when i read the team it was mostly a thing at which is a storm when you. know where hell no way and i was that i see is up to the one of belie these business uses anderson was the book is besides to those english for me it still national book i lenient absolutely believe me to you don't complain either way you still will give us the i mean us they had us wrapped around their little pink is a nice cock i mean you can hide it we're. me you were the shim equally bad to me when. i made it clear it would be a good over with a solution to me. but at the most and we didn't. get one vote. but it's just the bill istana i talk national experience on what the court as i say you must you should only report the piece of paper which. the roots of today's tensions can be found in russia's recent history. presidents gorbachev and reagan

start of the process of dismantling the iron curtain. me as office and as you say i don't see any threat for us from the west. the troops withdrew from east to the europe peacefully they were dismantling their own and by it. was the end of the cold war years of isolation and separation from the west were at and then the berlin wall fell to jubilation in the west. boris yeltsin russia's 1st elected leader transformed the country from the one party's for the system to multi-party democracy. so what went wrong the way the west treated russia would play a powerful role in the course the country would follow my good friend alexander bono expert at the carnegie moscow center has been considering these issues for

a long time. or i'm glad that all manner of the why are you going on there i can still use the russian. stock income because of walsh that option which. he's going yeah because of. his one years says. anything near city or similar simply things that doesn't your mails that are sending you mostly just. in of the general state of shock. nor is the wish that i knew what. at the even though. sources james much company grow you know. what my time machine that i shipped over to an admission is going to. hold the thing and that we're going to get right on the only we scott you get

a lot. more money. and what africa speech from america speech and then the creation speech with the pledge buttons yeah he looked like she did the copy. the road to capitalism was sudden and shocking for the vast majority of the russian population. not going to. be we're a fully fledged capitalist country but the tide is turning back to state control this is alphabetic one of the only top banks in moscow that is still privately owned. alexa so if the vice chairman of the board was the deputy prime minister in the yeltsin era electical as she just of us. thought before what of him in the

store what do you. think you know your sleep. would put the. if there is that. when you want. to or. a new. buzzword or a sheet that your sheet was not there i'm always granted the tree there are always ground to the number. 3 democrat. is going to. go through. you can let me shoot you speak you. some more. if you want. me to draw all the surplus which she knew it would be will do by the stream president. by his 2nd election boris yeltsin was struggling to maintain his popularity while communist party leader gennady zyuganov was

getting ever more supporters it's widely believed that the elections were manipulated to save freshest democratic experiment from failing. there. really isn't so much a. group. or. you're. there as. you call us to push we don't negotiate when used. to walk. it is always. with the police just you know what as we just saw which you do sloan. board. would you encourage this mission is it. of yours and 2nd term he appointed

a successor who has become very popular in russia but who is no disillusioned with the west yeah. you know i hear. you. for. your. bear but i was. very. impressed by your. to call us to gloom is causal but isn't it a legend because i want to be good to her as she was with all. the news goes all you need is yours you sure it'll actually it was for us you drop the reform it's got to be good to see you. which would be a short rescue doc of only to be able to store it.

but ima put in is no excuse for film office he's still popular and he's added to the west has a hard. russian society though is divided in its attitudes to the west. the really teaches come. discourse rest see. the hmong but hoarded by those nearly money i start seeing some as they are to me some west in the me i deal in the near. east just to list it. is was more than it was a total business loan and with us is it your sense ignored us and even will be at the bar what was up about would someone. even with those i start to slowly cannot it isn't it because there's a machete less than that. you know you don't even think. of my hue

from iraq as a dilemma as which is scary adults nearly and with words that are mildly dust oily strongly colors are no dish does not a mildly of the brooms are going either go to their family star annoy the total media made by yet eco pollution or stay with the interests of the national aesop's e-book about your thoughts on the direction eagerly should connect butyl mr dawson i would say. it's just very good he was she knew i should sheer substance the. sheila e. a she had also. she was the mr it's a dumb thing to that idea under normal new versus the pretty little thing you believe because literally little to somebody anybody much. sums they add to. the ability to school daughter one as this that would push it would all the discussion in yes but it's going to come back a dissertation hadn't gotten us. we know but she has an across the horizon and

