for you. efforts to bring about some sort of cease-fire in syria, kofi annan's mission to bring peace to syria. most countries appear to have given up on his proposal as the cessation of fighting was due to stop on thursday. there's still the syrian authorities that told him they will pull back troops and cease-fire. teheran is looking to play a key part in the cease-fire and peace in syria. >> is this the prelude to a cease-fire? the continued badgering of firing. their continued emergence is evident. there's no letup and no chance the government will observe a cease-fire. while there's growing international gloom the kofi annan peace plan will even begin to take place. the man himself has been in teheran. the voice of support for the peace plan. mr. annan said it was important regional governments help solve the crisis and resolutely pressed home the message that there's still time and that he received assurances from both sides. >> if everyone respects it, then by 6:00 a.m. thursday morning the 12th, we should see a much improved situation on the ground. >> but among the swel

their operations. what now for the peace plan led by kofi annan, a plan described by some as a last chance for syria? welcome to "gmt." i'm david eades. and all clear for extradition as the court for human rights says five terrorist suspects can be sent to the u.k. from the u.s. to stand trial. when hundred years to the day since the unthinkable sunk in southampton, which lost more than 500 residents when the titanic went down. midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in the morning in new york and 2:00 p.m. in damascus where serious -- syria forces were supposed to the pullback. but no signs of a determined effort to do that. only more outbreaks of shooting and mortar fire. more recriminations and skepticism from the international community running out of diplomatic avenues. for first report is from our middle east correspondent. jim muir. >> this is homs, syria's third biggest city. with government tanks and weapons still being used, according to an activist, despite the fact i know they should have been completely withdrawn from population centers. several quarters of homs where rebel fighter

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kofi annan still expressed optimism that the cease-fire would take place. >> there has been further clarification from the syrian authorities that what they mean and want is an assurance that the other forces, the opposition forces would also stop the fighting so that we can see cessation of all violence and we have been in touch with them and have had positive answers for them to ensure that all parties respect the cease-fire and ensure that by... if everyone respects it, i think by 6:00 on thursday 12th, 6:00 in the morning on thursday the 12th we should see much improved situation on the ground. >> rose: kofi annan is scheduled to brief his security council via video conference tomorrow. the united nations estimates at least 9,000 have died since the uprising began in march, 2011. ambassador bashar ja'afari joins me now. i am pleased to have him on this program. >> thank you very much, i am pleased to be with you, charlie, and thanks for having me. >> rose: tell me whether you believe this cease-fire will work. >> i have listened carefully to your representation and allow know br

. . live in moscow international envoy on syria kofi annan says it's too early to bury the u.n. peace plan in syria his comments came amid loud skepticism in the western and arab states over thursday's deadline for a complete sea. fire in the syrian civil conflict. closely developing us me following the developments for us here on r.t. peter so what exactly did kofi annan have to say. well he was kofi annan said there was still time for his six point peace plan to be put in place he said that beat the deadline of six am on the twelfth of april was still a viable deadline and he appealed to both sides both the opposition and the government forces to put down their weapons and to as he is to the point solve that peace plan that he was the the main architects both despite criticism from the west kofi annan the former u.n. secretary general saying his plan was still very much alive. i believe it's. true. to say that the plan has a plan. because i can't really hear anything. well the kofi annan also went on to say that there was no real alternative to the peace plan that he put forward and he h

violent assaults since the uprising began a year ago. the united nations' special envoy kofi annan said an alarming number of casualties are still being reported, despite his attempts to negotiate peace. from beirut, the bbc's jim yu starts our coverage. >> just half an hour's drive from the city's center, shelling and shooting in the suburb of duma. just four days from the deadline for it to call off its crackdown, the regime seems to be pulling out all of the stops to fish off resistance wherever it finds it. activists say there's a real war here. closer to the city center on video showed large numbers of government troops to activists that are engaged in a crackdown there too. no sign there of the withdraw the syrians say they've already begun. defiance for the regime continues. also close to damascus, a late siege to the local government building and tried to raise the rebel flag there. far away to the north, government forces were in action attacking several towns including this one. but the third biggest city in central syria continues to take the brunt of the battering. bord

