the syrian government completes the handover of chemical weapons data to a hague based watchdog says its approach to a sad may change if he does not play by the rules. european diplomats and rights activists lash out at israel claiming its soldiers and from the west bank giving a thought about international law. is about one year until scotland decides whether to ditch the united kingdom but as the days the rhetoric is ratcheting up with oil the centerpiece of disagreement. new york academics demand the release of students beaten up and detained by police during a street protest against a former cia chief being appointed professor.

studio center here in moscow where it's just past one o'clock on a sunday morning this is r t with international news coming. up the international chemical weapons watchdog says the syrian government has complied with its promise and handed over the last remaining details of its toxic arsenal to the agency now this comes as part of syria's chemical disarmament plan hammered out by russia and washington last week. has the details. 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 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 postponed that indefinitely of course that was before it became known that damascus has already sent the entire package of documents needed to all be 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 good deal hammered out between moscow and washington about a week ago in geneva according to that 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 that 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 that gave the north 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 predicting 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 this in the talks with the opposition it also looks like according to sergei ivanov 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 mantid 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. such as the united states or france or the united kingdom of course that would mean a complete and total mayhem in syria something which has we we have already seen

happening in countries such as libya and although the u.s. might apparently push more moderate rebels towards the negotiating table it's not in control of those fighting government troops that's according to syrian political analyst i'm a walk of who we spoke to a little earlier. they have they do have an influence or they seem to have an influence on the politicians who say the represent to the syrian opposition or to form the syrian opposition or some of them at least because they're definitely fragmented but where america doesn't really have much leverage is on the forces on the ground those who carry on weapons of the sea 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 u.n. framework for example the brain or coffee iran's plan so is it really the

americans you know is it in their capability to push them for going to geneva talks we don't know i think this will have to be done through the major regional players or bad ones like the saudis and like the turks and those people actually control more of the forces on the ground because they are the ones who are supplying them with fund with intelligence and with military equipment much more than the americans aren't doing. well the e.u. is sounding the alarm over the influx of refugees from syria while officials say the stream of asylum seekers has be manageable so far there are fears that as the conflict drags on the number of those fleeing will swell and among those concerned the most italy belgariad now italy has already accepted four thousand six hundred refugees this year and is preparing for sixteen thousand more says it's struggling to cope with the more than two thousand it has taken in even off the e.u. for help well so far this year most asylum requests to be made in sweden with four

thousand seven hundred next comes germany with four thousand five hundred and then france has had a request for seven hundred asylum seekers now britain said it's not planning to take in syrian refugees offering financial aid to other block members instead with the asylum system put under such pressure some states are urging a review however most insist they can be no easing of asylum rules. israel is investigator kids ations its army moultrie to the group of european diplomats and human rights activists in the west bank on friday they were accompanying an aid convoy on route to a palestinian village would have previously been demolished by israel soldiers also seized one of the trucks sorties paula slit has more on the events that have caused such feehery. 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 diplomat later complained she was physically dragged from the truck she was forced to the ground without any kind of a guard to force her diplomatic immunity not the idea of her 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 are saying that the israeli army has a moral responsibility that is also bound by international law to look after the

kids as well as asserts 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 their kindergarten as well as their 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 herding. ground and balun for their cattle to graze in the same street that is their source of livelihood they will attempt earlier in the week by the e.u. to try and assist this community fallen trees 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 can also 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. reporting that there's now less than a year to go before the scottish independence vote and support is a marking the date with a mass march through the northern capital edinburgh but even though time is ticking it's far from clear which way the votes will swing separate to say huge oil reserves will guarantee the country's fortunes while london says the north and south a better off together first reports now from the scottish capital. see

a flag here. in dependence rally underway in thousands of people turning out in this recession going through the streets were lend hello well have won the scottish first minister alex salmond earlier on i was talking to the head of the campaign jenkins he said that there is still a long way to go well in fact wednesday march one year to go till the eighteenth of september twenty fourth seeing when scottish faces 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've given government to get work policies that they dictate 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 saying we're not afraid. a lot of

the no campaign or the better together campaign has been very negative. the people of scotland just say 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 event and you can see the crowds coming down with signs one of the signs i was reading earlier saying yes takes courage well it certainly does this going to take a look more than courage to get the amount that. they need to see scotland become an independent country and there are some big questions this still need to be on i think it's a natural majority for depends because people believe the nation more than not if you ask people the economy to be run from along the beach you want so security wait to be run from among them would you want to cite. some of the people see. these decisions for scotland to be made in school and if you believe

things together you that's a yes vote for independence because in order to fully implement the wealthy and to decide not to have a beautiful country. we have to take these decisions that's what independence is if it became independent to morrow would become the most prosperous country in the cd so scotland is a strong country economically the real question is can we use that economic strength to build a more just society will struggle on attendance let's say the scottish independence rally today or this campaign gets questioned on if the detail it's fake the more cards he will be provided when the government publishes its white paper on independence and the uganda these people here have already made that mindset but what this referendum will rest on is the cost chunk of the population that's according to the polls remain as yet undecided. are heading for.

