Passing the controlled congress and Chinese Government intervenes to prop up its struggling stock market. The Syrian Opposition has released a list of demands ahead of u. N. Brokered peace talks due later this month and they say they want to see confidencebuilding steps from damascus including the release of arbitrarily detained people and calling for immediate hold to the bombardment of towns and cities by heavy artillery and jacks and also want to ensure there is unhindered humanitarian access to those in desperate need of aid. And we have the founder of the group specializes in syria and the gulf region and he is questioning whether the talks can take place with fighting still going on. Peace talks were pretty much intensive care anyway and i think they are probably flat lining now. The opposition cant go to the table with carnage and starvation they can place on the ground and by the way these are not new demands and making the demands the close of the political process through the
Power struggle. A new Opposition Controlled National Assembly is sworn in in venezuela, but not all members are allowed to take their seats deadly journey. Dozens of refugees drowned trying to reach greece when two boats sank in rough sees. Rough seas. Good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera Americas International news your. We begin with a deepening diplomatic divide between saudi arabia and iran. The Saudi Arabia Foreign minister says the severing of diplomatic ties with iran will not affect the peace talks in syria. The two nations opposing sides in the negotiations. Saudi arabia wants the syrian president and iranian ally Bashar Alassad to have no future role in syria. More of saudi arabias allies are following the kingdoms lead. Kuwait recalling the ambassador for iran, and bahrain stopped flights there police fired shotgun and pellets at protesters in the tiny gulf state of bahrain. Day four of protests following saudi arabias execution of 47 people, including the shia
Again in pain where new generation of ho hot air balloons are taking flight. Hello, the United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned north koreas latest nuclear test and vowed to pursue new sanctions. In a state Television News announcement north korea said it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, if true it will be a significant jump in the countrys nuclear capabilities. However, there it has been met with wide creatism. Many believe the explosion was nowhere near enough to be a hydrogen bomb. But any nuclear test would be a violation of u. N. Resolutions leaving the Security Council. Many people stood to watch what they were told would be an important announcement. On queu cue they cheered the countrys littest success. State television showed president kim jongun signing off on the order. It could ge take months or years to determine if north korea successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. It says it deserves to possess Nuclear Weapons to counter threats from the United State
To see how people are reacting to this change. Top story this hour, the Syrian Opposition made a list of demands ahead of u. N. Brokered peace talks due to happen later this month in geneva. They want confidence Building Steps from the Syrian Government, including an immediate end to the bombardment of opposition held areas. Heres victoria gattenby. The civil war in syria is almost five years old and its estimated a quarter of a million syrians have been killed. U. N. Backed talks to end the fighting and restore the peace are due to start later this month. Syrian opposition leaders want confidence Building Measures from the Syrian Government before the talks begin. They want sir i cant be Government Forces to stop bombarding opposition held towns and cities. They are calling for Political Prisoners to be released and they want humanitarian aid delivered to those in desperate need. You cant enter negotiation whilst people are being slaughtered en masse. At least stopping this onslaught
Been deployed in the area. And more than a dozen people are injured in bombings near kabuls airport. And power shift, National Assembly tomorrow there are fears of violence as government supporters vow to save the legacy of the late hugo chavez. And financial crisis. Well have to sacrifice essential services for the people of puerto rico. Puerto rico defaults on a 1 billion debt payment and lawsuits loom because it paid some creditors at the expense of others. Good evening im antonio mora, this is al jazeeras International News hour and we begin this evening with the diplomatic crisis involving saudi arabia and iran. U. N. Security council has just condemned the attack on the Saudi Embassy in tehran and a number of nations are siding with the saudis. Bahrain, sudan and the United Arab Emirates has either cut ties with iran or have substantially reduced them. There are fears growing over the future of the syrian peace negotiations. The u. N. Special envoy for syria, Staffan De Mistura i