russia's foreign minister says washington is trying to blackmail moscow with the u.s. threatening to suspend work on syria's chemical disarmament of russia doesn't support a u.n. resolution allowing the use of force. going to merkel declares germany's general election a super result as her main challenger a leader of the social democrat party concedes defeat. angry protesters call for justice in greece where the killing of a prominent anti-fascist sparked an uproar as thousands marched in a national strike against and less austerity. two am in moscow i met treasury bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news russia's foreign minister things western states are

looking for loopholes to you know a lot of real action against syria and don't care enough about peaceful efforts to resolve the syrian conflict that's the impression sergey lavrov says he's gotten after several weeks of diplomatic work to avoid possible strikes against the war torn state. reports. 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 animosity 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 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. can partners are starting to blackmail us. does not agree to egypt to seven the solution in the un to see stop working

with the chemical watchdog in the hague this completely counters what we agreed on was john kerry namely the chemical watchdog decision and then are supporting a solution from the un 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 all parties are blinded by an ideological goals to remove the assad regime and 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 is to solve the syrian chemical weapons problem. on top of that russian foreign minister has said that there is a high chance that the syrian rebels themselves could produce chemical weapons and

homegrown laboratories has also said that those who have essentially created the syrian opposition are continuing to cover its tracks on the whole however 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 in the syrian resolution. because they understand that it's up to something as mentioned during the show as a chance for them to get approval of the un security council unilateral action which took courage 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 that 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 in the sonali now reports. payoff and violence continue in syria so does the diplomatic battle surrounding the conflict this week the u.n. investigation concluded chemical weapons were used on august the 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 contained 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 it's true we meant it for the un report doesn't blame the acid 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 to the 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 to the key thing is that the missile carries the label that you 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 must collect right here and i thought it was he's let me have it go forward 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 self from his mission it 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 mask is pledged to move forward and has so far complied the chemical weapons ploy if you like by the west and by the by the jihadist was. was countered effectively. rusher in damascus is saying ok you want to chemical weapons you've got the chemical weapons it's interesting to note is that the free syrian army disavowed that agreement and will not of its own and in the middle of the other forces will not give up their

chemical weapons in this whole dispute and and john kerry the u.s. 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 now a r.t. washington leader of the al qaeda wing in syria and iraq abu akbar al baghdadi has reportedly been killed it's claimed he died in northwestern syria this is a battle between rebel forces and extremists who once fought side by side in the anti assad push have become more frequent in the area with the rise of radicals the violence is increasingly turning sectarian and christians are coming under fire artie's marie if an ocean reports on the aftermath of

a brutal jihadi attack on the ancient village of model for the syrian village of my luna is where the aramaic language believed to have been spoken by jesus christ was in daily use but not so much these days off today harvests a tactics 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 third house vocal has its doors for us that. many refused to talk because their relatives remain missing they say is the best kidnap people and they fear this could put them in even more danger and these people know well about danger three members of antonymous family were killed on the first days of the violence siege. in the morning by the shouts of along. the doors

and all gathered in one room i told him to run there and we won't harm you and one mikel and shyly went there and surrounded they pointed their guns at them and started shooting i was intending on my chest and. one of them offered to save me but i ignored him and the other one said let them die but hundreds gathered for the funerals of the three men who they now call mall to use those muslims and christians the attack on malala village syrians say was an attack on their country and its way of life. what can be their a game other than to destroy in that area of muslims and christians live in ma luna but it's surrounded by four or five muslim villages lie that maybe they see their last obstacle in their parking stone with here on to 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 pray to god that will 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 find countries are helping them with weapons money whatever they need helping them destroy the country and people of this region special sweet sanctified bread is served in the family to commemorate the dead. in church they held special ceremonies for several days. and again the syrians equally shocked prayed together for the dead and in the ancient language in my lula united people for thousands of years they have now is that it can sustain them cruelly

cologne. and old over the country the two and a half year long conflict is taking lives language and shattering people's hopes regional from damascus in syria. a mortar shells also hit the compound of the russian embassy in damascus after rebels carried out a strike on the capital at least three people injured all the details on our t.v. dot com. efficient preliminary results of the german general election are to be announced any minute now but has already described her party's performance in germany's general election as a super result and some projections suggest the christian democrats could even end up with an absolute majority in parliament for more on this let's go live now to our tease peter all over in berlin thank you for joining us peter so give us the latest on this these results here i understand we slip a few more regions yet to check in but it looks like on the merkel's got this in the bag. well she certainly has got it in the bag as it stands right now we've seen

jubilant scenes at the christian democrats headquarters merkel taking to the stage there and thanking her supporters those that have voted for her husband and then well the party really started then she told her supporters enjoy yourselves tonight because the hard work starts again tomorrow they greeted her by chance of on g. and g. and g. it all looked a little bit like a football game at some point there in the crowd there very different scenes though at the s.t.p. headquarters the social democrats well they had been the main challengers to angola merkel their leader ph time brooke took the stage a little earlier to give his concession speech in which he said he really expected a lot more from their from they said this campaign it had been a really riddled campaign from him which even included. the s.p.d. leader giving the middle finger to journalists during a photo interview with