problem of needing in. order of news new host in the name would crush. my old university teachers the diplomacy of tomorrow. at least slogans were here in my day. when i started and thought here was a more liberal time. these students will have to call with a new era of mistrust. the rector of the university is also chair of the board of channel one russia's most popular channel controlled by the state another leader going off is also a former ambassador. to the. he should still go out at or i see is up but this me almost i see is god who is it is

a girl of some across the convenience store up at the nearby you might pursue an establishment used to go to war with iraq or you look at. the bush and. it was up at the close up with him going in bush. sawyer. suddenly. the 1st threat to russia sphere of influence was the move of some former soviet republics towards the west. disputed elections in georgia led to mass protests and the selection of a young western educated lawyer as president. i believe that nato would benefit. with georgia being a member of nato and i think georgia would benefit. a year later a pro western leader came to barbara in the ukraine. carrying

a stone in latvia lithuania. slovakia. time and again they have demonstrated their desire and ability to defend freedom against its enemies. and now it is time to make them allies by treaty. nato absorbed 7 members although all 4 that alliance georgia and the ukraine were in the queue to join them at a security conference in munich clearly sets out his resistance to the direction things are taking. this will remain at the heart of his foreign policy until the present day today actually does when you know in europe and there must be you do it can you. even. marleen underestimate the buzzard 3 minutes of it is that he had an issue an option when he

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i thought it. was speech was very aggressive but i'm president putin's comments were quite provocative it was a follow up think a lot of what they're actually disappointment. in 2013 european leaders met to discuss a future association agreement with the ukraine. like them americans they didn't consider that russia had any place at the negotiating table so should leave you by your style if you're going to score the potential loss of logic in your post above you go order. so sudeep used to use them would you pull your shoes composes loose when you bring a thorough across the grill or should call them we're going to come scioto at the national book must surely be silly. the process. of bitterness of your going to the should posters just. since it is sort of. since it is so good to get

a little polluted. with those words the folk. music isn't too subtle for a bilateral agreement between dupion union and great beer should be no trilateral for. the times of limited sovereignty over in europe. most life president you know each had to return to power and refused to sign the european agreement. unfortunately we did not manage on these occasions to sign an s.o.c. ition agreement the offer of signing the most ambitious agreement the european union has ever offered to a nonmember state is still. came out in large numbers to protest the failure of the group. at.

the protest last to several months until in february rioters clashed with police resulting in dozens of fate teletypes and thousands of injuries. present yet of course flair marks the end of strong russian influence in kiev. weeks later russian soldiers in unmarked uniforms in crimea and installed themselves at the airport train stations and administration buildings. referendum was hastily called by moscow the people voted to rejoin russia the russians had taken over crimea in the east in the ukraine referendums were also held much fighting erupted between separate. ists and ukrainian forces. russia is accused of

supporting the separatists militarily which he denies despite overwhelming evidence . of. the fighting in the eastern ukraine the gone bust is ongoing and there is a strong indication and countless testimonies that official russian forces were involved. the west has responded by introducing sanctions against russia for violating the sovereignty of the ukraine if the russian leadership stays on its current course together we will ensure that this isolation deepens. sanctions will expand and the toll on russia's economy as well as its standing in the world. will only increase. since these events in crimea and the ukraine the relationship between russia and the west seems to have

been irreparably damaged. at least take. place. well let's. come. to the strongest fostex stunning new skills. to get to. the. stadiums with incredible.

discover the wonders of the news destination. the women's world. 29 t. the official story is that there are no i'm sure you all surely i don't care about the official story what has the media been telling join me near the house and on top of my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the top stories are big issues here now does it. hell i'm the stasi italian doha with the headlines on al-jazeera a straight is ruling conservative coalition seems to be on track to winning saturday's general election but it's not clear by what margin that's according to the national broadcast at the a.b.c. it's been a tight race between prime minister scott morrison and the liberal party and his challenger bill shorten from the opposition labor party austria's far right deputy

