so we have seen in sochi to be. the major military factions syrian factions of the north a ticking bought in so in fact yes i mean turkey is a major part of the syrian opposition or important part of the syrian opposition both military and the military and the political one which actually have access and they have support of the turkish or the turkish government but after all we don't we shouldn't be forgetting actually that. the president. and when we talk about him i mean he's he's clearly the president of the turkish republic and he was elected actually to take care of the interest of the of the turkish republic of the interests of his own country not the interests of the syrian people so we have been seeing this shift and changes in turkish foreign policy towards the syrian conflict from from the first to the from the early stages of this conflict in which he was actually calling for president bashar assad to step down and until then there are stages in which he actually started to become their hopes more intere

i would never go to sochi because. this is not and utra place this is an occupier who is killing children and civilians in the thousands and supporting a war criminal who used chemical weapons where they raped women as a weapon to make rebels surrender their rapes continue it was on france do with a documentary that was unfortunately only aired in france but we are busy translating it and sending it even to the russian people we have no problem with the russian people or iranian people or american people it's always a problem with politicians and extremists including the jewish people we have no problem of them we have a problem with extremists xanthus policies of nothing and you know so we would never go to a mickey mouse conference where they invited sixteen hundred people for a one day of talks that's point two seconds per person nobody is going to be able to talk it's just a place to. cement the interest of russia and pretending it's a and honest broker when it is not its interest is in supporting assad so that it'

and i'm at the head that our sochi europe regarding sochi should remember there are many problems both on the ground and political the syrian army with its allies has liberated large areas and eliminated terrorist leaders anyway the geneva negotiations lead to nothing in order to please other parties that happens with other negotiation platforms too and that's where sochi comes in but we shouldn't expect too much maybe some expect the situation in syria will be resolved right after a declaration when announcements and sochi but we know how politics works these negotiations are just a stage. right up to date thanks for staying with the latest headlines in half an hour. we have a great team we need to strengthen before the freeflow world called better than a legend to keep it tight at the back. in ninety two that must qualify for the european championships at the very last moment no one. believed in last what we want and i'm hoping to bring some of that waiting spirit to the r.c.t. . recently i've had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that peter schmeichel will be on the best fall

what are the chances of success at this meeting while so many others have failed a live report from sochi. also on the grid on side thousands of workers from the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees take to the series of protests against the u.s. decision to cut aid to the agency they support some five million palestinians the organization has launched a global fund and campaign to make up the shortfall and taking the heat fitness tracking companies is under scrutiny after i published a heat map showing the exercise rooms of a sousa rom the world's problem is some of those words appear to reveal secretly u.s. military locations used by soldiers overseas. lots of conversation around the story followed. beyond the security issues it's brought attention to all the anonymous data that's been collected from our personal devices turns out it's not so anonymous i mean are supposed to be this requests and comments throughout the show using the hash tag it. with the news be live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us for the fi

and i'm at the head that on sochi russia regarding sochi we should remember there are many problems both on the ground and political the syrian army with its allies has liberated large areas and eliminated terrorist leaders anyway the geneva negotiations notes nothing in order to please other parties that happens with other negotiations too and that's where sochi comes in but we should expect too much maybe some expect the situation in syria will be resolved right after. declaration of when announcements in sochi what we know how politics works these negotiations are just a stage. there will be no russian flags the twenty eighteen winter olympics in south korea the international paralympic committee has upheld its ban on t. russia though it is allowing clean athletes to compete as neutrals two months earlier a similar decision was taken by the international olympic committee but while all eyes are now one russia allegations of doping violations are surfacing elsewhere in the world in the run up to next month's winter games the issue of doping has taken the main stage once again seeing th

