israel's capital and beyond. a florida court awards the widow of a smoker $23 million in damages. the tobacco giant vows to appeal. >> and certain cars to be stopped after a fix for a deadly defect has not been found. b bsh thanks for being with us. investigators in ukraine return to the scene of malaysia airlines mh17 after being turned away yesterday, searching for clues. many in the international community have accused the separatists of tampering with evidence. international monitors are crying to work with separatists to arrive out a safe corridor for investigators. >> we need perimeter security, condition of the bodies, whether, for example, they have been moved. also the condition and the location of the debris, and if any of that has been moved. >> scott heidler has been on the ground at the site and has the latest. >> reporter: wild flowers on one of the plane's burnt and crumb mped -- crumpled wings, the first memorial on site for those on malaysia airlines mh17. it was placed there by this woman. her son's house was metres away. >> translation: it's sad for all the people, the pilot, the children. it's awful to see something like this happening in our country. >> reporter: after laying uncovered emergency workers put the bodies in bags and lay them on the roadside. armed separatist fighters came down the hill to the area we have been broadcasting and for the first time in 48 hours since the crash happened, we've been told to get out of the areas because investigators are coming in. soon after we were moved back the european monitoring commission arrived. after an initial standoff they were let into the area of the crash. >> translation: i'm saying no to the osce. >> reporter: eventually they were allowed into more areas than an friday which ended with warning shots fired. >> the area is beyond what we see, we'll consult with those in charge to see if we can access other sites. >> reporter: as the dutch foreign minister arrived. they continued a push for more international activists. >> translation: the pro-russian rebels are not allowing investigators to collect the evidence. rescue workers are working under the threat of armed rebels. >> reporter: a small step forward but with fighting and access restricted, an international investigation is still in question. the dutch prime minister says russia's president has one last chance to show he will help. he made the comments after a tense phone call with vladimir putin. >> reporter: the dutch prime minister came from a telephone call with vladimir putin and delivered a blunt message for the russian president. >> translation: i have told him time is running out for him to show the world his offer to help, now he has to show the netherlands and the world to do what is expected of him, to use his influence. >> reporter: as he spoke the people of the netherlands were counting the cost. the local church opened their doors after they were 12 citizens from three families were on mh17. this woman lost her sister, brother-in-law and nephew. she came to remember and to find comfort. as did many others who lost friends are neighbours. >> we are all shocked our hearts are crying. it's a situation we cannot understand. it's not something we can think about. it's beyond all nightmares. >> such is the scale of this disaster that hardly a corner of the netherlands has not been touched. everyone knows someone or knows of someone who suffered a great loss. and they are marking it as they are here in public in a dignified display of grief. here they play flowers in memory of two friends, running a popular shop. the couple ran the local flower shop. now their customers and friends are paying tribute in kind. when they learnt they were flying on malaysia airlines, a picture was put up joking dash:. >> nice friendly people. working hard to have a nice store. it was tragic. >> shocking. we knew them. they were friendly, very nice. it's a big shock for all of us. as they and others across the country begin the process of briefing, they can wait and see how event in east ukraine unfold. >> now to day three of the israeli offensive. binyamin netanyahu is ready for expansion of the military offensive there. let's take you live. this is the sky line in gaza city. it's 3:06. it appears quiet. we have seen explosions, flashes of light and loud boom. residents live in fear. there has been israeli casualties, two israeli soldiers were killed, four injured. on the other side of the fighting more than 340 palestinians have been killed and 2500 injured. israeli soldiers used bulldozers to unearth a mile-wide stretch of 13 tunnels. 95 rocket launchers were found in the sweep according to the israeli army. for the latest john hendren is on the ground in jerusalem. >> reporter: israel lost its first soldiers since the ground operation began. two were killed as palestinian fighters came out of a tunnel and across the israeli border, encountering israeli soldiers, one was a sergeant and one a major. they are the first two fighters killed in a direct confrontation with palestinian fighters. there was a friendly fire death a day earlier when an israeli tank went off, killing an israeli soldier. one palestinian was killed. the rest escaped, presumably back into the tunnel from whence they came. there has been more than 100 rockets coming out of gaza. that is significant because the number one goal of the israeli operation is to stop the rockets. it's been unsuccessful. 