Erstellt am: 27. 3. 2013 - 14:10 Uhr

Syrian opposition "in a mess"

Reality Check: Syria and the Arab League, sea ice and the cold weather.

Syria is top of the agenda at the Arab League meeting in Doha, but analyst, Shashank Joshi, says the opposition in in a mess. It is too fragmented, and the government too secure in its own territory, for any real progress to be made either diplomatically or militarily.

Arctic sea ice and the weather

It may be unseasonally cold, but don't blame climate change - says Professor John Turner of the British Antarctic Survey.

Although parts of Europe have seen more snow than they have for decades, it's because of local swings, and not, as some have suggested, a result of global warming.

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The long, cold winter may be a record breaker - but it's not connected to global warming

He explains to Riem Higazi that we must be careful not to confuse unusual weather events with the underlying trends.