meanwhile, war in syria is high on the agenda at a foreign minister's security summit in munich. pope francis is in mexico for a five-day tour. he was welcomed by huge crowds in mexico city. he will celebrate mass in the capital later on saturday. former governor of afghanistan herat province has been kidnapped in islamabad. he was abducted by an unidentified man in a high security area that houses politicians. pakistan is in the grip of a taliban insurgency, but the tightly guarded capital has a very low crime rate. no-one has yet claimed responsibility. there have been protests in haiti as the country's parliament is due to vote for an interim president in the coming hours. the former president left office on sunday with no success or following a botched election. protesters who feel the voting public has been side lined by parliament have been out on the streets to get their voices heard. our correspondent reports from the capital. >> reporter: a ritual herald sz the start of the protest towards haiti's parliament. those who march are members of the opposition and come here be

a global security conference in munich, the u.s. secretary of state is talking about a turning point in the search for a political solution. russia's prime minister warned of a new cold war. inside syria, government forces have made progress toward encircling forces in aleppo. russia is continuing it's bombing campaign. to complicate matters further, kurdish targets inside syria. more on the glom diplo59ic front. this report on the turkish border with syria. >> reporter: this high ground gives the syrian army and its alleys an advantage. the main rebel supply lies on the northern countryside of aleppo is within the rake kind ofl of fire. the only entrance to the opposition controlled enclave in a divided city of aleppo. opposition fighters, rebel commanders say a proposed end of the fighting will only benefit the government. >> translator: the battle for aleppo was carried out by the international community who called themselves friends of syria. we will not stop fighting until all siege is lifted. >> reporter: the people of aleppo

deal might translate on the ground. >> the deal greed to in munich have two main aims. they also want to reach areas blockaded by opposition groups. isil has besieged government-controlled neighborhoods where 200,000 people live. the only way to drop aid there from the air. it's worth noting that access to these besieged areas should have been granted a long time ago as it's been repeatedly demanded by the u.n. security council in five resolutions. the first one 2139 was pasted two years ago. the second focus of the munich meeting was to stop the bloodshed and another has been set up with that aim. during the munich talks russia argued it wanted a cease-fire to start on the first of hear. but the u.s. said that would allow three weeks more of carnage and aerial bombardment as call for an immediate cease-fire. in the end they settled on the time frame of seven days. but they're not calling it a cease-fire but rather hostilities, a technical term that is seen as a temporary, less binding measure. getting to this is still difficult. it will require all the parties on the g

to munich. clearly everyone involved in the syria talks are going to be monitoring what is going on, on the ground, but it's not just syria. i think we can see the german foreign minister addressing the conference and presumably ukraine is high on the agenda. >> reporter: that's right. already this morning there has been a meeting of foreign ministers, the germany, russia, ukraine, the french foreign minister was given there, but he has moved on from his position a few days ago and his successor is not able to attend. later on we will be hearing from the president of ukraine and also from the prime minister of russia and the russian foreign minister. it is worth making the point that this normandy format is pivotal insofar as the situation in ukraine is concerned. we know that both the french and german governments have invested a lot of time and effort in trying to bring all the sides in the conflict together to try to find a ceasefire, to find a solution that will permanently resolve the situa

secretary of state was back in munich, for a security conference. although some politicians had held thursdays deliberations as as a step forward others expressed extreme skepticism. in his address to the conference. john kerry addressed that skepticism by stressing out critical it is to make the cessation of hostilities work. >> this conflict will still require a political solution at some point in time, in order to make peace, no matter what happens. this is the moment. this is a hinge point, decisions made in the coming days and weeks, and few months, could end the war in syria, or it could define a very difficult set of choices for the future. >> reporter: quite how difficult is clear from the remarks senior russian minister have his been making in munich. moscow is fundamental to any diplomatic solution in syria. but the prime minister says, his country is feeling increasingly isolated. >> translator: one could go as far as to say that we have slit back to a new cold war. almost on an every-day basis we are called one of the most terrible threa

talks in munich world leaders agree to aim for a halt in hostilities in syria within seven days as well providing humanitarian assistance. but the syrian government and opposition groups have yet to gray. and armed groups like isil an and al nusra front were not included in that deal. russia's prime minister said that the u.s. and arab partners needed to think hard about their actions in syria, saying all sides should negotiate despite what they call a new world war. live who what they had to say in that interview. >> we have fully believed in negotiations and in political actions since the beginning o. however f we negotiate, it doesn't mean that we stop fighting terrorism. the two tracks are inevitable in syria. first negotiations, and second through fighting terrorism. >> and al jazeera's dana is on the border with syria. >> clearly the syrian president is speaking from a position of rank. just a few months ago last july he was described as an embattled leader first in a public address he made an address and said there was a lack of manpower. the coastal heartlands and the heartland