it's been a heated day in the russian resort of sochi where groups from the syrian opposition talk to representatives from damascus along with other concerned parties about the prospects for peace in syria and it seems that there's a palpable result emerging from the talks for more on what has been achieved as first light to a corresponding. rather than what's come out of the talks. well first of all they've agreed on twelve points twelve points along which a future syrian state will be built it's it's a guideline the document itself made the rounds of geneva multiple times but ultimately it got nowhere it was finally side here in sochi and it's a road map that governs everything from syrian from syrian government itself to syrian sovereignty to how the military will be overhauled compromise what the different sides wanted and you know what what they could all for what they could put a put on the table the other pig thing that was agreed on is a constitutional reform committee to amend or rewrite the syrian constitution the interesting thing here is that seats on it fifteen twenty man

syrian opposition members refused to leave sochi airport ahead of russian backed talks. i'm richelle carey this is our sara life and also coming up. so you can see the president wasn't part of this is making process often essential target of the president the f.b.i.'s deputy director steps down. colombia suspends peace talks with the island rebels after a series of bomb attacks. and no more anonymity the south korean government cracks down on trade digital currencies. russia back talks aimed at finding a solution to the syrian war are getting underway in sochi they appear to have run into more problems some opposition members who arrived in the black sea resort are refusing to leave the airport ahead of the meeting they say they are offended by the presence of official syrian flags in the terminal building about sixteen hundred syrian politicians rebels and members of civil society have been invited to the black sea resort town live pictures of this happening there moscow says it's bringing all sections of the conflict together but the main opposition groups and the kurd

the russia back to syrian talks are delayed in sochi is opposition members refused to leave the airport for the negotiations. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up supporters a kenyan opposition leader are waiting for him to take a symbolic vote as the so-called people's president. dozens of saudi princes and top business men held in a corruption investigation have all been released from captivity at a hotel and riyadh. and no more anonymity the south korean government cracks down on the trade of digital currencies. by russia on the syrian war have been delayed in sochi the meeting is due to began earlier on tuesday but it's been postponed to move reports of differences between turkey and russia their foreign ministers have spoken twice already in an effort to bring all parties together on the table about sixteen hundred syrian businessmen politicians rebels and member members of civil society work and bided to the black sea resort town of sochi but the. main opposition groups are getting ready for that meeting so a small section of the opposition groups he

but they refused to leave the airport they stayed for about ten hours at the airport of sochi and they took offense at the various banners that were hung up in the city for these talks the turks tried to get them to come but to no avail nevertheless there were many other parties many denominations ethnicities christianity's indians muslim susan shias certainly a lot of debates internationally turkey russia iran three big players the guarantees of the astronaut peace process they were all here in the western part of this for example united states they really sense junior representatives and from what we've been told by a level of they haven't displayed much optimism much enthusiasm for this sochi peace peace conference as the true new year to go it would yes it's way more difficult to negotiate when it's not like minded people who sit around the table like in paris and washington but opposing sides but agreements by opposing sides are way more stable money lasting and sustainable the news achieved in an industry of like minded states taking decisions for the syrian people and the syrian

well it's not a matter of saying yes to what russia intends to hold in sochi or saying no the issue is one of investigating this particular initiative by the russians as i told you previously that russia believes that it can solve their problems politically as it thinks that it's old militarily you cannot use the same means and tools to approach the political settlement the russia has no parallel no compatible power in the field and it has jets all over the place it just use syria feel a test feel about what's its weapon mr a lot of the work you're problem with him and initiative they would like you to negotiate a political transition they want to sell a set to stay in power and they say that you are welcome to be part of a broader political establishment but you won't be the only one to have the biggest say what is your problem with this perspective. ok well fine that's we have to discuss then the nature of this initiative or this invitation to a sooty congress first when new russia has put a precondition for those attendees those who are going to attend it first they do not need they

