the syrian government completes the handover of chemical weapons data to a hague based watchdog while moscow says approach to assad may change if he doesn't play by the rules. e.u. officials demand that israel explains why its military seized a truck with emergency aid for palestinians and reportedly mistreated european diplomats accompanying. dozens killed by suicide bombers at a funeral in a shiite neighborhood of baghdad the largest single assault on iraqi civilians this year. yes then less than a year until scotland decides whether to separate from the united kingdom but as the bees dwindle the rhetoric ratcheting up with oil becoming the centerpiece of disagreement.

in moscow i'm at present good to have you with us here on r t our top story this hour the international chemical weapons watchdog says the syrian government's complied with its promise and handed over the remaining details of its toxic arsenal to the agency this is part of syria's chemical disarmament plan hum hammered out by russia and the u.s. last week or two reports moscow's 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 w. has to work out a framework in order to deal with the procedures of the disarmament syria they were supposed to hold a meeting 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 i needed. to o.p.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 bad deal damascus has until the middle of two thousand and fourteen in order to complete a 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's also some disagreements when it comes to the wording of the potential u.n. resolution where is london washington and paris that want to see the threat of military intervention be included in the provisions of the potential u.n. resolution and moscow says such a provision would be counterproductive we had

a russian presidential administrations have given also when speaking in stockholm earlier on saturday he 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 are not protecting the syrian government we are protecting the international and even future for example talking no ridiculous hue pathetically but if we become sure russia will become sure that for example. we're 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 a discussion table russia has done its part under the russian american initiative on may seventh we have secured the mascot's commitment to send the league to geneva

conference. american partners so far failed to do the see 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 they should have 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 complete and total mayhem in syria something which has we we have already seen happening in countries such as libya of us might push more moderate rebels toward the negotiating table syrian political activist omar what car thinks it's not in

control of those fighting government troops. they have they do have an influence or they seem to have a name for. the politicians who say they represent to the syrian opposition or to form the syrian opposition or some of them at least because they're definitely fragmented but there are that doesn't really have much leverage is on the forces on the ground those who carry on live from d.c. and believe you have to see probably this sort of agreement as a threat to their existence why would they comply we've seen them destabilize a lot of agreements with a few agreements that have been reached before throughout the u.n. framework for the bright. so is it really the americans you know it is 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 or

private ones 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 equipment much more than the americans are doing. the e.u. sounding the alarm over an influx of refugees from syria while officials say the stream of asylum seekers has been manageable so far there are fears that as the conflict rages on the number of those fleeing the nation will swell among those most concerned italy and bold garia let's take a closer look italy is also already accepted forty six hundred refugees this year and it's readying for sixteen thousand more barbaria says it's struggling to cope with more than two thousand it's already taken him and even asked the e.u. for help and so far this year most asylum requests have been made in the sweden with forty seven hundred next germany with forty five hundred and seven hundred have been submitted to france britain says it isn't planning to take in syrian refugees but instead offering official financial aid to other block members but with the asylum system put under such strain some states are urging

a review the most and says there can be no easing of us. siloam rules. officials i demanded israel to explain why its security forces confiscated emergency aid bound for palestinians friday i.d.f. troops manhandled a group of the diplomats and c. to a truck with supplies they were accompanying the aid was aimed for the inhabitants of a west bank bedouin village demolished by israeli authorities are his policy has more . 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 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 kids 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 maku 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 kindergarden 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 same land for generations and that the land is also needed as herding ground and balance for their cattle to graze in the same that is their source of livelihood they will attempt earlier. to try and assist this community on tuesday and wednesday they did manage to do to the community they managed to put up some tents but these were made to taken down by the israeli army also hearing from you appear in union diplomats who were involved in this unfortunate incident is that what is what is doing it's 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 in these kind of incidents are not going to do anything to push the peace process forward and chance to make a breakthrough in the talks has suffered another setback a palestinian has confessed to luring into a field and then killing a twenty year old israeli soldier whose body was found earlier in the west bank a man was hoping to exchanges corp's for the release of his brother who was jailed in an israeli prison for taking part in a number of terror attacks. and he's 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 killed in an attack by a suicide bombers on a funeral in a densely populated shiite neighborhood of sadr city in the country's capital when security forces and medics arrived at the scene another explosion went off according to police two hours later another car bomb blast record commercial street nearby leaving nine more dead and for more analysis on the current situation in

