minister met in geneva on the sidelines of counsel less than a week after kerry said they lied to his face about moscow's role in ukraine and we are waiting for the russian foreign minister to take to the podium and as soon as he does in geneva we will join him live, 6,000 people died in the fighting in ukraine and the death toll released by the u.n. chief in geneva. >> since our last report there has been a stark escalation in hostilities especially in january and the first half of february leading to increased violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law with devastating consequences for the local population. >>> etc. join john in the town in the donetsk region in eastern ukraine. >> the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says 6,000 people have now been killed in the conflict in eastern ukraine, that is a year-long conflict but in the last six weeks alone of 2015 1012 people killed so one of the more deadly periods in the conflict and represents a devastation of live answer infrastructure and women children and elderly have been particularly b

those historic nuclear deals. this is day two of those talks in the town of montreuil near lake geneva. in libya, a once retired general has now officially been named head of the army. khalifa haftar has been leading it for close than a year now. he has been named it by the only government name -- recognized by the international community, but he is a controversial figure, and as oliver farry explains, his nomination could make a growing crack in the already divided libya even worse. >> a renowned strongman of the head of libya's army, khalifa haftar was appointed, a former officer in gaddafi's army, he was the leader of the libyan army last year. in may haftar launched an offensive against benghazi islamists, a launch that is still underway. the country is ruled by two rival governments, one recognized by the international community, and one in the capital tripoli, supported by islamist militias. each have a different view of general haftar. >> khalifa haftar is a man dear to the heart of libyans. you just have to go on facebook in libya and you will see dozens of people who have haft

. hux rights council human rights council meets in geneva,. >>> and you thest gadgets go on display in spain. . pps. >> hello there thank you for joining us. israel's prime minister has defended his scheduled speech to the u.s. congress saying he does not mean to disrespect president barack obama. benjamin netanyahu's invitation by the house speaker to address congress is seen as a rebuke to president obama. israel is at odds to the obama administration's views on the iran program. >> we are more than friends we're like a family. we're practically meshpuka. now, disagreements in the family are always uncomfortable. but we must always remember that we are family. [applause] rooted in a common heritage, upholding common values, sharing a common destiny and that's the message i came to tell you today today. our alliance is sound our friendship is strong and with your efforts it will get even stronger in the years to come. >> let's go live to tom ackerman. following issues in washington d.c. what reaction has there been so far by the obama administration to this visit? this address at a

, we will bring you more from the geneva auto show including an interview with bmw's head of sales. anna: 12 minutes past 6 a.m. here in london. let's get back to the geneva motor show where hans nichols is joined by the bmw chief of sales. hans: i am joined by ian robertson. i want to ask you right away about that minivan behind us. canning be at -- can't a bmw be a minivan. robertson: it is a very and we -- is a very space friendly vehicle. for the first time in this segment you will be able to get four-wheel-drive. hans: you aren't concerned that you will lose your ultimate driving machine by selling a minivan? robertson: we are looking to bring new people into the brand. we launched the smaller version of this vehicle and about 75 to 80% of the people who bought it have never bought a bmw. ultimately, those people will probably progress into other uw's in the family. -- other bmws in the family. hans: do you need to find new customers? robertson: we were comfortably number one last year. we expect to grow our sales this year. the brand is a very broad spectrum now. from the one

. they went to geneva in 2014 to negotiate a solution, and try to hasten the end of the conflict engulfing syria, and the regime did not engage in geneva in good faith. so secretary kerrry called it a magnet of terror. we do recognise that there needs to be a transition. be... >> you heard imam a moment ago, they are not going anywhere. >> it's not the only thing i know about secretary of state john kerry, i know where he stands, i'm not going to define him by the statement. we know what his thinking is. we know about his conversations with us. we know about his conversations with our regional allies, and his diplomacy, and he's an ally within the administration. by necessity, there needs to be negotiations with members of the regime. and the opposition is committed to that. the negotiations will be about a political transitioning. it's not someone. so long as he said in power, they'll you stay in power. >> if nobody gives in, it's a recipe tore stasis. >> this is the problem. every solution by the international community had one major player absent from the talks. in switzerland

