russia's foreign minister says moscow is being blackmailed by the u.s. which is trying to force through grounds for military action in syria this in a huge turn to what's already been agreed. on the marco wins the general election but not that's enough votes for her party to rule on its own while many in europe appear frustrated with germany's choice. and nuclear saw iran's leader readies for the un general assembly pushing to ease economic sanctions that appeared to hit the weakest part of iranian society the hardest.

watching r t live from moscow i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me. russia's foreign minister believes that western states are undermining efforts for a peaceful resolution to the syrian conflict after weeks of diplomatic talks to avoid military action in the war torn state sergey lavrov says the u.s. and its allies are simply looking for a pretext for a military strike on syria artie's gonna check on has more details the u.s. says they will stop the work toward securing syria's chemical weapons if russia does not sign off on a u.n. security council resolution based on chapter seven that would allow use of force so you are upset this is not something that he and u.s. secretary of state john kerry agreed on in geneva the russian foreign minister said instead of using this agreement brokered by russia to get rid of syria's chemical weapons the u.s. is now trying to achieve other goals take a listen. partners are starting to blackmail us they say if russia does not

agree to a chapter seven resolution in the un to see who will stop working with the chemical watchdog in the hague this completely counters what we agreed on with john kerry namely the chemical watchdog decision and then a supporting resolution from the un s c but without chapter seven. so you are also talked about the conflicting interpretations of the un investigators were poor the report gave the description of substances and shells that the u.n. experts saw on the ground in syria but no indication of who used the chemicals in august twenty first attack near damascus russia says it's looking at the evidence that rebels have used sarin gas there is a report by israeli experts saying the rebels took control over the areas with chemical weapons facilities at least twice and they may have gotten hold of it it is also known that members of job out almost were attempted to smuggle containers with syrian gas via turkey so russia is not at all convinced that the assad government used those weapons but whatever classified evidence the u.s.

says it has it has not presented it to the u.n. security council expecting the international community to take washington's word for it the russian foreign minister said the u.s. has a hard time coming to terms with the fact that decisions on global security have to be taken together take a listen. now parkins a blinded by an ideological goals to remove the assad regime we want to show the big can call the shots in the middle east you know they're mostly concerned with proving their own supremacy because it's not the task that we're driven by which is to solve the syrian chemical weapons problem lovelies of those who. so you love are upset only extremists will benefit from such a blind approach as he called it he talked about the chaos in iraq in libya and the iraq and referring primarily to the u.s. he said they simply choose not to talk about how it chain of their actions led to a catastrophe in the region. russia and china have repeatedly blocked security

council resolutions on syria that would allow military intervention in the conflict historian and middle east expert mark almond believes there is a precedent for russia and other states to reject any potential military action in syria. remember of libya in march of two thousand and eleven the resolution was presented as a humanitarian resolution to prevent the libyan army gadhafi forces entering the city of benghazi but it was used to justify more than six months of bombing until gadhafi was overthrown and in july the british prime minister david cameron said that over syria we don't want a resolution like the one on libya that would have labeled us to engage in regime change he was trying to reassure russia and china but precisely because back in march of two thousand and eleven david cameron barmah president sarkozy said this was just a humanitarian resolution to deal with the immediate crisis in benghazi undoubtedly not just russia and china but other countries like india brazil south africa of a suspicious that

a resolution which authorized force over chemical weapons could be used to justify a broader range campaign to remove the regime and install a different government protesters although i have to say i think if we look at what happened in libya the chaos that followed i would be very reluctant to predict that even if the west was able to pursue a military option in syria that it would produce a regime that most people in the west would feel comfortable with. for the latest on the syrian crisis log on to our website r.t. dot com there we've got a detailed look at the comments made by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov on the situation in syria head online for all the highlights of that interview.

on the market has won germany's top job again but the landslide victory is overshadowed by some tough coalition choices the conservative bloc christian democrats took forty one point five percent of the vote and that's not enough support from arkell's party to rule on its own as their main rivals the social democrats led by peer steinbrück came in with twenty five point seven percent a coalition between the two will be hard to reach let's get more from peter all over in berlin and there peter it's not exactly one hundred percent triumph the triumph then for merkel now is it well it's a fun tough stick result for the christian union bloc the the group that you presides over of the christian democrats and their bavarian sister party the c c u but they don't have an oath to rule out rights with the majority and they've lost their former coalition partners going into this election there was a center right coalition here in germany with the. the free

