conventions and the geneva conventions make it pretty clear that. they were primarily designed to protect people who are not part of the conflict or no longer part of the conflict and in syria of course we're what we're really dealing with it is the convergence between combatants and civilians it's very difficult to understand and distinguish. those who are fighting from those who are truly suffering and i wonder again if you can really ensure the integrity of the humanitarian work in this case because a year and a half ago we could see a lot of campaigns in turkey in europe and the united states asking for funds and asking for to haue alleviate suffering of those in syria but it was later discovered that many of those funds went into funding and supplying rebels so how do you really make sure at this very difficult time the people your actually assisting are indeed this ill and snored those who are fighting well first and foremost i see or see there's a lot in explaining and acting transparently on both sides so there is no question that a channele

some but not all want toot tend geneva two. the syrian national council has threatened to quit the coalition if it takes part in the talks. and then of course there is the armed opposition. the free syrian army remains the largest group, but there could be as many as a thousand others with between 70 and 100,000 fighters between them. and they too aren't very united many are opposed to each other. al jazeera has seen the text of a speech by the syrian national coalition president who is at the london meeting. he says the opposition will not attend the proposed peace talks unless the aim of the meeting is to remove president assad. they say they risk losing credibility if they go to geneva without its main goal in mind. joining us now is a member of the syrian national council what do you make of what he said? >> i think it sets the minimum for the consensus of the opposition. a few days ago he made the statement, and he said it was misinterpreted that he will go, and many in the opposition were upset that we're not going to go

when they gather in geneva. have to keep in mind that. there's a possibility to rebuild that state but the future of independent mini states is is suspect and the problems of federation which are possible between autonomous units i suppose will be very difficult to develop ok hillary cried he added i hope there is a stronger sense of identity in syria but hilary if i can extend my analysis of partition one partition state whatever you want to call it will not be secular if you know what i mean it will be jihad this land or something like that which is really no one in the region needs that we have next jordan we have also lebanon i mean this is what i worry about because assad can pull up the bridges and say i'm going to sit pretty until you guys figure out your problem your arming them you're giving them money you're giving them support you're giving them legitimacy and this is the real problem i worry about if there isn't a resolution relatively soon. unfortunately no one will be sitting pretty. not the govern

that is the essence of the communiquÉ of geneva. we talked about the creation of a transitional government with full executive authority including military security, all of those powers that existed in the presidency currently and then leading into a transitional period and then to an election. from our point of view, we believe that we need the support of key countries in the region. and we want their endorsement. that is why, during the meetings, the leadership had in new york, with different members of the international community, including our friends, we insisted that countries like turkey, saudi arabia, qatar, all of those countries would support our going to geneva. and we wanted the u.n. eventually to provide some guarantee that there would be a implementation of any arrangements, including maybe the need for some peacekeeping forces. from all points of view and we go through this with an understanding of not a when we say assad should not be part of the process, that is not a precondition. any political solution must begin

those are the words of the geneva communiquÉ of june 2012, known as geneva 1. and in that communiquÉ, the united nations and other representative entities in many countries, including russia, signed on to a communiquÉ which called for a transition government in syria. what we did today was increase our commitment to the convening of the geneva conference for the specific purpose of implementing the geneva 1 communiquÉ. we agreed to increase today our coordinated assistance to the opposition, including to the syrian opposition coalition, the legitimate representative of the syrian people. and we also committed to do more to assist the brave people who are on the ground in syria. we also agreed to direct military aid exclusively through the supreme military council from those countries that have chosen to do so or are able to do so, as they fight, that is, the supreme military council fights to curtail the influence of extremists, to isolate the extremists, and to change the balance on the ground. now as these efforts all occur simultaneously, we are convinced