territory at the contact that is in two hours' time. but the assurance given to kofi annan is conditioned. they said they have the right to deal with terrorist threats. there is widespread skepticism about the president's motives. we have sent this report from the turkish-syrian border. >> waiting for news from the country they fled. this is a place where new arrivals from syria are processed. a few were at least willing to give the kofi annan mission the benefit of the doubt. do you think there will be peace? >> i hope for that, he says, but they have talked before and it has come to nothing. i do just hope for peace ^ crac. >> from here you can see syria. it' s calm, but other parts of the border region have become precarious of the past few days. syrian forces have fired across the border terrifying camp residents and infuriating turkey. inside syria, the last days have seen serious fighting. in homms, troups has pounded opposition distance with tank fire and mortars. no sign here of any military withdrawal. in parts of the city, there is little left to fight over. the acti

fears that they peacetime brokered by kofi annan is close to collapse. >> the violence building up inside syria spilled over the border today. refugees who thought they would reach safety in turkey are fired on or caught in crossfire. >> it was the last straw for this man. they are killing us, he cried. there are slaughtering them with knives. there bombing houses. you people help us. there were 20 injured. some had been shot. the failure of international diplomacy to stop the fighting has been a crushing blow for refugees who have been waiting many months to go home. even more so for those who have been driven here in the past week when the annan peace plan was opposed beginning momentum. the helicopter gunships swooped down on our village, this man recall who arrived three days ago. bullets hit two of his sons. they're in turkish hospital. the kofi annan police plan -- peace plan was the last great hope. it brought only increased suffering. short of a diplomatic miracle, they believe there will have to fight for their freedom. inclined tosh host and clien agree. it calls for the

cease-fire, kofi annan, has spoken of a fragile calm. he says other parts of this plant are not being honored. he has called for president assad to withdraw his tanks, troops from syrian cities in the interview with like monitors employed with unimpeded access. -- she has called for president assad to withdraw his tanks, troops from syrian cities. he would like u.n. monitors employed with unimpeded access. the regional enemies like turkey and saudi arabia have no faith in the plan. iministers meeting in america, they're looking to bridge the divide. their skepticism from the west. >> the plan is not a menu of options, this is a step obligations. the burden of fully and visibly meeting all of these obligations continues to rest with the regime. >> it is the dynamics between the combatants that will decide the face of this cease-fire. the soldiers of the free syrian army reject negotiations with the government and predicted that the cease-fire will collapse in days. >> this regime is very illicit. they will allow two days but when they see the protests have intensified, they will claim

. general kofi annan has been trying to come up with a southeastern cease-fire and his -- syrian cease-fire and his efforts have been greeted with skepticism. >> so i think the plan is very much alive. if you take it off the table, what would you replace it with? >> we have a good efforts by a good man, kofi annan, which ran directly into a bad-faced response from a bad man, bashar al-assad. gwen: where do things stand tonight? >> there has been a cease-fire in place. the cease-fire that kofi annan was negotiating and somewhat to everyone's surprise it has held. friday is a very important day in any arab muslim country because that's the day people go to the mosque and then after they go to the mosque at moon -- noon, that's when the big demonstrations happened and this friday big demonstrations happened again. there were some deaths, but way lower than the kind of deaths we've seen before. the syrian army did not fire with tanks and artillery into the city. in the short term this is in a fragile way holding together. the kofi annan plan has six points, including the army pulling

time running out on his peace mission, kofi annan came to visit the refugees of serious violence. -- syria opposes violence. here, there was a welcome. most of these people have fled from the north of the country with stories of killing and torture. all day, the cavalcade moved from camp to camp. some of the refugees we met, to the hope his mission might still work. this woman told us maybe something will happen in syria and the king back to their families and children. >> kofi annan is being asked for solutions he cannot deliver. a growing number of voices here are demanding that the opposition be armed and achieve a military victory. >> the mood of the military is growing. >> we wanted to come into syria and get weapons to the free syrian army, and we want a liberated zone so we can free our country. >> the clock ticks on the united nations deadline. kofi annan position looks increasingly forlorn, though he continued to press damascus to pull forces back. >> let me appeal to the syrian government and syrian parties to cease violence in accordance with our plan, and i believe th

