the top stories on r.c.u. this syrian government completed three hundred zero zero chemical weapons dated to hague based force dog while its approach to the assad government to make change if it finds out it is not playing by the rooms. european diplomats on the rights activists lash out at eight zero play me and soldiers all round them up and the west bank not giving a thought about international. also there is now one year until scotland decides whether to ditch the united kingdom but as the days dwindle there were true because russia stayed up with oil the sun to peace of disagreement. your brother dad makes demanded the release of students and beaten up and detained by police during his trip protest against a day when cia chief being appointed to. this

is coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program the international chemical weapons watchdog says this see when government has complied with its promise and hundred over the last remaining details of its toxic arsenal to the agency this comes as part of syria's chemical design a month plan hammered out by russia and washington last week going to cities. maskers has fulfilled its obligation to send all the documents regarding its chemical stockpile to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or the o.p.c. w. now of course the office of w. has to work out a framework in order to deal with the procedures of the disarmament of syria they

were supposed to hold a meeting on that on sunday but they have a phone that indefinitely of course that was before it became known that damascus has already sent the entire package of documents needed to all b. c w so we'll have to wait and see exactly what will transpire now but the united nations is slated to hold a discussion in new york in the coming week in order to devise a deal hammered out between moscow and washington about a week ago in geneva according to bad deal damascus has until the middle of two thousand and fourteen in order to completed disarmament program now there is of course some difficulties involved there with that and that is the fact that the chemical stockpiles are the syrian chemical stockpiles are actually distributed between various points in the country and not all of those parts are controlled entirely by the official damascus and of course there is also some disagreements

when it comes to the wording of the potential u.n. resolution where london washington and paris want to see the threat of military intervention be included in the provisions of the potential u.n. resolution that moscow says such a provision would be counterproductive we had a russian presidential administrations have given also when speaking in stockholm earlier on saturday said that russia is not going to veto any u.n. resolution on syria out of principle but he said that there is absolutely no excluding the possibility of russia changing its stance we're not doing the syrian government we're protecting international and if in future for example talking ridiculous you pathetically but if we become sure russia will become sure that for example. we might change your position but so far we don't have such evidence but again russia has been adamant about about

the necessity of the diplomatic solution of the syrian crisis and it has been pushing the syrian government towards the discussion table russia has done its part under the russian american initiative on may seventh we have secured the mast this commitment to send to geneva conference. american partners have so far failed to do the see the talks with the opposition it also looks like according to sergei one of that the syrian opposition doesn't seem to be so interested in getting to the discussion table on top of that it is notoriously dishrag mounted with some inner scuffles happening sporadically over the past several years as a matter of fact and also we must not forget about the fact that there are also numerous groups within syria itself which are fighting supposedly for the opposition but at the same time they are openly affiliated with al qaida and of course it should the military involvement be in fact put in place by states such as

the united states or france or the united kingdom of course that would mean a competing for mayhem in syria something which has we know we have already seen happening in countries such as libya and although of those the u.s. might apparently push more moderate rebels towards the negotiation table it's not in control of those fighting government troops on the ground that's according to syrian political analyst we spoke to him earlier today because they do have an influence on this seem to have a name for. the politicians who see the return to the syrian opposition or are they formed. at least because they're definitely fragmented but ruther doesn't really have much leverage is on the forces on the ground those who carry on with v.c. and already have seed probably this sort of agreement as a threat to their existence why would they comply we've seen them destabilize a lot of agreements or a few agreements that have been reached before throughout the year when the

framework for example law to break your. plan so it's really the americans you know in their capability to push for going to geneva talks we don't know i think this will have to be done through the major regional players like the saudis and like the turks and those people actually control the forces on the ground because they are the ones who are supplying them with fund with intelligence and with military much more than the americans are doing. the year is sounding the alarm over the influx of refugees from syria while officials say the stream of asylum seekers has been so far there are fears that as the conflict drags on the numbers of those fleeing will swell and among those concerned the most are exactly and bulgaria italy has already accepted four thousand six hundred refugees this year and is preparing space for sixteen thousand more garris says it struggling to