and maybe president assad needs to go back and read geneva 1 again or for the first time but geneva 1 says you will have a transition government by mutual consent. so it doesn't matter whether you're up or whether you're down on the battle field. the objective of geneva 2 remains the same which is the implementation of geneva 1 which means a transition government arrived at by mutual consent of the parties. i don't believe anybody who ever believes that the opposition will consent to bashar al-assad being part of that government. and if he thinks he's going to solve problems by running for reelection i think i can say to him with certainty this war will not end. as long as that's the case where he is there. now, the geneva 2 process is a negotiated resolution of a war that is taking place because bashar al-assad decided to meet the demands of young people in this country for participatory role in the future of syria. he decided to meet them with bullets. and bombs. and artillery shells. and he has shelled universities. and killed innocent students sitting at their desks. he shelled sc

this and more you just mentioned the geneva conventions and the geneva conventions make it pretty clear. they were primarily designed to protect people quiet not part of the conflict or no longer part of the conflict and while the geneva convention clearly give protection to civilians or to combatants they do not leave combatants without any protection. the same protection as civilians who can go in there is a woman the woman didn't seek according to did she need a convention have the same right to medical treatment civilians have. in just three days the u.s. will be forced to make a decision that will affect the entire global economy if lawmakers don't find a way to reopen the frozen government and then agree to raise the national debt ceiling america will default on its debt and if that happens the shock will be felt well beyond its own borders or is a nice in our house the details well there's been no headway over the weekend between democrats and republicans coming to some kind of agreement on how to raise or whether or not to raise the debt ceiling if the u.s. doesn't secure a debt

a mining company called geneva rock. in an ironic twist, this world class flying spot sits on world class sand and gravel. and geneva rock wants to take as much of it as the they can get. >> was there a moment when one day you went up and said, wait a minute the bull dozers are closer than last year? >> absolutely. march of this year. the bulldozers started pushing dirt overnight. ened of two days, tim of the mountain was gone. >> jolted into acts, the fliers began digging through public record and stunned to discover the mining company actually owns most of this land. and plans to eventually bulldoze point of the mountain into a dusty pit. mining away their precious wind in the process. >> we are trying to raise aware nchlts ness if we don't do something it will be gone before we know it. >> reporter: this community of wind walkers knew it would be hard to rally outrage over a niche sport few will ever try in a state with so much mining. but then came the dust. as geneva rock expanded their operation here, it kicked up

this and more you just mentioned the geneva conventions and the geneva conventions make it pretty clear that. they were primarily designed to protect people quite not part of the conflict or no longer part of the conflict and so while the geneva convention clearly give protection to civilians or to combatants they do not leave combatants without any protection not the same protection as civility can go in there will be women is a woman the woman didn't seek according to did she need a convention have the same right to medical treatment as superiors have. in just three days the u.s. will be forced to make a decision that will affect the entire global economy if lawmakers don't find a way to reopen the frozen government and agree to raise the national debt ceiling america will default on its debts and if that happens the shock will be felt well beyond its own borders and he's in eastern our house the details. well there's been no headway over the weekend between democrats and republicans coming to some kind of agreement on how to raise or whether or not to raise the debt ceiling if the u.

meaning who are the parties participating in geneva? what is the relation of these forces to the syrian people? do they event the syrian people or forces representing the countries that made it? if they wanted to suggest some suggestion later on which basis do we answer it as a country? who does it represent? >> reporter: with all sides trying to dominate the planned peace conference, it is likely that no one side will come out on top, particularly since russia and iran haven't been included in the preliminary talks by the friends of syria ahead of the geneva two conference. >> aljazeera.com is providing special coverage of the plight of the syrian refugees. it includes is stories and video reports of the situation facing millions of syrians who have been displaced from their home and country by the ongoing syrian civil war. >>> there is a new report out criticizing the u.s. for using drones to kill its enemies. they say the deadly strikes violate international law and could qualify as war crimes. here is a story of a family who's grand