18 have been intercepted, four landing in palestinian tert truss. the french foreign minister met with the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu, coming out saying so far all ceasefire efforts have been unsuccessful. ban ki-moon, the united nations secretary-general will be coming on tuesday. there is much diplomatic effort going on, but so far that is the result - that the caes mire has been un -- ceasefire has been unsuccessfulful. >> do you belief the lose of life for israel will change their offensive. >> the israeli prime minister prepared the public, saying things would get tough are. the israeli military chief of staff said there would be harder times to come, references to the fact that there'd likely be israeli casualties in a ground offensive, and they were expecting this to happen. these are the first numbers. the israeli public is attached to the military. this is a draft army. nearly everybody knows a soldier. those deaths strike close to home. nevertheless, it's unlikely that in the early stages the first casualties will when the direction. we heart from binyamin netanyahu that they'd move forward. the military is on the outskirts of the city, working their way in, they are targetting rocket launchers, but they are in the city, and it's air strikes doing most of the damage. >> israel says it found more than a dozen tunnels from gaza into israel. what more do we know about them. >> there are nearly three dozen tunnels and they are going to exploit those that they believe they have found according to a military spokesman. they think they found 30 to 40% of the rockets that hamas has. that is obviously speculative. israel does not operate in gaza regularly. they may have intelligence, but they are not patrolling the streets. it's an d u kated guess at best. the hamas -- educated guess at best. they continue to fire, more than 100 an hour. it could take days to go in there, find what is in there and get it out and explode it. u.n. secretary-general bangui moon, and palestinian -- ban ki-moon and palestinian president mahmoud abbas and others will meet tomorrow. qatar received palestinian demands for a truce with israel. palestinian factions, including hamas say there must be an immediate ceasefire and israel must lift the land and sea blockades of the gaza strip. palestinians demand a rehabilitation plan be put into place. they are demanding an end to the operation brother's keeper, launched to find three missing israeli settlers, since found murdered. palestinians are asking for an end to israel's administrative detention policy. the u.n. says r50,000 res -- 50,000 residents have fled their homs. in batan hun families left belongings behind, searching for safety. stefanie dekker is there. >> reporter: death come from the air here. what you hear is the sound of a drone. this is bate han on, a border town, and no one feels safe. >> translation: every house has hundreds of people who fled their homes, no food no water. we can't go anywhere. i hope what is happening to us happens to all the arab countries, so they feel what we are made to suffer. >> reporter: israel's ground incursion terrified everyone. when we arrived we were met with people running away. >> there is panic in bate han un, we are told there's a few dead people up this road, and that there's an israeli tank that is advancing, and everyone is running back from here. what is happening is that people are dying. we see a young girl brought to the morgue. she jones her father and -- joins her father and mother in death. part of the mother's head is missing. war has no mercy. for those left loving, there's no peace. this man was pulled from the rubble of his destroyed home. he is not well - forced to join others seeking shelter with families away from the border. >> i left my house. i don't know if it will be there when i go back. my house is 200 metres away. i can't go there now. i'm in my father's house, if they come home, where will i go. the sound of artillery fire thuds through the hair. the war is having an impact on everyone. the old and the young, a fear of people trapped, and with no way out. i want to bring in nicole johnson, joining us live in gaza city. it's 3:14, we saw flashes of light in the night sky when we last spoke. set the scene for us. >> it's been a very hard night in the gaza strip. this is the toughest intense shelling that we had from the israeli side over the last few nights since the ground invasion, in nab hour hoods in the east, we spoke to some there, and they say the tank shells are hitting everything - houses, cars, streets. the people there are terrified. they feel nowhere is safe. there's nowhere they can go, they are huddled in the houses hoping to get through the night. this is happening in districts. we have heard that ambulances are not going to that area, they have been advised they should not go unless the red cross in gaza gets coordination with israeli authorities to build a - or to create a safe passage to get them in, that hasn't happened yet. the emergency crews are keeping out of those areas. >> the ministry of health says that one ambulance has been attacked and it means that the people living in those areas are on their own. >> i know residence have reported living in fear. a number of sleepless nights. you mentioned this. is there nowhere to go, no shelter or schools set up. set up to house these people. the people in those areas at the moment - they can't go. they can't get out. they say the entire area is being shelled. they can't go on to the balcony, they can't walk out the front door or go down to the street. they are staying put for tonight. many in this area, closer to the border