>> france says that it will allow snap visits to the future site as world powers gather for a second day in geneva. an appeal that avoids jail, the court upholds the conviction and suspends the sentence. the clock ticks closer to the thursday deadline for the united states to raise its debt limit. they search through the night for a deal to prevent washington from running out of money. thank you for joining us today. iran says they will accept snap

visits to their sites as details emerge for the proposals that were put on the table yesterday in geneva. negotiators have gathered at the united nations for second day of talks that were slightly delayed this morning as a result of bilateral meetings that have allowed iran and britain to exchange envoys for the first time since they left the embassy in 2011. another indication of the relations between iran and the west. images there've negotiators arriving for that second day of talks, those of the actual proposals they will be discussing. much of the actual content has remained a secret. news of those snap visits are likely to remain a secret. good afternoon, george. the nuclear program is at the

heart of these discussions in geneva. give us an idea. >> 2003 is when the key negotiator for iran -- at that time they had only a handful of centrifuges spinning and now have an estimated 19,000. when you have a lot, you can get close to bomb making capacity by enriching uranium at different levels. let's try to visualize this with a graphic. what we have at the moment is in richmond going on at different levels. a five percent level and the 20% level. now, when you get to the so- called red zone and there is a lot of -- a lot of in richmond going on in parallel at those levels, you can re-enrich at the weapons grade level, which is about 90%.

the amount that they are talking about does not answer the concerns from the west. because of the expansion of the program and of the enrichment five percent as well, with those going on in parallel iran has a lot of material and it could, if they chose to, weapon eyes. >> we have been talking a great deal this morning about one of the details to emerge from these repose goals, the proposal that they arrived there with yesterday. what is the likelihood of an actual deal being struck around this idea or possibility e >> at the moment they can go to declared site to call the shots saying that they have declared everything up to that door that passageway and you cannot go beyond.

my understanding is that for the inspectors to be in the drivers seat on the spur of the moment going beyond the door or passageway, the uranian's would have to sign -- that is right they would have to ratify what is called the additional protocol of the nonproliferation treaty, the key thing that is inspectors access. iran has signed that additional protocol, but they have never ratified it. it is a bargaining chip. the question is -- what would they want in return for that much transparency and visibility e it has been the object of a lot of hard bargaining in geneva and beyond. >> is being discussed in geneva and details are likely to emerge. a russian protest leader, attempting to avoid jail, his

sentence has been reverted to a suspended term. they did however, uphold the conviction on charges that he claims were ordered by anyone daring to challenge president vladimir putin. earlier today our moscow correspondent told us more about what the ruling means. >> freemen, but not convicted men. the man who coined the term party of crocs to unite russia, the ruling party, calling this -- calling him a thief himself convicted of embezzlement without letting him go. he can only stay in moscow, his hometown. they have attempted to muster support and dash around rallies

as this man has garnered at least 600,000 votes for the election but it is not clear if you would be able to run for office in future. the presidential election of 2008, he and other convicted men , the oligarch in prison whether they would be able to run for office in the future -- kind of a mixed result. for some people it was a message from the kremlin, they can drag you kicking and screaming into court again and there are other cases in the future in moscow. >> in the united states a senate leader is frantically searching for a deal that would allow the u.s. to end the partial government shutdown. the democratic-controlled senate

took control of the issue on tuesday night after attempts in the house of representatives came to nothing. lawmakers in the senate are now working on a bipartisan deal to extend the federal borrowing limits until february 7. it would also fund the government until mid-january. the aaa credit rating has been put under review for a downgrade. we are looking at what the potential fallout might be. >> no one can say for sure what will happen if the u.s. borrowing limit is not raised, it has simply never happened before. the government has $13 billion in reserve to pay its bills and experts say that these funds can hold out for a few days but would dry up before the end of the month.

without an increase in the borrowing limit, the government could not reach other payments, like social security benefits. failure to save them may be considered default. the social security payment is due on october 23. then there is the $6 billion payment due on bonds and if it does not get paid, default would ensue. just one day like -- one day later a some a $67 billion in the case of a default another financial crisis, recession would be likely to follow. many governments are crossing their fingers. >> the possibility of default would cause serious damage to the global economy. it is difficult to predict, but the possibility of default is small. >> small, but with widespread consequences. analysts consider the u.s.