the nuclear program is at the heart of these discussions in geneva. give us an idea. >> 2003 is when the key negotiator for iran -- at that time they had only a handful of centrifuges spinning and now have an estimated 19,000. when you have a lot, you can get close to bomb making capacity by enriching uranium at different levels. let's try to visualize this with a graphic. what we have at the moment is in richmond going on at different levels. a five percent level and the 20% level. now, when you get to the so- called red zone and there is a lot of -- a lot of in richmond going on in parallel at those levels, you can re-enrich at the weapons grade level, which is about 90%. the amount that they are talking about does not answer the concerns from the west. because of the expansion of the program and of the enrichment five percent as well, with those going on in parallel iran has a lot of material and it could, if they chose to, weapon eyes. >> we have been talking a great deal this morning about one of the details to emerge from these repose goals, the

>> he does have a very difficult mission since the geneva one conference last year, nothing has really changed in the positions of either side and i think this morning the state control department was very clear, sort of saying that he is welcome to come to syria but he should come with no preconditions and he should not represent the point of view of one party, that was basically the main complaint last time that he went to syria. some of the media went further and mocked him as an aging tourist so it will be very difficult, the opposition has said all along it will not go to the geneva two conference if there is no talk about assad leaving power and no talk about transition from the regime to the nu government and lately asaid indicated there was nothing to stop him from running for reelection next year in 2014 when they should be syrian presidential elections even though he did not say whether he would run or not but certainly brahimi will be very difficult. >> so prospects for geneva looking pretty dim. >> looking pretty dim also because of the fact the opposition doesn't agree on

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day one of discussions in geneva between around -- iran and the nuclear negotiators. this is the follow-up to that first phone conversation since the iranian revolution of 1979. we will also be checking in from the media watch segment. let's say hello once again. >> a debt proposal rejected from the house of representatives. two days before the u.s. might run out of money to pay its bills. talks with world powers on the nuclear program. a strong earthquake strikes the central philippines. first to the u.s. where the house of representatives are questioning plans to prevent a default on american debt. the white house has rejected the house proposal calling it a partisan attempt to appease a small group of tea party conservatives. it said a deal is far from being struck. here is our business editor with more. >> you have the republican and democratic senators actually agreeing on a plan. it would see the debt ceiling raised until february and see the government funded until mid- january which would end the u.s. pgovernment shutdown. they are working on a completely diff

they must be addressed and part of georgia geneva. ish would like to be invited they would withdrawal and leave. they are, again, you know, entities that in fact they more organized and larger in numbers sometimes. it they have done more killing in syria than some of the extremist groups. so again, that's out at that to the difficulties. syria is no longer a -- it's a regional and international issue. [inaudible] i was interested because -- [inaudible] he was ?il power. but we knew he was on the way out. and i -- [inaudible] there was a window of opportunity because the in my mind, from my understanding was open to the -- he brought internet -- [inaudible] >> you need to be closer to the microphone phone. >> i'm sorry. have you not heard -- >> just the last part. i'm wondering for we miss a window of opportunity welcome syria, and with bashar as the leader, who obviously wasn't the planned leader. his brother, you know, originally. but i thought that bashar was open to the west. very open to internet in to, you know, many things that

the geneva one communiquÉ. we agreed to increase today are coordinated assistance to the opposition, including to the syrian opposition coalition, the legitimate representative of the syrian people. and we also committed to do more to assist the brave people who are on the ground in syria. we also agreed to direct military aid exclusively through the supreme military council from those countries that have chosen to do so or are able to , the supreme fight military council, fights to curtail the influence of extremists, to isolate extremists, and change the balance on the ground. occurse efforts simultaneously, we are convinced based on the meeting we had here today that those increased efforts will create their own synergy that will help the opposition to continue to be able to grow stronger. so far, the united states has committed a significant amount of funding to both the humanitarian effort and the effort to assist the syrian opposition. total shy of $2 the largest proportion of which, i might add, humanita

