Peru embraces President popular (well one woman does at least): Protesters march over world leader meeting as the President talks tough on Syria ahead of possible Putin meeting

Protesters rallied within the streets of Peru whereas world leaders gathered within the capital of Lima for the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) summit on Saturday.

Tensions have been additionally brewing inside, the place Obama tried to ease the considerations of his fellow leaders who worry a Trump presidency might stomp on essential commerce offers.

The White Home additionally had robust phrases for Russia after airstrikes in japanese Aleppo knocked out a number of medical amenities on Friday, together with a kids's hospital the place incubated infants needed to be evacuated.

Nationwide Safety Adviser Susan Rice demanded a direct halt to the bombings whereas Obama and Russia's President Vladimir Putin might take the chance in Peru to debate the Syrian battle, in line with a Kremlin spokesperson earlier this week.

However there was no less than one heat welcome for Obama, who's on the final cease of his closing overseas tour as president. 

Cyntia Paytan Riveros, who's knowledgeable fellow at Obama's Younger Leaders of the Americas Initiative, launched the president earlier than the 2 shared a detailed embrace.

He was launched by Cyntia Paytan Riveros, 31, (pictured) a fellow of the Younger Management Initiatives of the Americas, which advantages rising entrepreneurs and activists

Riveros, who works as a advisor in social duty and sustainable growth, launched the president earlier than the 2 shared a detailed embrace (pictured)

Protesters in Peru took to the streets whereas their nation was on the world stage through the APEC summit this weekend. 

Maternity hospital workers who haven't been paid by the state for a number of months went on strike, whereas fishermen protested authorities rules they are saying would cease them from with the ability to feed their households. 

Contained in the town-hall model assembly, Obama tried to reassure world leaders, encouraging them to proceed their work to advance a 12-nation commerce settlement referred to as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, regardless of Trump's opposition to the deal.

However Obama maintained an optimistic outlook and mentioned he predicted that Trump would see the advantages of the TPP as soon as he's in workplace. 

Obama additionally acknowledged there could possibly be modifications to commerce offers, however mentioned he didn't anticipate main adjustments on US coverage in Latin America. 

Protesters in Peru took to the streets whereas their nation was on the world stage through the APEC summit this weekend

Maternity hospital workers who haven't been paid by the state for a number of months went on strike, whereas fishermen protested authorities rules

Talking from Peru, Rice condemned the 'horrific assaults' in opposition to Syrian hospitals and support staff 'within the strongest attainable phrases', including that there was 'no excuse' for them.

The White Home is now placing the onus on Russia to decrease the violence and assist humanitarian support get to besieged Syrians. 

Rice's condemnation got here whereas Obama and Putin are each in Peru, the place experiences earlier this week indicated they'd focus on the Syrian battle.

Syria's ally Russia introduced its personal offensive on the rebel-controlled Idlib province and Homs province in central Syria on Tuesday.

No less than 20 individuals have been killed on Saturday, the fifth day of renewed assaults by Syrian warplanes on japanese Aleppo districts. 

4 medical amenities have been hit in airstrikes on Friday earlier than the Omar bin Abdul Aziz hospital was destroyed, leaving the enclave of 275,000 individuals with out entry to surgical procedure and different care, the Guardian reported.  

An air raid hit a kids's hospital, the place medical employees labored at the hours of darkness to rescue a number of new child infants who have been nonetheless in incubators, Al Jazeera reported. 

An announcement issued late Friday by the opposition's Aleppo Well being Directorate mentioned that each one hospitals in east Aleppo are out of service due to the bombings. 

Obama (left) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (proper) might take the chance in Peru to debate the Syrian battle

'The intentional destruction of infrastructure for survival has made the besieged steadfast individuals, together with kids, aged and women and men, with out medical amenities to deal with them,' the assertion mentioned.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned not all hospitals in east Aleppo neighborhoods are out of service however persons are discovering difficulties reaching them due to the depth of the shelling. 

 

'Aleppo is being worn out in entrance of the eyes of the world,' medical official Mohammed Abu Rajab mentioned in an audio message to The Related Press from inside town. 

'It is not solely hospitals which can be out of service. All liberated areas in Aleppo are out of service. Total buildings have been utterly destroyed,' Abu Rajab mentioned.

President Barack Obama (left with Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski) attended an Asia financial summit in Peru on Saturday

Obama additionally delivered a speech throughout a gathering with college students on the Pontifical Catholic College in Peru through the APEC Summit

Obama (pictured, with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto) has tried to reassure world leaders that the U.S. will uphold its partnerships and obligations underneath a Trump administration 

Residents mentioned tons of of artillery shells and dozens of airstrikes have hit town, growing the distress of its residents who've been affected by lack of meals and medication due to the siege imposed by authorities forces and their allies in July.    

The Observatory mentioned Syrian authorities warplanes and artillery struck greater than 20 neighborhoods in east Aleppo killing 27 individuals and wounding many others.

The Aleppo Media Council, an activist collective, mentioned 20 individuals, together with kids, have been killed in Saturday's violence within the nation's largest metropolis and former industrial heart.

Professional-government media, in the meantime, reported insurgent shelling on government-held components of town, saying they killed two and wounded others. 

Obama additionally tried to ease the considerations of his fellow leaders who worry a Trump presidency might stomp on essential commerce offers

The newest deaths elevate to greater than 130 the variety of individuals killed in northern Syria since Tuesday.

Obama is assembly in Peru on Saturday with leaders from 11 nations that joined the U.S. to barter the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an settlement unlikely to be ratified underneath Trump. 

However Obama emphasised alternatives to create jobs and mentioned the assembly served as a superb probability to speak about increasing prosperity.

International considerations about Trump's pending ascension to the world's strongest workplace might be a key matter of debate. 

The Trump challenge overshadowed the president's interactions with world leaders earlier this week in Athens, Greece, and Berlin. 

 

 

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