because it. says washington is trying to blackmail the u.s. is threaten to suspend work on syria's chemical russia does not support a u.n. resolution. general election results projections show christian democrats could have enough votes for an absolute majority. of a. strike against.

the top stories latest developments this is the weekly here. western states are eager to gain a loophole for unilateral action against syria and don't care enough about peaceful efforts to resolve the syrian conflict well that's the impression the russian foreign minister says he's going after several weeks of a diplomatic to avoid possible strikes against the state. has the details. two weeks ago it seemed like the united states are ready to essentially strike syria then it looks like things are going to ease up just a bit and now again russia seems to be facing some sort of alamo city especially head of the un general assembly which is to take place in new york next week so the russian foreign minister in an interview to russia's channel one has used its own the points that he's made before but in a very different or rather harsh manner especially when talking about the way that

the west is approaching the syrian crisis. and i remember compartments are starting to blackmail us if russia does not agree to egypt the seven resolution in the u.n. to see stop working with the chemical watchdog in the hague is completely counter to what we agreed on which john kerry namely the chemical which does decision and then a supporting resolution from the u.n. a c. but without a chapter seven. the russian foreign minister said that the team of u.n. experts who were in syria last month investigating reports of alleged chemical attacks actually couldn't complete their job in its entirety caving into the pressure from the likes of the united states who seem to be determined to push their agenda in only one direction. which our partners are blinded by an ideological goals to remove the assad regime they want to show the big can call the shots in the middle east. they are mostly concerned with proving their own supremacy and not the task that we are driven by which to solve the syrian chemical

weapons problem. on top of that russian foreign minister has said that there is a high chance to the syrian rebels themselves could produce chemical weapons and homegrown laboratories has also said that those who have essentially created the syrian are continuing to cover its tracks all not hold our mr lavrov has said that it does not seem like the western powers are interested in pursuing the diplomatic solution off the matter right now. western partners are trying to forcefully push forward it was the syrian resolution. because they understand that if chapter seven is mentioned in the show as a chance for them to get approval of the un security council to unilaterally action which to encourage them to keep calm and stop coming up with this illusion but the convention for the prohibition of chemical weapons on the back burner and ties us girls according to the russian foreign minister of france and the united states and they didn't really need the report from the u.n. inspection team their minds were set up long before that and they have only used

that report as yet another attempt to insist that in fact it was just the syrian government that was using chemical weapons in syria even though there is absolutely no such indication in the u.n. report as my colleague and he said now we now reports. as chaos and violence continue in syria so does the diplomatic battle surrounding the conflict this week a u.n. investigation concluded chemical weapons were used on august twenty first the environmental chemical medical therapy that the u.n. investigators collected provide clear and compelling evidence that the surface to surface rockets used in this attack contain the nerve agent sarin we know. possesses. and there is not a shred of evidence however that the opposition does.

this isn't complicated when we said we know what is true we meant it but the u.n. report doesn't blame the asad regime for the attack or mention other chemical weapons attacks allegedly carried out this summer russia claims there is still no evidence the syrian government is guilty and rather many suggestions the attack was a clever attempt by rebels to push for foreign intervention we have every reason to think that it was a provocation a small provocation of course but the technique was very simple they use an old soviet missile which are no longer in service with the syrian army the key thing is that the missile carried the label made in the u.s.s.r. russia says the u.n. report was rushed and ignores relevant evidence of other chemical attacks in syria the deputy foreign minister called in damascus this week confirmed un inspectors were informed of this material which was killed by the syrian the story was

discreetly handed over to office sellstrom the head of u.n. mission here mission of experts which came and investigated the incident but never did so on the three subsequent incidents and then sell strong was asked to look into the and eventually factor this new evidence into the final report of cellphones mission you can never happened in fact still the u.s. is pushing for a response based on this u.n. investigation just last week the u.s. and russia agreed to a six point plan to rid syria of its chemical weapons damascus pledged to move forward and has so far complied a chemical weapons ploy if you like by the west and by the by the jihadist was.