cope with the two thousand plus people it had to take em and has even asked the e.u. for help with the influx so far in two thousand and thirteen most asylum requests have been made in some way to with four thousand seven hundred people next outcomes germany with four thousand five hundred people and seven hundred requests have been submitted to france britain says it's not planning to take in syrian refugees offering financial aid to other block members instead with their solemn system put to such a harsh stress test so the state's review how are most insist there can be no easing of asylum for all. israel is from a big accusations its army treated a group of european diplomats and human rights activists in the west bank on friday they were accompanying an aid convoy in a village that had previously been demolished by israel soldiers also seized one of the trucks and let's now get more from a politically astute joins us now live so paula please tell us what exactly is

stabbed if you are among those accompanying that convoy. well video has just been released showing israeli soldiers manhandling a group of european diplomats as they tried to bring supplies emergency aid as well as tents in a truck to a community of bed when living in the west bank this particular community just a few days earlier had their homes destroyed by the israeli army if you look at the video you can see the diplomats being surrounded by huge group of israeli soldiers as one french diplomats later complained she was physically dragged from the truck she was forced to the ground without any kind of a god for her diplomatic immunity not the idea of has said that it is launching a probe but at the same time the army has said that this was a provocation and also to quote the idea of a disturbance of the peace the e.u.

diplomats deny this they say that there was a blatant disregard for international law that they were physically manhandled and at the same time to quote them what happened was shocking and outrageous the e.u. diplomats saying that the israeli army has a moral responsibility that is also bound by international law to look after the as well as assist people who are living in occupied territory now at the same time we're talking here about a community of bad ones this is one of three communities that in the last six weeks has seen it has its homes destroyed and earlier the israeli high court will that this particular community which is known as the kid a bit cool community comprising some one hundred twenty people were living illegally on land that was israeli and as such they gave the order for the israeli army to bulldoze their homes the kindergarten as well as the stables but the argument from the community as indeed has been the argument from other bedwyn

communities who have faced a similar type of scenario is that they have nowhere else to go they've been living on the land for generations and that the land is also needed as good. ground and balance for their cattle to graze in the same to the that is the source of livelihood they will attempt earlier in the week by the e.u. to try and assist this community volunteers day and wednesday they did manage to reach the community they managed to put up some tents but these were later taken down by the israeli army but north hearing from european union diplomats who were involved in this unfortunate incident is that what israel is doing is not helpful to negotiations let me remind you that just last month the israelis and palestinians off to a three year hiatus returned to the negotiating table and certainly these kind of incidents are not going to do anything to push the peace process forward. paula slayer line from tel aviv paula thank you very much indeed. major parties in

germany are making that final pitch. of a clinical is a into when one of their solo group is tipped to put a spy in the works and political wrangling to if there were coalition government of breaking that. is now less than a year to go before the scottish independence swallowed and supporters are marking the date with a mass march through the not incompetent edinburgh but even though time is sticking it's far from clear which way the vote will swing separatists a huge oil reserves will guarantee the country's fortunes while longer says the north and south together. reports now from the scottish capital. well let's see a flag here the scottish independence rally underway in as a burst thousands of people turning out in this procession going through the streets were learned on calton hello well have won the scottish first minister alex

salmond earlier on i was talking to the head of the campaign blair jenkins he said that there is still a long way to go well in fact wednesday marks one year to go till the eighteenth of september twenty fourth saying when scottish places will be asked to vote yes or no is it beggars belief to me why people would want the government for to make decisions about themselves you know we voted for it in government and we get work that is a policy that they dictate to us and that doesn't seem like a democracy to me there's a lot of risk i think today is about a show of confidence today is about the people of scotland who saying we're not afraid a lot of the no campaign or the better together campaign has been very negative. people in scotland just saying we're not afraid we are a strong independent nation we will take the opportunities that are there and

a lot of people have come here with their children it's the family of burn you can see the crowds coming down with their signs one of the signs i was reading earlier saying yes takes courage well it certainly does this going to take a little more than courage to get the amount that they need to see scotland's become an independent country and there are some big questions this still need to be answered now we're going to see the government publishing its white paper in november that is thought will address the really crucial issue is for the yes campaign not only the question of currency what scotland would do right to become independent the well the north sea oil would play all of those things. well i got karratha case should be that some of the population that is as yet still undecided as we said this march one year to go to school there will be all still have that yes no vote everything to play for a bit today sounds in to people vote setting out say that support the independent.

