the language in a security council resolution to deal with this sensitive issue. clearly, the issue of chemical weapons will be on agenda when they meet in new york in about ten days at the general assembly when the general assembly convenes. it s not just chemical weapons. they ll be talking about a broad ker peace plan for syria, right? reporter: yeah, they had meetings today with the u.n. and arab league special envoy to syria, br an ahimi. they both want this issue of a wider political settlement in syria to be discussed at a peace conference called geneva 2 to be held obviously here in this switz city. but two different approaches, again, the russians on the one hand saying that that process should be discussed in parallel to the issue of chemical weapons. the united states, u.s. secretary of state kerry making a slightly different point saying it will very much depend on the outcome of these
own people has reportedly joined the rebels. the head of the syrian military police force aired on news network saying he defected because the army has derailed from basic mission of protecting the people. it has become a gang for killing and destruction, endthes not stopped the syrian government from attacks its own men, women and children. and human rights group reporting the regime shelled a bakery and a rebel held town killing 20 people, including at least 8 children. we cannot independently confirm this, of course. meanwhile, russian officials say they are set to meet with the united nations special envoy to syria this weekend. russia has repeatedly blocked the united nations from taking action against the syrian government but has recently taken steps to distance itself from the syrian regime. egypt s president mohammed morsi portion of voters opposed the enough constitution. he is calling for dialogue now
some of them, have reportedly agreed to a temporary cease-fire that is to start this friday. in the meantime, they are apparently still killing each other. opposition groups and syrian state media today traded blame for the massacre of at least 25 people, including women and children in a town near damascus. activists also claim that syrian war planes carried out multiple bombing raids across the country. fox news can t independently confirm any of that but it all comes as the united nations special envoy to syria claims the syrian government has indicated it will stop killing its own people during a four-day muslim holiday that starts this friday. some syrian rebel leaders have also reportedly agreed to this cease-fire but not all of them. certainly not everybody is on board here and we still don t have any official word from the syrian regime. and as you might imagine, we have been down this road before. the fox report s correspondent jonathan hunt is with us. he has been covering
agree on what to do as the deadly fighting rages all the while. human rights activists estimate nearly 20,000 people have died in a battle between government forces and those rebels. kofi annan did meet with the syrian president bashar assad but even a temporary seas fire quickly fell apart. the chief fox report correspondent jonathan hunt is live at the united nations headquarters in new york for us tonight. jonathan, as all of this came down, kofi annan did not sound at all happy with the way the united nations had worked here. he did not, shep. kofi annan said, of course, that president assad is chiefly responsible for the violence but he said the united nations and the security counsel in particular is responsible for failing to end that violence. he said the member nations of the security council are far more interested in petty finger pointing than they are in bringing about peace. and that they have utterly failed the syrian people. listen. sir can still be saved from the wo
including barbados. it could become a hurricane. could end up in the gulf but it s really too early to tell. a major shakeup in an effort to bring peace to syria. the man in charge of that resigned today. but did not go quietly. we re live at the united nations. plus, one senior citizen fought back when a bunch of guys broke into her jewelry store. wait until you see the rest of this video as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news as fox reports live tonight. wish there were more to your detergent s scent? you better believe it. sparkle up your world by sprinkling the stimulating gain fireworks scent booster into your wash along with one of these fine gain detergents. will it do the trick? [ scoffs ] please.