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euro is on the road. with us let's get right your top stories britain and france say they are not ruling out any options including a military in force no fly zone the deadlock the u.n. security council has again held a meeting on the crisis with turkey also pushing for the creation of a buffer zone our new york correspondent. the details. security council remains very much divided over how to deal with the syrian crisis the high level meeting that was 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 made the circumstances very difficult for the neighboring countries turkey has asked the security council to consider setting up refugee camps inside of syria that outside countries would safeguard if 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 so clearly you have a very complicated situation here but we did hear western countries address the security council their representatives 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 the syrian military the russian ambassador to the 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 so that the examples of this jewel the sanctions imposed by the u.n. security council have nothing in common with the actual efforts to assist a settlement of the syrian crisis because the lives of simple citizens and denied them the opportunity to meet their own mentor needs and fully enjoy be sick human rights this is not only our conclusion but it is also of an independent commission and serious we call upon nations who are against. syria to immediately lift them we viewed the efforts of some individual states to use pseudo humanitarian arguments that suggest of either financial material technical or logistical support to illegal armed groups and unacceptable but 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 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 for posing 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 eat this meeting taking place security council that they will continue supporting the syrian opposition and continue providing them with a quit meant turkey's appeals to the u.n. security council for a safe haven for syrian refugees has caused a division in the international community with some saying it could turn into a rebel command center colonel doug macgregor is a decorated u.s. combat veteran and author who says move to intervene could force other key players

to get involved. based on our experience in libya this would have to be effectively a us based operation the europeans don't have the capabilities that we do i don't really see it happening it would be a very expensive proposition if nato becomes involved the only circumstances under which i could imagine it would be if the turks themselves finally decided to intervene the turks who said they would take one hundred thousand refugees and no more by the end of september given the current rate they may we'll have one hundred thousand refugees settled in turkey the turks will want those people to be resettled in syria that may be the tipping point for the intervention of the turkish military establishment the people fighting in syria against mr assad are shares sunni islamists in many cases that may be profitable for turkey for egypt and the other is lama city arabian peninsula but it's not a certainly something that we in the west want to support turkey is not of the only

country suffering from an overflow syrian citizens into its territory as jordanian security forces are on high alert after two hundred refugees turned on guards over conditions in camps there it appears that dealing with the immense influx from syria is far beyond what jordan can cope with as artie's policy or reports. exhausted and drained there's not much for these refugees to do besides swelter under the scorching desert sun sheltering from the violence back home in syria they walked for days in the heat to get here and so they come in numbers and under the wire not one person here has gone through the official border instead depending on the level of violence in syria as many as a thousand people each day off across into jordan they're picked up on the border by the jordanian police and brought here to this camp. and now a man doesn't know what to do with them the country is struggling with few natural

resources little water and is in need of foreign aid they're growing numbers putting pressure on an already refugee way republic we're carrying about traces of the genes we have to help syria is like a sister i'm. a saddam friend now in a very difficult situation. has a direct impact here relations between a man in damascus already strained a number of defected soldiers and senior officers are being sheltered in the kingdom the most high profile refugee was the prime minister riyad hitch up who fled to turkey through jordan earlier this month and then with the tribes who fearing massive amounts of weapons ammunition and sniper rifles to syria from jordan saudi arabia is promising economic assistance in exchange for months cooperation but it could backfire. if there is regime change in syria news stream it's time to power. problems where we have our own. farm.

and so now jordan faces the backlash of a conflict which some in the country have helped escalate meanwhile more than one hundred fifty thousand refugees remain stuck on its borders and what's supposed to be a safe enclave but with food is hard to come by toilets case and not enough tends to go around leaving some to the mercy of harsh desert conditions this. fear here is so. serious you die quickly but here we are dying a slow i wish now i never want to come here. jordan narrowly escaped a wave of uprisings that swept the arab world it says it's getting reforms in place bash caught between both sides it might not be enough to stop the serious shockwave however that conflict in. the refugee camp on the jordanian syrian border. still ahead for you this hour a look at the roots of radicalism we investigated the spread of islamic extremism

in russia and whether it's being a few old from abroad and that's in a few minutes here are. 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 morsy also added that assad's government had lost its legitimacy and urged attending nations to support the rebels and i wore activists 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 it is very fact that one hundred and twenty eight nations or 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 the potential is still there but we should be aware that there's a big pressure. very much so on every one of the countries i can understand fully syria walking out because they are flight facing absolutely haim change. there's every effort of the u.s. to intervene and they're already intervening now their threats of the no fly zone are streamlines dangerous it's on. as the euro zone is failing to break free of its crippling economic crisis the leader of powerhouse germany is on 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 but he's peter all over has details. no stranger to china.