a newspaper here. elsewhere the the center left parties the left body on the greens have seen a few losses but they've done pretty well ok from the exit polls we have so far. the ones that are going to be coming away from this slightly disappointed well small and slightly disappointed are the free democrats know going into this election they were the junior coalition partners they were in government doesn't look like they're going to be there for much longer they don't look like they're going to break the five percent of the vote which is required to take a seat in the german parliament and we saw the party chairman philip roessler looking inconsolable on stage as he is he addressed his followers there another party that don't look like they're going to make it into the parliament were hotly anticipated going into this vote were alternative for deutschland the alternative for germany party euro skeptic parties. and on time you wrote policy looks like

they might just miss out on the only five percent needed their leaders though luke said that just by getting this far in this election they're bringing up the issues of the eurozone and germany's role within the euro that they had they had enriched democracy and enriched the big part in which the democracy and strong issues in the election but it doesn't look like they're going to get the required five percent to make it into parliament all right thanks very much artie's peter over for us in berlin with an update on the editor in chief of compact magazine you're going to l. sasser says that smaller parties could have capitalized more on the recent n.s.a. surveillance scandal that hit on the merkel's government the german population is very much upset because of the spying of the n.s.a. and on this. industry. it had no impact on the

elections because the opposition parties one of the willing to bring this topic on the top of the election campaign because. the green party and good social democrats they are also all following the american agenda and they are also from the table friends orientation and they didn't make much of this. overcoming population useful for a reason. didn't win this election they could have more. i mean r t it's not just the rich european states rooting for their favorite leader the less fortunate as well from the bailout policy to merkel's unbending conviction and austerity we take a look at just how much is at stake for europe's weakest in the german election. also knocking on the door of peace iran offering an olive branch to be u.s.

calling for talks over its controversial nuclear program but washington choosing so far to keep terror on at bay this and more after a short break. this is the media leave us so we leave the media. by the same motions to cure. all your party visible. shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from. politic only on r t. e speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the will talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing stories for you. in troy.

visit. it's called. eighteen minutes past the hour now europe watching how the german elections panned out with much interest and apprehension not only is germany the powerhouse of europe's economy but it's also the poles behind the bailouts keeping struggling euro nations afloat none of more independent on berlin's favor than greece artie's lucy coughing up reports 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 is still struggling through one of its worst recession since the second world war unemployment just soaring and two thirds of young greeks are without work and despite two aid packages to two hundred forty billion euros revenues are still short of expectations what's more the growing consensus is that we see 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 but we decided to hit the streets of athens to find out take a look at your money. you see you can. do is it's in there. it's been in the local markets policies hurt the greeks as well as the germans but regardless of who wins the result will be bad for us because our

politicians are weak please 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 has a good. economy and. i don't believe what some greeks see the times says do so as you just heard a mix of views there although germany contributed to to bailout loans to greece models austerity policies are widely blamed for future spending cuts and whichever way germans and up voting it certainly is likely to be felt right here in greece reporting from athens from r.t. on this account of a general strike in greece turned ugly this week when a prominent anti fascist was stabbed to death the killer apprehended at the scene and reportedly found to be a member of the far right golden dawn party the killing set off a. chain of riots around greece with running battles between police and protesters officials quickly jumped on the bandwagon hinting they may shut the party down as

police raided its offices golden dawn well known for terrorizing immigrants and attacking political political opponents gallus a professor of constitutional law thinks the rise of extremist sentiment in greece is linked to the state of the economy. and the majority of the. measures that unfortunately the idea to introduce fear is feeding those who did eyes of the new fascists in the first this minority now we. mustn't there must be some of the above except that. in to a close look at the volume of most of these some but all of that as we. lay them out of there it was like president. is the only cool to peace is the duty to produce. or does it come but the development of the. stories online for you and i right now including this be careful what you name your

donkey in egypt a farmer arrested for writing an army chiefs name on a donkey and put in a military had on the animal's head like an r.t. dot com for more on that. plus the thousands are raised their glasses for october fast and are in motion page we have videos of people celebrating the first day of the world famous festival in munich. no way to incite violence in iraq with sixteen killings reported sunday deaths come just a day after more than one hundred civilians killed in a ferocious wave of bloodshed the vast majority of victims died in a string of blasts that iraq shiite neighborhoods more than fifty five hundred have been killed in iraq and this year alone journalist assad bay has extensively written on matters covering the region thinks iraq won't see peace for a very long time. i think if you look at this year so far it's been the deadliest year since two thousand and eight and this started in april when the shiite led government broke up antigovernment protests and this is kind of angered some of the