with israel have evacuated. as you said, more than 50,000 people, this is more than the 2008/2009 gaza war left their homes and moved to about 40 - 50 different schools run by the united nations to try and take shelter. the reason is and we have been through some of these areas, speaking to people who decided to stay put. they belief nowhere is safe. you can be in a street like is ghost town, and you can drive a couple of minutes to gaza, and it's full of people. it's a small place, densely populated. many believe there's nowhere safe for them to go inside gaza. as we know, they can't get out of gaza. all the israeli borders are closed. people in here are stuck inside gaza for as long as the war continues and as long as the siege on gaza continues. >> we continue to see flashes for those that remain in pleas. what are we dealing with so far as water, electricity and basic supplies? >> that's a good question. a couple of nights ago, the information came out that six electricity lines that supply electricity to gaza from israel have been cut. so large areas close to that border area are without electricity. even in other parts of central gaza strip at the moment there's only a few hours of electricity. the other problem is that the power stations are running out of fuel. this is because israel has been closing the carrum abu salem crossing, a commercial crossing that usually brings fuel into gaza to provide fuel to the power station, so in terms of electricity in gaza, it's stuff at the moment. water is also a problem in these areas. we know that sewerage pipes have been sit and damaged. gaza has a huge amount of raw sewerage pumped into the oceans because there's not youf treatment plants and -- enough treatment plants and at the moment more is pumped into the o. >> and at this time, is this when we see most of the activity? >> yes, usually it drops off in daylight. it's in the night that most of the action goes on, and it's particularly hard. you can probably see from the pictures, to describe what is happening to our viewers, the light that you see is coming from israeli flares as they try to light up the area in the buffer zone. the buffer area is part of gaza, israel calls it a buffer zone, and it's been 800m wide. it's most of the time off limits to palestinians, even if there's not a war or conflict there are israeli incursions into that area. positioned in the buffer zone at the moment are israeli tanks and soldiers. the reports are that they are relatively close to the border. the great fear is they'll move out of the border area into the neighbourhood where most people evacuate and the big concern is they'll move further into gaza where people are living in houses and homes. a major concern. nicole johnson joining us from gaza city. as always, be safe. as the violence continues there are protests planned across the u.s. in fort lauderdale, florida, protesters are rallying in support of the palestinians. >> reporter: one of the things protesters chant are shame on you obama, kids are dying because of you. they are holding up signs of names and ages of some that have died. we spoke to people breaking their ramadan fast to find out what they feel and think about what is going on in gaza. the final moments as the last light of sun disappears, and muslims pray before breaking the ramadan faster moments of gratitude. the muslims here in florida are mindful the the palestinians in gaza are scared, hungry and may be mourning the loss of loved ones. do you feel a sense of helple helplessne helplessness? >> yes, i do. they are basically facing a force with which they have - they can't do anything. >> reporter: people spoke about solidarity and injustice. >> this is really not war. >> why isn't it? >> because war - they are fighting. those are women and children you see dying. >> several people see a bias against the palestinians in the mainstream media coverage. >> certainly there's a slant that i think detaches some of the sympathy and empathy that can be offered to palestinians in gaza. like i said, i think the tragedies are on both sides. there's empathy for the israelis, who are living through a bombardment of rocket attacks. >> they want them anhilated. it's hard to stay rational when 24/7 you have to be on guard. >> reporter: the concern is that this will never be a fair fight. >> it's a humanitarian crisis, we have to pay attention to it. no matter where ipp justice is, it will -- injustice is, it will find room in our heart of the land if we don't speak up against it. >> reporter: people know short-term political solutions desint grate. they'll do the only thing they can do, from 6500 miles away. they'll pray for peace. protests are being held today and tomorrow in dozens of other cities across the u.s. including in washington d.c., houston, chicago, and san francisco. both in favour of israel's military actioning and against. -- actions and against. [ sings ] israelis took part in demptions against -- dimensions against their own government. hundreds of peace act visits gathered in telea-viv calling on an end to the violence. >> 75-77% of victims. war are civilians. regular people. life in gaza is hell. it must be stopped. the protesters were reportedly heckled by a few israelis who supported the assault. coming up next on al jazeera america - still talking. negotiations on iran's nuclear programme continue. we look at the gaps u.s. diplomats say still exist between both sides. european leaders coming together over flight 17. why some say they need to re-evaluate their relationship with