was countered effectively. i rushed aaron and damascus saying ok you want to chemical weapons you've got the chemical weapons it's interesting to note that the free syrian army disavowed that agreement and will not. and you know it little in the other forces will not give up their chemical weapons in this whole dispute and and john kerry the us state is not even pushing on that instead he is pushing on the u.n. security council to sign a strong resolution possibly even mandating force but recently seems like a small victory for diplomacy in the syria crisis a new road is slowly going back to old ways as washington continues to threaten force and moscow push for compromise the battle continues and he's in our party washington. with the rise of radicals in syria the violence there is turning increasingly sectarian and christians are becoming a frequent target or it is more of a notion a report on the aftermath of a brutal jihadist attack on the ancient village of. further the syrian village of

more luna is where the aramaic language believed to have been spoken by jesus christ was in daily use but not so much these days. after jihadists attacked this mostly christian village in syria more than two weeks ago local residents were forced to flee the battlefield that was once the native land and calm organized life. many of them to graph huge with christian families in all damascus we try to meet them only the thirty dollars vocal music stores for us that . took many refused to talk because their relatives remain missing they say is the best kidnapped people and they fear this could put them in even more danger and these people know well about danger three members of on two on its family were killed on the first days of the violence siege. in the morning by the shards of

a love letter in the doors and all gathered in one interview i thought it was a run that and we won't harm you and try and make a call and shyly went over there and surrounded the pointed their guns at them and started shooting i was intending my chest and our way down one of them offered to say that i had nowhere to another one said let them die like the hundreds gathered for the funerals of the three men who they now called walters as muslims and christians the attack on malala village syrians say was an attack on their country and its way of life. for the family was going to be there a game other than the day in that area that i was worthless and christians live in ma luna but it's surrounded by the one of five muslim villages my the maybe they see their last obstacle in their park the stone with the here on two on it's father in law is eighty eight years old he says nothing like this has happened in his lifetime. we were living in peace and now it seems they want to throw all the

christians out of the country who prayed to god that would defeat them and kick them out another relative who's afraid to show her face says it's hard to say how many people were killed in the lula because militants holed in the village often keep bodies for further rendition and to instill fear their goal is not assad their idea is to establish an islamic emirate in all of the middle east however fine countries are helping. with weapons money whatever they need helping them destroy the country and people obvious region special sweet scented fide bread is served in the family to commemorate the dead. in church they held special ceremonies for several days. and again are the syrians equally shocked prayed together for their dead and alive the ancient language in milo united people for thousands of years they have now is that it can sustain them for a little longer and all over the country the two and

a half year long conflict is taking lives language and shattering people's hope rich notion r.c. from damascus in syria. voting has no end in the german parliamentary election the first exit polls have been released merkel's christian democrat party has done better than expected and some projections suggest it could even end up with an absolute majority it would be the first time in more than half a century the party has been able to govern without forming a coalition let's go live now to he is in berlin following the developments for us so the exit polls if they are to be believed at this stage pete it looks like a change is on the horizon and possibly very significant one. well i'm glad merkel is almost certainly going to be elected for a third term as german chancellor her c.d.u. party and their bavarian sister party the c.s.u. have taken the lion share of the vote speaking to speaking at

a party headquarters mrs merkel said it was a super result in fact it's the it's the exit polls are correct it's the highest percentage that a live taken since one thousand nine hundred ninety so they've done remarkably well it would seem the c.d.u. but those that haven't done very well it seems are the main challenges. in this election the social democrats they have been rather disappointing we've seen some dejected looking s.t.p. campaigners and supporters outside of their party headquarters sort of people putting that down to what was essentially a gaffe prone campaign that was run by. the challenger to angola merkel that included him at one point giving a middle making middle finger gesture towards. a photo interview for a newspaper here. another party not doing particularly well are the free democrats

now going into this election they were the coalition partners or merkel's party they are well struggling to make the five percent threshold according to exit polls it seems that they aren't going to be taking up seats in the next parliament the center left of them pretty well that's the left party and the greens another party though that could make a quite a bit of difference is alternative for germany the f.t. of tentative for deutschland are a new party when it comes to the german politics their euro skeptic party and anti your own party and as it stands they are looking like they're just going to fall short of being part of the coalition but if they get it being part of the paul and have any part of if they do get in the. they can make quite a bit of difference though they are vehemently opposed to a lot of the policies being put forward by angela merkel all of course is based on the results of these exit polls over the next few hours then it's going to become clear who is actually going to be running germany when will that be peace and what

