And the controversial american leader in modified crops. It is the biggest merger anywhere in the world this year. It is good to have you with us. Let him come home, mr. President. That is the message that human Rights Groups said the u. S. President barack obama today on behalf of Edward Snowden. This part of a campaign to pressure the white house to pardon the whistleblower. Politics in the bigscreen tonight, wasting no time merging. Director oliver stones new film snowden opens on friday. Today he said that his request for a pardon is about something much bigger than him. Heres what he had to say. This really is not about me. It is about us. It is about our right to dissent. It is about to have the country want to have, the kind of world we want to build. It is about the kind of tomorrow that we want to see. It tomorrow where the public has a say. Brent earlier we spoke to lewis clark, the president of the Government Accountability project, that is a washingtonbased group that pushe
Test. Reporter im with the sport. Delegates arrive in sweats lands ahead of fridays vote for a new president. The current one is said to stay away after losing his appeal from having his ban from all football over turn we begin in syria where Government Forces are reported to have taken a strategic town. It is 50 kilometers southeast of the battleground of aleppo. It had been controlled by i. S. I. L. The Government Forces were supported by russian air strikes. U. N. Says it is trying to crackdown 21 tons of aid which it tried to air drop to syrian civilians. They attempted to drop pallets from the air after aid trucks were not able to reach the town last week. It was surrounded by i. S. I. L. Controlled territory. James bays reports. Reporter at the Security Council there was stinging criticism of the Syrian Regime. The u. N. s humanitarian chief told ambassadors the government it delayed aid deliveries to the besieged town and blocked until now assistance to another. The number scope
F. I. F. A. Vows to restore in footballs governing body. A cessation of hostilities in syria has come into effect. The u. N. Security Council Voted unanimously to back it. The warring sides have agreed to lay down their arms for two weeks. If the deal holds, on Staffan De Mistura says talks to end the war will resume on march 7. Almost 100 rebel factions agreed to cease hostilities, but it doesnt include one of the most powerful armed group alqaedalinked alnusra and i. S. I. L. Hours before the deal came into force fighting hadnt stop. The james bays has more from yorke reporter just over 40 minutes before the cessation of hostilities was going to come into account, the u. N. Endorsed it unanimously. This was a crucial moment. Doubted there will be no shortage of attempts to undermine this process. We are ready for it. We should not be impressed, overly concerned. We should address it and realise that this is part of any ceasefire or hostilities. In the hours before the cessation of ho
In footballs governing body activists in syria are reporting a conditional ceasefire is being honoured. There has been some fire but no major attacks have been reported. The main Opposition Group says almost a hundred reb factions have agreed to respect of truce, but it doesnt include one of the most powerful armed groups in the country alnusra and i. S. I. L. Alnusra is calling on the groups to ignore the truce. Deraa is excluded by the truce from the regime. The Syrian Government says it will continue to bomb the area. The u. N. Security Council Voted unanimously to back the truce. Talks to end the war will begin on march 7. James bays has more from the u. N. Headquarters in new york reporter just over 40 minutes before the cessation of hostilities was due to come into effect a vote by the u. N. Security council to endorse it. It was unanimous. Ambassadors were addressed by video link by Staffan De Mistura who said it would be an important moment advertisement we are ready for this,
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