Syrian Government under pressure to allow food into besieged towns

The Syrian Government has coming under increasing pressure to allow food into besieged towns.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has joined calls today for President Basar al Assad to allow aid into areas in which people are starving to death.

He has urged both sides to - seize the moment at peace talks which are underway in Geneva today.

It is the death toll from a suicide bomb in Syria's capital city Damascus this morning has now risen to 60.

Spokesperson for the opposition group the High Negotiations Committee Salim Musset says they're at the talks in order to save Syria: “To bring Syrians back to Syria who came to Europe running form death,

“We are keen to start negotiations.

“It is important to us to see that food goes to our children who are starved to death, to see Syrian families, Syrian women are safe, sitting in their houses, safe from the Russian strikes.”