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few expected it, but the international serious support group has come to an agreement in munich. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has announced humanitarian aid to stricken areas in syria will get moving next week, as well as the first steps toward getting warring parties to put down their guns. john kerry: we have agreed to implement a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in a target of one week's time. that is ambitious, but everybody is determined to move as rapidly as possible to try to achieve this. >> the cessation of hostilities will apply to all warring factions, bar two. the islamic state group, the one g can agree on range a legitimate target. also one of the most effective rebel energies -- rebel entity's fighting the damascus regime. russiaas been cused of targeting western-backed opposition groups, seeking to topple the syrian government. russia's bombing campaign has turned the tide in favor of bashar al-assad. may be rife, but the agreement has progressed, marking the first time the u.s. and russia have together committed, at least on paper, to turn a cor

yesterday me did welcome the deliberations, the agreement that was reached here in munich on thursday night, but say what the russian done up to this point has not been helpful and it is time to get serious. the russians are here too. mr lavrov has arrived in the last few minutes. he will be speaking as will his colleague the prime minister and then after those two have spoken we will be hearing a statement from the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, and what they all have to say will definitely indicate to us how serious they are about finding a resolution and maybe changing the opinions of the people we've been hearing zana talk about there, having to implement what has been agreed upon here >>> syria aside, there's another important conflict which is becoming almost a frozen conflict, isn't it, and that's ukraine, a year after a ceasefire arrangement was agreed by so many of the parties involved. >> reporter: yes. that's right. there's the normandy format of these meetings which involves france, germany, ukraine and russia, and the four foreign ministers were due to be here today

secretary of state john kerry and sergei fedorov are hosting the talks in munich, a ceasefire to be on the first of march has been suggested by russia but the u.s. wants it to begin immediately. meanwhile on the ground there is continued fighter near syria border with turkey and they captured an air base which was originally controlled by the syrian military before it was seized by rebels. elsewhere nato defense minister meeting in brussels and agreed to sent war ships to the aegean sea to stop mugingly refugees and migrants to europe. more on that in a moment but first to munich and our diplomatic editor james base and is there much cause for optimism? >> i don't think so at this stage. certainly there is a great deal of effort going on, 19 delegations now meeting the so called international syria support group, the international supporters and backers of the process trying to get the process and talks in geneva back on track but in many ways it was a meeting that happened a few hours ago that was most important of the day between sergei fedorov and the u.s. secretary of state john ke

it was agreed in munich yesterday at a different meeting. and people are in the process of trying to put it together. but it appears to me all we have got is a couple of leaders saying yes, we think it would be a good idea to have a cessation of hostilities to bring in aid, medicine, and food, but there is nothing concrete to make it happen yet. >> reporter: no david as of yet we haven't heard the final position from the syrian opposition, whether or not they will comply with a cessation of hostilities if it does -- if it is implemented on the ground. we put that question to the high negotiating committee, which is the saudi, backed syrian opposition body, and what they told us was that in the next few days there is going to be a meeting grouping armed factions on the ground, the different armed factions, we know there are many armed groups on the grown. and they will decide on whether or not the cessation of hostilities will take effect. but we have spoken to many people inside of syria, as well as those in exile, and they are not attaching

at a global security conference in munich, the u.s. secretary of state was talking about a turning point in search of a political solution while russia's prime minister warned of a new cold war. inside syria itself they've circled rebel forces in aleppo. russia has continued it's bombing campaign and to complicate matters further they have continued bombing kurdish fighters inside syria. first this report from dana, who is on the turkish border of syria. >> this high ground gives the allies an advantage disrupting the supply line is not their own objective. they're not far from the only entrance to the opposition controlled enclave in the divided city of aleppo. opposition fighters are trying to keep the roads open to prevent a siege of aleppo. inside the city rebel commanders say a proposed pause in the fighting will only benefit the government. >> the battle of aleppo is carried out by the international community who calls themselves the friends of syria. but we are told that they will not stop until bombardments stop. >> the people