iraq i'm joined live by antiwar activist richard becker from the answer coalition so this is the deadliest attack since the start of the year one of the largest attacks in years why do you think sectarian violence that continues to increase in iraq. well thank you the fundamental problem the fundamental issue here is really still fundamental cause of the ongoing violence in iraq the us invasion and occupation which tore iraqi society apart and in which at the time of the occupation the us occupiers favored certain groups in the population against others promoted certain groups in the population against others demolished the state that existed demolish the entire government and said that in its place we were going to give you something new and better democratic and wonderful and in fact the caring of iraqi society back in two

thousand and three. is still. reaping the kind of consequences that we saw the horrible consequences that we saw today in iraq and i think that. the responsibility for this the blame for this has never. been attributed in the mainstream media in the united states to those who are responsible and that is those who created this war the bush administration and all of its agents with no group having claimed responsibility for these attacks why do you think the a silencer hoping to achieve with the assaults well i think that there appears to be. a continuity of interest between those who carried out the attacks today and those who are trying to destroy the government in syria who are trying to bring down the government and who operate under the name of the islamic

state of iraq and the levant and i think it's quite clear that there aspiration is to create a new state under very reactionary and backward laws. of terror and that if they had their way they would like to create this state that would include the whole region or as much of the region as they could secure control over this is to look at all of us troops from iraq sectarian violence has arisen do you think the pullout was maybe premature well no i think that the occupation was what was the crime the real crime here and that invasion and occupation was a violation of international law it was not only illegal it was unjust it was a crime against the people there it was actually a crime against the people of the united states as well there was no justification

for it it was a war that was carried out completely on false pretenses not based on faulty intelligence faulty intelligence ideas that is just a myth and. those who are responsible and i would say this that bush cheney powell. rice all of them are guilty of the ongoing deaths that we continue to see in the tragedy of iraq the shia led government in recent weeks has launched a campaign called the revenge for a martyrs arresting hundreds of alleged al qaeda members in baghdad what consequences do you think that could have. well i think that. to pursue the policy in this way the government in iraq. is not a progressive government and i think that the what the forces and carried out the attacks today and many other attacks and they're not the only ones carrying out

attacks happening from both sides in this conflict what they're hoping for and what they're seeking is an all out civil war in which they hope that they will be able to prevail and create the kind of society that they want to create. richard becker from the answer coalition thanks for your time still to come here on our team the white house taking tentative steps toward iran's offer of negotiations washington is agreeing to talk something that hasn't happened in decades as long as tehran proves its nuclear program is strictly for civilian purposes. well. it's technology innovation all the developments from around russia we. covered. wealthy british.

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seventeen minutes past the hour the u.s. willing to revive its diplomatic relations with iran but only if the islamic republic proves that its nuclear program is strictly civilian and a statement released by the white house washington didn't rule out the possibility that the two countries' leaders could meet on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly next week historian an investigative journalist gareth porter though says that it's yet to be seen if the u.s. is ready to move towards diplomacy. 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 reach a agreement 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. one more stories online for you now including this hand and combat and guerrilla warfare typically conducted by men but some russian women have started training to become special forces officers and are in motion page r.t. dot com footage of them going through military drills plus. veterans pleas to be going ignored in canada army officials respond to social media complaints by

wounded soldiers about more care provided by the government by banning future complaints on our website and find all the details of. a seventy year to go before the scottish independence vote and supporters marking the day with a massive march through the northern capital edinburgh but that's even taking the time is ticking as far as it's far from clear which way the vote will swing separatists oil reserves will guarantee the country's fortunes while london says the north and south are better off together r.t. sara for reports. dependent rally get underway in as a thousands of people turning out in this procession getting through the streets. and hello will have run this minute i think from an earlier on i was talking to the head of the campaign jenkins he said that there is still a long way. when they mark one. of the eighteen.