treasury market to be the cornerstone of the economy. >> people still missing after a powerful cyclone -- typhoon passed close to tokyo. many people died when their homes collapsed and were buried in mudslides. >> top tokyo bracing for a typhoon, in the end suffering just a glancing blow 20 kilometers further south from where most damage was done. a dozen people have been confirmed dead, dozens more are missing. houses were reduced to kindling in the mudslide. most of the casualties were buried in mud. south of top -- south of tokyo

one house bore the brunt of a rockfall. residents were inconvenienced by canceled flights and disrupted train services. technicians say that they are working to get the flooded metro back up and running. the japanese meteorological agency has warned of more potential floods and landslides elsewhere in the country, as the typhoon continues on its path workers at the crippled fukushima plant have taken precautions to try to prevent damage from the typhoon. >> the philippines, dealing with the wake of the earthquake that hit the country yesterday. 100 and 44 people have perished 291 were injured. it was a popular tourist area that was hardest hit. degrees -- greece's parliament

has lifted immunity from the extreme right wing, they are facing charges as part of the government crackdown after last month's involvement with the greek rapper. politicians cannot be prosecuted . a french court is deciding whether or not to uphold the conditions against the french church of scientology. they proposed questionable remedies in 2009, and they have been fighting their classification as a cult. >> judgment day for the church of scientology. wednesday the highest court in france will either confirm convictions or uphold the ones dating back to 2009. six of its leaders were convicted of organized fraud.

investigator said that they used commercial harassment against new recruits and for the first time ever found the entity of the church and not just its members guilty of fraud. >> this is an historic decision. the first time in france that scientology has been condemned for organized fraud. we are extremely satisfied. >> it was a blow to the church, which is recognized as a religion in the u.s. and other countries, but was classed as a dangerous cult in france in 1995. they have fought to appeal the conviction. once again the church about to fight the decision, bringing us to today's ruling. the church claims to have over 10 million members worldwide among them celebrities like tom cruise and john travolta.

the church will reportedly take its fight even further to the european courts. >> seen by many of the worlds -- many in the world as the most important literary award, it went to [indiscernible] >> she made history on tuesday when she became the youngest ever author to win the prize. her 800 page novel, luminaries is also the longest book to win. a tale of conspiracy, blackmail, and murder. >> i feel honored and proud to be living in a world where the facts of someone's biography does not stand in the way of their life. >> presented in london the

prize is worth 50,000 pounds or 60,000 euros. for 45 years the booker prize has been awarded annually to the best writers in the british commonwealth islands. next year the competition will be widened to include all authors who write in english. >> famous for holding out against the romans, the entire world wound up facing congress in the french national library in paris, an exhibition to a planetary phenomenon, no fewer than 352 million books. >> hello, welcome to the week in the middle east. coming up, the organization for the prohibition of certain

weapons recently one the nobel peace prize. experts claimed that the deadline to rid the country of chemical weapons may not be met. it can depend in some areas in iraq as to whether you are sunni or shiite. the annual pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia, there has been limited access to the site. we take a look at the security options. this summer the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons was virtually unknown to the public. now the institution based in the netherlands has won the nobel peace prize. the inspectors have begun overseeing the instruction of serious chemical weapons arsenal. some experts say that the organization is unlikely to meet its deadline for ridding bashar

al-assad of its dash of his chemical weapons stockpile. the entire operation has reportedly bought precious time for the syrian leader to keep up his struggle against opposition forces. >> hard at work on the ground 50 members for the prohibition of chemical weapons are currently in the country. few images have gotten through. here the inspectors visit a weapons facility in an unspecified location. experts plan to visit 20 sites varying -- verifying closures and overseeing destroying the -- the destruction. >> we have drawn an inventory of the equipment on the site. the figures on the equipment keep track. they tell us which items to destroy, they destroy them, we