it has been a heated day in the russian resort of sochi where troops from the syrian opposition talk to representatives from damascus along with other concerned parties about the prospects for peace in syria and it seems that there is a palpable result emerging from the talks as explained. first of all they've agreed on twelve points twelve points along which a future syrian state will be built it's it's a guideline the document itself made the rounds at geneva multiple times but ultimately it got nowhere it was finally side here in sochi and it's a road map that governs everything from syrian from syrian government itself to syrian sovereignty to how the military will be overhauled the other big thing that was agreed on is a constitutional reform committee to amend or rewrite the syrian constitution the interesting thing here is that seats on it that will be saved for those that were unwilling or unable to attend these talks this will be passed on to the u.n. so the u.n. will oversee this new committee and the u.n. special envoy to syria will personally guide this initiative there w

special envoy for syria stuff on the restorer says the sochi meeting office a unique possibility for political rivals to join in crafting a new constitution. we never had to be going into it but seizure actually getting involved in do discussion or you will get to shoot because it would not give it me agreeing on the possibility of creating a call to show commission which in that would be a good un to do it but i think we have reached that point. and staying with syria where one person has died and two have been injured following a bomb attack on a turkish military convoy in live that's according to the turkish army two of the victims were civilians including the person who died the attack was carried out by kurdish militants the convoy was on its way to it live to assist in the creation of the deescalation zone or meanwhile an iraqi kurdish television channel has film some of the damage in the turkish enclave of afrin in syria afrin has been under attack by turkish forces for over a week the video shows the aftermath of shelling as well as civilian casualties. now the u.s. inspector

tensions flare as peace talks over the syrian crisis get underway in the russian resort of sochi will guide you through the biggest developments in negotiations so far. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us this hour the pentagon has apparently instructed the inspector general for afghanistan a watchdog overseeing the situation in the country to keep quiet over how much of afghan territory is in the hands of the taliban as according to the group's latest report. this development is troubling for a number of reasons not least of which is that this is the first time sigur has been specifically instructed not to release information marked unclassified to the american taxpayer. of more details on this i'm joined in the studio by ecostar enough thanks for coming in eagle why are they classifying the areas controlled by the taliban while making first and foremost it's not just the areas controlled by the taliban what the pentagon apparently is withholding is just the general breakdown of districts and populations controlled both

the russian backed syrian talks had a snag in sochi opposition members refused to leave the airport for the negotiations. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up live pictures from nairobi were supporters of opposition leader right looting are said to witness and take a symbolic oh as kenya's so-called people's president. leaked documents show a top australian immigration minister went against policy and tried to keep hundreds of refugees from settling in the country plus. the president wasn't part of this is you making process often a central target of the president deputy director steps down. syrian president bashar al assad's key backer russia is holding talks aimed at a political solution to the civil war about sixteen hundred syrian business and politicians rebels and members of civil society have been invited to the black sea resort town moscow says it's bringing all sections of the conflict together however the main opposition groups and the kurds they are boycotting the talks world powers like france and britain are also staying away a small section of the

tensions flare as peace talks over best syrian crisis get underway in the russian city of sochi we're going to be bringing you live updates from the venue later in the program. the u.s. treasury names over two hundred russian politicians and business figures in the so-called kremlin list washington stresses that no sanctions are being imposed against the individuals on it though it was drawn up as part of a sanctions law signed last summer. the problem of doping in sport is much more widespread than previously thought according to a recently released report that was withheld by the world anti-doping agency for six years. a very warm welcome i'm mickey aaron and you're watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from the russian capital it's good to have you with us this hour. now we start with breaking news the pentagon has apparently told the inspector general for afghanistan to hush up how much of the country's territory is under the control of local taliban insurgents that's according to his latest report. the inspector general produces regular reports on the progress of t

for a challenge who joins us from sochi in russia quite a great deal of confusion confusion earlier today in sochi rory as to whether or not these talks were going to go on or not talk us through what happened first behind the scenes and also in front of the cameras. you know will we were watching the screens from the media room which broadcast the central hole and all the delegates sitting around waiting for the opening session to begin and they were sitting there for an hour before the screens eventually went blank and that's when we knew that there was something that was going on that was perhaps going to throw a spanner in the works and that was related to the group of opposition figures the you just mentioned the ones who came to sorties airport overnight from turkey turkish backed opposition figures and as you said came out of the plane and saw all these government flags all over the place and thought this was an offensive gesture basically threatened to turn around and go back home again they did that but what they did was hand over authority to turkish government representat

