that speaker john boehner met with the president to discuss the officials of the fiscal cliff. we re just days before the congress and the white house has to hammer out a deal or everyone s going to suffer the consequences. emily, what have you learned about today s meeting? allison we know that today s meeting was not on the schedule today. so that means we have to rely on the word from the white house deputy press secretary and a congressional staffer which happens to be the exact same words. they released two separate statements, both identical and this is the statement. it says this afternoon the president and speaker boehner met at the white house to discuss efforts to resolve the fiscal cliff. we re not reading out details of the constitution, but the lines of communication remain. on wednesday, you ll remember a source familiar with the conversation said they did speak by phone, at that point it was the first time in a week they had done so. no reported breakthrough
hello, i m adrian finnegan, in doha, with a summary of the news on al jazeera and historic agreement has been reached between lebanon, israel, on a disputed maritime board up. the pact was broken by the us, both sides say that it satisfies all of their requirements. but smith has the latest. israel s prime minister jala pete has called it on historic agreement. he said it strengthens israel security injects billions into israel s economy and ensures the stability of the northern border. there was a little bit of a hiccup last week when 11 on wanted some changes to definitions of what the boys that israel was put in place along in the c along. it s bought a board or what those boys will be described as and over royalty payments. from a gas field that struggles the israel 11 on board, but it seems somehow they ve come to an agreement on, on the definitions for these. and so israel will now have a security cabinet meeting on wednesday. and then it has to go to supreme, the high
code. 3 is a life and it s my job to shed light on how and why moon hello there. i m julie mcdonald in london with our top story is currently on al jazeera, you and has join nato, v u. s. and the you in condemning wave of russian missile attacks on ukrainian cities, including the capital, keep calling them another unacceptable escalation. in the near 9 months war, ukraine says at least 14 people were killed since the attacks you as president joe biden has promised to supply ukraine with advanced air defense systems for his challenge reports now from 2. a quiet monday morning in the capital key if and then this not an isolated strike. this was one of multiple missile salvos launched to the city. fathers hit the chef jenko district, which includes the historic old town as well as government offices. a busy intersection in front of the main building, a key of university. it was rush hour and the people driving to work the court in the inferno. this is the park nearby. key if was
do what you deserve with me. so robin doha, reminder of our top news stories haiti s government is appealing for international armed forces to intervene as the security situation continues to deteriorate, gangs, and protested of paralyzed the country, causing the humanitarian crisis to spiral out of control. the caribbean nation has effectively ground to a whole since gangs blockaded the main fuel terminal 4 weeks ago. now they re refusing to leave until a prime minister ariel re steps down. there are major shortages of petrol and food, and also bottled water, which is fueling a cholera outbreak. maria sanchez has more from the meeting of the organization of american states in lima, former and foreign minister, john victoria. news made a pre here because he said that the economic situation in haiti is catastrophic. as he put it, explained to 2 members of the lead up to gang controlling as a fuel piece. one steel terminal, which is causing great havoc in tv because it s affect
hello there, i m the socio tando hall with the top stories here on al jazeera. now this is nobel peace prize has been awarded to a jail that beller russian activist and to human rights organizations. one russian, one ukrainian, alice b l, yet scheme, russian human rights re memorial and the ukrainian organization. the center of the civil liberties were hailed by the committee for their efforts. they have so many is promoted the right to criticized power and protect the from the mental right of citizens. they haven t made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. together. they demonstrate the significance of civil society poor piece and democracy turn the hall has worn out from awfully very russ anderson, the chairperson of the 5 person committee appointed by the norwegian parliament that makes this decision stopped speaking a short while ago after taking some questions from the media one individual to organizations named as the