Industry is running so fast that this city is running out of spots to berth the ships a new global deal is getting closer. The final text is expected to be released within hours. The French Foreign minister says he is home for an agreement. This comes after years of tough negotiations. Nations first agreed to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions in 1997. Thats when the kioto protocol was signed in japan, but the u. S. Didnt support it and developing nations were exempt. They claimed they didnt contribute to global warming, even though china and india were amongst the biggest emitters. By 2009 many felt a new agreement was needed, but the copenhagen failed to bring results. A binding climate treaty was not to be signed. In lemar leaders there agreed on plain for voluntary targets to reduce emissions. Back to paris now and we will cross over to our environment editor nick clerk who is following developments from there. Tell us how close we are to that deal and to that announcement. Reporter pret
Lights, camera, but no action while thailand is struggling to maintain its hollywood connection. We begin in afghanistan where taliban fighters are holding a number of hostages after storming the air force compound. Theyre locked in a battle with the residential part of the compound. At least 22 people have been killed and nine attackers have died. The area is one of the most heavily fortified in the country. The attack happened as a major conference in afghanistan got underway. The president is there and met with pakistans Prime Minister. He says it is committed to reknewing the afghan peace process. Renewing. How concerned are these two governments about the current situation, security situation, inside afghanistan . Reporter the situation inside of afghanistan is of huge concern because as as the Prime Minister arrived here, he touched upon that issue saying that there were economic considerations, that afghanistan and pakistan were going to cooperate in bringing the pipeline into f
Terrorism but the f. B. I. Says there is no hard evidence that the couple behind the mass shooting in california acted on instructions from i. S. I. L. Our top story. The debate is intensifying about foreign nations contributing to a ground force to combat i. S. I. L. In iraq. The Prime Minister says his forces are able to push i. S. I. L. Fighters out alone but there is increasing scrutiny about the way they operate. Imran khan. Reporter peshmerga keep watch. They have squeeze of getting the sin yahr back. They have help from their allies. Translation until now the International Coalition has been using air strikes. As a former officer i can tell you wont win the war from the ground. You need troops on the ground. Reporter Prime Minister disagrees. He says we reaffirm that we dont need foreign Ground Troops. We did not ask any country to send any such troops. The United Nations says it is concerned with what it calls the iraqi army what it calls the human issues. It goes on to say one
Taking off in big numbers to work for other airlines. The u. N. Has warned that starvation of syrian civilians is a war crime and a potential crime against humanity. As the talks continue in geneva, a meeting with the u. N. Special envoy Staffan De Mistura was very positive. The group has threatened to walk away from indirect talks with the government unless humanitarian concerns were addressed first. Theyre due to meet again in a few hours. Lets get the latest from our correspondent in geneva. What can we expect today . Reporter pleat try and breakdown the latest. Right now there are meetings going on in the hotel behind us, members of the opposition trying to figure out how to go forward today. There will be a meeting to be held later today with Staffan De Mistura and members of the opposition, or the opposition said just because theyre going to the meet with him does not mean that they are actually participating in these proximity talks or negotiations, whichever you want to call th
And video you will only see only on 5. Police cite a mother who left her child in a car while she went shopping. And we have a view of the rock and who will ralph fame. Lets go to jan is a webb. The front started to make its way through. Its very weak and thats why we are currently at 25 grease. Give the weather a little bit of time this morning. We will return back to the upper 30s today and going into your super bowl sunday . Mid40s. Looking really nice. Pretty uneventful weekend here. A few clouds making its our way through the west. So throughout the day, expect sun and a few clouds in that up and down mix not dragging any moisture. Hour by hour goes like. This going by 1 00, we will be sitting under gray skies. By 6 00, we are into the lower 30s. We have to wait for it. Be patient. Breaking news this morning. One person is dead after a fire on the east side. We spoke to a cleveland official who said that crews fought for two hours and investigators are now looking into the cause.