returned to the site to make sure. >> technicians have dismantled the equipment used for making the weapons and it is not yet known whether damascus or a foreign power will destroy them themselves. it is also not clear how the arms will be eliminated. options include incinerating at high temperatures or through water or other products. they aim to finish their work by june of next year. many experts are skeptical on the chances of finishing on time. >> i think that the date was chosen for diplomatic reasons to influence public opinion around the world. dismantling the chemical arsenal is possible, but i do not believe in the deadline of next year. >> inspectors say that all the sites under government control fighting their makes reaching some locations difficult. some inspectors claim the

deadline remains realistic. >> it will depend on the security environment. it turns out we are dealing more with component substances than chemical agents themselves. >> having now signed the convention, damascus is legally bound to reveal all stocks. inspectors admit they have no real means of checking the disclosures. some observers say that i accepting this, bashar al-assad avoided an international airstrike and raised his standing in the lot -- eyes of the international community. >> living or dying in a rack can depend on whether you are sunni or shiite. in some areas men and women are asked to step out of their cars

and show their identification. pushing the country back towards civil war. our correspondent in baghdad reports. >> every day hundreds of iraqis face religious militia. many are attacked on the streets or their own homes because they belong to the sunni or shiite communities. the daily threat of violence shows the country could be on the verge of a new sectarian war. at the baghdad forensic institute the team led by the doctor tries to identify the victims. >> it is unknown. most of them had bullets in their heads.

>> he was lucky to escape with his life. carrying passengers when gunmen tried to assassinate him in baghdad. >> i cannot live or work in these neighborhoods. i cannot even go there. a few weeks ago something happened to me and i did not know what i was meant to do. i was stopped and asked for my id card. he went straight for his gun. i left the engine running and i fled. >> the ongoing civil war in neighboring syria has helped to inflame positions in iraq. some are worried the conflict could lead to another. omar returned home for a few days of rest and was abducted.

>> the militias targeted three of us. they did not have time to kill me. soldiers arrived before they could. >> they say that the militia only wants to kill. >> many have been killed by shiites because of the weapons and the support from the rainy and's. >> the government is attempting to combat the rise in terrorist attacks by increasing military and police roadblock. they are also conducting regular property searches that they say are helping. >> the relationship that we have with the public may be the way to end sectarian violence. >> iraqi politicians themselves appear divided and al qaeda are

looking to take advantage of this sectarian divide. >> the region going through unity by the western government in iraq, that is leading to an increasingly sectarian view. >> the increased influence about k that in the region is a cause for concern not only for a rack but the wider international community as well. >> 2 million worshipers are in saudi arabia to be part of the annual pilgrimage religious journey that is one of the greatest muslim acts of worship according to some. but there has been limited access to the site, where the world's largest gathering of muslims takes place each year.

>> the sea of pilgrims, arms outstretched to the sky. they are headed to mecca. outside the grand mosque, one of the most sacred rights of islam. they continued to pray, but not everyone who wants to make the trip is able to do so. each country is limited to -- limited to 1000 pilgrims per million inhabitants. >> i am very happy to be where prophet mohammed had his journey. >> there are fewer pilgrims than usual this year. authorities have reduced the quotas. in 2012 3 million poured into the holy city, but this year just over 2 million.

local jewelers usually -- usually enjoy a booming trade. >> sales were much better last year. this year we are much lower. as you know, there are fewer pilgrims. it has had a huge impact on business year. >> to enforce the new rules saudi arabia is not taking any chances. roadblocks have been installed at the entrance, checking each of their rights to be there. police officers have been deployed to prevent illegal entry. >> we have security teams working with representatives at each checkpoint. it ensures the validity of each pilgrims documents. those with papers in order may enter the holy city and those

who are not will be sent to be judged. >> fraud is severely punished here. those who attempt to forge documents risk heavy fines. they are citing fears of the coronavirus out breaking. the risk of contamination has not discouraged these pilgrims who have simply added an extra accessory to their traditional dress, a protective mask. >> finally, a few weeks ago there was an unusual singing competition, the chance for a chance. the annual event combines quiz shows speed and showmanship with trivia knowledge into a traveling roadshow. stepping up this year's rise

2050 u.s. dollars in prize money , security guards from india and