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russians phones have told us on the war in syria wrap up in sochi ending a day of heckling and an opposition protest at the airport. hello i'm maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up southern secessionist by the united arab emirates say they've taken control of the yemeni city of aden. kenya's opposition leader a rider agenda is sworn in as the people's president in a mock inauguration ceremony. and we look at the innovative way one german city is tackling the europe wide problem of pollution. russian sponsored talks aimed at finding a political solution to the war in syria have just wrapped up in the black sea resort of sochi the conference final statement said that elections should be held to allow syrians to. own future but there have been no formal agreements with the talks punctuated with disagreements interruptions and delays the event was boycotted by the leadership of the syrian opposition the us britain and france one either they support a separate un mediated process which itself is fail to get anyway some delegates had called the russian foreign ministe

in sochi so worry as things stand at this minute and i understand they could change in the next minute but right now the opposition by and large is refusing to participate correct. we have certain opposition groups who are here we have the moscow platform which is here represented by a cadre tamil but yes you're right the main bloc opposition representatives. and also the turkish backed opposition forces maybe affiliated to the f.s.a. the free syrian army they have stayed away the s.n.c. decided they were going to come over the weekend the turkish backed opposition forces well they did arrive they arrived overnight at sochi airport and then when they stepped off their plane they saw plastered all around the airport all across the branding for this congress the syrian government flag they didn't like that and so they said they would not leave the airport until all those flags were changed now map kicked off last minute round of negotiations between the turkish and the russian foreign ministries and the outcome of all that is the those representatives have gone home but what they've done

will be heard in sochi and we hope that by the end of this congress in sochi itself and there was to receive recommendations about who else might be added to the. constitutional commission.

on the discussions in sochi on monday. well the news earlier on monday the another group of opposition figures was going to be staying away from sochi really exposes i think the shortcomings of this congress russia has tried to make this as inclusive as possible inviting people and groups from across the syrian cultural religious and political spectrum so the robot is here there are these there are sunnis and shias allo whites and various different political platforms including the moscow platform the rest on a platform but there are a few notable exceptions now those are the s.n.c. the syrian that negotiation committee which has said that it will stay away from sochi believing that this is undermining the geneva process the kurdish groups such as the why p.g. then not here either they are considered persona non grata by turkey and of essentially being shut out i don't think they want to come anyway because of what's going on in africa and so this all basically steers towards the moscow and damascus perspective on the syri

first to sochi where russian sponsored talks aimed at finding a political solution to the war in syria have just wrapped up in the black sea resort of sochi the conference's final statement said elections should be held to allow syrians to decide their own future but there's been no formal agreements with the talks punctuated with disagreements interruptions and delays the event was boycotted by the leadership of the syrian opposition the us britain and france weren't there either they support a separate un mediated process which itself has failed to get anywhere somebody gets heckled the russian foreign minister when he read a statement from president vladimir putin a ques moscow killing civilians and some opposition delegates refused even to leave sochi airport for the talks because syrian government flags were displayed at the terminal. the one job of. the syrian opposition delegation came to participate in a sort she conference from ankara with hopes to push the peace process forward and achieve serious political transition that will bring syria from tyranny to democracy and the ch

around sochi that that there would be taken down. we were made to the airport refusing to work under the flag and slogans of the syrian regime therefore our delegation has decided not to take part in the sochi talks but boycott them and return to ankara however the turkish delegation remains in sochi and it will voice our demands and our desire to see them implemented. they then boarded the jet and after spending ten or so hours at the airport flew back to turkey nevertheless the congress the syria peace conference went on went ahead it would have been great to have that opposition here to have that diversity here to see them sit down with the syrian government perhaps other factions other denominations and the cities who are represented here and to talk about their differences not try to knesset. barely resolve them here and now you know that's expecting a lot but at least get the ball rolling at least voice their concerns voiced their positions which is what this vent this venue this space is entirely about getting everyone to sit

