[01:38.30]He said the influx of foreign fighters into Qusair long a key supply route for weapons and fighters crossing into Syria from Lebanon had left the rebels surrounded,
[01:49.99]given the Assad's regime the upper hand, and that cast doubt over the prospects of the Syrian peace conference.
[01:57.15]The Czech government has declared a nationwide state of emergency as rising rivers threatened to burst their banks and flood the capital Prague and other towns.
[02:06.96]From Prague here's Rob Cameron.
[02:09.32]As the rain falls and the river rises, the people of Prague arrange for an anxious night.
[02:15.06]Metal flood barriers and sandbags have gone up along the embankments.
[02:19.90]Most of the metro is closed, and all of the city school children have been told to stay at home tomorrow.
[02:26.12]A riverside hospital has been evacuated, the city's iconic Charles Bridge is closed.
[02:31.59]Across the country the floods brought destruction and at least two deaths with several people missing.
[02:36.81]The river Vltava rises in the woods and hills of South Bohemia, it's burst its banks in many places and its tributaries are overflowing.
[02:45.55]Other countries in central Europe are also reinforcing their flood defenses, water levels on the Rhine, the Danube and many tributaries are at dangerous levels.
[02:55.69]World News from the BBC