and russia in munich. moscow says it will begin a ceasefire in syria on march the 1st, but washington says it must begin immediately. >>> south africa's president jacob zuma has been repeatedly interrupted while making his annual state of the nation address. outside of lament in cape town police fired stun grenades at protesters demanding that zuma stand down. >>> at least fest two prison immaterial mates diet following a try nut mexico. >>> tensions between the two career as have escalated further after the north demanded everyone leave from the industrial park and ceased all the assets -- seized all the assets. >> reporter: on the southern side of the korean boarder the first con crean consequences of north korea's recent rocket launch the vehicles headed south from the industry kpr*ebgs, the joint venture that south korea declared indefinitely closed as of wednesday. >> translator: i feel horrible. if it stops operating companies like ours have to close business, it's difficult. >> translator: we joking

russian plan agreed in munich to pause the fighting within a week. rebel commanders say it is unrealistic because russian airstrikes can continue to target isil and al qaeda-linked al nusra front. they believe that moscow will continue to exploit those groups to continue targeting the rebels. for the first time in years the opposition risks losing it's heartland in the north and it's lifeline the turkish border. the rebel commander say that the fall of aleppo won't be the end of the war. instead of direct confronttation they plan to resort to irregular warfare to listen the government's grip on the ground. >> all right, now there is a security conference in bavaria in munich, that's where we find dominic kane many there are diplomats, hence the diplomatic lang, but then are on option sides of the conflict, and they have made it pretty clear about what they think the others are doing. >> well, that's right. we've seen a succession of speakers speaking about the importance in the regional middle east and the powers, as it were, who from president el-si

when they finally addressed the media, it was in the early hours of the munich morning and it was clear neither man got exactly what he wanted but instead they announced an ambitious target of just one week in which to stop the violence. >> we have agreed to implement a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in a target of one week's time. that is ambitious but everyone is determined to move as rapidly as possible to try to achieve this. this will apply to any and all parties in syria with the exception of the terrorist organizations da'esh and al-nusra. >> reporter: they said a joint task force will be set up to arrange the cessation of hostilities and another one on getting humanitarian aid to those in most desperate need would meet for the first time in a matter of hours in geneva. >> this is the list of the areas and the people who are in need and the numbers of them. now, the isfg has told us, told the u.n. you are in charge in launching this initiative with our support. >> reporter: this was a very long and often difficult series of meetings. what they achieved reads well on

it brings us here to munich. our common commitment to those values, which in the end, make the difference in defining what life is really all about. [applause] in the united states, we recognize that while this crisis is not as real on our shores on as a daily basis, we have a moral obligation to stand with our partners and to do more and assist in the relief effort. that is why i was able to announce in london that we will contribute an additional $925 million to the already $4.5 billion we contributed to syrian refugees, making us, i think, the largest donor specifically to this plate. -- to this plight. providing emergency care, education, and job help. i think everybody understands, and this is the most important point. this is what motivated us to go to vienna twice, with all the great help of all of these partners here. almost came together in commonality with a recognition that writing checks is not going to solve the problem. we can't just endlessly be writing checks. we can't be endlessly fighting about

secretary of state was back in munich for a security conference. although some politicians had hailed thursday's deliberations as a step forward, others had expressed extreme scepticism. in his address to the conference, john kerry addressed that scepticism by expressing how critical it is to make the cessation of hostilities work. >> this conflict will still require a political solution at some point in time in order to make peace, no matter what happens. this is the most. this is a hinge point decision. decisions made in the coming days and week and few months could end the war in syria or it could define a very difficult set of choices for the future >> reporter: quite how difficult is becoming clear this weekend in munich. the french prime minister has accused the russians of bombing civilians in syria, an allegation endorsed by the u.s. government. the russian prime minister has said comments like these are making his country feel increasingly isolated. >> translation: one could go as far as to say we have slid back to a new cold war, almost o