is the timescale on all of this is going to take a little while yet but what we is very interesting what everybody is looking towards is who will be in charge of germany after these elections angela merkel has got has taken us to say the lion share of the votes it would be the first time since one thousand nine hundred fifty seven that a party had ruled unilaterally without a coalition there very fond of a coalition here in germany i mentioned alternative for deutschland if they were to get in there though angela merkel would be perhaps forced to form a coalition would she go for the so-called grand coalition between the c.d.u. and the social democrats would have to wait to see if that happened a lot of social democrats supporters would be uncomfortable with that the last time that happened with in two thousand and five so it's all going to come out over the coming hours to find out just exactly what the what the firm results are from the

selection but it's odds on it's almost nailed on an angle and merkel will be the chancellor for a third term of a life in berlin thanks very much indeed for that update well what result would be the best outcome though for the e.u. which has been reading economically for several years now one earlier i put this question to dr max alter he's professor of general and international business administration. in some ways it's a reinforcement of merkel's policy i mean she has yielded a lot and sovereignty she has sold parts of the country to european pressure it's all about who decides what in europe i mean is it bilateral deals source the majority in which cyprus has the same boat as germany going to decide in german fiscal policy and she has given away quite a bit of german national sovereignty but she's also started to rein in things and to play the game a bit more masterfully and so it's an interesting situation to see how this comes

out of course it's not really the preferred outcome for southern european countries that has now happened. it's not just the germans rooting for their favorite leader but european. policy to merkel's unbending conviction in the story we reported just how much is at stake for europe's weakest in this vote that second away right after the break. also they're knocking on the door of peace as an olive branch to the us calling for talks over its controversial nuclear program but washington chooses to keep at bay for now we get life expert opinion on this after the break.

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apprehension not only is germany the powerhouse of europe's economy but it's also the purse behind the bailouts keeping struggling euro nations afloat and none is more dependent and favor than greece. reports now from athens. when it comes to finances decisions made in germany are often felt right here in greece and out and maybe the birthplace of democracy ballots cast by german voters have a huge role to play in this country's future that despite two bailouts and across the board spending cuts still struggling for one of its worst recession since the second world war unemployment just soaring and two thirds of young greeks are without work and despite to apac just less than two hundred forty billion euros revenues are still short of expectations what's more the growing consensus is that greece is unlikely to get back on its feet without more help so little third term for chancellor angela merkel mean more austerity as well starship for greece and

how do people here actually feel about a potential change in leadership in europe's largest creditor nation we decided to hit the streets of athens to find out take a look. you see you can. do is it's in there. if we're lucky enough markets policies hurt the greeks as well as the germans but regardless of the result will be bad for us because our politicians are weak behind me just look each one of us was not intervened so much in my country that it feels like greece is controlled by foreign politicians germany in general that's a good. comment and i don't believe what some greek sees the times says do so as you just heard a mix of views there although germany contributes to bailout loans to greece models austerity policies are widely blamed for future spending cuts and whichever way germans and voting it certainly is likely to be felt right here in greece reporting

from athens from r.t. on this because of a general strike in greece turned ugly this week when a prominent anti-fascist was stabbed to death the killer was apprehended at the scene and reportedly found to be a member of the far right golden dawn party the killing set of a chain. roads around greece with running battles between police and protesters officials quickly jumped on the bandwagon hinting that they may shut the party down as police raided its offices golden dawn is well known for terrorizing immigrants tracking its political opponents george kept regardless he's a professor of constitutional law believes the rise of extremist sentiment in greece is directly linked to the state of the economy. and the majority of the good people. commercials that unfortunately the idea of going to disappear is free to mosul is of the new feist's when the first is a small minority now with. a massive there must be some of the above except the

really. beautiful. of course not that violent the most fearsome but all of that has been eclipsed by the murder also i don't personally. know a fascist group the only called for goose is a reverse this sort of court is going to come back to the very model of european sort of thing. latin america has taken revelations of u.s. spying to heart and altogether very personally brazil in particular has made no secret of his anger at washington which is believed to secretly unfold a world wide digital surveillance empire one of the brazilian president is proposing to rebuild the country's internet cutting off u.s. spy agencies and compliant technology giants artie's marina portnoy has the details . as the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to undermine america's global standing one u.s. ally is not willing to forgive and forget brazilian president dilma rousseff it has