and i'm at the head that our sochi is your regarding so what you should remember there are many problems both on the ground and political the syrian army with its allies has liberated large areas and eliminated terrorist leaders anyway the geneva negotiations lead to nothing in order to please other parties that happens with other negotiation platforms too and that's where sochi comes in but we shouldn't expect too much maybe some expect the situation in syria will be resolved right after a declaration when announcements in sochi but we know how politics works these negotiations are just a stage. but if i was here in moscow as crypto currency has grow in value hackers are finding new ways to steal them the new so-called crypto jacking method is fast becoming popular the mechanism allows hackers to secretly mine cryptocurrency on your computer while you're watching internet or using infected applications on your smartphone it's been reported that google and you tube were exposed to such malware recently but somehow because prefer to do it the more traditional way and simply steal the digi

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syria and voice confirmed he will be traveling to those talks in sochi. stephanie decker is an anti care on the turkish syrian border she'll tell us about what's happening on the ground in syria but first to her in vienna where it's the last day of those u.n. sponsored talks on syria's future and as i mentioned the opposition saying hold on they're not going to solve she didn't really explain why. well they said that all they had met here in vienna is actually stubbornness on behalf of the government delegation there was a new working document that was floated around that working document was written by . britain the u.s. france saudi arabia and jordan and the opposition describe it as a documented basically provides new mechanisms to revive these peace talks that seem to be going nowhere i think you know one has to bear in mind that they're not even able to start talking about peace or even start negotiating anything or any of the points of these should be negotiated really to reach anything like constitution elections none of that has happened russia an

around sochi they demanded that those be taken down. we were made to the airport refusing to work under the flag and slogans of the syrian regime therefore our delegation has decided not to take part in the sochi talks but boycott them and return to ankara however the turkish delegation remains in sochi and it will voice our demands and our desire to see them implemented. they then boarded the jet and after spending ten or so hours at the airport flew back to turkey nevertheless the congress the syria peace conference went on went ahead it would have been great to have that opposition here to have that diversity here to see them sit down with the syrian government perhaps other factions other denominations and the cities who are represented here and to talk about their differences not try to necessarily. result them here and now you know that's expecting a lot but at least get the ball rolling at least voice their concerns voiced their positions which is what vent this venue this space is entirely about getting everyone to sit down and

the syrian that negotiation committee which has said that it will stay away from sochi believing that this is undermining the geneva process the kurdish groups such as the y. p.g. then not here either they are considered persona non grata by turkey and of a century been shut out i don't think they want to come anyway because of what's going on in africa and so this all basically steers towards the moscow and damascus perspective on the syrian conflict the upshot of this congress is likely to be the endorsement of the new what they're calling a constitutional committee made up supposedly all of the syrian government on one side and opposition representatives on the other but if the main groups of the opposition are not here then this allows damascus to essentially say that the opposition groups boycotting sochi boycotting this process are saboteurs of peace the big question of course is where the u.n. stands on the of this and whether stefan de mistura will approve of these measures and not allow this to filter in to the geneva process the russians believe that he is on board rafters w

with the united nations and with turkey as guarantor of stayed in that stand out before and now in sochi including other friendly states like here knighted states united kingdom france european union jordan saudi arabia all with the effort with the aim to continue to push forward the political process and take advantage of any initiative so that the political process of today very can be reinvigorated. so. as well as our discussions with united nations or friends especially turkey as a guarantor state in the agreement in the conference of us dollars previously and now in sochi in addition to the with other states like the united states of britain france the european union jordan and saudi arabia all of these discussions and meetings with in the context of pushing the political process forward and to meet use of any initiative vitalize the process in geneva. all of this all comes within the context of serving the political process of the neighbor and causing any and shit to have supportive to it in a very that's why we gave in more detail of. talks with respect to the associate conference