the british government and unionists have no shortage of reasons as to why scotland should stay among them is the argument that the north as a small country simply wouldn't be able to make it on its own oil or not but adam ramsey he's coeditor of the kingdom u.k. political bloc he finds that argument insulting. goldman's got the same population is denmark about this big country the norway in fact if you look at a list of countries by population in the world scotland is right in the middle it's the same size as the median country so i mean the idea that a normal sized country can't survive is insulting to all those other smaller countries who do very well and certainly i mean obviously candy very well it's a very very rich country it's one of the richest countries on earth happened here and i don't see any good reason to see why scotland couldn't make it like denmark.

with the twenty four hours a day all to live here in moscow coming up after the break we look at what's behind iran's planned to edge diplomatically closer to the united states that and other stories coming your way shortly. so we leave the. oceans to. visit the. issues that no one is asking with to get they deserve answers from. our.

mission. critical three. three. three. three. three. three. video for your media project free media r t v dot com. these continues here on t.v. just turning sixteen and a half minutes past the hour in the russian capital the u.s. is cautiously moving towards iran which is offered to discuss its controversial nuclear program the white house has said it is ready to talk as long as tirant is willing to prove its atomic ambitions are strictly limited to civilian use but historian and investigative journalist gareth porter i spoke to him he says that it is yet to be seen if washington is ready to act on its words. when president

obama was first elected he was committed to a very far reaching diplomatic engagement with iran but we know now that in fact his policy was much different from what it was being presented to the world's people at that time and in fact he was not committed to trying to enrich a disagreement with iran in the short run he was putting off any serious diplomatic engagement so i think it's very difficult to say on the basis of statements issued by the white house at this point whether there is going to be or has been a shift in u.s. diplomacy toward really being willing to make the kind of concessions that are going to have to be made specifically with regard to the economic sanctions against

iran that that has to be on the table it has to be a major part of if not all the economic sanctions that are going to be. on the table for a agreement to be reached dozens of academics at city university in new york a backing protest against the appointment of the former cia chief david petraeus as a teacher that they've signed a petition for charges to be dropped against sixty didn't surrender did during a street protest video has emerged showing police beating up the activists while detaining them wanted me to put not has more. 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 the wars drone strikes and allegedly torture tactics in the middle east now for the past few

weeks this anti professor could try his 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 there earlier this week about seventy five people were marching right around here across the street from not building where professor petraeus was allegedly tightening up 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 the vehicles and onto 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 that some of those were would you be targeting the police so that you know who they were gonna runs and then they push this into the streets and it just started from there with a good one of my palmer about like seven to fifteen cars slammed his head against the car and we're just all on top of. so then i went to try to help him and. to call on my head. and then when i looked at me another.

blow to his children and just came in. and then just. i believe this is also an intimidation tactic used by the n.y.p.d. why is it that so many people are so odd. with his new position as. what he is what we're getting it's not the. capital of. war. dozens of academics have signed onto a petition calling for all charges against the six students to be dropped in the. courts 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. for.

truth in the number of victims in the deadly attack on a shopping center in the capital continues to rise according to the latest reports at least thirty nine killed in one hundred fifty injured when a. hand grenades and automatic rifles. group has claimed responsibility in a television address to the nation the president said that he lost close relatives in the assault and vowed to hunt down those behind the terror front says. it's citizens are among the dead several assailants have been arrested one died from wounds suffered after security officers launched a counter attack. at least ninety six people have now been declared dead in a series of blasts in a shiite muslim stronghold in baghdad in the deadliest assault on civilians this year the majority were killed by an attack by suicide bombers on a funeral in the densely populated shiite neighborhood of sadr city in the

country's capital and security forces and medics arrived at the scene another explosion occurred according to police two hours later another car bomb blast rocked a commercial street nearby the even nine. the chancellor angela merkel looks set to win the third term when germans go to the polls for a parliamentary election on sunday germany's largely managed to dodge the economic problems that have crippled a number of its europe in the neighbors that many of its citizens a bitter had a decline in personal spending power and a rise in secure part time work. as. it's billed as europe's economic success story but german voters feel a country is split between the haves and the have nots germans are rich yeah ten percent of germans are only fifty to sixty percent of all the capital and the gap is getting bigger. our society is divided there are places in germany like here in

both homes that are so poor the streets are industry pear and the theaters 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'm glad 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 . meaning jobs are no good if you can contribute to a pension was four hundred euro these days everyone in a family has to work i sit with my roommate we realized we make to a little cash it's a case of either we give up our studies and find more 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. so that's her brings up today for the moment the news team returns with more for you in just over half an hour from now the meantime breaking the set with abby martin that's coming your way over to the break this is all to. see if you leave the review economic up and downs in the find out on monday the on

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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 a lengthy appeals process delay has managed to stay out of prison and yesterday a three judge panel made sure he'll never see time behind bars that's right a texas appeals court entirely overturned his sentence acquitted him of all charges but don't worry the two republican judges that voted for the acquittal had an awesome reason to overturn his sentence in a majority opinion one of them wrote quote the evidence shows that the defendants were attempting to comply with the election code limitations on corporate contributions as long as the lay was attempting to comply with the law while legally helping the g.o.p. control the texas government that's a ok now it's estimated that delay spent more than twelve million dollars on his legal fees i don't want to tear justice thing out.