Ugandas main Opposition Leader is head after disputed elections. Also in step with the president , the 106yearold who got to have a dance with the obamas the at the white house. Al jazeera has learned a draft deal has been reached between the United States and russia which sets a date for a cessation of the fighting in syria. At the moment its not clear if the warring parties will agree to lay down their weapons. In the last hour the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has released the following statement on the draft deem. He says if complemented and adhered to, the cessation will not only lead to a decline in violence but also continue the expansion of delivery of urgently needed humanitarian supplies. He will work on commitment of the parties to lead to cessation of activities. Our diplomatic editor james bays is in the United Nations now. Take through the terms of the agreement. Reporter well, there is a time line set out now for start of the cessation of hostilities. By friday mid
Flowing across from croatia. Plus china and north korea put their business relationship on show even though some traders have nothing to offer. Now the u. N. Security council has been holding an emergency session to discuss escalating violence between israel and the palestinians across several cities in the occupied territories. 39 palestinians and 7 israelis have died since the beginning of october. Well have more from the u. N. In a moment. But first here is the latest from the ground. Gaza medical sources are saying two palestinians have been killed several others injured by israeli forces. Palestinians had been throwing stones. Meanwhile in hebron, a palestinian man wearing journalist identification was shot dead after attacking a soldier with a knife. And in bethlehem, israeli fired tear gas at protesters. After a day of rage was called for, andrew, there seems to have been an escalation in violence in jerusalem and the occupied territories in the west bank and on the border with
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Its not readily available. Finally, does the hesitancy on the part of the dod stand anyway from, is there concern about, about what we see Going Forward . Since 60 of the 103 billion of dod funding, and we are not in a position to identify the total amount of waste, is there concern Going Forward theres going to be some of which are described, mr. Johnson, i would suspect that our friends at dod would do differently than the way you described it in terms of changing standards and why the standards were changed. What do we do to help convince them that this is ultimately necessary . And again i would go back to where i started. I would really urge you, for all of the analysis thats been done, it would be immensely helpful for us to the conversation not just about Going Forward, but if we cant acknowledge that we spent 100 billion we know billions have been wasted, but we cant really even identified some ballpark range of what that is and whether it comes from, then it makes it even hard