refugees demand a way through to northern europe. plus. reporter: i m in l.a., a world away from west africa and yet a lot of people here are talking about ebola at the moment. find out why shortly our top story this our, a ceasefire has been agreed for syria which should come into effect on saturday. they now have three days to finalise the practicalities. it follows a conversation between obama and putin. all sides are standing by their preconditions. reporter: for almost five years the death toll has mounded. every day there has been blood shet and atrocities. now the latest attempt to bloodshed end all of that. the two countries have been working on plans for a lull in the violence since a meeting in munich earlier this month. russian foreign minister lavrov had wanted a ceasefire from march 1. u.s. secretary of state john kerry argued that will allow russia more time for bombing to change the situation on the ground, but ever since that meeting there has been del
layoffs. state leaders say once the dow- dupont merger is complete, the company will still have a presence in iowa. 51:21 iowa was successful in all the company as to why iowa should be the location for this global business center for seed and biotechnology they hoped dow-dupont would locate its company headquarters in johnston. instead. they selected wilmington, delaware. johnston will become home to the company s research and development branch thanks to millions of dollars in state and local tax breaks.. 4:53:58 so when you look at what iowa maintained, and what it s going to be able to do in the future as far as modest in getting this deal done. here s a look at the deal. in exchange for maintaining 500 research and development jobs. dow-dupont will get 16-million dollars in state aid. 2-million will come in the form of a forgivable loan. the rest is from tax credits. the city of johnston sweetened the deal by adding on to the tax break the company already receives. 5:
rebels. 60,000 syrian kurds cross into turkey, trying to outround i.s.i.l. killers. ploughs. i m andrew thomas in fiji, a country celebrating the release of 45 of its soldiers in syria. why does fiji contribute so many soldiers to u.n. peacekeeping missions around the world? hello. in the coming hours afghanistan s rival president s expected to sign a power sharing deal outlining the terms of the unity government, following a stand off over june s election results. ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah s team accuse the other of fraud. jennifer glasse joins us live from kabul. what more do we know about the details of this, and how much - how power will be shared here? hassam, there are two different agreements. the political deal, which really divides what this new unity government will look like. it will include - the winner of the elections will be president. abdullah abdullah s team considered that that would be ashraf ghani, and the runner-up is c.e.o., chief execut
the victims of the westgate shopping mall siege. i m andrew thomas in fiji, a country celebrating the release of 45 of its soldiers in syria. why does fiji contribute so many soldiers to u.n. peacekeeping missions around the world. afghanistan s two rival presidential candidates signed a power sharing agreement which may end months of political stalemate. the country has been without a president since elections in june. ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah sealed the deal in the last few month. jennifer glasse has been mon forking event in kabul. this monitoring event in kabul. this deal comes months after a political stalemate. any more details on how it will work? it spells out the powers for the two men. it s a unity deposit. it will have a president first in the elections and a chief executive officer. it s a new position in afghanistan. a lot of horse wrangling has been what will the chief executive s role be, how much power will they have. in the end the agreement
westgate shopping mall siege. you look at the smoke from the air strikes, and you see shapes as well. and we meet an artist inspired by the conflict in gaza. there are reports of more fighting in yemen s capital despite agreement between reached between the government and a houthi group. hundreds fled their homes. the u.n.-brokered truce is due to be signed on sunday. reporter: after days of tighting if the capital, shia fighters and the government reached an agreement. the united nations envoy to yemen says the final preparations are under way. after intense consultations with all political parties, including the houthis, we reached on agreement to cease the current crisis. it will form a natural document. pushing for a protest in a peaceful exchange. the houthis say the deed will be signed within hours. there is a good consensus and agreement. we hope there ll be a signing of a deal in coming hours. there was exaggeration and many reports. our protesters were ta