that after diplomats met in munich to restart peace talks. sending a hopeful note, staffan de mistura said, quote, sustained delivery of assistance is expected to begin this week to besieged areas where civilians are in desperate need of assistance, end quote. in the meantime the fighting continues and some of the most desperate areas out there are rebel controlled pockets, that are under government seeng. siege. with russian help and air support, tightened a noose around rebel controlled parts of aleppo. the army is close to cutting off the last rebel supply line into syria's largest city. confusingly, the army is also guesting help from syria's kurdish militias which just seized the military base from the russians, which according to secretary of state john kerry will not be part of this cessation of hostilities. confusing or not the momentum in syria's war has now swung decisively in bashar al-assad's favor. and the syrian president has vladimir putin to thank for it. in september the russian leader deployed his fighter jets into syria's w

they say the munich talks will only force the armed groups to surrender. but a pause in the fighting and the delivery of many needed aid to the -- of much needed aid cannot come fast enough for the people. the battle for aleppo has according to the united nations left more than 50,000 homeless adding to the millions who have been displaced over the years. >> translator: what have the people done to deserve this? they are not sparing anyone, not the children, not the elderly, this is enough. >> the conflict has laid waste to.of aleppo and syria. in this deeply divided country claims of victory will have little meaning for anyone without a wider peace. zeina khodr, al jazeera, southern turkey. >> defense secretary ash carter has said the uae has offered to send more fighters to syria. the u.s. ally will help train sunni arab fighters focused on capturing raqqa from i.s.i.l. >>> iran and saudi arabia clarified their intentions in the region. al jazeera's dominic kane. >> a dominant theme here at the munich security conference on its first day of deliberations

at a global security conference in munich the u.s. secretary of state was turning about a-- talking about a turn point. the prime minister is saying a cold war. they're encircling opposition force new zealand aleppo. russia is continuing its bombing campaign. to complicate matters further, turkish forces began shelling kurdish targets inside syria. we will have more on the diplomatic front in a moment from dominic kane but first our correspondent on the border. >> reporter: this gives an advantage, the main rebel supply line from the west to the northern countryside of aleppo is now within range of fire. disrupting the supply line is not their only objective. it is not far from the only entrance to the opposition controlled enclave in aleppo. opposition fighters are trying to keep the roads open to prevent a siege of eastern aleppo where tens of thousands people live. a pause in the fighting will only benefit the government it is said. >> translation: the battle for aleppo was carried out by the international community. they will not

next thursday in munich will be the next diplomatic push. that's when the issg, the international syria support group will be meeting in munich. that's a group of more than 12 countries and alliances all with an interest in syria. they will be meeting in munich trying to figure out how to get all sides back together. it's important to point out the russian ambassador said that russia plans to bring new proposals to the talks next tuesday, but what those proposals are, he wouldn't get into. the divide on the security council is this. on one side you have the u.k., france and the u.s. saying there must be humanitarian talks in conjunction with the political talks. they must happen simultaneously. on the other hand you have russia saying that there can be no sort of ceasefire or humanitarian talks as a precondition to political talks. so that is a stark wall, if you will, on the security council, and quite frankly this was just a chance to hear again about why the talks broke down and for really all sides to blame each other. >> gabriel elizond

they say the munich deal will just give them time to make further gains. but a pause in the fighting and the delivery of aid to the hundreds of thousands trapped in besieged areas cannot come fast enough for the people. the battle for aleppo has left more than 50,000 people homeless, adding to the millions who have been displaced over the years. >> translator: what have the people done to deserve this? they are not staring anyone. not the children, women, ellerly. it has been five years and we continue to suffer from their oppression, this is enough. >> reporter: the conflict has laid waste to much of aleppo, the rebels are confident they are close to a victory, but claims of victory will mean little for anyone without a wider peace. >>> the situation for the people there according to the u.n. is getting worse every single way. they highlights these towns. one is just outside of damascus, surrounded by government troops since december. 35,000 civilians there. and during intense shelling, very small children among those who died we understand from malnutrit

