all. the divided u.n. security council tries again to break the syrian deadlock with turkey pushing for a buffer zone as heavy battles continue. while syria's delegates walked out of a meeting of states not aligned to the u.s. taking place in tehran outraged by egypt's new president and oppressive regime. plus the euro zone's engine room of germany heads east for investment chancellor

merkel is in china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery. and from our studios in moscow this is r t and let's get right to our top story the u.n. security council is wrapping up its meeting over the situation in syria with turkey pushing for the creation of a humanitarian buffer zone in the country britain and france say they are not ruling out any options in syria including a military enforced no fly zone our new york correspondent joins us live with the details thanks for being with us first of all has the international community come any closer to reaching a consensus on how to handle the ongoing crisis. well the security council remains very much divided over how to deal with the syrian crisis the high level meeting that was taking place is taking place in new york focused on the

humanitarian circumstances in syria right now and how they continue to exacerbate according to u.n. officials at least two hundred twenty nine thousand syrians have fled the country in the past eighteen months spilling over to neighboring countries such as lebanon jordan in turkey and iraq this is of course the circumstances very difficult for the neighboring countries turkey as you mentioned has asked the security council to consider setting up refugee camps inside of syria that are outside countries would safeguard this is a suggestion that the syrian government say they are very much against russia and china also opposed it saying that it could only create more conflict and violence and even the u.n. deputy secretary general says that proposal raises serious questions and requires careful consideration but the conversation did proceed u.n.

officials say that the one hundred eighty million dollars humanitarian response plan that was set up by the u.n. for the syrians is only half funded so at this point the u.n. doesn't even have the resources that it needs to take care of the humanitarian concerns within syria and this is despite all the funding that the u.s. and its western allies say they are providing and donating to the syrians so clearly you have a very complicated situation here but we did hear western countries or just the security council there about her senate calling once again for syrian president bashar al assad to step down britain and france the foreign ministers of those countries today made a new call encouraging for more defections within the syrian government and this. syrian military so you have a situation where the security council is still divided the russian ambassador to united nations vitaly churkin i did address the security council and raised the

issue of the fact that the unilateral sanctions that western countries including the us britain and france those sanctions that they've placed on syria are only hurting the syrians and could be exacerbating that the humanitarian circumstance within the country let's hear a little bit more of what the russian envoy had to say. to those of us there's the u.n. security council you have nothing in common and you actually have. a sister in settlement of the syrian crisis to simply complicate the life of simple citizens and deny them the opportunity to meet their elementary needs and fully enjoy basic human rights this is not only our conclusion but it was also the conclusion of the independent. international commission of inquiry in syria we call upon the nations who have impose and assurance actions to immediately lift them we view the efforts of individual states to use. humanitarian organization just over their financial

material technical logistical support to illegal armed groups as unacceptable. so this was quite an extensive meeting because there were also representatives from of the letter the governments of iraq turkey lebanon and jordan taking place in this high level security council meeting meeting that is still going on and we assume that these discussions will continue in the in the weeks ahead all right now you've mentioned britain and france comments from them as well as russia and we heard a little bit from. there there have been several strong statements from some world powers in recent days can you tell us a little bit more about that. that's right there have been several strong statements in recent days and even in the past week we heard that u.s. president barack obama indicating that washington would intervene militarily

militarily into syria if the syrian government were to use biological or chemical weapons against its civilians britain echoed washington's sentiments while france has come out proposing for a partial no fly zone to be imposed over syria's airspace this of course is something that has not been supported by russia and china but but the u.s. and its western allies have underscored as late as this meeting taking place security council that they will continue supporting the syrian opposition and continue providing them with a quick meant so the situation is still very much divided when there will be a consensus that remains to be seen but we should also mention that a new new envoy will be filling in for kofi annan beginning tomorrow drawing special envoy mr brahimi will be taking over to see if he can pave the path of peace in syria one that mr kofi annan was not able to do when he assumed his

position in april. more important reporting from new york we know that you will be staying on top of this story as it develops. journalists chandan says that turkey's proposal for a safe zone is nothing but a cover for intervention. it's in this region obviously has to do with the refugees spilling over from syria into turkey and in the region in which they going which is a had a region where it's going the route is one of the main port cities there actually historically this was stolen from syria in one thousand thirty nine by the turks in a in a dirty game with the french against syria just a bit of historical context of that but this spillover into turkey does create all kinds of problems for tokyo and it really if we see the way turkey has employed is diplomacy and foreign policy in the region in the last a year year and a half two years we can see that nothing has come to the benefit of turkey it's really disconcerting white souci has taken this call this course because there's no

