Everybody. Im andy schoen holtz. Our students represent Asylum Seekers and deportation hearings. And actually handle a case from beginning to end for Asylum Seekers all over the world. My colleague pfizer saed is well and dina sharouk may be here. We have three lawyers each semester, 12 students, the clinic has been doing this for i guess 24 years. I think phil started the asylum part of this in 1995. We also have courses on immigration and refugee law as well as we started last year to send volunteers to texas to the two major detention facilities that are housing women with children, detaining women and children to help prepare the women for a credible fear interviews and to do other work to assist the families. And we are sending two groups again, 14 volunteers, we went to break and spring break down there, thanks to a georgetown alum who has funded that travel and we have a human rights bracket couple that has engaged on these issues for years. This year its looking at the root cau
After the cyclone. Venezuelans are encouraged to grow their own food to combat shortages. Syria has suffered two devastating sets of explosions in just 24 hours. In the first homs was hit. At least 46 people were killed and more than 100 injured in one of the deadliest attacks to date in governmentheld city. Hours later a southern suburb of damascus was hit by a number of explosions killing at least 83 and injuring dozens. It came as Government Forces captured 31 villages in the aleppo province in the north from the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. There has been an agreement reached on russia in terms of a ceasefire. Our correspondent more from the Turkish Border with syria and some of the images in her report might be upsetting. Reporter two separate attacks, both involving multiple explosions and just hours apart in two governmentcontrolled districts in syria. One in both incidents simultaneous explosions left civilians killed and injured and in both nashdz communities who are
Plus tonight i am suspending my campaign bowing out by jeb bush from the u. S. Presidency were closer to a ceasefire than we have been. That was the message from the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and jordans foreign minister as they spoke earlier about syria. Kerry said that the u. S. And russia have reached a provincial agreement about a pause in fighting which could begin in the coming days. What we have agreed on provisionally, i wont go into the details of it, because it needs to be consulted fully with the other parties and, as i said, our hope is that the two president s will talk as soon as that is appropriate and then we proceed forward to the implementation. Why is it important to do this . Somebody asked me the other day. Why not have the ceasefire tomorrow morning . You know, why wait a week . Because a ceasefire requires an understanding of obligations. You have to be specific about who is doing what, about what is required of each, and if you want to have a ceasefire
Votes. Also, a lament for crimeastartars. An unlikely entry to the euro vision contest. In sport, chelsea are into the quarter finals. Manchester city sides 51 as the manage are maintains unbeat be runs in the competition. The syrian cities of homms and damascus have been hit by multiple bomb blasts. At least 75 people are killed and more than 100 others injured in the area of homm. Home to many members of the assads allowhite sect. A southern suburb was hit by a number of explosions killing 30 people. The socalled Islamic State of the iraq in the levant has claimed responsibility for that attack. Those governments,thy 31 villages. This as u. S. Secretary of state john kerry said he reached a professional grooment with russia in terms of a ceasefire. Zeina has more on the turkish border. You may find some images in her report upsetting. Two separate attacks, both involving multiple explosions and just hours apart in two government controlled districts in syria. The other, the other all
Campaign. Bowing out, deep pedigree and deep pocketed donors were not enough for jeb bushs campaign for the u. S. Presidency. Hello, at least 46 people have been killed in a twin blast in the syrian city of homs, thats on the same day john kerry said a ceasefire was closer than it had ever been. The u. S. Secretary of state was in jordan and he said that washington and moscow have made a plan for a pause in fighting, which could begin in the coming days. Zeina hodor has the latest. It was an attack in the heart of homs, the government held city in central syria. Two near simultaneous explosions killed and injured dozens, many women and children. The neighborhood is the same sect as president bashar al assad. It has seen similar attacks in the past, but sundays bombing is being described as the worst. Over the years, the government has managed to regain control of much of the city from the opposition but bombings like these are a reminder that a military solution wont end the war. There