leader has resigned over a controversial video heinze christian straka was apparently seen offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political support and as sonia explains there are now concerns about the extent of russian influence over far right parties in europe. during that video which was made in july 27th t. he even suspected at one point that he may have been being set up but clearly those worries were laid and he continued speaking about the business in hand as it were which revolved around gaining russian support financial and political in a bid to try and win over contracts not just with austrian businesses but with the austrian government as well inflated contracts to to build highways casinos and also even discussing the possibility of taking over one of australia's most widely

read newspapers at least 20 fighters of the us backed syrian democratic forces have been killed in 2 bomb attacks in iraq or a local police station and a military base were targeted and explosions were also heard in the capital damascus state media describe the shooting down of numinous objects coming from the direction of israel. the united states has reached a deal with canada and mexico to remove its terrorists from steel an aluminum imports the move could put the 3 countries a step closer to ratifying a deal that would replace the north american free trade agreement the agreement will also eliminate canada's retaliatory tariffs on u.s. products tamils in sri lanka marking 10 years since the end of the 25 year long civil war tamil tiger rebels were fighting against government forces to create their own independent homeland both sides were accused of war crimes. well those are the headlines now back to peace and war after which the news will continue here

out of their stay with us. relations between russia and the west have never been as tense since they ended the cold war. the fighting in the eastern ukraine is ongoing and after 5 years there are 13000 deaths and 30000 wounded. as a result the west has imposed harsher and harsher sanctions on russia's businesses of these assume some super merely various television. just all i mean should be this what does your style of. the premier bunkers. look at you for this loss that you. lost on us we. lost on us. also. if. you get these missional.

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what to do with the genius in that chair. i mean most of us used to in this edition of the industry but the woman. blessed to still in the room we used and we're measuring us to be consistent with the. 3 years before sanctions were built russians came out in force to protest against what they said were rigged elections and government corruption. i i. opposition politician alexina volleying led the movement it. was a very good. damage to our chest to what appears up north but is don't die soon alexina bali was prevented from taking part in the presidential elections in 2018 but continued his work best to getting the corruption of the president's closest associates and has a popular you tube channel with

a large following among young russians. the bottles of someone who loved as a. war. in the stance. of the us all. of you have not seen you with which of the new year when you have not seen your. school in course the story. that they live in lee. absolutely that there's going to put you in we have a show of political corruption as most well not all to go it was through me a year years of what i see on the your view. for new movies this new gun will certainly. also you're. good at the. idea was in them. but he may have thought that. i knew. no i do what i seem to. do that. is me.

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there were question you. are not of my league just me luthe not my only businessman there. know what. i snore lest it be new for. me bullshit. to look pretty silly in the. business men are close to the president several are on the u.s. and european sanctions. charke a former presidential candidate in 2008 t.v. is part of the russian elite. the father until he was the leading liberal mayor of st but as a group in the early years of russian to mark. she was also put his boss. she died

in 1918. c. was president i see that i was up which. i knew when you mileage to me as though the from now you get from c. the d. to achieve this from his because surely even you have i'm. just sick of that we've got to watch the last they did to bush it's a little slow on the hudson when the mighty will. need some gulbuddin if you. need that comfort in the car i'm sure not polluted with but that's the bike with you. which alone sure still slopes president garc one is meal so there's a good. food i'm in a low yes you used to go for her gloves any of them don't look busy with here to us to me the newest them one just keep them to the sabbats shades. me see

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influence that. it sort of blocks down. and you want. me to the chest and i sees the eclipse. i got. to the joy it was to buy yes. nobody said. rebels. in 2010 protests have broken out across the middle east leading to the fall of governments in tunisia egypt and libya. people of libya today are inspiring the people in tehran. in damascus and even in beijing and moscow they continue to inspire the world and let people know that even the worst dictators can be overthrown and replaced by freedom and democracy. watching the fate of libya's gadhafi buton drew conclusions

regarding u.s. foreign policy believe him. but it will not that was the way it worked with nuclear loot. and because of this deal if you're good you will then you convince me she was going to see. it as a lesson. from sleep then you're going. to go well this is a good thing to do i mean it comes close to that in your. post did you study habits of course in your team a good each. moon you produce you missed the normal duties. of. achievement. russia wanted to avoid regime change in syria and has backed her ally president assad since the beginning of the war. she brought in her air and land troops into 1015 proving that she was back on

the world stage ready for combat. ice year for the. girls a good reason not just the image of the night but you more than. you would usually. still. believe this year. but what i did it was on a policy matters it's got there it is what it. still means deal you put on the list is composed usually with this delia that i'm sure to your doom or your usual mostly police radio show of course the new will be the most of the movies visit.