russia. >> and a challenge in congress to ensure companies like g.m. don't hide detects from the public again. welcome back, let's look a rain's nuclear -- iran's nuclear programme. talks about be extended for four months, giving them until november. the original deadline was to expire tomorrow. here is some progress that has been made. in addition to the deadline, iran will have 2.8 billion of assets unfrozen in return for diluting more of its uranium stock. major sticking point prevented the parties reaching an agreement. here is some. iran says that this week it's willing to delay development of an industrial-scale uranium enrichment programme for up to seven years. the u.s. and allies want iran to accept restrictions for at least 10 years. iran wants to keep 19,000 centrifuges already installed. >> reporter: six world powers agreed to extend the talks, a sign that progress has been made, but a final agreement remains difficult. european union foreign policy chief katherine ashton made the announcement. >> there are did not gaps on core issues requiring multi efforts. >> there was intangible progress, but warnings that conditions remain. >> we'll reconvene in different format but will reach agreement at the earliest moment. >> reporter: a statement from secretary of state john kerry says the effort is as intense as it is important. according to journalist gareth porter what isn't being said is almost as crit cam. >> i expect there to be a silence with regards to criticism of the other side. that's what we saw after the kerry, zarif talks, that's an indicator that the talks are on their way to a favourable conclusion. >> under friday's agreement the two sides will talk for another four months. during that time iran's nuclear programme will be suspended and it will have to dilute most of its uranium. in exchange it will access another $2 billion. the amount is small but important for the islamic republic. talks were held for three weeks in a convenientees -- vannees pallize. the piggest on tack -- biggest obstacle is iran wants to keep the nuclear programme. it sees the programme as national pride and national security. world powers want proof that the enrichment programme is peaceful and worry the threat a uranium bomb will impose to neighbours. the fact that the sides are speaking and reporting progress is a huge change. the last-minute negotiations is a sign of how hard reaching sa deal will be. joining us for more analysis is a professor of middle eastern history at college here in new york. good to have you with us much. thank you. >> does the 4-month extension change the game moving forward. >> no, i think it's optimistic. i think they are close to agreement. the obama administration has really achieved what it set out to do. if you look back before, there was talk about stopping iran having a break out or break through ability to create a bomb very quickly. for the last 10 years, in fact, the hype is that iran is so close that it will - in a year it will have a bomb, the year goes by, there is no bomb. and the bomb administration really came in saying that it wanted to make sure that there would be no break out capability. this was achieved actually in the negotiations. by getting iran to actually reduce its amount of enriched uranium, having more inspections. this is basically given assurance to the bomb administration that iran does no longer have a break out. >> to the obama administration. >> yes. >> it can't be sitting well with the u.s. congress. that's the problem. they would have got a deal two days ago. both sides have to worry about their own problems at home. here congress - the problem with congress is they are trying to offer demands and what congress might be doing, from the iranian point of view and moving the goalpost. that's what the right wing in iran warned, that the u.s. is not interested in nuclear negotiations, they are using it as a wedge to bridge down islamic republic. they feel the demand are too aggressive. every time they meet the demands. this is what the obama administration avoids. they've been clear cut in what they want. they have brought in the issues that congress wants to bring in. with the extension, do you see the u.s. legislation imposing sanctions down the road. >> other issues - other issues for the nuclear discussions the. they'll discuss what's on the table. >> the former iranian president and candidate is president of the american council, joining us from kiev ukraine. good to have you with us. another four months to fine tune the details. what do you make of it? >> i don't think the issue is time or lack of time. the issue is a core issue. that's the enrichment capacity of iran. the level that is acceptable to the united states is far less than what the islamic republic is looking for. the islamic republic is looking for an industrialist enrichment capacity that can fuel at least the nuclear power plant in bush air. they really want iran to have a symbolic enrichment programme. and not industrial. i don't believe that the issue was the lack of time. and i don't believe the four months would solve the problem. >> iran's new government exists. the country has a right to develop a nuclear energy programme including the production of atomic fuel. it begs the question - does it? >> yes, but the problem is this - the problem is the lack of trust. the fact is if the islamic republic intend to build bombs, no amount of inspection, like north korea will stop it. i think the united states must make a did i say, whether it can trust islamic republic or not. if it