democrats now the free democrats of well they've they've gone into self-destruct mode in this campaign and lost more than ten percent of the votes that they had last time around they aren't they actually don't have enough seats now to make it into the parliament so that means that mrs merkel is going to have to look elsewhere for a new coalition partner now the deal between the social democrats the party's term the grand coalition here in germany it's what she presided over during her first term in two thousand and five however what we were hearing from from social democrats supporters last night was there were a little uncomfortable about entering into that type of deal again after being part of that partnership in two thousand and five they got a bit of a kicking from the electorate in two thousand and nine saying that they'd have to sell out on too many of their core principles if that does come about next time

hammer out that kind of deal well what we could see is america's party having to make some concessions we could see tax rises here in germany we could see a minimum wage being put on the table as a deal breaker by the social democrats that was something they come paint on pretty hard it was also something that angle a merkel party dismissed saying that they didn't want to have it in terms of the other parties that could form coalitions the social democrats would have hoped that they could have gone into coalition with the green party however they didn't get the amount of seats to do that. is possible although unlikely that we could see a coalition between angela merkel's party and the greens this is too much ground between them really to come to any kind of. conclusive. deal there what we certainly will not see it seems is the only option it's the angle of merkel

party not having the majority which would be a coalition between the. social democrats the left party the green party all people there saying that's just really not going to happen so it doesn't look likely that it will have to be some form of the grand coalition what form that takes or which is going to have to wait to see over the coming weeks it's expected that coalition talks will get under way at the beginning of next week maybe the going to party going to take a couple of days to assess just where they stand after this election so i understand though angela merkel elected for a third term as german chancellor that will make her the longest serving political female political leader in european history however some of those in europe a little concerned about what could mean for them. but merkel's election when you see comparisons with another three term female leader on markers for the do not. merkel is

a follower of margaret thatcher this is that truism two point zero merkel isn't. one similarity policies between the two is that both pushed privatization although when mrs merkel's case that's not been as home but in cash strapped eurozone states . we have this obvious privatization agenda that is an essential feature of european politics it's not people and social needs that get addressed but business angela merkel supported the decision by portugal to sell off some of its publicly owned companies it's not clear sometimes whether what he is proposing for other countries she will do it itself in germany it's natural that some countries would question whether the call for privatization of countries is a way to open a. room for german companies are other companies buying those countries angle a merkel has convinced the german people that she's the right person for the job but

across europe people are wondering what four more years of her leadership will mean for their. people is going to be negative that's logical she's the symbol of the recession in europe. history was. nothing will change where i was when we get more jobs and people. then we can have growth i don't expect anything from the germans but the. critics accuse her of pushing europe in the wrong direction. merkel must be stopped as well as those wholly represent the interests of international finance markets just like under thatcher parts of northern england where a lot of devastated we see the same greece today it please see here is an orange and poor living conditions in the us that's the stuff. that she's the new lady not sick for four more years of the merkel. as the world's most powerful woman

these are all over germany. merkel's victory comes despite the n.s.a. spying scandal and the revelations of germany's involvement in america's notorious snooping program as the editor in chief of german political compact magazine explains her rivals failed to play their trump card the german population is very much upset because of the spying of the n.s.a. and on the trail months with this. industry. it had no impact on the elections because the opposition party is one of the willing to bring this topic on the top of their election campaign because. the green party and the social democrats they are all saw following the american agenda so they did not make much of of this whole mood of the population this will also. didn't win these elections they could have more. and still to come this hour

another bout of artificial respiration for greek finances brings a little relief athens talks with e.u. lenders about a multi-billion euro bailout its citizens are furious valley week of protests. one of the true goals of the surveillance state since the start of the n.s.a. scandal much of the attention is focused on government agencies and the deceptions and outright longings of elected and appointed officials but what about the communications service providers have made in the name of the people who voluntarily surrendered their right to privacy. more news today violence is once again flared up. in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are ruled the

day. there's a media leave us so we leave the media. are the same motions during the whole of your party years ago. to wear shoes that no one is asking with the gas that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . welcome back you're watching our t.v. live from moscow i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me iran is reaching out to world powers to revive nuclear talks sparking hopes of resolving a standoff that's dragged on for years ahead of his upcoming address to the u.n. general assembly the country's new leader hassan rouhani pledged not to seek atomic weapons demanding the west make concessions and ease painful sanctions and as

