Earth and one of the few place where en danked great apes can prosper. The tripoli based leaders in libya have described the deal signed with their rivals as a major breakthrough in efforts to end the political deadlock in the country. The deal finally sees agreement between the parliaments of the General National Congress in tripoli and the one recognized by the u. N. In tobruk. The deal stipulates that an election will take place in two years and it calls for the two sides to form a committee to help choose a government of national reconciliation. Victoria gatenby has more. Reporter a libyan i tiff. For the first time in the countrys longrunning political crisis an initial agreement to work together. These are representatives of the two rival parliaments. The deal calls for the two sides to form a 10member committee to help choose a government of national reconciliation. Translator this is a purely libyan meetings arranged by libyans, now we call on the United Nations to endorse this
Wars characters now coming out of the shadows. A landmark deal on Climate Change has got the tick from 195 countries, after a fortnight of inning tins debate at the cop 21 summit in paris. The agreement asks all nation to his limit their Greenhouse Gas emissions which will be reviewed every five years. Our environment editor anything lanickclark has more. Reporter at the moment the the moment the world agreed to tackle Climate Change. [cheering and applause] reporter and so the Paris Agreement was born. And emotions spilled over. To bring more than 190 countries together to come up with a universal pact was an extraordinary achievement. So much so that laurence banged the gaffal again. Translator so i have been asked to bang the gaffal again. Its a little gaffal, but i think it can do great things. Reporter earlier there was a moment of high drama as suddenly the text through up difficulties. Fears grew that the agreement was in jeopardy. A parent live it was just typing errors due to
Yearrouyear around the world. Hello there, thank you for joining us. A battle is underway in syria that can have a big im impact on the course of the civil war. Rebel fighters are launching an offensive to recapture a key city. Rebel factions are fighting back. Hashem ahelbarra reports. [ gunfire ] reporter these rebel fighters are on the counter offensive. They are launching an attack to repel Government Troops in an opposition strong hold in southern syria. They say that many tanks that were part of the government offensive were ether destroyed or forced to retreat. But the army backed by russian fighter jets say the fight is almost over that the city will soon be under its control. The russian arrival is like game changer. It added more military assets, more air power, more intelligence, since we know earlier when president assad in his speech said i dont have enough personnel to fight. So accordingly, the russians are here trying to, you know, limit the spillback of the regime. Rep
Well tell you why fishermans fortunes are drying up on nigerias a two biggest rivers. Our top story. Spain has been left with no clear governing majority after the election produced a divided parliament. Prime ministers people party lost half of eights support. Delivering a blow to twoparty system it. 123 sets in the 350 seat parliament. Falling short of a majority. The opposition social assists came second with 90 seats, but two new players made a billing prescription with the voters. The antiausterity party formed just last year claimed 69 seats while the prodoes Citizens Party won 40. The rest went to other parties. Now, that result means spain is facing a new period of political uncertainty. As Barnaby Phillips now reports from madrid. Reporter its the strangest victory celebration youll ever see. At the headquarters of spains popular party, they were trying to work out who it all means. They came first but with their lowest share of the vote since the 1980s. The subdued mood here
Candidates hoping to become the next president of the United States, were going to be live in iowa. Hello thank you for joining us. In the last hour, the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the zika virus a Public Health emergency of international concern. The u. N. Health agency has warned that the mosquito borne virus is spreading fast across the americas. The illness is suspected of causing birth defects however no firm link has been established. W. H. O. Says over 4 Million People are likely to be infected this year. I am now declaring that the recent includes pe cluster of my and other abnormalities, reported in the americas and in french polly nearb polyniche p a coordinated response is needed to seek the dee detection of infections and neurological complications. To intensify the control of mosquito populations and to expedite the development of diagnostic tests and vaccines to protect people at risk. Al jazeeras librarian editor lucia newman joins us. W. H. O