we interrupt our sports news there to take you live toe the security conference in munich. where saudi arabia's foreign minister is speaking. let's listen in. >> it is a region that is increasingly connected to the world. it is a region that has a lot of wealth, a lot of entrepreneurship. it sits at the cross roads of civilization between asia, africa, and europe, so it's a region that should have the attributes for greatness. it is a region that historically has been connected to the world in many every day, from the old civilizations to the civilizations of egypt and bab loania, up until the recent age. it faces will challenges, challenges of extremism, of terrorism, challenges to find its own identity. it has gone through tremendous upheavals over the last few years, beginning with tunis, and then moving to other places. i believe that the rise of sectarianism, and the rise of religious extremism, and the rise of terrorism, are all challenges that we all have to deal with. we can't deal with them alone. but i do believe, and i remain convinced and hopeful that in dealing

but the most important meeting happens several hours early on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel, this is where russian foreign minister sergei fedorov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry came face-to-face. and if you look at those faces you can tell from the very start this was a difficult meeting. the russians proposed a ceasefire from march the first but the u.s. said that would mean three weeks more aerial bombardment and called for it to begin as early as this weekend. when they finally addressed the media it was in the early hours of the munich morning and it was clear neither man got exactly what he wanted but instead they had an ambitious target of one week which to stop the violence. >> we have a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in a target of one week's time. that is ambitious but everyone is determined to move as rapidly as possible to try to achieve this. this will apply to any and all parties in syria with the exception of the terrorist organizations, da'esh, and al-nusra. >> reporter: they said a joint task force would be set up to range the cessation

so they do agree on - this cessation of hostilities that worked out in munich last week. that is a good thing. that is taken out of cooperation between russia and the united states, at the military level. and it will be structured for the purpose of implementing the state of the groups in munich. where they disagree on the nuts and bolts of what is going on in this area, and the kremlin said that vladimir putin expressed the need of double standard. the kremlin believes that the united states is hypocritical and saying that it's acting on terrorism, but supporting groups in syria. physically working against the korean states. they found it's with the agreement. a ceasefire sustained hostilities where they worked. i suppose that there's minimum cooperation. >> all right. thank you for that. rory challands then on the ongoing diplomatic debate and effort to get a form of peace established in syria, where, of course, so much of the talk of syria was about the effort, the suspicion of hostilities, has been coming out of munich. the security conference has been taking place th

and russia in munich. moscow says it will begin a ceasefire in syria on march the first but washington says the ceasefire must begin immediately. south africa's president jacob zuma interrupted making his annual state of the nation address and outside parliament in cape town police fired stun grenades at protesters who want zuma to stand down and at least 52 inmates died following a prison riot in northeast mexico. nato ships are being sent to the eastern mediterranean in response to the on going refugee crisis and multi national group of destroyers were requested by germany, greece and turkey and paul has more reports from brussels. >> reporter: tougher boarder controls and in spite of dangerous storms and seas they attempt the aegean crossing to greece and this group was rescued on tuesday and so far this year 1500 people a day are making the dangerous crossing. turkey has taken in some 2 million refugees from the syrian conflict and now wants help. turkish president in a critical speech on thursday warn

. >> let's bring in cnn international diplomatic editor nick robinson joining me from munich. tell us more about nato's response and should the west see the prime minister's comments as more of a threat rather than a complaint? >>. >> reporter: viewed as russia's interpretation how it sees the

about 40 miles southeast of munich. right now.. rescue crews are trying to free passengers on board. we're putting the news back in the morning. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the nation and the world in 60 seconds. a riot in a busy district in hong kong turns violent. protesters are upset after a fight over street food sellers on chinese new year. you can see protesters throwing bricks at police. dozens have been hong kong's leader made a brief appearance at his office this morning to condemn the disturbance. new this morning, a petition has been approved to recall michigan governor rick snyder. the board that approved the petition denied most of the proposals related to flint's water crisis. the petition included a measure that said governor snyder had failed the people of flint, but the board was split along party lines. the board is still working on ballot language. people in an alabama neighborhood are facing a dangerous situation. look at this massive sinkhole opening up behind their homes. it's no

why we'll be working in the coming days to try to parties toll implement the agreements reached at munich and it's why the president will continue his communications with leaders of to stripes who have a role play in this. >> you've been working with some at this countries summit to try to limit their cooperation with north korea militarily, economically. can you be more specific on what you might expect to come out of this on that front? and would you say you're putting pressure on them to do so? also, what effect do you expect that to have on north korea? obviously aea is topic of interest to the entire region, certainly to the united and our allies in japan of korea so wec tol continue our work contain and reduce the threat posed by north korea. the contextboth in of our discussions here on the margins. topic formally on urgently asut more we have done bilaterally and trilaterally in our cooperation the korean government in seoul and the japanese as well.t, in new york, we continue to work negotiations on a security council resolution which we expect will contain significant new sancti