. secretary-general kofi annan asked security council members for support to implement an april 10 peace plan for syria. the plan calls for a cease-fire by all parties. dialogue between the government and opposition leaders, and withdrawal of heavy weapons and troops. following the meeting, u.s. and syrian ambassadors to the u.n. spoke to reporters for about 25 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. that may provide you with a read-out of the council's meeting this morning with kofi annan. the joint special envoy review for the security council his efforts so far to address the crisis in syria. he expressed gratitude for the recent presidential statement and for the security council unity that it represented. join special envoy kofi annan said that in his discussions with the syrian regime, he emphasized the regency of the situation and pressed the government to cease troop movement, cease the use of heavy weapons, and pull out of population centers. mr. annan reported that the syrian foreign minister sent him a letter yesterday in which he said that the syrian military will begin i

casualty's and syria -- kofi annan. >> a deal to crack down on tax evaders. >> and celebrations for easter get under way at the vatican. the united nations and arab league envoy kofi annan say alarming casualty's have been reported in syria even after the government agreed to withdraw funds from protest city's. >> russia and china have joined in in stepping up the pressure on president bashar al-assad. if this is carried out, he will call for a complete cease to hostilities two days after the deadline. >> members of the u.n. security council still have doubts that president bashar al-assad will keep his promise and withdraw forces from opposition strongholds before the deadline. special envoy kofi annan made a special plea by a video link. >> i plea for clear instructions, so the message goes down through the country to the fighter and soldier. >> the syrian regime says it has already begun withdrawing forces from flashpoint cities, but eyewitnesses report continued shelling. >> even if the regime announced its acceptance of the kofi annan issued a, we believe it is an attempt to bu

annan peace plan. a chinese activist makes a dramatic escape and then releases a defiant video directed at the authorities. >> all the rumors on the internet, all of the accusations of defiance against my family, they are all true. >> tribal leaders in south dakota are trying to ban shops from selling their community booze. welcome to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. the ongoing agony in syria has taken another turn for the worse. in bonn has exploded central damascus killing at least -- a bomb has exploded in central damascus killing at least nine people and injuring more. television has blamed it on a suicide bomber. activists say the government was behind the attack. whoever is to blame, the violence casts doubt on the peace plan that secretary general says is being flouted by the syrian government. we have this report from beirut. >> more bad news for kofi annan and his peace plan. a deadly suicide bomb in the heart of damascus. state television carried gruesome pictures of the aftermath. it showed shattered body parts in explicit detail. it reinforces the regime's

plan to work despite the looming deadline the russian foreign minister urges kofi annan to more actively pressure the opposition towards a cease fire. the british prime minister and his japanese counterpart agreed to expand cooperation on defense equipment and a move many see as mirroring washington's recent drive to boost its military presence in the asia pacific region. also the man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime many believe he did not commit america's most famous prisoner who. talks exclusively to our t.v. and his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. and russia and poland remember the victims of the tragic plane crash near somalia and killed the polish president and most of the country's political elite just two years ago. oh and thanks for joining our team on carrots are all she with you broadcasting from the heart of moscow the international envoy to syria kofi annan says it's too early to bury his peace plan that's a some western and arab states lashed out at the syrian government over its commitment to the looming cea

fact. that kofi annan. proposal said not clean it's a little pledge rizzuto by some of the opposition groups including the well known syrian national council and that prime minister by the what they would be at the house and people about the three years you might have any connection with a weapon the three. well you know when you're through and furthermore but newly simmers the partners of the syrian national council i mean some international stakeholders. even before kofi annan began his mission they made some of the statements of its mobile undermines this limitation of this plan by the chirac i might just not enough for me inside willing. had i let you down in a fashion him with a hood with him. over which is why again today we want to call them all the opposition groups. all the international player who have been influence with the opposition including military a position with their influence to stop the flow and. stop blood and violence as a state it's in the plan presented by special envoy kofi annan and i thought i might add that. if we're having good food we have a

indonesian island of sumatra. national envoy kofi annan says syria has assured him it will abide by the cease-fire deadline. >> if everyone respects it, i think by 6:00 on thursday the 12th, 6:00 in the morning on thursday the 12th, we should see much improved situation on the ground. >> fears of all-out war after sudan says its largest oil field has been taken over by the south sudanese military. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. also in this program -- as north korea prepares to launch a long-range rocket, kim jong un is proceed mode to the leadership of the ruling party. and it's a case of don't mention the wall, a dispute over whether to screen a film re-creating a football match between ukraine and german nazis just before euro 2012. >> we start with breaking news. the indonesian earthquake agency has issued a tsunami warning for the coast of south sumatra following what it says is an earthquake of 8.9 on the richter scale. let's go to jakarta and speak to our correspondent there. what more do you know? >> well, geeta, the latest details are trickling in, and the

