Thai rallies turn violent. A protest leader killed as groups try to block a polling station. Establishing a humanitarian corridor to homs. That appears to be the goal on the day of the syrian talks in geneva. Lakhdar brahimi says an aid convoy is ready to go into the besieged city as soon as the Syrian Government gives its approval prisoner exchanges and ceasefires will be discussed. A deal on any of these issues will be the first tangible win for the talks, and could set the tone for the rest of the negotiations. We cross to geneva. Zeina khodr, we know the talks are not centered on regime change, but how optimistic are the delegates that some concessions can be made with humanitarian aid . Well, we understand that that was discussed during yesterdays session, and that they will try to finalise this deal so that aid can reach the old city of homs, which has been under government siege for overeight months now. The advisor to the syrian president Bashar Alassad told me minutes ago that
Our lives hanging 10 the best surfers in the world ride the waves in one of the sports biggest competitions. [ music ] good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford live from new york city. As we begin ukraines capital is tense. A fragile truth has fallen apart. The governments made some concession, including an agreement to amend protest laws. Protesters say its too little, too late. Jennifer glasse reports from kiev where the clashes intensified. Antigovernment protesters in ukraine believe they have momentum as the unrest spreads from kiev, across the country starting in at least 12 regions. Protesters are taking over government buildings, barricading themselves in. A message to Viktor Yanukovych, they are unhappy with their rule, and they want change. They have offered some concessions, he said in an emergency suggests on parliament. He will consider amending laws cast last week and went into effect this week and criminalized many aspects of freedom of speec
A bomb exploded in a vehicle carrying Security Forces. Dozens have been injured. Many critically. This story, followed by our correspondent from the capital. A devastating attack. What do we know about the circumstances . Well, earlier we were told that this particular explosion took place on something hired by the security force, bus the Security Forces move to a troubled tribal region, and that this attack was well planned. Later on the pakistan spokesman sent an email to the international and local media, including al jazeera, saying that they were responsible for this attack, that the attack was carried out by fighters, because one of their leaders were killed. They said they would keep the the door for negotiations open, provided the government was serious in holding talks with the pakistan. This is the deadliest attack in pakistan since the change of leadership within the taliban. What does it suggest about their strength, the way they operate . As you right fully mentioned, the
Trip, engagement, cooperation and peaceful coexistence. Irans president addresses the World Economic forum in davos. Days after sanctions were eased from his country. It can be an apartment. I dont care. I want somewhere to live. A little girls dream to have a roof over her head. Looking at homelessness through the eyes of a child. And an iconic statue of jesus damaged by a lightening strike. What they are doing to repair the damage down. The damage that was done. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The political crisis in ukraine is spiralling out of control. You are looking at live pictures from the cap fall kiev. This is the fifth day of violent clashes in the citys main square. Opposition leaders called for elections immediately. Talks ended wednesday. One Opposition Leader said the government has 24 hours to prevent a blood shed. Both sides say talks will resume. Government forces stepped up their crackdown, closing off streets and firing a water canon
No power can have perpanent permanent dom nation over anything. All of us are on the same ship, the same boat. If we dont have wise ships, we have problems. We go live to davos. It was an uninspiring speech generally. The only remarkable thing about it is here we are at the beginning of 2014. He was there, and he said, lets be friends. Thats right, it wasnt a particularly inspiring title. It was called iran in the world. That sums it up. Some of the key crisis has iran at its epicentre. Iran is reemerging out of years of isolation. It is asserting itself here, among the richest and powerful people, an an economy that is open for business. What he wanted here, what he wants, and hell meet the oil giants later is investment in the oil industry. So much of that speech was about that. I am joined by someone listening closely to it from the economic think tank. Do you think he hit the mark, did what he came here to do . It was a vast step forward compared with his predecessor. It was a mess