it brings us here to munich. our common commitment to those values, which in the end, make the difference in defining what life is really all about. [applause] in the united states, we recognize that while this crisis is not as real on our shores on as a daily basis, we have a moral obligation to stand with our partners and to do more and assist in the relief effort. that is why i was able to announce in london that we will contribute an additional $925 million to the already $4.5 billion we contributed to syrian refugees, making us, i think, the largest donor specifically to this plight. providing emergency care, education, and job help. i think everybody understands, and this is the most important point. this is what motivated us to go to vienna twice, with all the great help of all of these partners here. almost came together in commonality with a recognition that writing checks is not going to solve the problem. we can't just endlessly be writing checks. we can't be endlessly fighting about whether someone is

secretary of state was back in munich for a security conference. some have hailed the deliberations as a step forward, others have expressed extreme skepticism. in his address to the conference, john kerry addressed that skepticism by stressing thou criminal it is to make the cessation of hostilities to wo work. >> this will need to come at some time in order to make peace, no matter what happens. this is the moment. this is the ping point. the decisions made in the coming days and weeks and few months could end the war in syria or it could define a very difficult set of choices for the future. >> quite our different are the remarks the ministers have been making in munich. moscow is fundamental to any diplomatic decision in syria, but the prime minister said his country is feeling increasingly isolated. >> we have said on an every day bases where one of the most terrible as a whole or to europe or to the united states. >> the russians stress that they have national interests in syria, and that they have no secret agenda. they have repeatedly denie

geneva to bring relief to thousands caught in the conflict following an agreement by world powers in munich to put an end to the civil war. the leaders agreed to halt has stilts within a week, but armed groups, isil and al-nusra front are not included in the deal. the deal includes the deliver of human aid in besieged towns and villages. all this will be monitored by the task force by russia and united states but r.b.i. is pressing on with air raids on cities including homs. we are a report from the syrian border. >> rebel fighters understand the need to hold ground on this front line. if they are defeated, the syrian

i thank you for taking time in munich to talk to us here in the united states. >> thank you. thank you very much for having me on board. you know, there is an old saying, i tried, i failed, i try again and fail much better. when there are lives at stake, that's what you have to do until you actually succeed. >> rose: thank you again. look forward to seeing you here when the talks move to the united states. >> thank you. thank you. >> rose: we'll be right back. stay with us. >> rose: we continue this evening with major news from the world of physics and astronomy. physicists announced thursday they have detected gravitational waves for the first time. the discovery confirms a part of albert einstein's theory of general relativity. scientists say the break kicks off a new era of how we explore the universe. here's a "new york times" video looking at the observatory and how they detected gravitational waves. >> physicists long thought gravitational waves would never be measured on earth, but in louisiana and washingtoner two of the most sensitive detectors ever built have been w

the deal was reached in munich between the u.s., russia, and more than a dozen other countries. let's go through what it calls for. it calls for a cessation of hostilities to begin in one week. the break in fighting should allow humanitarian aid into areas where it is needed. diplomats also discussed ways of restarting peace talks between the syrian government and the opposition. the future of those talks remains unclear. they were not able to convince russia to in syria. we will have more on that in a moment. we begin our coverage at the munich security conference, where serious cease-fire was announced. -- syria's cease-fire was announced. >> hours after a key diplomatic agreement to stop the fighting, the conference chairman said syria represents a new trend. >> today's conflicts more and more tend to transcend state borders. in some areas, to a stunning extent. take the war in syria for example. it has turned into a full-fledged regional conflict. >> meanwhile in syria, fighting continued. the deal specifies a cessation of hostilities in a week. in munich, jordan's king abdu

