W and online. This report presents a rare insight into a society largely hidden from the outside world an insight into the life of women in saudi arabia. We meet women who are fighting for their rights secretly silently and courageously. No longer willing to be banished from public life theyre not challenging traditional constraints. Their goal to emerge from the shadow of their male compatriots. Its a life behind the veil a life in black even in jeddah the city on the red sea the most liberal place in the country saudi women are forced into a straight jacket of restrictions they can only be seen in public wearing a full length the bya are now allowed to drive a car but they still cant travel work or attend University Without the permission of a male guardian. Get behind the veil resentment is growing. Women are increasingly treading new kinds as they turn against fundamentalists dog was a challenge for the strictly conservative saudi kingdom. Women are pushing back the systems boundar
Its good to have you with us. Pressing but not preaching pope francis spoke before a joint session of the u. S. Congress today, the first pope to ever do so. He went in with an agenda, but not to pick a fight. It was obvious from his very first sentence. We begin tonight with the pontiff on the worlds most political perch. They did not know what he had in mind and gave him a standing ovation. The popes speech embraced a huge list of divisive topics. On immigration, he said faceless numbers must begin back their humanity, and he even aimed to link american actions abroad with its security situation at home. Pope francis we want security. Let us give security. If we want life, let us give life. If we want opportunity, let us provide these opportunities. We are the stick we use for others. Well be the yardstick which time he used for us the yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which time used for us. It reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at ever
Reporter im here with the spo sports today tens of thousands of people who are starving to death in three syrian towns will have to wait at least another day before help reaches them. Aid agencies had hoped that trucks with food and medicine would arrive on sunday. Some people are so desperate that theyre eating leaves and grass. They are ready to deliver aid to three sillages in villages in syria. Were talking about a madaya which ask on the outskirts of damascus. That has been under siege by government and allied forces. Another area is idlib where people are under siege from rebel forces. The u. N. Has been helping to negotiate this deal from back in september. Thats when they had hoped to agree on a ceasefire with these two differing sides and then last week some fighters were released from the north of madaya and their families as well. It has taken until this stage, a complicated stage, to help people that are in need of aid. There are other people in syria who need assistance as
Fighting. One obstacle has been deciding who will represent the Syrian Opposition. Dozens of different groups there, often with conflicting interests and aims. Lets go to james bayes in geneva. I know were waiting for the syrian u. N. Envoy to turn up for some kind of statement having had a chat with various officials there. What are you hearing . Reporter well that meeting has been going on, we think, for almost two hours. Two hours ago, we saw the Syrian Ambassador to the u. N. In new york, but he is also the head of the Syrian Government delegation, or at least the chief negotiator at these talks. He is here with Staffan De Mistura, the u. N. Special envoy. Reporters are gathered waiting for the Syrian Ambassador and the syrian chief negotiator, thats the capacity he is in here to come to speak to reporters at that microphone, and lay out his position. Clearly it is probably a pr opportunity for him and the Syrian Government, and he is a very media savvy man. I have seen him multipl
After 36 days trapped underground four chinese miners are rescued, more are missing. An ancient form of art is making a come back. Talks aimed at ending the war in syria have finally started in switzerland. The main Opposition Group is on their way to geneva. Jaibs lasjames bays has more. The start of the talks on day 1, just one side was rent. The Syrian Government delegation, headed by bashar al jaffray, greeted by staffan de mistura. News emerged that the main Opposition Group said it would travel to geneva. Mr. Dee mistura said he was optimistic. I have good reasons to believe that they are actually considering this very seriously. And ther therefore, to be in a position on probably sunday to actually start the discussions with them, in order to be able to proceed with the intrasyrian talks. One opposition member already in geneva later confirmed that her colleagues would be here in a matter of hours. We just want to let you know that yes, they are coming discussindiscussing about