Europes first black leader, after winning the welsh labour leadership election. The outgoing First Minister, mark drakeford, will step down from the post next week. Mr gething was born in zambia and is a former solicitor. In his acceptance speech, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. Like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that,
now we re getting reports that iran is playing a key role in keeping the dictator, bashar assad, in power. leland visit earth is live in jerusalem with more. reporter: we ve now learned that syria s certainly a prize worth fighting for. we have al-qaeda involved, the syrian opposition, that s who s putting out those amateur videos that are so tough to watch, and then you have the syrian government backed up by a lot of foreign powers, and now we re learning those foreign powers are giving the syrian government a lot of help. to syria s west, thousands of highly-trained, well-armed and dedicated hezbollah fighters. to syria s east, its longtime ally, iran, with its thousands of revolutionary guard members. western intelligence sources tell fox news both groups are now more focused than ever to keep longtime ally syrian