address to the human rights in geneva. the u.n. said that more than 6,000 people have died there since fighting in april. >> i reiterate the urgency of russia's leaders and separatist that they back implementing the full measure of the commitments under the minsk agreements, and to implement them everywhere, including in debaltseve, outside of mariupol and other key strategic areas. i underscored this morning that if that does not have happen, if they continue to be these broad swaths of non-compliance or there continues to be a cherry picking as to where heavy equipment will be moved back from without knowing where it's been moved to, or if the osce is not able to adequately be able to gain the access necessary then there would be inevitably further consequences that will place added strain on russia's already troubled economy. >> well, sergei lavrov fired back saying ukraine must do nor to pursue a course towards peace peace. >> the grave you man tearan situation should be given the highest priority to insure the fund mental rights of has people. the ukrainian government must remove

be delayed. >> we have more now from geneva. >> we saw yet again in geneva how differently the united states and russia interpret the conflict in eastern ukraine. really from diametriccally opposite positions. sergei lavrov spoke about tangible signs of progress and the implementation of the minsk agreement and withdraw of heavy weaponry. john kerry was more guarded and spoke about cherry picking on the part of the armed separatists. they were withdrawing from some parts of the front line, their weapons. in other areas they were not allowing osce observers to see what was going on. he reiterated the possibility of the united states imposing further economic sanctions against russia if it felt the minsk agreement was not being closely followed in the coming days. >> for more on the u.n. human rights council in geneva let's now speak to kenneth rolf. thank you very much for being on al jazeera. we'll talk about the situation in eastern ukraine in a moment, but first i want to get your reaction on the comment made by john kerry the u.s. secretary of state today in geneva who accused the

, secretary of state john kerry meeting with his iranian counterpart and kerry saying in jeefn geneva he is cautioning not to allow details of the negotiations to be discussed publicly. obviously a reference to the fact that the americans are upset that the israelis have been leaking certain terms of the deal which are objectionable to them. most importantly the enrichment of uranium and also, the terms of the enforcement of the deal and its length. so those are some of the points of revenues. in his speech today netanyahu didn't refer specifically to that. his main emphasis was basically on assuring his audience which is largely, it must be said, sympathetic as most jewish voters are to the democrats that he is not trying to impose a divide between republicans and democrats in the u.s. congress.. whether that will be accepted at face value we may see tomorrow. when perhaps 30 democrats will stay away from the actual speech as well as vice president joe biden who normally presides or co--presides over joint meetings of the congress. folly. >> let's cross over now to jerusalem and join

speak to the orange c.e.o. >> and behind the wheels, behind james bond. we're live from geneva with the head of aston martin and plenty of other top car executives. good morning, everybody. welcome. you're watching "the pulse" live from bloomberg's european headquarters. we're here in london. i'm guy johnson. >> i'm francine lacqua. it was a beat for barclays. an extra 750 million pounds were set aside for the currency probe. >> anthony jenkins spokes to us first. this comes back to how do you reshape a beast? do you cut off the legs? do you cut off the head? what do you do? jenkins is trying to put his stamp on this bank. he is dealing with expenses. he is dealing with legacy issues. when it comes to foreign exchange, that is a perennial issue. he didn't settle before christmas where he would have got a discount for doing so with a number of regulators. my question is should you gone with the rest of the crowd and taken that hit a little bit earlier. did he make a mistake? he was quite optimistic though on the overall performance. >> we are required to provide what we can reasonabl