benefits twit whatsoever and the only benefit of turkey's action that we can see is for is for nato and its and its and its western allies so the question really has to be aust is really where is the dignity and self-respect of the turkish state currently another point just coming back to turkey has to be made in turkey and the financial times reported this today that there was a poll conducted on thursday in turkey two thirds of the turkish population are against the turkish government's policy in relation to syria with the kurdish issue which is continuing to boil for the turkish state anyone with any sense of independence and multilateralism and multiple arity really push the talks to look at their own interests and the interest lies we're having peaceful positive relations with iran iraq and syria and the rest of its neighbors rather than playing the stalking horse for mates of. the syrian delegation has walked out on a session of the nonaligned movement in tehran after egyptian leader mohamed morsi

called the syrian regime oppressive in his speech morsi added that assad's government had lost its legitimacy and urged attending nations to support the rebels and i wore activist sara flounders says morsi is trying to do america's bidding who didn't want to see the meeting go ahead. there was an all out effort to stop this made in an all out effort to blockade iran itself and to stop any country from having any economic political relations with iran whatsoever so very fact that one hundred and twenty eight nations thirty five heads of state have come to tehran for this meeting is an extremely short of them now will they all agree with each other no i don't think so. will this be a voice and a possibility for the future i think that intentional is still there but we should be aware that there's big pressure. very much so on every one of them treaties

i can understand fully on syria walking out because they are flight facing absolutely and. there's every effort and you actually intervene that they're already intervening now your threats of the no fly zone arcs really dangerous it's on. as the euro zone is failing to break free of its crippling economic crisis the leader of powerhouse germany is eyeing profit in the east on a visit to china chancellor angela merkel is aiming to convince beijing that europe is still a safe place to invest with billions worth of business deals having already been signed artie's peter oliver has the details. i'm no stranger to china. trip to the country since she came to power in two thousand and five and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during. its not just politicians.

a group of twenty in the delegation including people like. to show that the eurozone still. has its own vested interest in seeing the eurozone stick together europe is china's biggest export markets so there will be support. keeping the monetary union together but just expect some kind words they shouldn't be any cash coming forward from china to help the ailing eurozone. special relationship between germany and china. who feel. when you look at the figures you can see why some nations would be feeling like they're getting a slice of the pie trade between the two countries. to around two hundred. billion dollars twenty fifteen well the reason that the to make such good economic bedfellows at the moment is that germany produces the machinery needed to china.

germany china as a growing market. drying up from within. the people simply not having the cash to buy within the european union and within the e.u. union so will be the. top of the bill when it comes. to the chinese leadership will be underlining the meeting is. that germany needs china far more right now than china needs germany. peter all of our reporting for us there now time as prime minister has also called on greece italy and spain to go through with reforms and budget cuts to get their finances back on track can deny any editorial director at the european council on foreign relations believes china's input could be key in stabilizing europe the big hope in europe

is that the chinese would invest in some of the new vehicles that have been crazy like the european stability mechanism. the chinese. offer lots of words of support today and yesterday. much in the way of concrete promises to buy bonds in any case the chinese don't tend to make their bond purchases public so we don't know for example how much the chinese invested in european bones in the last two years since the euro crisis began anyway and we probably know. there's a lot of there's a lot of uncertainty about in the case of a boss obviously this is a european company and so it would benefit not just germany but also france and other countries in europe but lots of the deals that have been signed. off the german companies are all going to european companies and so in that sense there is a competition going on between germany and other european countries and i would

generally seems to be winning that competition. the. extremist is being seen as another. radicalism in russia the attack came on tuesday when a female suicide bomber home disguised as a pilgrim and blew herself up concern has also. last month. some experts believe the roots of extreme lead all the way to the middle east but others say the threat from islamic hatred could become even stronger. reports. the trip to work that turned to tragedy. he was driving when a series of blasts threw him from his core the man who's been openly against the spread of radical ideas among believers survived to find his deputy was shot dead in another part of town investigators still don't know the exact motivation behind the attack but the spotlights now on to other stuff most people here are muslim and

that gets mentioned more and more when it comes to the spread of radical islam in washington. some of the local muslim communities are financed by arabs from states where is an official religion the money has to be worked and they demand the ideology. is one of the most fundamental branches of islam it's strongly advocated in saudi arabia which backs it up with billions of dollars of support across the muslim world it's often oppose all other religions sometimes even calling for jihad or holy war against them but any other radical movement. different ideas are taught in smaller mosques. like this one. rebuilt into a mosque in. the aren't it's the mom's denying the radical they do not

