Winning the Australian Open, her first major title. So then the main Syrian Opposition have arrived in geneva for talks aimed at ending the civil war but its still unclear if they will actually take part within minutes of arriving at their hotel the delegation were threatening to quit and want the Prisoners Released and bombardment stopped and sanctions lifted as the humanitarian crisis grows and 16 started to dead in madaya since they reached the besieged town earlier this month and people are city dying trying to reach europe and at least 37 died mostly syrians drowning on saturday when the boat struck rocks and capsized as they attempted to arrive at the greek island of lesbos from turkey and we have more from geneva. Reporter a very large group of press here quite chaotic scenes when they arrived here because we all want to know the position, the exact position of the main opposition grouping. And solomon when he came here who was their spokesman said they still believe that the u.
Inflicting devastating environment th the damage. Turkey summoned Russian Ambassador to, quote, strongly condemn what it says was a violation of its airspace by a russian fighter jet. Turkey says despite radar warnings a russian su34 like this one went in to its air space last November Turkey shot down an Russian Air Force jet which it claimed was flying in its territory killing the pilot and that led to an escalating war of words between the countries. After this latest incidents the turkish president says he wants to talk to his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin warning there could be course kenses if the violations continue. Well, russias state News Agency Says its country denies the allegations. Lets bring in zeina khodr live from southern turkey. What are the suggestions from the turkish people about what happened here . Reporter the Turkish Foreign ministry is describing this incident as, quote account yet another example of russian escalatory behavior. We also heard from the tu
Title. She is the first German National winner after stephi graff. Delegates from syrias main Opposition Group are travelling to geneva where the u. N. Has opened talks that it hopes will end the war there. The opposition is yet to commit to direct negotiations with the government. Even so the developments are giving a glimmer of hope that peace efforts may actually be getting off the grounds for the First Time Since two earlier rounds of talks collapsed in 2014. The conflict began almost five years ago and it has killed at least 250,000 people. Millions of syrians have been forced to flee. Many of them like the refugees you see here have risked their lives to reach europe. The war has allowed Islamic State in iraq and the levant to capture territory and has drawn in the u. S. And russia as well as regional powers. Our correspondent joining us from geneva where those talks are taking place. I suppose it is a progress of sorts that these talks are even taking place right now. Reporter y
All of the days sports including the Australian Open has a new womens champion to win her first grand slam title. Hello. Delegates representing syrias main Opposition Group are set to arrive in geneva where the u. N. Opens talks it hopes will end the war. The opposition is yet to commit to negotiations with the government. Even so, the developments give a glimmer of hope that peace efforts may get off of the ground for the First Time Since two earlier rounds of talks collapsed in 2014. The forklift began almost five years ago and at least 250,000 people have been killed. Millions of other syrians have been forced to flee. Many like the refugees you see here. They have been risking their lives trying to get to europe. The war allowed isil to draw territory. Lets cross over to james bays, jo joining us from those talks in geneva. They are off to a shaky start, james. Once the opiniposition arrived geneva, what happens then . Whats on the agenda . Reporter well, i dont think proper negoti
Continues to divide opinion. And around a Million People turn out in italy saying no to plans to legalize samesex unions. And in sport for once Serena Williams is denied success in a grand slam final. Angelique of germany winning the Australian Open final and her first major title. Hello, so we begin with that developing story out of turkey. Which has summoned the Russian Ambassador after what it says was a violation of its airspace by a russian fighter jet. Turkey says that despite radar warnings the russian su40 like this one violated its airspace, last november you remember turkey shot down a Russian Air Force jet it claimed that was flying in its territory killing the pilot. That led to an escalating war of words between the countries. After the latest incident the turkish president erdogan says he wants to talk to his russian counterpart vladimir putin. Al jazeeras zeina khodr is live in southern turkey. Tell us the latest on this situation, just how serious is it, zeina . Reporte