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though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. right now it is only an agreement on paper, it won t bring a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling cessation of abilities in syria beginning a week from now. one of the priorities will be delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and villages, our diplomatic editor james base reports from munich. 19 delegations and sponsors of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track but the most important meeting happens several hours earlier on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel. this is where russian foreign minister sergei fedorov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry came face-to-face and if you look at those faces you can tell from the very start this was a difficult meeting. the russians proposed a ceasefire from march the first but the u.s. said that would mean thre ....
workers. we meet orphans caught up in the fighting in eastern ukraine even though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. sports story this friday six months ahead of the rio olympics one of the most successful countries kenya could find itself ban from the games. right now it s only an agreement on paper and won t result in a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling a cessation of hostilities in syria beginning in a week s time. one priority is delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and cities and james base reports from munich. reporter: 19 delegations the sponsors of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track. but the most important meeting happens several hours early on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel, this is where russian foreign minister sergei fedorov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry cam ....
the fighting in eastern ukraine, even though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. a u.n. task force on syria is set to meet in geneva to bring relief to thousands caught in the conflict following an agreement by world powers in munich to put an end to the civil war. the leaders agreed to halt has stilts within a week, but armed groups, isil and al-nusra front are not included in the deal. the deal includes the deliver of human aid in besieged towns and villages. all this will be monitored by the task force by russia and united states but r.b.i. is pressing on with air raids on cities including homs. we are a report from the syrian border. rebel fighters understand the need to hold ground on this front line. if they are defeated, the syrian government and allies will be one step closer to aleppo city where tens of thousands live. after losing much territory in this northern province, the opposition is trying to prevent its stronghold inside syria s second largest ....
good morning and welcome for your world, i m del walters. i m stephanie sy and no response from syria to try to end the fighting there and secretary of state john kerry and counterpart sergei fedorov reached a deal late last night. not take in effect until next week and may not stop the bombing in the country but the temporary plan could have a long-term end to syria civil war and provide much needed humanitarian aid. we are chairing the ceasefire component, the ceasefire ultimately, not at this moment but the objective is to achieve a durable, long-term ceasefire at some point in time. reporter: important rebel coalition welcoming the deal this morning and they say if the fighting actually stops it will go back to the negotiating table in geneva. al jazeera s jamie mcintyre is live for us at the pentagon this morning and what does this deal do and what does it not do? well del if you woke up in syria this morning you might not notice much difference and, in f ....
abusive behavior. also this hour. farmers fight with police in athens, furious about being forced to pay taxes. kenyan athletics in a race against time. they face expulsion from the olympics, if it doesn t prove that it is tackling doping. it s hoped that food, medicine, and shelter will be delivered a week from now to syrians who are desperate for aid after an agreement between word powers. the deal was reached after marathon talks in germany, but there won t be a complete ceasefire or end to russian bombing. russian air strikes reportedly killed 18 people in homs. we have correspondent covering all signeds of this story. first let s go to zana hoda. zana, tell us first how this agreement is being received. will the forces on the ground agree to a cessation of hostilities? reporter: well many syrians will welcome any agreement that will relieve the suffering on the ground. there is a humanitarian crisis, and it s not just the people who were recently displace ....