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members discussed the situation in syria, and the six point peace plan set up by u.n. envoy kofi annan. the secretary of foreign affairs of the u.s. open the debate by talking about new sanctions on serbia. members voted in february to impose travel bans, weapons in cargoes -- weapons embargoes, and restrictions on services. this is 45 minutes. some gentlemen, we will now start debating the next point, on the situation in syria. i would now like to give the floor again to the hi representative of the view -- high representative of the eu. >> thank you very much. we are appalled by the high levels of violence in syria. the regime forces have bombarded cities with no regard for civilians. violence has not spare children. reports of shelling in ho billionms killed in shelling -- and -- there are reports of shelling and killing. the members know how fragile and unsafe the situation remains. the violence in homs, hama, and aleppo are tragic reminders. i emphasize a resolution approving the immediate deployment of an advanced team of up to 30 military observers in syria to begin reporting on

shelling, it is reported that six people were killed there today. annan has called on damascus to withdraw all troops and weapons from flashpoint city's. >> there have been reports of sporadic violations of the ceasefire by government forces and the regime. >> is a fragile truce, but it has brought a measure of calm to syria. troops should have been pulled back two days ago under the annan plan. this unverified video screens to show shelling in homs. the main syrian exiled opposition group says that the cease-fire holds, there should be talks for a transition process. >> there should be, according to the plan, some kind of dialogue. it should be about the transitional phase. >> government is currently in control of most of the country. it denies it agreed to pull back the army, but it says is committed to peace. >> we want this mission to have an end to move to the political solution. we would only be responding to violence, like if they target government buildings. >> bond keenan it confirms the situation looked -- ban ki-moon confirms the situation looked calm. >> we are watchin

. the united nations special envoy kofi annan said an alarming number casualty's are still being reported, despite his efforts to attempt a negotiated peace process. >> a half-hour's drive from the damascus city center, shelling and shooting in the suburbs. just four days from the deadline for the call-up of the crackdown, the regime seems to be pulling out all the stops to finish of the resistance wherever it can. even closer to the city center, there are large numbers of government troops engaged in a crack down there, too. no sign of the withdrawal the syrians that have already begun. defiance to the regime continues. protesters laid siege to the local government building and tried to raise the rebel flag there. doorway to the north, government forces were also in action, attacking several towns, including this one. the third biggest city in central syria continues to take the brunt of the battering. it has been shelled and rocketed four days as clashes go on. rebel fighters are in other districts. they took over a national hospital on tuesday. under kofi annan's peace plan, r

arab spring with problems. kofi annan warns of violence in syria continuing despite the cease fire stressing an urgent need for the expansion of the u.n. observer mission. there you're watching out here very warm welcome to you today while the trial of a self-confessed massive killer and this brave it continues there are fears last year's massacre in norway might one day be repeated in other european countries the u.k. anti fascist group has warned his anti islam rhetoric could be inspiring extremist followers worldwide a move must be done to stop it and in britain which has a number of towns considered hotbeds of the far right the trend is especially worrisome auntie's other bennett explains. this is looted was considered the breeding ground of far right extremism in the u.k. so to a large muslim community and also to the english defense league who are now considered one of the most dangerous groups of the global counter jihad movement it started as a gang of football hooligans and in just three years its ranks have swelled to more than seventy thousand all united against what the

hundreds of arrests. of the peace efforts for syria the international envoy to the country kofi annan has briefed the u.n. security council on the progress of this mission ortiz report has more for us from new york so what was said during that briefing. well during the closed door briefing a lot was discussed between mr kofi annan the u.n. envoy to syria and the security council members what we do know so far is that mr anon says that there's been no progress on the ground in syria so far as to implementing a cease fire he also suggested the security council to consider creating a cease fire monitor mission but the biggest news so far is that according to mr anon syria has agreed to an april tenth deadline for a partial implementation of is six point peace plan and according to what is said syria has agreed to stop all acts of violence within forty eight hours of that april tenth deadline mr kofi annan urged the security council to support for that april tenth deadline where partially his peace think i'm partially be implemented now we have been reporting that kofi annan did lay out a six