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boucher off to the russian nationals with the following offenses conspiracy to murder sir guy square full attempted murder of sir guy squiggle use contraception of not a child country to the chemical weapon sacked and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to use critical and nick bailey. the design of the motion so it ought to proceed but across the world for. all of the future through or. is there. any of us aboard. some bit of work on this i mean you're going to go to europe on this new new. i believe.

it's not just in the west that this story isn't believed but also by some in russia . that we do believe most of this mission or you have nobody me i'm not just yet used for the challenge you know is the nursery in your store my. mom starts from the study just come sit in now and you stumble across the most which is the most that any human do it was in you might say you don't do it now what do you own . i came to spitz. doesn't use the muscles tense and you got here i see skid still there with us to get newkirk you. should have missed that only in the 1st i groom it closed i see that. i was just i see apostleship. voice is only the best i like. taking them over sounds bizarre and usually pretty just people who knew true we should be pleasured loser must be happy goodbye they have to buy. the whole. if missing leaving here. which i'm most likely to

the more the deal is which i'm at the having it if i see what they've said. he's a fag last year by 70 games i mean yes my kids see to me the same game. but still the electronic band i speak has millions of use for their music on you tube because they have captured the mood in the country. goodman's it's an obsession and that this is. an excuse to get right here with it as she always does ripple probably we did that's new going to do you just need your shirt would you put one of the horses leader difficult to fit into and used to be. nice looking.

at something. funny. and. i speak were harassed and arrested you were there to rough russia and there was intimidation of the venue's where they were to blame but this is just us and you should try to take a stronger person as a pretty. good user glenn who is no longer a national. story book when states you but why did you do the stock markets are slow so us trying to pick much less in the same and there was a man could do worse than this post. for infamous on the view. if it has the worst of the concept but i don't know what we know. about it and serious enough social took a bush should use one of those here to push for a day when i speak before him at a demonstration against new legislation which they feel will restrict internet

freedoms absoluteness to national playing have just done a really good nationalist as to your notion of what your notion of version notions here is almost any. good the ball would differ in the to do it's going to smash much of the person. out of touch with some national priests just for the story of those 3 me and i'm. more than cleaning them some time there. wouldn't consider the western influence on russia's young people. it is too strong and destructive and needs to be stopped. then what does it usually would you put a bit of yes i mean subtle i see. but the woman is unused to that could happen. was the day we. would be. getting this did you simply see nor was appreciate yes when you said worse than us and if we do you could go to

much of the bush era should have now returned to the did you know that bush was asked to put us. into promised. to make sure the originally jewish. many additional costs of. evil empire as it appears in the us to court of national over ago if you would it's a. new. song going to mean yeah. advice i'm starting. to piece. all 17 elegance agencies reported publicly that russia was engaged in which is cyber activity to erode public confidence in our democracy i.

think we want to make america great again for. i we believe based on the scope insensitivity of these efforts that only russia's senior most officials could have authorized these activities. the believe because now you look at this room because you look. you. daughter. well you know look it's pretty soon you will be mostly male until it nor . always at the what doesn't kill it would still your vision of what i see. and what i mean because of the show democracy of the region what i she knew which democracy you know getting there why should you want to still teach. in a committed sense to mention cut each. other some general blood into the new coke

loving it. to do just to produce these 3 how they knew was that i was new cool at the. next but. even there just being to go out to vietnam go. to. chest by shore once the baikonur blow up. so it seems russia has no grand plan and the west tends to exaggerate the russian threat after the annexation of crimea the intervention in the da massa darling of image 17 the cyberattacks the concealing of chemical weapons in syria chemical weapons attacks in syria. the hacking the bundestag interference in elections. there are not too many countries

who have felt the disruptive and malign behavior of the russians state russia has reasserted itself aggressively invading and occupying ukraine threatening europe and doing nothing to aid in the destruction and defeat of isis so i have a very simple message for russia we know what you are doing and you will not succeed russian officials remain adamant in their denial of the west's accusations . but i see a doctor in the. shut up of the mosul emotional post zealots so far you stand yes. to somebody on the mission. there is much in but it is. the reason she saw no known results at national news. shows 2 moviedom eve. system a solution. absolutely. easy absolutely