? geneva or not, outcome number two, somebody, and that means only the united states or israel, takes preemtive military action to break their control over the nuclear fuel cycle and key points. it's not going to happen under the obama administration so the spotlight is on israel. but make no mistake, if somebody doesn't act to preempt the iranian progress toward nuclear weapons with be they will have them at a time of their choosing. >> and what about the fact that we're in such a rush to get this thing done, it is almost as if we're worried about the imposition of the economic sanctions against iran. what did we benefit from this? how do we benefit? >> i think the obama administration is very fearful of a reaction in congress, including perhaps even by majority of democrats who realize just how bad this deal is. the german foreign minister who arrived in switzerland today for the last days of negotiation made an important point, he said we've been at this for 12 years. and i remember that because i was in the bush administration when these european negotiations began. 12 years of ef

declare victory and geneva and said there is an agreement for more negotiations. the imperative for success politically for the administration outweighs the substance. lou: a missed deadline in july, and november, maybe march. this is disturbing, you would think to our allies in europe. the other so-called members of the 5-plus one. that isthat --this president why does he not just have bilateral negotiations and be done with it. >> i think that is function alley what is happening and everyone understands that the russian foreign minister left geneva and said call me if you think you are going to reach agreement. lou: these are serious issues. they could be, profound, transformative. everyone is like this is i don't know -- >> when we're at point where even europeans think we are giving too much away, that should tell us something. only thing that would stan between us and a very bad deal with a socialist french government. lou: we are at-this-point we cannot be very happy about the fact that the iranian forces have not pulled back as they promised. they told this president to stick

over the past couple of years but why do i bring it up? we will head to the geneva auto show is free to toyota -- and speak to toyota. ♪ >> welcome back. stocks higher across much of europe. let's bring you up to speed with some of the top stories. gaming revenue in a macau plunged 49% in the month of february, the biggest fall the ninth straight month of the clients. this time last year, macau casinos raked in an all-time record. back in europe, a warning that agrees may need a third bailout within a month. marcus may not be prepared -- markets may not be prepared when the current program ends in june. the greek government will have to meet the requirements and then see what market conditions dictate. in the united states on wall street, the nasdaq closed above 5000 points for the first time in 15 years. meanwhile, the s&p 500 and dow jones industrial average reached a record. we have got more. let's talk about october now. the geneva motor show is underway and carmakers to the -- are to impress with her latest offerings from hans nichols is there enjoying himself. over to you. >>

solution. our efforts must be based in harmony with the first geneva conference. where those whose happened are tainted with the blood of the syrian people should be ruled out and excluded from taking part in syria's future. we hope that syria will restore stability and security with respect to weapons of mass destruction, our stance is clear. we endorse the call to make the entire region free of nuclear weapons, and weapons of mass destructions. our efforts of development - economic and social is a priority. it comes onof our agenda and we hope this summit will be able to list all the discussions and proposals made in this respect, and re-emphasise the calls for the established of free trade zones in order to build on resolutions and proposals made in the past in this report. -- respect. and propose economic and develops forums or summits be combined in order to cause a paradigm shift in the work ability of the joint arab access including the reconstructing and development of the league of arab states in order to be able to cope up with the knew developments and changes. to conclude i pray

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foreign minister told the u.n.-backed congress on disarmament in geneva that the parties have made more progress this year than they have in the past 10 years combined. right now, talks are focused on limiting, not stopping iran's ability to enrich uranium. when we come back, west african leaders reach out to the international community for help. >> after hour one minute break we have iberia's president saying significant resources aren't needed to help the region recover from the ebola crisis. >> a look at business and more coming up after the break will stop stay with us. -- after the break. stay with us. >> the dw media center. see it live, find it again, here more of it. discover it. video and audio podcasts and language courses in the dw media center. >> welcome back. african leaders at an ebola conference in brussels have called for a marshall plan to rebuild economies hardest hit by the disease. >> liberia's president, ellen johnson sirleaf , said recovering from the epidemic would require significant resources from the international committee. the conference gathered african lea