sunnis in the country and giving fuel to the fire for the al qaeda militants so we've seen an increase in sectarian attacks taking place and i don't see an end in sight the u.s. really messed up stuff in in iraq they had no plan foreign intervention hasn't worked given fuel drug coated militants i don't think the international community has any say in what's taking place i think that they've done the damage that they were done you know that they had ten years and i think that what we're seeing now it is internal sectarian issues taking this. so you know some other stories making headlines across the globe starting with kenny is ongoing hostage crisis in the capital there most of the hostages at the mall have been rescued after security forces launched a major counter attack among ten people still being held inside according to a kenyan military spokesman for army personnel reported to have been injured in the latest rescue operation which led to military forces regaining control over much of the shopping complex there today

a deadly standoff is claimed to sixty eight lives so far and injured more than one hundred seventy somali al qaeda linked group al shabaab has accounted for the attack saying it's responsible it's a response rather to the presence of kenyan troops in somalia. a twin suicide bombing in northwest pakistan killed at least seventy eight people including women and children blast went off outside a church as worshippers were leaving after a sunday service more than one hundred twenty people reportedly injured eleven of them in critical condition a wing of the pakistan taliban has claimed responsibility militants have threatened to continue targeting non muslims until the u.s. stops a drone attacks in the country's tribal northwest. powerful who saw the typhoon has hit southern china killing at least three extreme weather has led to hundreds of flights being canceled in hong kong the city seaport one of the world's busiest has also been closed with saudi which brought heavy rain and fierce winds to the region thought to be the most powerful typhoon so far this year. and israeli soldier has

been killed in the west bank city of hebron he was shot in the neck by a sniper during a jewish festival and later died in the hospital i.d.f. troops now searching for the shooter this comes just a few days after a palestinian killed another israeli soldier planning to trade the body for the release of his jailed brother. iran's new president hassan rouhani seems to be persistently knocking at the u.s. door urging washington to break more than three decades of diplomatic silence between the two the white house still sending mixed signals on whether it'll answer in kind and recently hinted there is the chance for a change of heart let's take a look at how terror on is trying to win over sympathies of the u.s. president rouhani drew global attention when he vowed iran won't seek nuclear weapons saying it's strictly a civilian atomic program is a subject of national pride he also reached out to the white house to an article in the washington post calling to leave frosty relations in the past and focus on warming them up sticking to the election pledges of a moderate approach he also released about a dozen political prisoners including prominent human rights activists and finally

exchanged correspondence with president obama later calling it positive and constructive assistant professor at the mom said university mohammad hassan economy says both obama and rouhani will have their own troubles at home if they decide to revive diplomacy he longed for some hope for the concert isn't with more calls out to tonga it won't really. be his mistake for congress to think that. their weakness is skeptics or both sides will interpret on washington those who are not the most up to mystic about the possibility of such a great that will even build one community will and it will be only thought i throw one solution to conwy their own people did our own factions their own political power to see that this is in the biz the interest of sides so the huge reward here

is common in its. coming up we take it because abiding creasing about a friendly fire in a recent military operations after a short break stay with us. the mcmillan family in canada has decided to defy time itself and keep their family trapped in one thousand nine hundred six sort of like new age only for one year and not their whole lives so they live in one nine hundred six the family forbids the use of any technology developed after the mid eighty's they want their children to experience the world they grew up in when you had to read books and if you're outside no one could call you and there were no tablet computers to stupefy children at a moment's notice as a parent i have some sympathy with this idea because i like all of you have seen that technology is dumbing us down a lot i mean how often do you have to memorize

a phone number nowadays and we've all seen bad parents just sit their kids in front of the technology and ignore them to chat on facebook about what they saw on netflix but on the other hand for the first time in human history you have the power of knowledge at your fingertips there is an instructional video to do anything you want on you tube and getting basic information on any scientific or historical topic is one click away if you find the idea of the self-made man romantic the now is your time because anyone who has the will to learn can learn you know i don't come from money without the internet i would definitely not have this job and i'd probably be worshipping at the feet of rush limbaugh deluded by the mainstream media modern technology can make your mind with information or break it with cat videos and dumb trendiness but that's up to you and this is just my opinion. research of dr scott's

a retired lieutenant colonel of 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 i was a victim of friendly fire in operation urgent fury and grenada and so for years this was ninety three i've 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 at the end of the first gulf war as a high shooting war going around there's not a lot of bad guys around on the ground or in a lot of enemy planes flying around near broad daylight unlimited visibility

relatively benign conditions at the time can play in this one in the fog of war on the call sheet that morning the two f. fifteen pilots were briefed that they would be the first aircraft to enter the no fly zone by regulation no helicopters were allowed to fly into the zone without fighter coverage. unbeknown to the f. fifteen pilots a last minute early morning trip was scheduled to get peacekeepers to or below the town deep in northern iraq when the pilots entered the no fly zone that morning they were alarmed to see two helicopters appear on their radar nobody's supposed to be in front of them that day so you're already expectations these are probably enemy helicopters that speeded that out too that this since all you're trying to figure out is and hit as in the following which soviet designation helicopters were the army's rules of engagement the f. fifteen approach the blackhawks to visually confirm that they were enemy aircraft before firing they were trained on this they take a lot of pride in this but.