cannot, it's a different issue. not the timing. they came, build the trust, change the nature of the relationship. then they can make an agreement. so i don't think the issue is time, i don't think the issue - even is the level of the capacity, but that the trust, the lack of trust and the lack of trust makes the united states insist on a lesser capacity than the - than iran media wants, and, of course, iran also distrust the united states when it says "we will provide you with the fuel from outside." that is you can import. then again, that's the issue. when the issue says the beginning, and all of this agreement that had been made, which had been said to be very progressive and good, great. >> how much of a problem are hardliners on both sides? >> i'm sorry? >> how much of a problem are hard liners on both sides of the issue. at this point i don't think it's a hard liner. i think president obama, president kelly - the fact is the two sides, regardless of what the hardliners are saying are far apart. i don't think that mr kelly said iran can have an industrial enrichment capacity. i don't believe mr zarif has ever accepted iran having a symbol k fuk leer enrichment -- nuclear enrichment programme. regardless of what hard liners are saying behind the scope. i believe those in the frost of the negotiation do not have their heart on a deal. that is mutually beneficial, win, win, and that each side is trying to defeat the other side, and i think as long as that win-lose game continues and the distrust stands. i don't think they'll get any, regardless of four or so months or 1 hunt years. >> your thoughts? >> i don't agree with my friend. when he puts the wall mark on trust, that is difficult. i don't think governments by nature trusts other governments. that's why the u.s. is monitoring the german chancellor, president's phone conversations, usually there's a certain amount of distrust. i don't think it's a question of trust or distrust. it's a question of what is the other side capable of doing. the u.s. wouldn't trust iran with industrial capability. but that's, i think, what the soup ream leader in iran -- supreme leader is talking about. that's a long-term plan, not something that iran wants right away, is industrial capability of producing that much uranium. the action - the bush air plant is going to be supplied by the russians with enough ukranian for seven years. the question will come after seven years, where does the uranium come from. that's when iran would be more interested getting guarantees from the united states. >> the iranians expressed willingness to form joint ventures with foreign countries. >> or have it in iran but supervised. it would be impossible for iran to produce the uranium, but to be supervised was not channelled to other uses but going to bush air. >> after almost so months of negotiation where do we stand. we stand where we started, except iran has given up its 20% enrichment uranium in exchange for $2 billion money from the u.s. became it's sold 20% for $2 billion. that's all they achoeffed. let's -- achieved. let's put to this way. moving forward, i think the united states want, of course, that 19,000 or 10,000 centrifuges to be reduced to 5,000. 7,000 leaves iran with a symbolic enrichment programme. mr kerry has been clear saying that 10,000 is too much. well, if that is what he is saying, where - i think to compromise, i don't know. >> remember, also, iran is a revolutionary country, within the united states. mr hassan rouhani calls himself a revolutionary, not a diplomat. he was the guy who actually came out and put the secret talks on the table. >> let me ask you this: what does a solid nuclear agreement look like? >> the silent - that iran gets an enrichment programme that provides the fuel needed and the united states get a deal that will make iran - for iran impossible to build a bomb. that is a good deal. no bomb. but enrichment programme capable of fuelling at least one nuclear plant. that's where they cannot agree. the problem is they can't trust each other. you have a revolution between the two countries, that never trusted, like the united states, which have never liked the revolution. with all due respect, i like him a lot, and i trust him a lot. and i know he's a scholar. i don't think you can lock out the lack of tru.. i spent seven years in the relationship, and the mutual lack of trust always came up. i don't believe that moving forward in the next four months, that it would develop trust. i don't believe that the problem was timing. that the amount of time they needed. they could have another 10 months. we would come 10 months, five months, four months down the rod. they'd be here and talk about it. >> with a smile, your thoughts. >> if there was a question of trust, there'd never be negotiations to start with. things could have continued from worse to worse, eventually a war. both sides know that war is not in the interests of either side. i don't think it's a question of trust, but in pragmatic politics. what can you get in dealing with the negotiations. i said optimistically as soon as you talk figures, you negotiate and put down how many centrifuges, the other side puts another, and you can come to a bargain and make a settlement. that bridges the problem of a lack of trust. and the fact that they've been moving that way, i think, is - light is at the end of the tonne 'em. will we have a deal this year? >> i suspect so. