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Blamed for a deadly outbreak of cholera in haiti. Lawyers file a lawsuit against the United Nations. [ technical difficulties ] and getting out of their cars and on to their bicycles. Hello, we begin this news hour with the latest developments from syria, and the program to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons. There has been a rare briefing by the director general of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons at the hague. The opcw is in charge of dismantling the stockpile. Lets first take a look at some of the highlights of the briefing. Cur recollectly there are 19 weapon...

Hope. Both sides appear to be open to temporary end to the shutdown and a shortterm debt ceiling x extension. Libby casey joins us live now on capitol hill. Lineby president obama suggesting that he would be open to the possible deal. How is being received and what reaction can we expect . Asking about democrats is a good place to start because both house and Senate Democrats would like to see a longer deal cut, and they would like to see the debt ceiling raised not just in a piecemeal fashion but for over a year because that would get it off the table through midterm elections. And a lot of t...

Maritime disputes in the South China Sea are dominating talks add at asean summit. Leaders have been joined at the annual meeting in brunei by eight other countries including china, japan, south korea and russia. Japan says it controlling a group of uninhabited islands in the South China Sea but china says its part of their territory. Another collection of islands in the South China Sea are claimed by several countries including china, the philippines, vietnam, brunei, and malaysia. We have the report now from southern china. Reporter this fish port is one of the busiest. Last year the catch b...

You cant make extortion routine as part of our democracy. Barack obama tells u. S. Republicans to stop making threats over the budget and bring an end to the government shutdown. Afghan families have had to wait decades for information on relatives who went missing under communist rule. There are signs of the west and iran are growing closer together. Its a week now until negotiations resume. There are reports that iran has put together a new package of proposals. That would mean it stops making weapons Grade Nuclear material in return for sanctions being relaxed. The British Government says i...

Deadly cholera epidemic. The disease has killed thousands of people there. Good morning, and welcome to al jazeera america. Im stephanie sy. President obama is expected to nominate janet yellen to replace ben bernanke as the head of the Federal Reserve. Yellen is a respected economist who has a long history with the fed. Patricia takes a closer look at the woman who could soon hold one of the most influential jobs in the world. In the class photo of the g7 financial Leaders Summit in may, shes the tiny one on the right, but dont let size fool you. Janet yellen is poised to land the most powerf...