now you ask me about geneva ii. i think that we have protocol of geneva i signed by everybody, and you have everything there. not everything, but some first steps to create the representative of opposition. they will have to prepare political, transitional period, changes constitution or something and to prepare the country for the democratic elections in the future. it will be, it may be one year or two, i don't know how many, but it will be under the strong support and supervision of the international community. it means we have the first paper to start to work together and signed by everybody. and this is, i think, the very important challenge. >> so, mr. minister, let me just ask just a quick follow-up on that. you talked about your concern about the system of governance and some of the greater diplomatic issues surrounding this, the bilateral aspect. you said in the past that the kremlin's priority is not necessarily syria itself, but relationship with america. in essence, syria is the diplomatic playing field

ensuring that the geneva peace talks will happen next month. but still no confirmation from the syrian opposition. a report by amnesty international says cia drone attacks in pakistan are responsible for unlawful killings, some of which could amount to war crimes. this is going to be as bad as it gets. why are fighters bracing themselves in australia for yet another horror day as they brace themselves on the outskirts of sydney. first, our top story and the pressure on for the syrian opposition to attend planned peace negotiations next month. the opposition is refusing to talk unless president assad steps down. talks with members of the opposition with the aim of getting them to change their mind. let's listen to what u.s. secretary of state john kerry had to say. >> what we did today was increase our commitment to the convening of the geneva conference for the specific purpose of implementing the geneva one communiquÉ. we have agreed to increase assistance to the opposition including to the syrian opposition coalition. the legitimate represen

meaning, who are the parties participating in geneva? what is the relation of these forces to the syrian people? are they forces representing the countries that made it? if these forces representing the conference and the dialogue wanted to suggest something later, on which basis do we answer it as a country? who does it represent? >> it's like one side, particularly at the role of key player, such as russia and iran, haven't been included in the preliminary talks with the syrian group in the peace conference. >> a reminder that aljazeera.com is providing special coverage of the plight of the syrian refugees, with video reports on the situation that millions of syrians face as they are forced from their homes in the middle of the civil war fest >> dealing with a major security problem. agency said that mall ware has affected it's headquarters in vienna, and none of its data has been affected in. >> the owners of that colorado cantaloupe farm tracking the deadly outbreak of wisteria, they're expected to plead guilty that they allowed the

ministers are meeting in london and hoping to persuade leaders to have a planned peace conference in geneva for next month. inside syria the fighting shows no sign of abating and we report. [bomb going off] much of syria war is the battle for checkpoints like this, in the town east of damascus rebels breakout offensive and regime forces are back but rebels prevail and impossible to say which took action but it's repeated across the country. here the rebels appear to win but that is not always the case. [gunfire] in the country side, shelling continues for a fourth day, the damage is immense. [gunfire] there is more violence with sides showing no signs of backing down. and as the fighting continues a planned peace conference of geneva two is enroll and one of the opposition groups representing the rebels would like to discuss the role outside of the talks with the friends of syria and prompted this from russia. meanwhile the syrian president assad said the peace conference has much work to do before it become as reality. >> translator: there is no data and no factors that help in holding it

some, not all, want to attend the geneva ii from the coalition. the syrian national council is a major player within the coalition but threatened to quit if it takes part in the talks. then there's the armed opposition. there could be as many as 1 thus different groups with between 70 and 100,000 fighters. of those, the free syrian army remains the largest group. many, but not all of its members support the syrian national coalition. and, of course, there are quarrelling factions such as the syrian islamic front, the nusra front and others. they agree they want bashar al-assad out, but don't agree on how. here is what some of the inside players told our program. >> translation: we, as all the syrians, are looking for a political solution for what goes on in syria for the last 2.5 years. we think the russian position that supports the regime in syria is one of the problems, the obstacles in syria >> our internal legal documents will not allow any group without a major voting from the general assembly of the syrian national coalition to go to any ge