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you both. we appreciate both our guests joining us. thank you again. still ahead on al jazeera america - outrage over flight 17. stronger action against russia over the situation in ukraine is being considered. remembering the 298 victims of the flight mh17 disaster. there are memorial services farned the world, one -- around the world, one taking pleas in sydney australia. it is sunday morning. tony abbott at the service of st. mary's cathedral. 36 australian citizens lost their lives on that flight. investigators are working hard to find out what happened to the downed malaysia airlines flight. they have been pushing for better access to the crash site. monitoring teams were allowed to recover bodies, after allegations that separatists were tampering with evidence. moscow denies involvement, pushing the finger at kiev's military. phil ittner is in london with more on the international reaction. >> european leaders have been calling one another and vladimir putin and the kremlin and the russian foreign ministry throughout the day. we do know that several conversations revolve around trying to convenience vladimir putin to put pressure on the russian separatists in eastern ukraine, to allow a safe corridor, so that proper aviation and criminal experts can get in there and figure out what may have really brought down the plane. not least of which also to recover the bod yes. that's a major issue, especially for the dutch. speaking of the dutch. we know that there was a phone call today between the dutch foreign minister, and the british foreign minister david cameron, in which they came to a consensus that this event may mean na the e.u. -- that the e.u. has to reconsider its relationship with russia - strong language. grk has been on -- angela merkel has been on the phone with vladimir putin. varies other leaders are in communication. all are first and foremost concerned getting vet juniors with the proper -- investigators with proper skill sets to the crash site, to try to figure out what caused the tragedy six killed on flight mh17 were on their way to an aids conference. scientists and activists paid tribute in melbourne. among the passengers was crystal langhorne and glenn thomas, spokesman for the world health organisation , based in geneva. >> we discussed this among ourselves, friend and colleagues. what we agreed, and we had a consensus, everyone agreed, that the colleagues that we lost are people that committed their lives and work to h.i.v. aids, and they'd want the conference to go forward. and they would want us to have them in our hearts during the conference. >> officials say they don't know how many of those victims from going to the conference. >> we'll take a look at the international aids conference tomorrow and invite you to join us for the sunday segment "the week ahead". still ahead - 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let's talk weather with rebecca. >> yes, weather is a big problem. there's strong winds in parts of oregon, washington. washington state, smoke from the wildfires is so thick and heavily it's extended 400 miles into parts of montana, bringing the air quality down. it's bad for folks why heart and lung disease. coming up, where the fires are causing the biggest problem. that is next. presents... holy money only on al jazeera america the largest wildfire in washington state history is growing. hot weather and high winds pushed the fire over ridge tops, towards a cluster of small towns towards north-east seattle. 100,000 have been forced it fully their homes. over 100 homs have been destroyed. what are they up again? >> we were hoping for a little rain out of this. it is not amounting to anything, except north of the canadian border. as the system moves through, it is enplaning the -- enhancing the smoke. this is looking north-west wards towards the cascades. it's a complex, a complex of a number of fires that joined together to form this giant area of burning timber, grass, brush, and the smoke coming across the state and a temperature of 90 degrees. they are cooling. they are slowly cooling off. the winds are gusting up to 30 miles per hour in the vicinity of the fire. instead of coming out the north-west, they are out of the south, south-west. now we have the problem of the fire approaching and pushing up into the cascades into antoine lake. temperatures only very slowly cooling in this area of fears. you can see the number is immense. we look at the complex of fires. and this is just this complex alone. over 215 acres are burning. >> the satellite shows where the cloud is moving through, and a plume of smoke moving to the east. low temperatures warm in the area, in the eastern side, central portion of washington state. in the meantime, typhoon is what we are looking at as we look into china. they have a new one developing, moving towards taiwan. >> thank you, thank you for joining us, that's all the time we have at this hour. i'm thomas drayton in new york. i'll be back with another hour of news at 11:00pm eastern. we look at australia, sydney australia, where there's a memorial service premirememberie victims. flight mh17. 37 australians lost their lives. the islamic state group targeted the west for recruitment. we bring you to a north american that bout the pitch and died fighting. wajahat ali in for antonio mora, those stories and mar ahead. sh -- more ahead. >> syria's president bashar al-assad is starting his third term after a victory last month. men deponents dismissed it has a sham. >> bashar al-assad says western and arab states will pay the price for terrorism. a

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