It said late last month that it was cutting ties with al qaeda. Russian media reports say this is the first time the Russian Military has used an Iranian Military base to launch air raids in syria. Russian officials explained that flying bombers from iran will save fuel. The head of irans Supreme National security council, Ali Shamkhani told the staterun news agency that iran and russia enjoy strategic cooperation in the fight against terrorism in syria and share their facilities and capacities. He indicated that iran will work with russia and syria until they destroy the Islamic State militants and other groups. Myanmars defactor leader will begin a fourday official visit to china on wednesday for talks with chinese leaders that both sides are pinning high hopes on. The myanmar state counselor and foreign minister will visit the country. Shes expected to seek chinese cooperation for a peaceful settlement of the civil war with rebel groups from the countrys ethnic minorities. China has
Though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. Right now it is only an agreement on paper, it wont 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 facetoface 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 three weeks more aerial b
Desperate scenes in a greek refugee camp. Government hopes to end in two weeks. The u. N. Human rights chief has described the conflict in south sudan as one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world. A damning report describes children and disabled being born alive and fighters being allowed to rape women instead of being paid. Reporter rebel and Government Forces are responsible, but government fighters are more to blame. The report says that armed group have targeted women, children, the disabled, rape and abuse of the helpless have become webs of war. Sexual violence was routine and gave one particularly gruesome example. A young man came and talked with the guy who was beating her. Stop beating this old lady. Gets go and rape some young on ones. In 2011 the president accused his Vice President of plotting a coup and sacked him. Muchar is now leader of the rebel forces and many of the atrocities took place in his home region. War crimes were alleged by the u. N. I
The city. Scuffles between supporters and protesters force donald trump to call off a rally in chicago. And computer 3, human 0 in a landmark moment for Artificial Intelligence. Syrias government has confirmed it will take part in talks to end the war which are due to start in geneva on monday, but warned they will wait only 24 hours for the opposition to turn up. They ruled out discussion of president ial elections and were critical of envoys who said he wanted a vote to take place in 18 months time. We have the latest now from geneva. Both main sides now say theyre coming to geneva for the talks. The confirmation for the government coming from the deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister. He made it clear that the role for president assad was not up for discussion. We are adamant on holding the integrity and sovereignty of syria as one state. At least this is what has been reiterated by the international documents. Including those who would resolve the situation in syria. Those com
In japan marks a moment five years ago when an earthquake triggered a devastating tsunai that killed thousands. Will find out if the doping ban will be lifted ahead of the games. The u. N. s human rights chief has described the conflict in south sudan as one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world, a damning u. N. Reports describes children and disabled burned alive and not being paid. Reporter the suffering in the worlds newest country defies belief, a report put together by the u. N. Human Rights Office goes into details of atrocities in south sudan since conflict began in december of 2013 and says both sides are responsible but Government Forces were most to blame last year. Between april and september the u. N. Recorded more than 1,300 ports of rape in just one of south sudans states. The oil rich unity state. The report says credible sources indicate that Government Forces are being allowed to rape women as a type of payment. One woman told the u. N. Team she h