support official. as of islam. we don't divide brother muslims and there can be no radicalism no terrorism these are words only used by prove a kidder's who want to discredit as. we were told here believers are taught to sincerely and equality there are no longer up held in modern society looking with justice can only be achieved through islam and when someone says islam is the only thing i way of life and social order that called radical or extremist and what's the punishment for stealing the hand is chopped off and not the kind of punishment you'd find in russia's criminal code nevertheless such ideas are reportedly gaining more support among young muslims for some experts it could be partly to blame on how the list of banned extremist literature was thrown together. often in the books by classical world famous authors a bound or in a some of prophet muhammad saints how can we expect muslims to react and of course

the radicals use this to gain influence. of course thought our son is a long way from becoming ingolf to by the war stuff radical islam how the state reacts to the spread of extremism is now key in the wrong moves but only reversing the situation you go to school of r.t. guys i doubt are stunning. well the russian. come under the spotlight again this time as two women were found dead in their flat with the words free pussy riot written on the wall above them apparently in blood it's being treated as a murder both the elderly woman and her middle aged daughter died from multiple stab wounds authorities are investigating whether the killer was a supporter of pussy riot lawyers of the band have already described it as a provocation three members of the russian punk band were jailed earlier this month for two years for performing a so-called in the country's main. working

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the competition will last eleven days with over four thousand athletes from around the globe taking part the first events have already kicked off including wheelchair basketball swimming and track cycling. next we talked to a nun who lived in syria for a decade and witnessed what the people went through when the first sparks of trouble ignited the war. well today we're joined by sister agnes mariam of the cross she's founded

a christian community of them on a street in damascus she's been living there and working there for the last twelve years thank you very much a sister for joining us today my first question is you've been there for twelve years working in damascus in syria iran different areas has there been a difference in your work throughout those years and in the recent months that we've seen uprising and violence of course we have been facing. to get more and water but as you can pick you know it's really in the central head . it's so for us it was new because we were. there the kurdish and the smallest. since nineteen ninety four. and we really. appreciate. the security team in syria it's

a cute cord which is imposed somehow. by regime which is very strong good and sometimes it kind of. began but never does and this. is that everybody was living in security. now were. events begin. raise we were very happy because a really old soul wanted felt that the that is a need for a chance but the fact we are very quickly. we got bad news. from. the weaknesses. in our day offices in homs. and also from damascus in that. where what to do is it messes civilians is out of any political.

position you know they were counting on us telling us stories and said what expected the contrary of what we were seeing on the television so we took position for. objective truth good information and also for sunday that eighty because only by sco and the you had to help opposition where you had. people detained so you were also helping the opposition yes it's what we call terry otto position the civilian no pushy or position which is not under any party and that i'm not that. you have you have always been today peaceful demonstration ok. so we had you know i would have. to free to set free people. also

if there is a need of humanitarian help even we had the opposition meeting in our monastery and the first appeal for the bailout and that of course in geisha and was in our monastery and i'm sure you're very well aware of all the criticism that has been thrown your way what is your relationship with the assad regime. if you know we have nor the nation's ship. religious entity and our of footy is that it's not political. it's not even civilian you know we had mainstream reports that came to syria and for iran for a while i went with them on the scene you know but in the january. in december i asked to do

a position where the good leaders were already implemented ok and so i could have an idea as an eyewitness and in the beginning we did not even know who were source people and we said said those people there were. identified. gangs you know we said we don't know who they are but they are spreading. these sort of the killings abducting and many kind you know of metal odds. to destabilize a country and all saw to implement a kind of punishment for its even war for example they would kill. targeted targeted for example they would keep a low if i have seen. in columns. if luck.

of blood. because in the day before. you know and i did then deified gangs have been beheading nine i know with people just because they want to know if i have seen this was my eyes and i talked to the population. who do you think it is has perpetrated this they didn't know they said they would have a wedding like soldier but do you think that it's the lawyer. what do you want me to do i cannot. if you if nobody is a reporter thing i feel as if i know it and i do not report that i am helping. to continue is that a way and often even of human rights watch begin to talk about things and put the date to buy. action autumn into action i feel you did saying that it is

affiliated to the opposition as it were doing stings against humanity but you have your opposition. who doesn't want these kind of foreign intervention. they want changes but. and to be so destroying everything.