medical supplies and help rebuild hospitals. then noam chomsky on the crisis in the middle east and how the us rejected a peace proposal in syria five years ago. bethe wesest would not excepted, not just united states, france, england, the united states, refused to even consider it. at the time, they believed they could overthrow assad. the war went on. could it have worked? we would never know for sure, but it could have been pursued. amy: we will speak with a world-renowned linguist and political dissident noam chomsky about syria, israel, venezuela, the possible rise of fascism in the u.s., and his new book requiem for the american dream: the 10 principleles of concentration of wealth & power. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in syria, the death toll has risen from a suspected chemical weapons attack in the northern province of idlib. at least 72 people have died, including 20 children.
reporter: i m with all the day s sport at the world top two tennis players are battling it out. andy murray is hoping to overcome his nemesis and six time champion novak djokovic just hours after arriving for talks aimed at ending syria s war, the main opposition group is threatening to walk away. delegates from the high negotiation committee wants prisoner released and an end to the bombing of civilians before they will sit down at the table. we re live in geneva in a moment. the united nations wants the negotiations to last for about six months and the first priority would be a ceasefire. they would later work towards a political assessment to a war that has killed more than 250,000 people. ultimately they want a transitional government which would lead the country to free elections. the opposition also wants aid convoys to be given all rebel-held besieged areas where tens of thousands of civilians are suffering in dire conditions. we have full coverage with our diploma
convince their country it has nothing to fear from the hijab. just hours after arriving for talks aimed at ending syria s war, the opposition group is threatening to walk away. delegates from the high negotiating committee wants prisoners released and an end to the bombing of civilians before they sit down at the table. here is a reminder of what these talks are trying to achieve. the u.n. wants the negotiations to last about six months and the first priority would be a ceasefire. later they work towards a political settlement to a war that has killed more than 250,000 people. ultimately they want a transitional government which would lead the country to free elections. they want aid convoys to be given access to all rebel-held besieged areas where tens of thousands of syrians are suffering in dire conditions. we have full coverage with our diplomatic editor james bays and another in talking to syrians. first to james. what is happening there right now in geneva with the talk
from rural areas consist of the spine twenty twenty with pledges to reduce the quality of living. as for joining us for this update on cctv new design it with baking russian president of india person has signed an agreement in moscow to formalize crimea is absorption into the russian federation. the speech of russia s parliament. he insisted crimea has always been a part of russia president putin told the audience of russian lawmakers and funny and leaders that the region s a weekend referendum on joining russia was legal and convincing that we theory as our top story from oscar louisiana. ecusa. let s deal with the village mid eighteen seventies the stylings of bowing to international pressure and twenty a quite heal the sick the president have to limit the freedom it seems to incorporate the beach is a routine he said. as always the martian going to get the order to understand the choices i mean people it is sufficient to know the history of crimea to know what russia meant
and israel launching more air strikes on gaza. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is pushing for a week long truce to begin on sunday. the gaza health ministry says 883 people have been killed, close to 6,000 wounded. 40 israelis have been killed most of them soldiers. john vauss is in jerusalem for us. he joins us now with the latest and again, john, they re hoping for 12 hours of peace but that smoke over gaza and these live pictures could be some sort of ominous look at what may be ahead. well, look, both sides have said they will honor this cease fire, the israelis though making note if hamas does violate the deal, then they will hit back hard. but right now, the clock s ticking. hope for the best that maybe this fighting will ease up 12 hours of calm. something gaza has not seen for 19 days now. as you said, just right till the very last moment, there were explosions in gaza. three very big explosions in the northern part of gaza just at least a dozen others we