well, our diplomatic editor james bays joins me live from geneva. significant day, james, what is on the agenda? >> reporter: significant debuts remember just a few weeks ago in new york that very new mood that, phone call between president luja rouhani and prest owobama and john kerry and his iranian counterpart. now really the start of the test, the concrete negotiations on the details of iran's nuclear program. a short time ago i was speaking to a member of the iranian delegation they are not giving anything away, but we understand that iran has a new proposal it's going to put to the international community. we understand that the iranian foreign minister will make that proposal when the meeting starts about 20 minutes from now. >> so a very different public tone from iran towards the west. that tone has certainly changed as you say with the phone call and what's happened afterwards. what is the quid pro quo if the west moved toward -- if iran moves towards the western di demands? >> reporter: well, i think it's pretty clear what the iranians wa

i am asking about your concept of this geneva conference. if assad is not there, who should be on that side of the table? if assad is there, if no one from the coalition will go. >> ok. the first question about the structure that exists today. i think, no, we believe that these institutions of repression, particularly the intelligence agencies, must be reformed drastically. this could take time. i think we had in the day after project the whole section on security reform, in which we envisioned like all normal countries having two maybe intelligence agencies instead of the 16 that exist under assad today. also re-envision the role for the police, which is very important and should be charged to carry out domestic order. and the same for the armed forces need to be reformed in a way that unfortunately -- over the years, and i think part of the reason why we have the situation we have today is that since this goes back to the french mandate, when this french first came to the country and created the first troops to carry out order in the count

process the geneva talks, but there are different views within his supporters, among his supporters. so we want the moderate opposition in syria to know we are behind them and going to geneva, and we will continue to help them in many ways, and of course to persuade them that this is the only way in the end to solve this tragic and bloody conflict in syria. >> international affairs editor douglas herbert told us more about the challenges facing the friends of syria. >> it is a grouping right of 11 coronations, western arab nations, including qatar the united arab nations. we have covered them in paris tunisia, istanbul. they have been meeting everywhere in the past few years. in the beginning there was a pretense where they were speaking to a so-called united opposition that was marching at least in their own words in lockstep towards a brighter future for syria, a future without bashar assad in it. that has become aggressively more difficult, or that vision is more out of whack with reality these days. john kerry is going to a meeting trying to face an opposition that within itself

one of the rebel groups has decided it would like to discuss his its talks outside of geneva. meanwhile the syrian president has saided the planned peace conference still has much to do before it becomes a reality. >> translator: there is no date, and there is no factors that help in holding it now if we wanted to succeed, meaning who are the parties participating in geneva in what is the relationship of these forces to the syrian people? do they represent the syrian people or the countries that made it? if these forces wanted to suggest some suggestion later, on which basis do we answer it as a country? who does it represent. >> reporter: with all sides trying to dominate the planned peace conference, it's likely that no one side will come out on top, particularly since the role of key players such as russia and iran haven't been included in the peace talks. >>> for more on those talks in london, we turn to phil itner, and phil what are they hoping to achieve if the key players aren't going to be there? >> that's just the question, what can they achieve if they are not presen

. >> rose: what the possibilities of a geneva conference on syria. we talk to lakhar brahimi special enjoy to virria from the united nations and arab league. >> we have said there is-- the government is not going to win. they may be doing better today. they may be doing better next week. but they are not going to win this war. nor is the opposition going to defeat, you know, actually defeat the government and have them you know leave damascus or whatever. >> rose: a look at egypt today, part two of my conversation with nabil fahmy, the foreign minister. >> in two and a half years we have asked two presidents to leave. we are going through a societal transformation. egyptians are trying to define who they are, politically in the 21st century. that's the debate. how do we draw the image of egypt. is it my image? it can't only my image. is it an islamist image. it can't only that. so this is what we are trying to do. it is an important, complicated but historic opportunity, which we have a responsible to pursue to the utmost. >> rose: shut down, syria a