.-israel relationship. >> john kerry has defended israel in geneva previously live images of kerry speaking at the council. he accused the council of focusing disproportionately on allegations of abuse by israel. kerry is in the city for the latest round of nuclear negotiations. earlier, he met with his russian counterpart. the pair discussed iranian negotiations as well as the ongoing conflict in syria as well as in ukraine. the meeting came less than a week after kerr accused moscowy of lying about its involvement in the ukrainian conflict. united nations now says more than 6000 people have died in the less than a year. christine joins us from kiev. the united nations says the death toll in the ukrainian conflict has passed 6000 in less than a year for the violence continues despite a cease-fire agreement. >> the u.n. is saying that 6000 number, it could be much higher than that. that is only what they could keep track of. much of the violence in the report was due to the violence in january and february around the donetsk airport when the rebels took control of it as well as the

following the events and has an update. >> reporter: lake geneva and a lake side hotel the building behind me the setting for crucial talks between john kerry and iranian counterpart sharif and met twice on monday and resumed talks on tuesday and could well talk until wednesday when john kerry is due to leave for saudi arabia and they are nervous and need to be reassured as talks with iran reach essential stage and john kerry in geneva yesterday said the clock is ticking and remarks no doubt intended to talk about israel they are back in the united states and stressed a bad deal would be much worse than no deal at all. >>> plenty more still ahead on al jazeera including no where to go, thousands left homeless as fire ravages one of manila's poorest districts. ♪ ♪ welcome back let's take a look at the top stories here on al jazeera, mourners in russia lining up to view the body of murdered opposition leader boiris nemtsov and was shot in a drive-by shooting in moscow on friday. combined force including iraqi army shia malitia and peshmerga are taking control of the mountain range

are the latest pictures from geneva where the u.n. human rights commission is updating inquery to 2014 war between gaza and israel and follows a signal by the obama administration it's undertaking a reassessment of relations with israel. normally washington defends israel at the 47 member forum. u.n. special envoy to libya says peace talks between the two rival governments will continue despite recent freighting by tripoli and says there could being ament on a unity government in days. negotiations nearly collapsed after the u.n. recognized they launched air rides on tripoli killing a senior rival commander. syrian rebels have captured several government crew members after their helicopter crashed in the northwest of the country pictures on social media showing the helicopter going down in the providence syria's state agency said the helicopter had a mechanical problem and syrian military accused of using helicopters to drop bombs on rebel held towns and neighborhoods. lebanese military says it doesn't have enough weapons to take on islamic state of iraq and levante about groups along

. secretary of state john kerry addressing the u.n. human rights council in geneva. he talked about the journey being a difficult one, it had its challenges and talked about the crisis in syria and iraq and human rights violations there. let's bring in barnabie phillips live from geneva and on the sidelines of the human rights council meeting that john kerry spoke to his russian counterpart sergei fedorov and the relationship between sergei fedorov and kerry has been strained because of the crisis in ukraine but both continue to interpret the conflict very differently. >> reporter: yes, they do. they absolutely see things 180 degrees differently. if you were listening in to sergei fedorov he spoke about an hour ago, he spoke really about how events in ukraine had been set off by a coup in kiev and how neo nazi groups were carrying out ethnic cleansing in the eastern part of the country and heard john carry later talking about torture, people being persecuted for religious beliefs and so on in the east of the country and in crimea and he is pointing the finger quite firmly at the sep

the u.s. are holding talks in geneva, where they expressed cautious optimism about an end to the fighting in ukraine. >> at the meeting, both warned of consequences if the terms of the minsk cease-fire deal was not fulfilled by government forces and separatists. >> shots are still ringing out on the outskirts of the net -- outskirts of the mask. but they don't have ukrainian soldiers and their sites. they're using the cease-fire to regroup and retrain. many fighters here don't believe the piece will last. in geneva, u.s. secretary of state, john kerry discuss the ongoing crisis with his ongoing -- with his russian counterpart. each offered his own warnings. >> we have made progress in the implementation and the cease-fire is stable. heavy weaponry has been pulled back and is under supervision. anyone who ignores that fact and demands weapons the delivered to ukraine is destroying the peace process. >> i reiterated the urgency of russian's leaders and separatists that they back implementing the full measure of the commitments under the minsk agreements, and to implement them every