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still not moved and i was glad they didn't slip because it's usually what they said parts a couple to use what i said. they said but commuting that on the outside of the. deal with why you come back to yemen you come with. us and buy the actually east like i'm on the north you bet i can scout. the easiest option with chris here for support and i don't really see a board that was aboard for sure. of course to shore trolling because it is taught to use here. gentlemen to clean the truth. and talk to. you tell me what. you don't talk a good. for some the generation that knew the soviet union legible to put

in his restored russia's standing in the world for others he is taking the country backwards along the path to isolation. in the there's a new bus that you did nothing to study for those who are going calling but it's a political mission yes you have missed out on you pretty much just for what it is like when the snow is not on the phone because it in your going you can use sun to seduce district because you can lose the money from just the it was quite young they will boost your scores sure sure. but their list but you sure it. would only do that when. snitch is the director see you neal knows. this by what is rhetoric russia isn't as biggest threat to the west as they think.

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after a video appears to show him offering government contracts for their school favorites . and 10 years after the end of the civil war in sri lanka the pain and suffering persists for families still searching for answers about their loved ones on joining us roscoe with the schools that will be no 60 major for tiger woods this week as the mostest champion misses the cot at the p.g.a. championship. while a strain is conservative coalition appears to have defied the opinion polls to claim victory in the national elections the liberal national party led by prime minister scott morrison was expected to news to bill shorten the labor party with 60 percent of votes counted the coalition told 75 seats to lay the 661 short of a majority it's not clear yet if the coalition will need the support of

independents well let's go live now to andrew thomas who's in melbourne for us andrew a surprise upset appears to be on the horizon when will we know official. well it may be some hours it could be a few days before we get yet the sure results because of the complex states of preferential voting system in australia the formal counts and does take some toll on the what we're saying so full of projections based on the early counts nevertheless they do tend to get a pretty good steer this was supposed to be hosting a big call to full of labor fawlty supporters and volunteers they thought by some opinion polls that their man will show these people try to become prime minister or that paul t. will be dealt with this is a pretty small blow rooming house to be said for those still a little citizen that is completely this if it was only the main television networks in australia a saying that the governing like she's saying to the coalition will. the liberal

party and the national parties but they have for staying power i'm still stay the government of the site what the issue apps were you guys that is willing looks as though that's going to be your bill itself and we're expecting bill shorten up on stage probably within the next hour the equivalent policy to this one and that's what it will be $860.00 what the foreign ministers thought morris will be again in the next barrel so whether he will have victory whether bill shorten well of fishley can say it will still to be insane but he certainly looks as though i will start this government will not change this fight oh well expectations and andrew will the liberals potentially need the support of independents and time we could potentially be seeing a lot of political negotiations ahead. as far as we could see it's still quite possible to be honest that they might get a very narrow majority likening government in their own rights but the have certainly already doing some independent elected to solve that one interesting one

actually in the northern part of significant minister tony abbott is he loves tacey so an independent the overall choice and in australia with the fall i did not say it's an independent founded and i miss all the struggle she campaigned very heavily on climate change and the need for action on climate change fighting the abbotts one step takes about climate change science over the last his say that so she'll be in parliament as will do others some on the right some on the left but only rule even if the governing rights and sends a coalition busy a seat all too short of. it's probable that one old team of those independents will solve with them and that would be enough to keep scott morrison as the straight is prime minister and she needs a ride to the same governing coalition in town andrew thomas watching those results come in for us in australia thank you for that update on kerry. to australia now where far right see the heinz christian straka has. stepped down as the country's

vice chancellor straka was seen apparently offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political support the secretly filmed video was published by 2 german newspapers chancellor sebastian kurtz's conservative people's party and struck his anti immigration freedom party joined forces in 2017 to govern the country. goes live in london so new we've seen huge political fallout in austria today does the announcement come as a surprise. well it certainly comes as a surprise to those who would have not anticipated this happening at all but with strother there's this case that would have been no other option but for him to step down from this incredibly glorious moment for him in his political career he came out with the with that in the press conference earlier on and said that his