canceled her scheduled visit to the white house next month and pulling out of what was supposed to be the first official state visit of u.s. president barack obama's second term it would have also been the first for a brazilian president in nearly two decades in addition to breaking dates for cilia is also taking steps to divorce itself from the u.s. centric internet while seeking its own sovereignty in cyberspace president rousseff has ordered a series of measures aimed at greater brazilian online independence including storing citizens data locally to protect from n.s.a. snooping according to reports the brazilian government is also planning to lay underwater fiber optic cable directly to europe and also link to all south american nations currently most of brazil's global internet traffic passes through the united states now experts say if other nations follow in brazil's footsteps the us

cloud computing industry which stores data remotely could lose tens of billions of dollars in business by two thousand and sixteen brazil's path towards internet sovereignty follows revelations that the n.s.a. intercepted president rousseff communications hacked into the network of the state owned oil company and spied on brazilians in trusting their personal information to u.s. companies like facebook and google president rousseff says she intends to push for a new international rules on privacy and security in hardware and software next week when all the heads of state gather in new york for the u.n. general assembly on tuesday the brazilian leader is set to open the u.n. g.a. debates and her u.s. counterpart president obama is set to take the stage. immediately afterwards of reading from new york marina fortnight r.t. . iran's new president hassan rouhani seems to be persistently knocking on the u.s.

door urging washington to break more than three decades of diplomatic silence between the countries though the white house is still sending mixed signals whether it will kind it has recently hinted there is a possibility for a change of heart well let's take a look at how to run is trying to win over the sympathies of the u.s. president rouhani drew global attention when he vowed iran will never seek a nuclear weapon saying the strictly civil atomic program is the subject of national pride he also reached out to the white house through an article in the washington post according to leave frosty relations in the past and focus on warming them up and sticking to the election pledges of a moderate approach also released around a dozen political prisoners including prominent human rights activists and finally he exchanged correspondence with president obama later describing it as positive and constructive. while assistant professor at the university mohammad hassan carney joins me live from tehran for more on these developments so why does the

u.s. seem to be reticent in accepting iran's offers of cooperation at this stage. first of all that we should notice that it has really just it's in the past few years urging to accept the u.s. are you. now time out or. you're wrong now or. somehow extending his hand. do not regard it as your hope for us to find a solution or a crisis in the middle east in general and particularly if the syria crisis so in that sense i think it's very natural for. so you would want to gain. the international community and to engage fully we. also beyond the

regions in order to solve the problems that the region i hope you're not. to support trinity. to somehow use the construct to engage current offer from your war on in the whole troop part to this fork on mutual interests and common interest and in the context of these gestures from iran all of a sudden we see a massive military parade showing off its military might strange timing wouldn't you think when rouhani is talking about peace. there is a part going to shouldn't make going to think about it i mean iran or for some of the conservation but more cons out to time to iran and really feels palmer it would be a mistake for the west to think that you were not for a call from a weakness. military parade that to mention is actually for the newer state of iran

iraq war is a bloody war tomorrow is there any versity doubt for some something related to that issue on your tour must remember as well that the iranian war many iranians believe the united states and the worst are supporting south almost saying somehow encourage ticky tack you want so it has something to do with the past but the history it's very difficult for him to forget it could explain why iran's revolutionary guard has warned rouhani of consequences internal challenges if he continues to offer a gesture of peace and diplomatic relations with the u.s. what are they exactly threatening we're talking about here. yeah it's very much understandable you know. iranian has a very good record of history with the relationship with the west in general and

you would like to distance in part or in the past what do you have seen and what they have experienced as being dishonest as being lack of trust double standards of policy of terror or a policy of intimidation and threatening language towards you won't you or any and don't want to see how to get a pizza again so there are bones you want who are really a skeptical of the sincerity of do not just the obama administration when they talk about engagement with iran ok. do you want to. go honey i'm he's a foreign minister will be but they're very out somehow cautious ok thank you very much well we'll have to leave it there we'll have to leave it there thanks so much for joining us assistant professor the amount of university mohammad son county really appreciate you joining us live in our time thank you nice to be with you

coming up travels to antarctica to find out we travel to antarctica to find out what motivates people to live in the endless expansive ice and cold that's a special report coming up after the break. oh. the. economic ups and downs in the final months the london new york and the rest of the. case it will be everything we can all say please. it was a. very hard to take a plunge and.