and in munich, senator john mccain accused them of using syria as a live fire exercise. >> russia has indiscriminately bombed civilians and moderate groups for months with impunity. intelligence leaders have stated publicly that russia's intervention has stabilized the asought regime and helped it get back on the offensive. and now, as we sit here today, syrian, iranian, hezbollah and russian forces are accelerating their siege of aleppo. it is no accident that mr. putin has agreed on a cessation of hostilities when he did. >> russian airstrikes have no doubt shifted the momentum of this conflict. the syrian army says that moscow's support has helped to push back isis militants. cnn's fred pleitgen was given exclusive access to the front lines against isis and has this report from eastern syria. >> reporter: in the eastern syrian desert, on the fringe of isis's self-declared caliphate, the syrian army readies its artillery canons, tanks and armored personnel carriers have dug in. we are right on the front line with isis. the soldiers here tell us that isis positions are literally only

he's head of the security conference in munich. all of those there are supposed to be pretty much on the same page, aren't they. they want the cessation of hostilities. they want to defeat isil and they want to see an end to the war in syria. but in public it is taking on a pretty nasty note. >> that's right, david. at first it was about agreement over syria, and then saturday it appears to have been characterized by disagreement over syria. we heard from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry that this opportunity was a hinge around which the syrian crisis could turn, and this was an opportunity for both sides all sides to seek peace. then we heard from sergei lavrov, his counter part from russia, that this secession would not succeed. we heard from the french prime minister that they had to stop bombing civilians, then we heard from his russian counterpart that that was not the case and russia had natural interests in syria and had no secret scenarios it was playing out. there is sill a divergent of opinion over syria. >> only a

passenger trains collided southeast of munich. syrian government troops backed y russia need to cut off rebel supply lines. the fighting has pushed housands of refugees to join thousands more stuck on the turkish border. in business another volatile day on the stock markets. as ill get the latest european shares continue to fall. we will slash back to the 1960's first our top from paris. >> first to the united states nd crucial new hampshire primary under way now. 1.3 state is home to just million people but turning into the battleground that could crowded republican field. we are covering the primary and joins us now from there. jessica, it is still very early. of new hampshire were hit by the snow. out to the ade it poll so far. >> there is heavy snowfall but i them.think it will stop the polls have opened and the was the n of dixville first to vote at midnight. lost s surprisingly trump there because he's leading in the polls yet maybe they are a moderate in that area near the border with canada. the republican candidate who wo

. >> now this all happens on the eve of a big meeting in munich by the international syria's support group, a group that includes russia and the united states. they're meeting in munich in less than 24 hours to try to get the syrian peace talks from geneva back on track. those talks are scheduled debttively for later this month. as we all know we're put on hold after they fell through in geneva just recently. so now those talks are trying to get back on track, we'll see if that happens with these talks in munich. starting on thursday. >> gabriel elizondo with the latest from the u.n. thank you. >>> well, as you heard a little earlier, turkey's president has launched a fierce talk on u.s. policy on syria and washington's support for syrian kurdish rebels. >> all america, you cannot introduce pkk, pyd or ypg to us. we know them very well. we are the ones who know daesh in these groups. you haven't had a grasp of them. and that's why the region is a bloodbath. >> strong words, well, al jazeera's roslind jordan is in washington, d.c. she has the latest on the u.s. reaction. >> the obama

they say that the munich deal will only give them time to fake further gains on the ground to further weaken the opposition and force the armed groups to surrender. >> a pause in the fighting and the delivery of much needed aid to the hundreds of thousands trapped in beseeminged areas cannot come fast enough for the people. the battle for aleppo has according to the united nations left more than 50,000 people homeless, adding to the millions who have been displaced over the years. >>> what have the people done to deserve this. they are not sparing anyone, not the children, not the women, not the elderly. it has been five years and we continue to suffer their oppression. that this is enough. >> the allies are cast they are claims to a victory but victory will not mean anything if there are not peace. >>> the agreement to end hostilities has been welcomed but urged russia to stop targets syrian opposition groups. >> we will welcome a more constructive role of russia in the fight against isil. so far, russia has mainly targeted opposition groups, not isil, and the intense airstrikes of r

i'll see the president in munich. i'll look forward to seeing him. minister will be in munich. when i was in iraq, a senior the kurdishrom regional government was in baghdad. that relationship is very good. we want to keep it that way. north of iraqhe have a lot of political divisions that i encourage them try to find a way to resolve. was at theil wolf door, everybody was united. whencularly in the moment the iraqi kurdish -- they went through to fight. that i wasal moment a part of. receded,sil threat has all of them had opened up. between thesions north, and divisions in the northern iraq. thisessage to them is fight is not over. the entire southern border is isil.lled by so long as that is the case, there's not going to be a stable there.on our advice is to unite against the threat against isil. differences,f the a lot of differences. meanwhile we have to help them with the financial difficulties. something i look forward to working with the committee to do. mr. connolly: i'm glad to hear that. i think that's essential. providing that financial support, because they are wil