costing the average driver. bram >>> secretary of state john kerry is in geneva for a united nations meeting on the crisis in ukraine. ukraine's president is planning to appeal to the u.n. and the european union for peacekeepers to come to eastern ukraine. correspondent amy kellogg has more from london. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry in switzerland for a human righting council meeting. meeting with his counterpart at a geneva ahole ahead of the attacks -- hotel ahead of the attacks. secretary kerry warning of more consequences for russia if the current peace deal falls apart. >> i reiterated the urgency of russia's leaders and the separatists that they back implementing the full measure of the commitments. >> reporter: russian foreign minister also expressing kemp over the -- concern over the conflict but says the latest cease-fire agreement is starting to work. >> translator: heavy wechs are being pulled back under control. those who try not to notice this and call for increasing armses control, breaking the settlement. >> reporter: infrastructure hit hard by the fightin

loud and clear. i can tell you they are not hearing that message from geneva. in fact if you look at the response of the iranian foreign minister it underscores the need for the letter in the first place. because he made it clear that he does not understand our constitutional system. he thinks inter national law can override our constitution. >> senator, are you planning to contact any other of our adversaries around the country for example, do you plan to check with the north koreans to make sure that they know that any deal has to be approved by the congress? >> bob right now i and most every other senator wants to stop iran. it's important that we communicated with message straight to iran because they're not hearing from geneva this is not parliamentary democracy. they have been killing americans, hundreds of americans for 35 years in iraq and lebanon and saudi arabia. they killed jews around the world. >> schieffer: how does it make america stronger to tell them that any agreement they make with this administration may not be worth the paper it's written on and may not last b

geneva process, and the assad regime that sat down with parts of the opposition backed by the u.s. government and for that geneva process, the u.s. and russia were the guarantors, but this would be a little different. i think the reason he's talking about this now is they have had a lot of faith in the plan focusing on aleppo, trying to get a freeze or ceasefire in aleppo. over the last week in new york at the united nations diplomats believe that plan is stalled probably dead. instead that have bottom up approach they know believe it's back to trying for a talk down approach getting all the key actors around the tail. that's where the two things we're talking about could become linked, because if they reach an historic deal here on the iran talks, there's a possibility that iran could be at that table, negotiating about syria in fact in the last few days, the eu high representative described it as a unique and historical opportunity to remake the framework of the middle east, if they got a deal here. of course that remains a big if. >> it does. thank you, james bays reporting fro

both sides were working productively. the meeting on the -- just by lake geneva as you can see there, they are trying to reach a framework deal by the end of march. let's here now from our correspondent who sat those talks. >> reporter: a beautiful day on the shores of lake geneva. the building behind me the setting for these crucial talks. they met twice on monday evening. they resumed talks on tuesday, and they could well talk up until wednesday that's when john kerry is due to leave to saudi arabia. they are the other nervous ally in the middle east that the americans need to reassure. after talking with iran reach an absolutely essential stage, john kerry said the clock is ticking, and in remarks that were no doubt intended to reassure israel saudi arabia and the people in the united states he stressed that a bad deal would be much worse than no deal at all. >> iraq's army says it has regained territory from the islamic state of iraq and the levant in the battle for tikrit. the operation to recapture the city and surrounding areas was launched on monday. militias and tribal fight

started in january? geneva geneva, but the international community is putting all of its weight behind a settlement. because their concern is if the fighting continues they will slip towards more anarchy. groups like islamic state of iraq and the levant are taking advantage and libya neighbors europe, and this is the biggest concern for the international community. this is why they came to the realization that it is in the interest of the international community and the libyans to have the two governments make concessions, have a deal and move forward. >> hashem thank you. ♪ >>> now the u.n. has approved the u.s. drafted resolution which condemns the use of chlorine as a weapon in syria. 14 countries voted in favor of the resolution. it does not, however, place any blame on any particular government or group for the use in syria. but it paves the way for sanctions to be imposed if its use isn't stopped. our diplomatic editor james bayes has been following the developments at the united states. hi, james. just how awkward was the atmosphere in the room? >> reporter: it was very