peace talks will go ahead in geneva, the geneva ii talks. russia and the united states have been trying to convene the talks for months. from the head of the arab league, november 23rd in geneva for geneva ii. >> state of emergency has been declared in the australian state of new south wales where firefighters are battling massive bushfires. forecasters are predicting stronger winds and higher temperatures in the next few days, which could make conditions worse. more than 200 homes have been destroyed. andrew thomas has more from springwood, to the west of sydney. it will get worse. temperatures which had been predicted to fall look like they'll rise. the winds are predicted to pick up. the worst conditions when you have already got fires burning. now it's relatively cool. the hot change was supposed to have arrived. i think it's been delayed a few hours. there were concerns overnight into monday and tuesday. the temperatures and winds will pick up, and the chance of rain, which was a little in the forecast a few days ago disappeared entirel

>> what happens in geneva? could it shift towards what iran is proposing, a system of spot checks, could we see that replace demands for a complete halt of uranium enrichment? >> reporter: yes. i think that that's the general idea. the iranians are willing to deal with any question that exists. of course, some in iran don't believe that western governments are sincere when they say that they feel that the iranians may be trying to produce a nuclear weapon because american intelligence doesn't say this. the iaea has never said that or showed signs that iran's nuclear program is anything but peaceful. the iranian government says if there are sincere questions the iranians are willing to open up. western countries have to do something in return. in the past the iranians not only opened up completely, but they also halted you're rain yun enrichment and iran got nothing in return. it was further antagonized by the united states, the iranians being the axis of evil and so on. the iranians say we have a new administra

arab league arrived for talks with the syrian government planned in geneva next month and he has been touring the region in the past week talking to all sides involved in the conflict and been to countries that support it like turkey and kanta and talks with groups against fighting with the government and met iran's new president who is a supporter in the region telling him the country's presence is vital for the geneva talks to succeed. and let's bring bill joining us live from beirut and i understand he drove from beirut to damascus and he is there, what is he going to do? >> well, he is due to meet with the syrian president bashir assad and foreign minister and this will be a very difficult mission, as difficult as it was in the past simply because the positions on either side have not changed much. the opposition still says it would not go to geneva unless it is to find a mechanism to basically get rid of bashir assad as president of syria and pave the way for a transitional government, damascus position is that it will not sit at the table with any armed rebel groups or any rebel

the meetings in geneva involved the u.s. and five other powers, plus iran. the next new round is scheduled for november 7th and 8th, again in geneva. we'll have more on this later in the program. in the philippines, the death toll from tuesday's earthquake rose to at least 144. rescue crews on the central island of bohol finally managed to reach some of the hardest hit areas, a day after the quake struck. they combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings, including at least a dozen heavily damaged historic churches. about two dozen people remain missing. this was election day in new jersey, as voters chose a united states senator. pre-election polls showed newark's democratic mayor cory booker holding a double- digit lead over his republican opponent, steve lonegan. the winner takes the seat of democratic senator frank lautenberg, who died last june. >> ifill: also ahead on the "newshour": an interview with italy's prime minister; rounding-up wild horses in new mexico; iran comes to the negotiating table over its nuclear program and a new book on jazz gr

outcome of the friends of syria meeting we talked to a former pentagon official to assess whether the geneva peace talks might be under threat stories. from a studio this is. a day a russian court has dropped the charges against a group of thirty greenpeace activists who attempted to board a drilling rig in the arctic last month. outline the details to me. the latest information is of course the charges have been reduced so instead of piracy we now have hooliganism and this carries the maximum sentence of seven years instead of fifteen which is what of course if they weren't be charged with piracy this is what they would they would be facing and we're talking about thirty activists here from eighteen different countries and there's been a lot of speculation as to what would happen putin for this whole case he has always said well i don't see why they should be charged with piracy in fact he was supporting a different decision and we even had eleven nobel prize winners riding to vladimir putin urging him to drop the charges and now just to take it back in fact as to as to what happened over a