says. yes or no is it beggars belief to me why people wouldn't want the government need to make decisions about. government get what. they dictate and that doesn't seem like a democracy to me there's a lot of it i think today is about a show of confidence today is about the people saying we're not afraid. a lot of the new pain or the better together company has been very negative. i don't see things about the people of 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 a family affair and 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 on i think it's a natural majority for the panthers because people believe the nation more than not if you ask people where do you want the economy to be run from a want to be if you want so security wait to be run from london would you want to decide to. play in the london people see. these decisions for scotland to be made in school if you build these things together that's a yes vote for independence because in order to bring people the economy to the wealthy and to decide not to have a beautiful country can timely buy nuclear weapons we have today because the systems that's what independence is if it became independent to morrow would become the most prosperous country in the c.b.d. 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. the scottish independence rally today for this campaign gets questioned on if the detail is take the more hard he will be provided when the government publishes its white paper on independence and no 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 will remain as yes anderson. say edinburgh. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe the number of victims in a deadly islam this attack on a shopping center in kenya's capital continues to rise according to the latest reports at least thirty nine people are dead one hundred fifty wounded when fighters stormed a mall lobbing hand grenades and firing automatic weapons and in t.v. address to the nation kenyan president hurricane yet said that he lost close

relatives and valued to hunt down those responsible several assailants have been arrested one died from wounds suffered after security officers launched a counterattack the somalia based militant group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for. the death toll from massive twin storms in mexico has now risen to more than one hundred people sixty eight remain missing numbers have arisen after a landslide partially buried a remote village in near the country's pacific coast to curry kane's ingrid and manuel continuing to wreak havoc and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands so far. a person wearing a uniform of security forces killed three international troops in afghanistan the attack reportedly happening inside an army base near the border with pakistan in a province a frontline in fighting with the taliban and other militants afghan soldiers shot the assailant dead since two thousand and seven and more than one hundred nato soldiers have been killed in similar attacks and finally in this news block in just

a few hours germans will head to the polls to vote for a new parliament with chancellor angela merkel looking set to win a third term but under her lead the country's largely managed to jot to dodge the economic problems that have crippled a number of its european neighbors many german citizens those who are bitter over a decline in disposable income income and a rise in unstable part time work are points. it's billed as europe's economic success story but german voters feel the country is split between the haves and the have nots germans are rich yeah ten percent of germans are they own a boat 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 more 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. i know plenty of spain ers and 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 going to 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 paper 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 cold 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 you can contribute to pension was four hundred euros these days everyone in the family has to work i said with my roommate we realized we make too little cash it's a case of either we give up our studies and find more work or we lose our flat. to have a comes out so from sunday's ballot is going to face the continuing task of keeping jimmy's economy on track well at the same time trying to please a workforce which feels underpaid and under appreciated peter all of the germany

next may take a look at a caused by any increasing amount of friendly fire and recent military operations after a short break stay with us. i got some angry but polite messages after i 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 anywhere at all people tell me that i'm paranoid that the decision to stop the foreign adoptions punishes the children while 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 reuters 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 to clearing the child is another dog. care so for those of you who think that i am a cruel nationals because i support russian adoption ban then take a look at the child exchange and you might just start to see my point but that's just my opinion.

the research of dr scott's not a retired lieutenant colonel in the harvard business school highlights the difficulties in determining both the cause of and criminal culpability in friendly fire incidents so friendly fire have a perverse relationship with friendly fire paratrooper and eighty second airborne division was a victim of friendly fire in operation urgent fury in grenada and so for years this was ninety three i had a perverse sense of curiosity how could sometimes some of the best trained best equipped people in the world sometimes fall short of the mark in his book friendly fire dr snoeck investigates an encounter in a no fly zone in which two u.s. f. fifteen fighters shot down two u.s. army black hawk helicopters instantly killing twenty six u.n. peacekeepers this happened in one thousand nine hundred four full three years after the end of the first gulf war a shooting war going around there's not a lot of bad guys running around on the ground and.