Including im 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 fridays 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 alzour. 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, they will have an impact on th
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 sonys 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 its their only access to rebelheld 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. Syrias opposition says moscow has increased attacks ahead of a planned cessation of hostilities due to start on saturday. Russias 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. Pallets were drifting in with
Right now, Iowa City Police suspect. They say the incident nenetonightformer governor chet culver wants iowans to get involved in the debate over privatization of the states medicaid program. N tuesday, culver will hold meetings in cedar rapids and coralvilil to hear how people are being affected. Culver says the states swift move toward privatization is putting the 560thousand 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 weeks 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 doublechecked. The new numbers brought sanders closer to the end. Clinton will get 49point84 percent of the delegates. And sanders with 49poioi55percent,. The Sanders Campaign says it is conducting its own review of the results. One man is behind bars
Activists are attacked trial trying to get into chechnya. And barack obama welcomes Justin Trudeau. And ill be here with all of the days sport, including liverpool face Manchester United in the Liverpool League if what is being called the mother of all football games. The european refugee crisis has claimed more lives. Five people including a baby drowned as the boat they were in capsized while they were trying to make the dangerous crossing interest turkey to greece. This latest tragedy and so many others have been on the minds of the European Union interior ministers. They say they are worried about the decision by some europe ran countries to close their boarders completely. Leading to this sprawling greek camp. Up to 14,000 people are stuck there, and conditions have been described as deplorable. Hoda abdel hamid has been in the rain and the mud with the refugees on the greece macedonia boarder. Reporter its very difficult for people to come to terms with the idea that the borders
Ill have all of the sport, as sponsors react to the news that has shocked tennis, big name backs are pulling the plug on Mar Shia Sharapova after she admitted to failing a drug test. Hello, the u. N. Is questioning the legality of an agreement which would see refugees and migrants in europe sent back to turkey. The high commissioner says it wants to know more about the safeguards in place to protect people. First jonah hull tells us about that deal between the e. U. And turkey. Reporter finally at the end of a long day and night, the break through they hoped for, the European Union has reached an agreement with turkey that they believe marks the beginning of the end of europes refugee crisis. This is a real game changer. The days of irregular migration to europe are over. Our objective is to discourage illegal migration to prevent human smugglers to help people who want to come to europe to through encouraging legal migration. Reporter the agreement means that in future turkey will tak