Young people in afghanistan, air strikes putting them in hospital. How an Old Technology is staying relevant in a rapidly changing world. Top story this hour, the syrian president Bashar Alassad has vowed to defeat the rebels and retake control of the entire country. His comments were made public less than a day from announcing a meeting for syrian ceasefire. We have any believed in political negotiations since the beginning of this crisis. However if we negotiate it doesnt mean we stop fighting terrorism. The two are inevitable in syria. First through negotiations and second through fighting terrorism. Zeina khodr is on the border with syria. Clearly, the syrian president speaking from a position of strength. Last july he was an embattled leader. He made an admission that the army is suffering from a lack of manpower and what he also said was the army is forced to he concentrate on the crucial territories, core territories, damascus, political seat of power and alawite, territory, and
Away from a ceasefire. Mutual security and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Human dignity including respect for human rights and Developments Development that is sustainable. That ththat is our vision. President obama hoation hoste first asean meeting on United States soil. Former haitian Prime Minister lau renlaurent mament tells al a what needs to be done to end the chaos. This is al jazeera america, good evening im Roxana Saberi in for antonio mora. We begin in syria, where intensive air strikes hit syria and killed about 50 civilians. The white house condemned bombings being blamed on russian air strikes. Action goes against the spirit of the end of hostility agreement signed last week. Turkey says russia provided cover for kurdish rebels to capture a key town near border and syrian president Bashar Alassad today expressed skepticism about the cessation of hostilities agreement. Translator until now we hear them requesting a ceasefire within a week. Okay, who is capable of brin
Demands in court for the South African president to resume millions spent on doing up his home. Robin adams here with the sport. Plenty to update on you include liverpools replay with west ham. Thousands of fans line the streets of denver to celebrate their super bowl champions the brancos. We have the very latest from that massive victory parade coming up later on in the program. Well, russias foreign minister is now saying that his country has proposed what is being called a concrete plant to resolve the syrian crisis. Sergei lavrov said the propose is now being studied by washington but the u. S. Secretary of state has says russias airstrikes on aleppo and the crowning region are making it harder to hold talks with moscow. There is no question, and i have said this before publically, that russias activities in aleppo and the region right now are making it much more difficult to be able to come to the table and be able to have a serious conversation. And we have called on russia and
The cosmos as sig as einstein ws proved right about Gravitational Waves. Hello, we start with renewed effort to his revive the floundering talks in syria with diplomats gathering in germany ahead of the proposed meeting between the government and rebels later this month. The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are hosting the talks in munich, a ceasefire to begin on the 1st of march has suggested by russia but the u. S. Wants it to begin immediately. Meanwhile ago there is continued fighting with near the border of turkey. Turkish fighters captured an air base that was originally controlled by the syrian pill military it was it was ceased by rebel. Nato as has agreed to send troops to stop smuggling. James, we have been waiting for this News Conference for sometime now. Do we know whether its afternoon live going to go ahead this evening . Reporter well, i think it is. I think we have to hear from someone about what this meeting has achieved or
Needed to change in order for relations to improve. The other important thing that was raised was the possibility of saudi getting involved still further in the syrian conflict because, of course, saudi jets have now massed in the air base and the saudi authorities have indicated their willingness to take part in any kind of ground operation, but there the foreign minister said that when the Coalition Led by the United States would make a decision with regard to ground operations, then saudi arabia would be willing to take part. He said that was a decision yet to be made. Thats the basic lines coming out of that News Conference between the Saudi Foreign minister and the swiss foreign minister. Minister. And turkey has been shelling syria for a second day. These are the latest pictures we have from outside the town where kurdish fighters pushed out rebels from a former military air base, ankara wants fighters from the armed group to withdraw from areas near the border with turkey. The U