of course there's much more ahead for you here and i'll say including predictions for the upcoming german general election after a very short break to stay with us. choose your language. call if we could with any federal system still some. choose good sense to. choose to use the great to. choose the stories but if you. choose to accept.

this is welcome bot chancellor angela merkel looks set to win a set when germans go to the polls for a parliamentary election on sunday germany has largely mohnish to dawlish the economic problems that have crippled a number of its a european a but is that many of its citizens are better at a decline in pastoral spending power and a rise in in secure upon a time what the owner has more far. it's billed as europe's economic

success story the german vote is feeling country is split between the haves and the have not. germans are rich yeah ten percent of germans are the owner of the fifty to sixty percent of all the capital and the gap is getting bigger and our society is divided your places in germany like here in both homes that are so poor the streets are in disrepair and the theatres have to shut down this town is broke. for most people the financial situation isn't good which isn't the image many of germany's european partners have of the federal republic. i think if you were to ask someone from spain they would tell you germany is an economic land of milk and honey but that just isn't the case perhaps thirty years ago after reunification and the pressures of staying competitive globally those days are gone one of the ways

germany has stayed competitive is by trying to keep wages low. and plenty of spain here isn't greeks who come to berlin looking for work they are scandalized by how low our pay is it's not enough to survive in the run up to this election the main opposition has campaigned on a platform of introducing a minimum wage of eighty year old fifty per hour the current german government has dismissed those calls i believe merkel's party insists that the introduction of a minimum wage would destroy job creation however these people here are saying they just want a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. we need a minimum wage here and it has to be at a level that people can live on to provide for their families and there are so many jobs around that barely enough so you can survive i think eight fifty proposed by the s.d.p. is too low i think it should be closer to twelve per hour. so called many jobs have also grabbed voters' attention ahead of sunday's ballot almost

a quarter of the workforce are employed in these part time and often low paid jobs . really jobs are no good you can contribute to a pension was four hundred euro these days everyone in the family has to work i sit with my roommate we realized we make too little cash it's a case of either we give up our studies and find moving work or we lose our flat. whoever comes out on top from sunday's ballot is going to face the continuing task of keeping germany's economy on track while at the same time trying to please a workforce which feels underpaid and under appreciated peter all of the r.t. germany. with me now live for some analysis on sunday's election is business and government consultant chris to her stop this to her still welcome to r.t. it's good to see your looks very likely that angela merkel's party big christian democrats will win will be voted back again but what about her party's coalition is

that on solid ground not at all the coalition is in great danger. very close race and it is quite possible that the left is. exactly as strong as the coalition i would heard a lot about voter apathy in the build up to the election don't people think it's important please tell us more about people's attitude that. you see people in germany by a large numbers very frustrated so frustrated that all the media are coming out these days with you know please take part in the elections daughter who go to vote don't stay at home the government is very clearly afraid the whole system in germany is afraid that more than fifty percent of the germans could epstein and that would be a very bad sign for the system obviously countries like greece and spain are partly

dependent on germany to bail them out can this election change germany's commitment to financing europe's failed economies like greece and and and spain. eighty percent of the germans think unfortunately not that means if we have big between the two biggest parties the social democrats and the christian democrats that will not change a bit and the old coalition of course won't change either. the anti euro party i'll turn to for germany is surging in the polls now and could be said to get five percent of the vote and to make it into parliament how can you explain this people support. well you know right now many germans only move that they would be ready you know to vote for dirty or donkey to get rid of the euro eighty percent of the germans don't want to pay any. more tax

payers hard earned money into supporting the road the currency the euro and for that reason they would be even ready to board for a party which according to analysts consists of you know the conservative half maybe more than fifty years old of the christian democrats and the head was to look at is known to be part of the right leaning movement and he was in favor of you know lessening salaries in germany if you years ago very openly souldiers published that so that is the situation we have an attractive alternative in fact to the current euro policy christo of her still business and government consultant thank you very much indeed for your time sir or welcome. dozens of academics at city university in new york are backing protests against their point of the former cia chief david petraeus as

