statement on camera out of syria responding to the trump administration strike on his government and on his country. according to the syrian official he said that the strikes obviously did happen, that two facilities were hit in damascus and in homs, these are two areas under control of the assad regime. he however said they have no impact on their ability, the syrian government impact ability to carry out attacks and wage the war against opposition fighters and rebels. he described them as terrorists, essentially saying while the strikes did occur they re not going to have much of an impact on the syrian military capabilities to continue fighting opposition groups. also we re hearing that at least three people have been injured in the strikes. we re not hearing reports of anyone being killed. but at least three people were
london recorded more homicides than new york. the former south korea president was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison. the year after the country s first female president was driven from offer and arrested. park has one week to appeal. violence broke out near the syrian capital today killing at least 2 people. it signals an apparent collapse of a truce and know evacuation deal for opposition fighters to leave the area. several area strikes hit doma. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we ll be right back. it s ok thae ignores me while i drive. it s fine. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i m accident free.
many are speaking to the russians. they don t know what exactly their future will bring. it also puts the russians in the position where now moscow is calling the shots here in syria. you look at the future of this country. right now, the russians are the strongest foreign power involved here in syria. and i can tell from you being on the ground in damascus, right now, the opposition is losing one strong hold after another. there s one really big one outside damascus where opposition fighters are being bused out. the negotiations are being led by moscow as well. you have a conference that will take place tomorrow. it will take place in turkey. the countries they re deciding the future of syria, it will be russia, turkey and iran. the u.s. does not have a place at that table. you have the president speaking out about holding, withholding some funding to syria afterwards. that does not bode well for any sort of american aspirations
that report is part of our road to break that series you ll find more reports from that series on a website dot com now some other stories making news around the world syrian opposition fighters and their families have been evacuating the siege town in eastern town after reaching a deal with the government syrian military sources say over a thousand civilians and some three hundred opposition fighters have left the town of harasta so far the withdrawal gives the government the upper hand in the battle for the rebel held region. in zimbabwe dozens of women are celebrating being swayed from jail their release comes after president. pardoned some three thousand prisoners to reduce overcrowding the president as a strong opponent of the death penalty and also commuted the death sentences of prisoners who have been on death row for more than ten years. catalonia separatist parties have failed to elect a regional president for the third time jordi to a close ally of former president carlos wa
a lot of changes is it going to continue to have that if we have one constant since january twenty first two thousand and seventeen it s that there s nothing constant everything is always changing so the question is will john bolton last i mean we can ask will he be six months what else can we expect there s been bigger turnover in this administration than any modern administration in history thus tyson thank you very much for that analysis thank you. that s not a look at some other stories making news around the world syrian opposition fighters and their families have been evacuating a besieged town in eastern huta after reaching a deal but the government said in military sources say over a thousand civilians and some three hundred opposition fighters have left the town of hottest us so far the rigors gives the government the upper hand in the battle for the rebel held region. the you create an x. combat pilot chain corps has been arrested for allegedly planning to carry out