at the security conference in munich, u.s. senator john mccain accused russia of using syria as a live fire exercise for its military. the kremlin revealed that presidents vladimir putin and president obama held a frank conversation on sunday. each side underscored their very different points of view about the syrian conflict. cnn diplomatic editor nic robertson reports that many in munich feel moscow is in the driver's seat. >> that phone call between president obama and president putin really seems to highlight some of the concerns expressed here in munich. the kremlin focussing on one aspect of the call, the white house focussing on another aspect. the kremlin saying it was important for the united states and russia to work together to fight terrorists, but, of course, it's that definition of terrorist that's been at issue here. the kremlin seems to consider anyone that is against president bashar al-assad, considers them a terrorist. the united states paints a different view that isis and al qaeda are the terrorists inside

foreign ministers are continuing to meet in munich. they're talking about the war in syria following an agreement on thursday by world leader to call a pause in the fighting. the french prime minister called on russia to stop its air campaign in rebel-held areas. france respects russia. we speak regularly with the president. we know the bombing of civilians must stop >>> more developments in syria to report. we're getting some information that almost 20 people have been killed by what appears to have been russian air strikes carried out in the town of alganto. that's in homs province and this took place on friday. this is video that you can see that has been posted on line. we at al jazeera can't verify this footage, but as i say it has been posted on line. as you can see you've got parents weeping over children who have been hit in the attacks as well as others who are covering the dead. in another part of this city a man calls for help following what appears to be russian air strikes. >> translation: for god sakes, we're being slaugh

just going back to munich. the stumbling block is the issue of the ceasefire and when it might start. do you think they might agree to that this evening or do you think it's unlikelily? >> there is a big divide between the united states and russia. the united states wants an immediate ceasefire now, not tomorrow. while the russians are not in a hurry. they are not committal. they suggested the first of march. their dog is winning. assad and his allies. they are not in a hurry at all. they have tipped the scales in to the favor of assad. in two or three weeks the syrian army will be five or 10 miles away from the turkish borders, so the russians are trying to splay the process and the ceasefire as long as possible. >> we are lavrov, kerry and de mistura who will be appearing shortly. tell us about the other key regional players and ma they night bring to this? is it too big i've meet to go come up to a solution? >> you have 20, at least 20 members. so you have the great powers of the united states and russia and

and russia agreed to this deal in munich a cup of days ago. they want an end to hostilities at the end of this week and allow aid to enter into besieged area. this is the first time he spoke since that. he doesn't believe a ceasefire will bring an end to the conflict saying that the government considers every person who holds a weapon or carries arms against the state are terrorists, not changing the position of the government since the start of this conflict. he also said that it's unrealistic and for the syrian government a solution would involve what he calls reconciliation agreements on the ground, but the opposition would call a surrender. what has been happening is agreements have been reached after a siege has been laid and people starve from the lack of food and medicine. it is not just the syrian president who is questioning the munich deal. the opposition is saying it allows russia to continue to target rebel groups. they believe the fact that al-nusra are not included in this deal, russia would use their presence to exploit and cont

we have nic robertson with more from munich. >> reporter: good morning, john. this is seen as a last-ditch gasp, if you will, to resurrect the geneva convention. and that is opposition and the government close to meaning talks which could get lost. we are hearing from the russians is they are talking about putting a cease-fire on the table. possibly march 1st. this is what the ambassador to the u.n. said. >> we have a number of discussions with the united states, including the possibility of a cease-fire and also some humanitarian discussions. >> reporter: reality is russia's credibility is at an all-time low. the u.n. said last week in geneva the fact that russia was upping air strikes in aleppo and along with syrian government forces on the ground, that is what stymied the talks. the only thing the u.n. could do is hit the pause button. the opposition's group ranges from the former prime ministers to hard liner islamic groups. they are putting their hopes on humanitarian access on the ground. it is anyone's guess. what you have here in munich today is the 18