was pressure on them not to get involved the syrian negotiation commission agreed not to attend the sochi conference our focus remains delivering a credible political transition for syria through the un led geneva talks putin's spokesperson said it himself don't expect a breakthrough a peace treaty you re conciliation here in sochi this is not what this venue is about it's just a space for the various sides in syria the various ethnicities denominations to come together and to talk about their differences not necessarily resolve them it's to get the bull rolling because what has been sorely lacking in the syrian civil war is any sort of dialogue between the warring sides between the rivals and the opponents this is intended to set up to give them an opportunity to sit down and to talk about their differences. as we just mentioned the size do not agree on many points about syria's future including for example the fate of the current president bashar al assad but despite their differences pro-government and opposition representatives agree on one thing that discussing these problems is cruc

and i'm at the head that our sochi is your regarding so we should remember there are many problems both on the ground and political the syrian army with its allies has liberated large areas and eliminated terrorist leaders anyway the geneva negotiations lead to nothing in order to please other parties that happens with other negotiation platforms too and that's where sochi comes in but we shouldn't expect too much maybe some expect the situation in syria will be resolved right after a declaration when announcements in sochi but we know how politics works these negotiations are just a stage. several major german carmakers are under fire over controversial testing methods being revealed they were involved in potentially how hazardous experiments on both humans and animals are all over investigators. having humans inhale toxic fumes is apparently how the german automotive industry carried out its health impact research it's emerged in the media that the giants of the german car industry allegedly sanctioned experiments on both humans and animals. the experiments were carried out by a now d

range of syrian political religious social and cultural and business life have been brought here to sochi to talk to one another and they believe that that is the most important thing about this is getting a dialogue moving again can try to restart the whole peace process and eventually go to geneva and rory given all these these troubles how lucky is it that they can actually achieve anything. well i mean as a difficult question i think russia will of course make the most of this make the best of it the effort they're going to try restarts the whole process of geneva is i think. meaningful one from from their perspective we can hear it's a listen now to an analyst a russian foreign policy analyst called alexander aksyonov who we spoke to earlier on who gave us more scope as view of what this is all about. you do various reasons . the new approaches stumble. and now there is a need to give the new impulse to revitalize these procedures so that is the initial. aim a goal of this of this congress and i know that there was a lot of suspicions of terrorists as persians and various circles not

the olympic champion from sochi 2014 who took a year—long career break since the last games. she has returned refreshed but has struggled to find consistency of old... lizzie arnold is the olympic champion. my goodness! since i was a kid i wanted to go to the olympics. to say i'm an olympian and a gold medallist, that is mind blowing. after sochi, there was a niggling thing that i hadn't yet been a world cup champion or european champion. my cup champion or european champion. my mind skipped immediately to that. to be able to achieve all four titles with them 407 days, in two seasons, was awesome but i was so exhausted. i'm glad i took the time. training was much harder than i remembered. it is constant. everything we do is in a basement, at the gym, lifting weights and trying to get stronger and faster. the past 18 months, i think it has been very up and down. lizzie arnold ta kes been very up and down. lizzie arnold takes the bronze medal! she is way backin takes the bronze medal! she is way back in tenth of rococo position! she may struggle to get another heat after that r

or whether it's under you know the russians now in sochi the situation remains incredibly volatile and we went into syria just a couple of days ago and i can tell you you know millions of syrians are displaced in their own country you see tents all along the border the situation is dire and it seems that no one can agree on how to find a political solution to this even though you know it seems that all the international players now a jostling to sort of carve out their spheres of influence and it does seem that the syrians are the ones that have you know the least say of all. we're going to talk about attempts at solutions so stephanie thank you let's get the latest on the talk some more a challenge in sochi so already the the opposition said we're not going to be there what can that what can the substance of the talks really be if such significant groups of people are not going to be there. what it exposes i think really the shortcomings of this congress is all about russia has been trying to make this is inclusive as possible it's invited people from across the spectrum of syrian pol