the city on monday. the syrians have told kofi annan that they agreed to his first step of pulling out the population centers. they insist the opposition must then follow suit. there's widespread skepticism. the important thing is that mr. annan has got the russians on board. the >> [speaking foreign langua] >> this plan is that syrians have to take the first step. we support this initiative. if those who fight against the syrian government do not follow this example, i don't think we will achieve any results. >> hoping for better times, the international red cross president, jakob kellenberger was in syria. he wanted two-hour daily truce. he also wants access to detainees. activists say that in the meantime, the authorities are punishing known opponents by demolishing or setting fire to their houses in many areas, including this one. there are fears that there may be more of this sort of thing as next week's deadline approaches. jim muir, bbc news. >> in the last few minutes, a spokesman for the u.n., kofi annan, has said an advanced team is due in damascus in the next 48 hours to

some areas. for kofi annan, the problem is the political crisis remains unresolved. the opposition will not accept any solution that keeps president bashar al-assad in power. after tens of thousands were driven into exile and thousands died, the bitterness and mistrust is immense. it is telling, perhaps, i did not meet any refugees who believed they would be going home soon. bbc news, on the turkish-syrian border. >> for more on the tension inside syria and diplomatic efforts to broker peace, i was joined by british foreign secretary william hague, in washington for a meeting of bgh. -- of the g-8. you have met with the foreign ministers. do you have a sense of how the cease-fire is being implemented? >> it is tough to say. there is a skeptical eye. in the last year, when the syrian government has said they are cooperating, they have gone on to break their word. that are not fully implementing the ceasefire. the have not withdrawn their forces from populated areas in taken heavy artillery back to barracks. it is a welcome announcement, but we need to get a monitoring mission in the

commitment to by the national envoy kofi annan. >> it's part of the agreement that we stop the killing and we top the violence and we start talking. that both sides come to the table. >> hello and welcome. also coming up in this program, shock and anger in grease after a man shoots himself in the head in a public suicide. and armies from west african nations meet to try to restore democracy. it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington and 2:00 in the afternoon in damascus. where the syrian government has said they've begun with drawing from major centers where pro democracy protests have taken place. an advanced international team is due to arrive in the country to broker a deal that would lead to the deployment of 250 unarmed people to monitor a cease-fire. activists say that syrian troops are attacking a suburb of damascus in what they describe as one of the most violent campaigns since the uprising began. jim muir reports from neighboring lebanon. >> just half an hour's drive from damascus center, shooting in the city of douma. just four days from the deadline for it to call

joint special envoy kofi annan. he also faces deep skepticism about his motives, a skepticism based on a long train of assad's deceitful actions to date including broken promises to his own people and to the international community. the united states is committed to holding the syrian regime to its obligations. we are leading an international effort to help stop the violence and support a peaceful political transition in syria. even as we speak, secretary of state clinton is meeting with our international partners in paris to determine what additional steps should be taken to make that happen. we know achieving that end is a tough task. from every angle, the situation in syria is enormously complex. there is no silver bullet. i wish there was. there isn't. at the same time, the situation is of grave consequence to the syrian people. there are many others who are affected by what happens in syria as well. including syria's neighbors -- turkey, lebanon, iraq, israel, jordan, and all nations with a vital interest in the middle east. meanwhile, it is fair to say that iran is syria's onl

lies to the people. it lies to the whole world. it is not surprising they would like to kofi annan, -- lie to kofi annan, too. >> down below, you can clearly see that not of government forces have withdrawn. every few minutes, there are short burst -- that not all government forces have withdrawn. every few minutes, there are short bursts of gunfire. >> we are overlooking this town, a ghost city. there is some traffic in the distance. the government is in control of this area. we've seen tanks moving. you can hear the sound of gunfire. this is a few days after the cease-fire was supposed to have taken place. we saw government roadblocks. they stopped and checked vehicles, looking for a man -- the man they call terrorists, soldiers of the rebel army -- looking for the men they call "terrorists," soldiers of the rebel army. the fighters have moved back in, by passing major roads and cities -- bypassing major roads and cities. the girls of this family are young, but they already know the language and a loss of syria's revolution -- and the loss of syria's revolution. last week, this a