lakhdar brahimi is trying to build support for peace talks planned for geneva next month. the main rebel groups refused to take part. >> lakhdar brahimi's visit to damascus is part of a regional tour. he's visited iraq, egypt, kuwait, imam and kata and met the king of jordan in a country that hosts over half a million syrian refugees. on thursday he held talks with leaders of the free syrian army and others fighting against the government. on sunday he met iran's president telling him this his country's presence is necessary for the geneva talks to succeed. >> abdul ham eed joins us from beirut. what are we expecting from lakhdar brahimi's visit to damascus? >> well, it will be a difficult visit, if you read the state controlled media in syria. they are saying lakhdar brahimi is welcome, but should not represent particular parties, he should be impartial. they described him and mocked him a bit like an ageing tourist going around the region trying to find a solution that may not be there. the syrian government will tell them what they've been saying, that they will not dis

we're now looking at geneva two, but this is geneva one. they. agreed that they should come to the negotiating table and agree on the transition of power, but none of those agreements have been achieved so far. if the geneva meeting takes place, what are the hopes? >> i did not hear your question but i think you asked about the syrian council and we also heard from factions on the ground who clearly stated that they did not recognize the diplomacy. anyone who would go to the geneva two conference would be considered a traitor. and that conference goes against the aspiration of the syrian revolution. you also hear from the syrian government that it doesn't really recognize this opposition, the one that had been recognizecally recognized representative of the syrian people. the syrian government said it will talk to the patriotic opposition, meaning an opposition that doesn't have much support on the ground. an opposition that has no links to foreign power. so a very fragmented opposition that would not have a stand if it reaches geneva. a lot of p

six world powers are taking part in the talks in geneva. iran hoping to convince the world it's nuclear program is for making energy not bombs.

popular tourist island and world leaders sit down with iran to discuss the nuclear program and live in geneva and china celebrates ten years of space exploration. ♪ we begin the news hour with bombs across several countries on what is supposed to be one of the holyist days in the world and mosques in syria and afghanistan were attacked tuesday when they were attending prayers and a governor was killed on a bomb attack in a mosque in the providence and 20 others were wounded. a governor as we said was killed during the prayers in afghanistan. the attack happened in the logar providence and an official from the governor's office said they were planted in the mosque where governor and 20 other people were injured in the attack. and a bomb blast at a sunni mosque in the northern city of kirkuk in iran and 20 people died as a bomb went through worshippers after they left after morning prayers and they attacked a mosque not far from the capitol of damascus and they made a rare public appearance to attend morning prayers and we have people in afghanistan and southern lebanon and we go to jane furr

that is where geneva came in. we believed at the time that geneva had positive elements. when they met last may and decided to hold a geneva 2 conference, we thought that this could present an opportunity to end the conflict. a couple of points. from our point of view, number one, there should be clarity about the outcome of this process. there should be a transition to democracy. we will not talk about power- sharing or rehabilitating the regime. we are talking about a democratic transition. we're talking about the creation of a government with full executive authority, including military security. those powers exist in the presidency currently. this will lead to a democratic transitional government and election. second, from our point of view, we need the support of key countries in the region. we want their endorsement. that is why, during the meetings, we met with the international community. we insisted that countries like turkey, saudi arabia, uae, would support our going to geneva. we wanted the u.n. to provide some kind of guarantee that there will be implementati

what has been a achieve achieven geneva? >> reporter: i think the best way and easiest way to know what has happened is to note clearly what they are saying. both of them are talking optimistically and also cautiously. and it means that there are still obstacles to be removed but the whole atmosphere is very positive. >> one of the americans at the negotiations in geneva said that iran has given more than it has ever had before. so iran in the mood for making concessions. do we know what those concessions were? >> reporter: i think the both sides have come to this point that this time that has been going on for many years has to be settled now. it is for both of them. some comments are on the road of bargaining. for example, some say that iran is making more concessions and the other side they are now making more concessions. i think both sides have come to this point that this must be put an end to. >> is it -- they have been negotiating, mohamed, as you know, for, what, 10 years now. so why is it only now that iran has dec