And were in moscow for readings of tolstoys war and peace. Libyas rival governments have reached a deal. The sides have at least agreed on a u. N. Brokered plan to form a unity leadership. The envoy says the two sides will formally sign the deal on wednesday. Under this plan the new government should be in place within two years. Lets cross now to tunis with this potentially landmark deal. Tell us more. Reporter i think the key part of the discussion and what was preventing a deal from being agreed in previous talks, was the president ial council and who will be in it. It was agreed there will be nine members. Martin cobbler, who is the new u. N. Special envoy to libya has only been on the job for a while and he has man aged to bring confidence back into the u. N. Lead process, and he had this to say about the delegates who were here. Im today very happy to have this agreement around the table. Im convinced that human suffering has to end in libya, and those who agree to sign, they put
Toll stays war and peace. Just moments ago, the u. N. Envoy to libya announced a deal to form a unity government after months of talks. He made that announcement from tunis, but at the same time, the Foreign Ministers of the world have joined to meet in rome, the big meeting on sunday, obviously, this will be top of their agenda, as well. We are joined live now from rome. This is a pretty big announcement. Obviously there are as i will many more steps before its finally implemented, but tell me more how we can expect this to affect the meeting of the Foreign Ministers in rome. Just a few minutes ago, Sergey Lavrov mentioned, talked about libya. Well, definitely it will be a positive. At the end of the day, the conference in rome which is dubbed the peace conference, what the italians were hoping was to give a decisive push towards the creation of a National Unity government. We heard the u. N. Special envoy say that the warring sides, the head of the two rival camps in libya, the Gener
A warm welcome in rome as irans president embarks on a tour to drum up bus in europe. Plus. Im allen fisher in washington, d. C. Where the digout begins after the weekends blizzard and people face the course of near record snowfall. Hello. Health experts are warning that the zika virus which has been linked to babies born the brain damage is linked to almost every country in the americas. Zika virus has been found in 21 countries since it was found in may in brazil. The only exceptions in the region are chile and canada, where the ades mosquito is not found. The symptoms of the disease include mild fever rashes and headaches. But scientists in brazil have noticed a link between the spread of zika and higher rates of babies being born with smaller heads. Women in these countries are advised not to get pregnant. Christian lindmeyer tell us about the challenges they face in battling the zika virus. Its a very difficult situation because you have to see the moment that a baby gets born, an
Arab allies have bombed syria for the first time, killing scores of Islamic State fighters. The strikes open a new front against the militants by joining syrias threeyearold civil war. The attacks encountered no objection and even signs of tacit approval from the syrian president. Some 200 strikes hit syria on tuesday. A town located along the border with iraq was reportedly hit 10 times. This unverified video was posted on the internet. Most of the targets are in the syrian province of rocca, the base of the Islamic State command. Strategically important cities near the iraqi border were also attacked. President obama said the campaign against i. S. Would continue. Once again, it must be clear to anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people. The u. S. Launched the attacks from aircraft carriers stationed in the persian gulf and the red sea. It deployed flames, cruise missiles, and drones
The Worlds Health Organization Says ebola is still spreading in west africa. The latest account puts the official number of dead at 3400. In the u. S. , the threat of ebola continues to grow. Todays, more from dallas, his condition has taken a turn for the worse. For an update action live to diana sorok outside of dallas Presbyterian Hospital where he is being treated. What are Health Officials there saying . Reporter . Richelle, they are saying thomas duncans condition has been downgraded from serious to critical. We have a call out to the hospital to get more information about that. We have not heard back yet from them. Yesterday, you may recall, hazmat team went into the apartment he had been staying at. They cleaned that apartment. They took several items, several personal items, towels, linens and put them in containers. They were sealed and carried away. The family has been moved to another location in dallas. They are staying in a private home. They are still under quarantine. C