a teacher that they've all signed a petition for charges to be dropped against six children's arrested during an earlier street protest leader has a mash showing police beating out the activists while detaining them. all. four star general and former cia director david petraeus recently began his new career here in the big apple as an adjunct professor for the new york city public university known as kuni but his attendance has been met with broad criticism from students faculty and staff members who say they don't want their college to host the man who oversaw moore's drone strikes and alleged torture tactics in the middle east now for the past few weeks this anti professor poetry is movement has been gaining traction recently activists tell me that they're on their campaign has been met with heavy handed tactics from the new york city police department though

earlier this week about seventy five people were marching right around here across the street from not building where professor petraeus was allegedly attending a fundraiser and that's when a fight broke out between new york city police officers and protesters cops who videotaped trying to barricade the activists who then spilled out onto the streets witnesses say students were punched slammed against to be equals and on to the pavement by the cops eventually six people were arrested and have been charged with obstruction of governmental administration riot resisting arrest and disorderly conduct twenty four year old denise ford is among the six students that were arrested during the protest and spent twenty eight hours in police custody she joins me now to talk about her experience denise tell me what led to your arrest i believe some of us were already targeted by the police already know who they were

going to runs and then i mean they pushed us into the street and it just started from there where they grabbed one of mine about like subban said fifteen. slammed his head against the car and we're just all on top of. so then i went to try to help him and within the process i ended up falling in between two callers to the back of my head then i proceeded to get up and then when i looked to the back of me there's another about like. two cars on top of my other car. and which they picked up his shirt. and a plain clothes officer just to. go to his kids and then the cop just came and grabbed me for me. and then just. i believe this is also an intimidation type used by the n.y.p.d. why is it that so many people are so odd happy with his new position

as a visiting professor at what he thinks is what we're getting it's not his character it's what he represents an area with a capital of its own. war. to wage dozens of academics have signed on to a petition calling for all charges against the six cuny students to be dropped in the interim according to reports a growing number of staff and faculty members are also calling on america's former intelligence chief to resign from his position as a visiting professor reporting from new york. r.t. . for some of the international news and brings this hour in kenya fees twenty two people being killed and dozens taken hostage by armed men who stormed a shopping center. and lobbing hand grenades fifty one have also been injured and people are still being brought out of the building on stretchers a witness said the gunmen asked muslims to leave saying no muslims would be taunted

no group has claimed responsibility for that soldier. they found all they are going ton of on has been released from a jail in pakistan according to unconfirmed reports. ghani about it baradar was a key figure in the senator's search as he of the time bond was toppled by the us in two thousand and one he was arrested three years ago the afghan government had previously called for him to be freed saying his release would hold the peace process. and so over time fairness sunday one of the strongest storms this year with wind speeds of two hundred and forty kilometers an hour its way towards hong kong so where it is trying to fit if it is and time of one triggering landslides and severe flooding a massive storm is expected to hit china on sunday morning although four thousand people have already been evacuated from coastal areas to taiwan.

coming up after the break abby martin luther said the quietest of the two was just a systems day. i got some angry but polite messages after it came out in favor of the foreign adoption ban of russian children by people in the usa this is not a dig on america i think russia or any country that respects itself should export any children to any word all people told me one paranoid that the decision to stop the ford adoptions punishes the children were a massive reuters investigation called the child exchange has exposed some dark secrets about adoption of foreign children they expose it often by using the term read homing which is normally about finding new homes for animals people are

basically advertising adopted children they don't want like baseball cards on e bay just found out that on just one yahoo group. child a week was offered up to the public my wonder what kind of people want to discreetly get children off the internet the thing is that in the us adopting a child from overseas is hard but transferring them to someone else later on is a breeze all you need is a notarized power of attorney document the currying the child is in another adult's care so for those of you who think that i am a cruel nationals because i support russians the option ban than take a look at the child exchange and you might just start to see my point but that's just my opinion. on the new cultural phenomena like the policies mr peters.

pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher. hey guys i mean martin and this is breaking the set of other tom de lay you know the former republican house majority leader who had to resign in two thousand and five after being indicted on federal money laundering charges on a rare window for the justice system de lay was convicted in two thousand and ten for illegally funny funneling corporate money to texas candidates and was sent to three years in jail now because of the lengthy appeals process delay has managed to stay out of prison and yes.