fellow freedom party member norbert tougher would be stepping into his place carnot the transport minister but this has really been quite an extraordinary downfall for the leader of the freedom party unless of course exactly how the freedom party managed to get into its position of power only for it faces an enormous scandal of such proportions just only a week to go before the european elections and they already hold. a few seats in as part of the austrian delegation there so really a very badly time for them but also don't forget of course that this video was actually made all recorded back in july 27th and that was just a few months before the austria lections themselves drearily raises a lot of questions exactly how the freedom party handles this sort of. intention for it to finance its own coffers and to what lengths it is willing to do

so and also now how are australians there responding to all of this and europeans more broadly given as you say european parliamentary elections are coming up next week. well indeed and this is really going to hit the freedom party quite hard but don't forget also that the freedom party has been around since the 1950 s. and it has up until now really managed to coast along and is now quite a prominent part of austria's political landscape there but this is just one of a number of parties certainly far right parties in europe that have been implicated in other similar scandals for example francis from last year not headed by marine le pen they have also 2 been implicated scandals are to do with russian financing which they have tried to explain also not forgetting the league

party in italy the leader of which is one of italy's deputy prime ministers there have been indeed revelations this year taking place of allegedly russian money being it being used or having alleged been used to fund its own coffers as well but it's really when you go to the heart of this scandal it's quite extraordinary when you see exactly what structure was willing to do in order to be able to get extra funds i understand. there but i just want to point out to our viewers that we are now watching the video that video that has just been released to the public the one that you're referring to and i'll let you describe a little more about what we're watching. well it really is sensibly what you're seeing here is that meeting taking place in july 27th team where it's showing the leader of the freedom party having quite

a sort of get together with another freedom party a senior member of your hand dennis and with another woman who's allegedly posing as this nice of a russian oligarch who was willing to invest as much with him said she was willing to invest as much as 200 $80000000.00 into austria now what they were discussing here really was how they could try and get those funds to be used as ways of encouraging that. support they certainly were seemed to be receiving that support you know to be used but also what is interesting to note is exactly how they were going to try and use the funds for example when we when we're looking at the legal implications there are perfectly aware that they could not of just how have those funds deposited into the party's own bank account and that they

would that they recognize it in this conversation that they would have had to funnel this somehow through some kind of of organizational foundation that they would have had to have there so really immediately that it's quite evident that there are some serious legal issues here at stake for the party if that is the way that it has been conducting its business and also again they were trying to sort of incentivize this kind of financing of the party by promising. for example contracts not just for businesses austrian businesses but also russian austrian government contracts for example and for highway constructions and inflating those as well. see no licenses and even discussing the takeover of a widely circulated tabloid newspaper course really this all amounts to a very serious issue in and

a very problematic time and how exactly democracy and extra sort of legal if you will business interests can collide especially with organizations that are surfacing along europe's political landscape. across those developments for us and australia from london thank you thania. well to syria now where there have been 2 explosions targeting u.s. backed syrian democratic forces and roc-a at least 20 s.t.'s fighters were killed in the bomb attacks as a local police station and a military base the mostly kurdish led forces had pushed i saw out of iraq and 2017 but there have been several attacks since then and explosions were also heard in the capital damascus state media describe the shooting down of numinous objects coming from the direction of israel israel hasn't commented but often attacks targets connected to iran and the lebanese group hezbollah also in syria state

media says edge offenses repelled an attack at a major airbase a mime is used by russian warplanes to launch air strikes on rebels fighters launched drones and rockets towards the base close to the coastal city of luxor kier at least one person was killed in a village nearby and several others wounded and an airstrike in province on friday has killed several civilians including a father and his baby daughter many more people were injured and the united nations age chief mark lowe called his warning of the most worst humanitarian tragedy of this century if a military offensive continues in it live the syrian government and its russian allies have renewed their push to capture parts of it live and how many provinces hospitals have been bombed and aged aid agencies have been forced to suspend their work diplomatic editor james bays reports. the rush rush. in the security council last year.