Hello. Its saturday, 28 september. And youre watching al jazeera america. Inspections on syrias chemical weapons and storage sites will begin tuesday. The idea to destroy them by next year. The u. N. Security Council Passed a resolution to get rid of their chemical weapons. James bays reports on this global decision. Just three weeks ago military action in syria seemed close. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. An entirely different outcome for now. A unanimous vote by 15 Security Council members to authorise the disarmament of syrias chemical weapons arsenal. A resolution based on the deal drawn up by the u. S. And by russia. Together the world with a single voice for the first time is imposing binding obligations on the Bashar Alassad regime, requiring it to get rid of weapons that have been used to devastating effect as tools of terror. His russian counterpart made it clear what this is not. Translation this resolution does not fall under chapter vii of the u. N. Chart
Across the U.S. this weekend, there will be multiple high school nationals meets. Below we detail the five biggest storylines for the upcoming weekend.
What a week. A 3:49.11 world record in the women's 1500 by Faith Kipyegon, a 29:37/3:58 double by Sifan Hassan, a 4:03.39 1500 by a US teenager, a 3:34