The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church. It has been over a thousand years before these two branches of christianity have come together. The president of syria insists that his forces will retake the whole of syria, but he has also said that negotiations are worth pursuing. His words come as russian air strikes reportedly killed 18 people in syria just hours before a u. N. Task force meeting on humanitarian aid. World leaders agreed to aim for a halt in hostilities within seven days, as well as to provide humanitarian assistance. The Syrian Government and opposition groups have yet to agree to that, and arms groups, isil, and alnusra, well, they are not going to be included in any kind of deal. Russias Prime Minister has said that the u. S. And its arab partners need to think hard about their actions in syria. Saying all sides could negotiate instead of sparking a new world war. Translator we have fully believed in negotiations and in Political Action since the beginning of this c
Deal to resume direct commercial flights, but is the island ready for an influx of tourists. And after a deadly riot, authorities find saunas, aquariums, and other luxury items in a mexican prison. Hello, thank you for joining us. The United Nations syrian enjoy is in damascus pushing to get humanitarian aid to besieged areas. He has held talks with the syrian foreign minister in the capitol. He says the president Bashar Alassad has an obligation to deliver humanitarian aid to all besieged areas in the country. We have been talking about the issue about humanitarian unhindered access to all besieged areas, not only by the government, but also by the opposition and by isil. And we will have another meeting today at 4 00 in order to address this urgent issue, which is as you know, related to the wellbeing of all syrian people, and is connected to the very clear discussions and conclusions of the munich conference. The cessation in hostilities was jeopardized on monday when at least 50 ci
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. A court order is sparking an intense debate over privacy, security and federal government overreach. The fbi has asked apple to hack into a phone that was used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. But apple says no. Jake ward is live for us in san francisco. And what exactly is it that the fbi wants apple to do . Reporter well, del, this seems like a very small deal on the one hand. It just really is trying to get into a single phone. But it has huge privacy implications. The technical implications are fairly straightforward. The fbi is trying to circumvent the pass code lock on every iphone. You try a combo it wasnt work, and if you do it ten times, the phone simply erases itself. The fbi wants to be able to look at the phone and try as many combinations as it wants as fast as it wants without there being any chance of the phone being bricked in the process. They want apple to essentially build a back door that would
Arrives in cuba to end a 1,000year divide in the christian faith. As you can see were live in havana. Hello. Syrias president says his forces will retake the whole country, but believes negotiations are worth pursuing. He was speaking as world powers discuss the implementation of a proposed cessation of hostilities set to begin in a week. Despite the diplomacy in germany, the violence continues on the ground. Russia air strikes have reportedly killed 18 people in homs. Six were killed in air strikes east of damascus, and two more died in daraa. Translator we have fully believed in negotiations since the beginning of this crisis. However, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting terrorism. First through negotiations, and second through fighting terrorism. Zana hoda is in the turkish city on the border with syria, and she filed this report on the situation on the ground. Reporter clearly the syrian president speaking from a position of strength. Just a few months ago, last july
Inadmitable at the International Criminal court. And tractors on their way to Greeces Parliament over protests over more austerity measures. One of the most powerful men in fee foo once upon a time, given the foot by the world governing body. Details coming up later in the program. Syrias president says he is confident that his forces will retake the whole of syria, but he has also said that negotiations are worth pursuing. Bashar alassads words come as word powers discuss the implementation of a cessation of hostilities. Despite this diplomacy in germany, the violence continues on the ground in syria, russia air strikes are reported to have killed 18 people in homs. 6 people died in air strikes east of damascus, and two more were killed in dara. Translator we have fully believed in negotiations since the beginning. However, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting terrorism. First through negotiations, and second, through fighting terrorism. Zana hoda is in the turkish city