around sochi they had the blood that that there was to be taken down and. we were made to the airport refusing to work under the flag and slogans of the syrian regime therefore our delegation has decided not to take part in the sochi talks but boycott them and return to ankara however the turkish delegation remains in sochi and it will voice our demands and our desire to see them implemented then boarded the jets and after spending ten or so hours in the airport flew back to turkey nevertheless the congress the syria peace conference went on went ahead it would have been great to have that opposition here to have that diversity here it isn't going the way that the rebels wanted it to go so there's more incentive here to sit down and talk nevertheless not this time around. my staying with the same thing about with more and often now. here's what people have been saying about redacted the night with us exactly just full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to find you know really what it is that really packs a punch. yampa is the john oliver of hearty

but they refused to leave the airport they stayed for about ten hours at the airport of sochi and they took offense at the various banners that were hung up in the city for these talks the turks tried to get them to come but to no avail nevertheless there were many other parties many denominations ethnicities christians you see these muslim susan shias there's certainly a lot of debates internationally turkey russia iran three big players the guarantees of the astronaut peace process they were all here in the western part of this for example the united states they only sent junior representatives and from what we've been told by a good level of they haven't displayed much optimism much enthusiasm for this sochi peace peace conference that is the true new year to go towards yes it's way more difficult to negotiate when it's not like minded people who sit around the table like in paris and washington but opposing sides but agreements by opposing sides are way more stable money lasting and sustainable the news achieved in an in a circle of like minded states taking decisions for the syria

putin they accused moscow of killing civilians and some opposition delegates refused even to leave sochi airport for the talks because syrian government flags were displayed at the terminal. rather bumpy start to this day. it has been year for various reasons and for various different people as you suggested there it's been difficult for the opposition to really come around and view this and view this process as anything other than a russian orchestrated way to circumvent the geneva process that's why many of them refused to come here that's why the syria negotiating committee didn't want to come there were other groups who pulled away from this whole process on monday saying that while there were still attacks going on in the countryside massacres as they put it they were prepared to come here to sochi and there was that the airport overnights where a turkish backed group of opposition didn't like the fact that the airport was draped in syrian government flags and turned around and went home again deferring all of their author of teas to the the turkish government representatives here i

russian sponsored talks on the war in syria wrapped up in sochi with calls for elections and promises of constitutional reform. kenya's opposition leader rider a dingo is sworn in as the people's president in a mocking over ration ceremony. and the u.s. awaits president donald trump state of the union address not least what he has to say about immigration. first to yemen where secession is forces say they've taken control of the southern port city of aden that's where the saudi backed government of president. hadi has been based after who see rebels took control of the capital in two thousand and fourteen the reuters news agency says the forces which are backed by the u.a.e. have confined the government of president hadi to the presidential palace suggesting splits in the saudi led coalition was on a binge of aid as the latest on. the seat of power for yemen's government is no longer under its control this is the sudden port city of aden where secessionist say they're now in charge fighters from the southern transitional council have seized areas around the presidential palace and mil

for several hours it seemed like the syria congress in sochi would collapse before it began turkish banks opposition figures refused to participate soft arriving at so she's airport overnights offended by the presence of syrian government flags. we were surprised to see that none of the promises were kept needed a brutal bombardment stopped nowhere the syrian regime flags and slogans removed from the conference banners and we have seen a lack of diplomatic manners from the host country which. two hours late proceedings finally got underway. but the chaos continues during russian foreign minister sergey lavrov opening remarks in the conference hall. in the room one thousand three hundred ninety three international observers and delegates from many walks of syrian life political religious ethnic cultural and business they pushed ahead with dialogue agreeing in the ends to embrace twelve principles developed in the un stalled geneva process and to form a constitutional committee comprising syrian government and opposition figures but there was no disguising the absence of the main rebel orga