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we ll tell you why. the u.n. says it has delivered its first air drop of aid to the besieged town of deir al-zour. there have also been developed in the planned cessation of hostilities in syria agreed by russia and the u.s. can moscow confirming that it started negotiations with rebel groups in the country. and there is evidence the ypg are coordinating with the syrian government and the russian air force. the group has previously been helped by the u.s. to push isil forces out of northern syria. james bayes is at the united nations in new york. tell us a bit more about this first air drop of aid. reporter: well, this is important, because the town of dare deir al-zour is effectively cut off by isil. and this is the first time the u.n. has brought aid in from the air. any delivery at this point is not just to help the desperately needy people in those areas, it is also to try to encourage the peace process, because they want to get peace talks started again nex ....
the u.n. says it has encountered technical difficulties dropping aid to the town of darazar. it has been develops in th develop there has been developments in the planned cessation, in the last hour the syrian kurdish fighters, the ypg has said they will abide by the cessation of the hostilities. there s lots to talk about. let s go to more what is happening. let s speak with james bays as the u.n. in new york. so the world food program saying they ve had technical difficulties. we have no idea what the difficulties were. there is statements that they re having meetings on the ground with their partners that they would make a drop. it is clear that they did drop aid in deir al-zour, so we have to speck bait what was the problem. did the aid go to the wrong people, to the wrong place. remember in is a place surrounded by isil. i don t want to speck bait very further because we re getting limited information from the united nations but earlier on we were told this is ....
from traveling to lebanon. and coming up later in sports. sepp blatter and michel platini have their bans from football reduced from eight years to six. the u.n. says that it has delivered its first drop of aid to th a besieged syrian town. the trucks were unable to reach the town last week because of isil-controlled territory. there has been a development in the planned cessation treaty. and the last hour the syrian kurdish fighters, the ypg said at a the they will abidely the cessation of hostilities. we have more now on the latest developments. as a meeting of the u.n. security council to discussed humanitarian situation in syria, the stinging criticism of the syrian government of delaying and blocking aid to besieged areas from the u.n. humanitarian chief stephen o brien, they were putting bureaucratic obstacles in the way. he had a rare bit of good news about the town in syria. earlier this morning a wef plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tons of items into ....
first, the u.n. says it has encountered technical difficulties in an air drop of aid to the besieged syrian town, aid drugs also couldn t reach the town last week because it s surrounded by isil-controlled territory. there have been developments as well on the planned cessation of hostilities in syria. russia has confirmed it started negotiation with his rebel groupings and sear i can t s main opposition group, the hnc says it will accept the deal for two weeks. also just hours ago syrian kurdish fighters the y.p.g. said they would abide by the cessation of hostilities. our diplomatic editor james ways reports from the united nations. reporter: at the security council there was stinging criticism of the syrian regime. the u.n. s humanitarian chief told ambassadors the government had delayed aid delivery to his the besieged town and blocked until no now assistants. the number, scope and, complexity of bureaucratic and other or identicals that is placed in the pat ....
test. reporter: i m with the sport. delegates arrive in sweats lands ahead of friday s vote for a new president. the current one is said to stay away after losing his appeal from having his ban from all football over turn we begin in syria where government forces are reported to have taken a strategic town. it is 50 kilometers south-east of the battleground of aleppo. it had been controlled by i.s.i.l. the government forces were supported by russian air strikes. u.n. says it is trying to crackdown 21 tons of aid which it tried to air drop to syrian civilians. they attempted to drop pallets from the air after aid trucks were not able to reach the town last week. it was surrounded by i.s.i.l. controlled territory. james bays reports. reporter: at the security council there was stinging criticism of the syrian regime. the u.n. s humanitarian chief told ambassadors the government it delayed aid deliveries to the besieged town and blocked until now assistance to anothe ....