culver may have a congressional run in the works. the slim lead that hillary clinton had over bernie sanders in last week s iowa caucuses has slimmed down even more. more.the iowa democratic party announced today it found counting errors in five of the 14 precincts it double-checked. the new numbers brought sanders closer to the end. clinton will get 49-point-84 percent of the delegates. and sanders with 49-poioi-55percent,.the sanders campaign says it is conducting its own review of the results. one man i
water crisis is gripping the city of flint. and why people across africa are asking what would this man do? the u.n. is questioning the legality of an agreement that would see refugees and migrants in europe sent back to turkey. they say they especially want to know more about the safeguards in place to protect people. the e.u. and turkey reached a tentative agreement that will see all migrants arriving in greece from turkey sent back. and then a syrian in turkey would then be resettled in the e.u. many are in the refugee camp where health workers say 70% of the children are sick. al jazeera s diplomatic editor, james bayes has the latest now from the united nations in geneva. reporter: the u.n. refugee agency are saying they were not privy to this plan, and they are seeking urgent clarification from the european union. they say they are very concerned. they gave a news conference here at the u.n. s european headquarters in geneva, and there i asked the regional coord