shady world of the antiquities black market and surfaces in geneva. >> that's where the banks are. that's where the rich people are. it's the glitziest black market you've ever seen. >> stephen emmel, a specialist in ancient languages, arrives in switzerland to investigate. >> the egyptian government doesn't give permission to remove artifacts unless they've been part of an archaeological undertaking. so we assume that the manuscripts are legal. the whole feeling of the meeting was a bit clandestine. the egyptian man whom i understood to be the owner of the papyri gave me the impression of being very tense, very wired and keyed up. i had the impression that he might be the kind of person who would carry a gun. >> emmel and his colleagues are being pressured to decide their value even without knowing exactly what these pages are from. >> i began to see the name judas, that it was a work in coptic that i wasn't familiar with. we were interested in buying them. what was the price? and then came a bombshell. the man wanted $3 million. >> this is far more than they can afford. >> the e

largest motor shows gets under way in geneva. growth may be stalling in china, it is full speed ahead in europe and the united states. stay tuned. later in the show, live. we are going to find out what they are doing to take advantage of the changing trend. >>> it's midday here in london 2:00 in israel and 7:00 a.m. in washington where the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is due to give a speech to congress. it's put a strain on relations before a word has been said. he's going to talk about his opposition. to make matters worse, benjamin netanyahu will be speaking to congressional republicans who did not inform the white house. from washington, we have the story. >> thank you. >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu came to washington on a mission, he says to guarantee israel's future. he's getting an icy reception from the administration but counting on warm applause from congress, which invited him. at the annual conference of the pro-israel lobby group, aipac, a warm up and effort to diffuse. >> my speech is not intended to show disrespect to president obama or the esteemed off

kerry held a tense hour-plus meeting with russian foreign minister lavrov today, in geneva. kerry complained last week that russians have lied to his face about their actions in ukraine. today's meeting came as the u.n. human rights office announced more than 6,000 people have been killed in eastern ukraine since april. back in this country, fatal police shootings are drawing new attention today. cell phone video showed los angeles officers wrestling a homeless man to the ground before shooting him sunday. they said he grabbed for an officer's gun. in cleveland, the mayor apologized for a court filing in the killing of tamir rice last november. the documents blamed the 12- year-old, who was carrying a pellet gun, for causing his own injury. and at the white house, a task force called today for independent investigations in all such cases. >> we have a great opportunity, coming out of some great conflict and tragedy, to really transform how we think about community law enforcement relations, so that everybody feels safer and our law enforcement officers feel, rather than being emba

say in addition to the critical crisis libya is facing a humanitarian crisis officials in geneva have been briefed, and jamal benomar joins us live from geneva. the sad fact is that wherever there is conflict human rights take a plunge don't they. it's the ordinary people who suffer. >> yes, and as you said there's a humanitarian crisis in libya, and a human rights crisis. many abuses are linked to the fighting. there are conflicts taking place at the same time in various parts of libya, with associated abuses. such as attacks on people they are abducted because they belong to one side or the other. as they are exchanged prisoners are tortured. this is one aspect that is particularly concerning. today, we are publishing a report to highlight another grave development. and that is the situation of human rights activists, human rights defenders and other social activists facing the worst repress since the revolution. we are talking about people individuals and organizations that are monitoring or denouncing abuse, and who have been attacked physically. some have been killed others

remember was always of those geneva plan and that was a top-down plan. one very senior official said that approach now needs to be revisited. but rather than getting the two sides together as they tried to do repeatedly in geneva they should get all of the key countries with interest in the region, in particular iran and saudi arabia among others to sit down and have talks. there are talk of further talks to take place in moscow. russia has its own process that it is pursuing. the norwegians often involved in middle east peace efforts are also getting involved. so that looks to be the direction things are now moving in. >> james thank you very much for that. >>> iraqi government forces are retaken villages on the outskirts of tikrit but not yet launched an assault against isil fighters inside the city. the offensive which includes shia militias and sunni tribal fighters is aimed at driving isil out of tikrit. >>> meanwhile a series of bombings in the iraqi capitol have killed at least 11 people and injured 19 others. one bomb ripped through an market in an eastern suburb of baghdad.