trip to the country since you came to power. and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during. its not just politicians. visit the group of twenty in the delegation including people. to show that the still. china has its own vested interest in seeing the eurozone stick together europe is china's biggest export markets so they will be. keeping the monetary union together just expect some kind would be. coming forward from china to help the ailing euro zone. between germany and china. who feel. when you look at the figures you

can see. a slice of the 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 is the machinery needed. germany. as a growing market. from within. the people simply having the cash to. within the european union and within the monetary union so will be. the bill when it comes. to the chinese leadership will be lining the meeting is. that germany needs china right now then china needs. china has also called on greece italy and spain to go through with reforms to get their

finances back on track. 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. offering lots of words of support today and yesterday but not 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 won't know so 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 for german companies are all going to european companies and 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 killing of a spiritual leader of muslims by an islamic extremist is being seen as another sign of. russia the attack came on tuesday when a female suicide bomber. disguised as a pilgrim and blew herself up concern has also been fueled by last month's muslim figures in the republic of tatarstan some experts believe the roots of extremism lead all the way to the middle east but others say the threat. could become even stronger support. the trip to work that turned to tragedy. he was driving when a series of blasts threw him from his car the man who's been openly against the

spread of radical ideas among the leaders 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 on 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 arab families from states as an official religion because the money has to be worked off and they demand the ideology. it's. like a business 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 its followers often oppose all other religions sometimes even calling for jihad or holy war against them but it's a business or any other radical movement of course not part of the official religion here but of different ideas often taught in smaller mosques hidden from

the mainstream. like this one house rebuilt into a mosque in one of. the aren't it's the moms denying being radical they do not support their stance official branches of islam. we don't divide brother muslims and there can be no radicalism no terrorism these are words only used by prove a kidders who want to discredit as. we were told here believers are taught to sincerely any quality are no longer up held in modern society look with justice can only be achieved through. some one sense islam is the only fan way of life and social order that called radical extremist and what's the punishment for stealing a band 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 author is a bound ordinance some of prophet muhammad saints how can we expect muslims to react and of course the radicals use this to gain influence. of course that our son is a long way from becoming ingolf to by the worst of radical islam how the state reacts to the spread of extremism is now key in the wrong moves could only reversing the situation you're just going to have our g. guys i understand. well the russian city of. 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 and blood is being treated as 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. country's main. there's always. working twenty four hours a day seven days a week to provide you with the best stories and videos from around the world and here's a quick look at what we have waiting for you there on our website right now. and. find out about the plans to build an elevator banks. with relaxation all around at this remarkable record breaking. video and. you can also catch all of our best video.

now to some of the stories making headlines around the world for you this hour. a rocket attack in eastern afghanistan. while they were waiting by the side of a road for a bus. the deaths of five troops. inside a military base with two others killed when their helicopter rolled over there while landing so-called insider attacks are on the rise in the country. so far. scandal hit the barclays bank is facing another fraud probe over the billions it raised from middle eastern investors in two thousand and eight it's suspected of not making clear how much advisers were paid at the height of the financial crisis it was also recently embroiled in

a row over manipulating the rate percent which banks lend money to each other the reputation of u.k. banks has taken a battering after they were accused of breaking sanctions imposed on iran. rescuers in southwestern china are racing to save twenty eight workers trapped for more than a day inside a coal mine after a gas explosion the blast left twenty six of their colleagues dead on an evening when over one hundred fifty people were in the pit the owners of the mine are being questioned by police and investigated for safety violations mining accidents killed almost two thousand people in china last year alone. a spectacular fireworks display proved to be one of the highlights of the opening ceremony of the london two thousand and twelve olympics with the show believed to be the events most watched the competition will last eleven days with over four thousand athletes from around the globe taking part in the first events have already kicked off including wheelchair basketball swimming track cycling.

to india air force helicopters have crashed in midair killing all nine men on board the aircraft were on a routine training mission in the west of the country when the incident occurred be air force has ordered an inquiry into the collision. well up next we talked to a nun who lived in syria for a decade and witnessed what citizens went through when the first sparks of trouble ignited during the war.

today we're joined by sister agnes mariam of the cross. christian community and i'm on a street in damascus she's been living there and working there for the last twelve years thank you very much for joining us today my first question is you've been there for twelve years working in damascus in syria around different areas has there been a difference in your work throughout those years and in the recent months that we've seen uprisings and violence. we have been facing. to get more and water. you know it's really in the sand to handle. this so for us it was new because we were. there just for the from the smallest.

since nineteen ninety four. and we really. appreciate. the security team in syria it's so cute. how. is a regime which is very good and some kind of. the reality is that everybody was living in security. now when when the events begin. to raise we were very happy because really old so wanted felt that the that is a need for a chance but very. very quickly. we got bad news. from. the witnesses. in i would have

a us citizen in homs. and also from damascus in that out where what to do is it messes with civilians without any political. positions and 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 a objective truth good information and also for sunday that it because slowly by slowly you had to help opposition where you had. people detained so you were also helping the opposition yes it's what we call a position the civilian oh pushy or position which is not under any party and that i'm not that. you have you have always been today

a peaceful demonstration ok. so we had you know i would have been. too 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 he gave and was a monastery i'm sure 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 the mainstream report that came to see it again and for iran for

a while i went with them on the scene you know but in a january. in december i asked them to do a position where the good were already implemented and so i could have an idea as an eyewitness and in the beginning we did not even know who are people and reset said that those people there were. identified by the 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 repression for its even war for example they would kill.

very targeted targeted for example they will keep a low if i have seen. in homs. if luck. blog. because in the day before. people you know source and i did then defied 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 disown me population who do you think has has perpetrated this they didn't know they said they were wearing like soldiers but do you think that it's the lawyers told to what do you want me to do i cannot shut up if if if nobody is a reporter thing these 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 but potatoes by. action autumn into action affiliated saying that it is affiliated to the opposition as it were doing sings against humanity but you have your opposition. who doesn't want these kind of foreign intervention. they want changes but we saw influence and we saw destroying everything i. well see british. that is. going to.