resolution we agreed as stated in 16 and 17, that geneva communique is like the mandate of the political solution in syria, and we agreed for that since i think at least one year right now, or maybe almost one -- one year. so for that there is nothing changing our position as opposition to start negotiation with assad according to such statement. i mean -- [ inaudible ] statement which [ inaudible ] in june of 2012. so according to what all -- all the negotiation done in january and of our discussion here and there, and now the opposition have its mandate, which 13 -- 13 points, like road map to political solution. >> as we enter this fifth year of war in syria, what is it going to take to end people's suffering? when are organizations like yours going to come to the table with the syrian government and -- and stop the fighting? >> look, you know, first of all what can end such crisis in our country is just political solution. i mean based on the geneva communique, and as -- as a security -- national security council which -- the other security council resolution related to such syrian -

like, but the countries were unable to agree at the geneva conference. so we have to go back and make sure everyone agrees on the international framework. the second part and no one has achieved this, there is going to have to be an agreement on the part of the regional states pumping in the weaponry that they will sngs the sides that break the agreed interpretational framework so there is a prays -- a price for not paying attention to what the international community wants to see happen. >> woodruff: steve heydemann, does that sound like the right approach to try to break through the stalemate? >> i think we should focus on what the opportunities might be to revive the process now. there's indications the internal support for the regime is eroding. we've seen very little success on the battlefield on the part of regime forces. we know that the proxy states russia in particular which has been an active supporter of iran is beginning to show signs of fatigue in sustaining that relationship. while i do agree that the general approach ambassador ford spelled out is the correct one,

in ukraine. in geneva, john kerry met with the foreign minister of iran looking for a deal to shut down and ron's nuclear program. the israeli prime minister will address a section of congress tomorrow. he wants any deal to be delayed. he is speaking at the invitation of john boehner. john kerry eight cysts -- insists there is no problem between the prime minister and israel. it was all, if not -- it was odd if not unique that the administration was not included in this process. alix: they agree iran must not build nuclear weapons. democrats want no part of an --. >> i think so. i am not going to suggest it because it is not. remember what it is causing this, the president of the united hates overreaching. alix: samsung unveils new challenges to apple. the phones are on display today. the screen extends on the sides of the phone. both include payment software compatible with most card readers. congress will hear from facebook founder, mark zuckerberg. who will fill warm buffet's shoes? -- who will fill warren buffett's shoes? those are your top headlines. back to our top story. pet

today with his iranian counterpart at the palace on the shores of lake geneva after meeting with kerry, he says talks are moving in a good direction. he says the entire puzzle has not yet been fully assembled. one sticking point -- the technical terms are ironed out ahead of a final july 1 deadline. you was officials are insisting the details must be made public so members of congress israel come other nations can see for themselves the terms of the agreement. the duration of any agreement, the pace of sanctions relief for iran, access for inspectors and limits on iran's ability to conduct research in the element going forward. while they are moving to a deal, negotiating -- that's where things stand right now. they are not on their way to switzerland. there could be a deal in the works. we have heard in the last little bit that the iranian president has been conversing with some of the leaders from those other countries about this agreement. he is personally engaged here in these final days. mark: what is the possibility we could see another extension? peter: there is always a p

the iran nuclear program in geneva. and officials said it isn't clear if there will meet the end of march deadline for the framework agreement. president netanyahu says as long as he leads israel of palestinian state will not be established to make those comments on the eve of the election in his party appears to be facing the prospect of defeat. never few thoughts on the president and the company he has been keeping. the secretary of state's remarks are a clear demonstration the wheels may have come off the national security team secretary of state called for peace talks with assad and offered to talk with him himself would have to be at the table because after all the administration has said he must go. that would be like asking him to negotiate his own hanging. only in the obama fantasy world would they allow him to negotiate his removal from power. but he wasn't through offering these thoughts. >> i rand says it doesn't want nuclear weapons and that is a welcome statement that the supreme leader has in fact inc. into a fatwa we have great respect, a great respect for the religio

geneva auto show. we have many new cars coming in 2015. it is going to be a very active and rich year in terms of product innovation. caroline: wonderful not to end on. carlos ghosn, wonderful to speak with him. he will be jetting off to geneva earlier -- later. we are going to run off together for a panel discussion about the internet of things and the keys to the connected car. back to you in the studio. guy: caroline -- guest:francine: caroline, thank you. guy: that brings us to our twitter question. will samsung's new phone rival apple's iphone? we will see you in a moment. ♪ francine: the year of easing continues as china shows its determination to fight a slowdown. guy: joining us now from our is stephen engle from hong kong. stephen, walk us through what prompted this and why now. >> the economy, basically the slowing economy is deepening faster than they expected. the interest rate deposit rate cuts came as manufacturing was showing further weakness. the inflationary environment is quite benign. disinflation in cpi, wholesale prices in deflationary territory . authorities ar

earlier? the negotiations in geneva -- the interim deal was signed in 2013. this speech could have come much earlier. >> we care about the politics. but the ayatollahs don't care about the elections in israel or in the u.s. they care about building the bomb. and i think that prime minister pushing the issue of iran for many years and he's worried about this issue because in two weeks, we will have a new government in israel. but iran will continue to build its nuclear containment. >> and in two weeks, we'll find out what impact if any that this speech the prime minister, gave before congress will have. danny, thank you so much. wolf back to you. >> one quick question, kate. there's a rule in israel a law that two weeks before an election you can't do campaigning live on television. so there's this five-minute delay. i understand when the opposition the main challenger to the prime minister the labor party leader was speaking they took part of his rebuttal speech and they didn't allow it to go off to the israeli public. what happened? >> reporter: this spaekt of this is fascinating to me

afraid." secretary of state john kerry is meeting with russian counterpart sergei lavrov in geneva to discuss the conflict in ukraine. the meeting comes just days after kerry publicly accused russian officials of lying to his face about their military support for separatist rebels. russia and ukraine are also holding direct talks in brussels to resolve a dispute over the delivery of russian gas. the u.n. said today the death toll from the nearly year-old conflict has topped 6000. a recent ceasefire continues to hold after a shaky start. iraq has launched a new military operation to retake the city of tikrit from the self-proclaimed islamic state. thousands of iraqi forces and militia fighters have converged in the city samarra to strike nearby isis strongholds. the u.s. is expected to provide air support as part of its continued bombing campaign. the offensive comes as the iraqi military prepares for a major u.s.-backed operation to retake mosul from isis in the coming weeks. opposition groups in syria have rejected the u.n.'s plan for a temporary ceasefire in the northern city of

peace. this is what it means to be a muslim. [applause] more than 1000 years ago, before the geneva conventions, muslim soldiers were ordered not to kill a child, a woman or an old person. nor to destroy a tree, not to harm a priest or destroy a church. these are the same values of islam luper taught in school as children, not to destroy or desecrate a place where god is worshiped, not a mosque, not a church, not a synagogue. [applause] this is what it means to be a muslim. these are the values i teach my children, and they will hand it on to theirs. my friends, i'm outraged and grieved by the recent attacks in some countries against christian and minority communities. this is an offense against humanity as well as islam. arab christians are an integral part of our region's past present and future. [applause] jordan is a muslim country with a deeply-rooted christian community. together, the jordanian people make up and indivisible society. friends and partners in building our country. the world's muslims have a critical role in the global understanding. our faith like yours commands