artie's policy there reports the restrictions are hurting the most vulnerable. the aim of sanctions is to harm the state but the real victims are ordinary regular people what small experience has shown that there's a huge wedge between what ordinary people experience under sanctions and what the eat to mohamed we heidi is one such case study he's a cancer victim in iran. it is my second communitarian. previously each session cost approximately three hundred dollars these days it costs about seven hundred dollars it is also a challenge to get the medication because you have to go to almost every drugstore asking for them and also because the prices are way too high i get a chemo session once every two weeks and i'm a pensioner. there has never been more doctors also frustrated not only is the problem the cost of medication and getting that medication but also getting medical

supplies its upkeep can also be a nightmare. if we have a problem getting high tech modern equipment to treat our cancer patients there are numerous obstacles for importing the equipment due to the sanctions in place against iran we have some equipment but it requires spare parts that we can't get anywhere a failure of any single piece or part of this equipment causes us to stop operating the entire machine history has shown that sanctions are a failure but in those few very instances where they do bring about some kind of diplomatic agreement that takes a long time merely prolonging the suffering of ordinary citizens the president rouhani and barack obama are expected to meet at the u.n. general assembly in the first face to face between an american and iranian leader in over three decades but as assistant professor at the university mohammad house uncanny says there's resistance to this thaw in both countries. if you want all

sorts for some hope for the concert ears and results of more concerts it's on your own. it's for the worst to think that you were in north for a cause for all the richness the skeptics or all the slow food in turn on washington long. or not most of the mystery about the possibility of such a breakthrough on even look won't. help and will all slow growth one solution to call ruth their own people their own searches their own political fortunes this is in the business the interest of both sides so the human warmth here is common as. critics say sanctions on iran have not proven effective in achieving political aims no matter their scope or duration the restrictions are justified as being better than war but they only seem to make things worse for the people within the countries north korea has been hit by

a range of economic and military restrictions by the us over its nuclear ambitions we look at the effects of a shortage of food and medical supplies has led to severe malnutrition pyongyang shows no sign of curbing its nuclear program syria too has been slapped with u.s. sanctions which have not only aggravated the situation with its economy plagued by over two years of civil war and people are left struggling to deal with shortages of basic foods cuba is another target of u.s. sanctions here the elderly and men in particular are appear to be the most affected the loss to its economy through sanctions is estimated to be around six hundred ninety million dollars annually so in all those cases it appears sanctions are hitting ordinary people hardest with a little effect on the sanctioned states. and there's plenty more about this on r.t. dot com for you including this save the by the circuit revealed america was just

one switch away from a nuclear disaster after its air force accidentally dropped two h. bombs over north carolina fifty two years ago. meanwhile in germany it's time for a leader hosen and blogger had to be in motion page on our website for the first draft of video from the unix world famous beer festival. news today vorlon. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. joining corporations rule the day. the troika of european lenders is now back in athens it's decided on a new bailout package aimed at healing the fragile greek economy meanwhile the country's teachers and trade union leaders have opened

a week of protests storming or promising more strikes to come and as artie's lucic half an hour from ports the new installment of cash will mean even more austerity adding further to public discontent. a team of international inspectors is here in athens for a fresh audit of the country's ailing finances with debt stricken greece hoping progress in reining in spending will unlock even more loans greece has been kept out of bankruptcy with two bailouts worth two hundred forty billion euros but revenues are falling short of expectations sparking fears that another rescue package could be needed to keep it afloat now each loan has come at a high price for ordinary people painful austerity measures have brought cuts to jobs salaries and public services and some greeks are asking whether sticking with the euro is worth the cost instead of waiting for another bailout from europe some are suggesting that leaving the currency union altogether and one such boisterous theater cost on a bus he's an economist and former member of parliament now i had a chance to sit down with him earlier take a look do you believe that the cycle of bailouts for greece is sustainable policy

for this country they are totally there they have to be fit because we really. go to. do to give us money not to. fulfil our needs but the big book. launch of the bust and the. bailout to this whole thing raises very huge the. guy is why did you vote to turn it to him evident we will never regain the strength of our economic strength to. an economic development to fight unemployment in the list because of your view. is is made. basically for strong condoms he says. it doesn't suit not true for me now polls do show that

a large majority of greeks do not want to quit the euro just yet however more most people also seem to believe that the country's economy will never recover if it sticks to a you mandates to cut government spending enough to repay its debts reporting from athens loose accounting of r.t. two policemen have been killed in a terrorist attack in the russian republic of dagestan authorities say a suicide bomber detonated the car he was driving near a police station twenty two others were injured in the explosion including children a nearby building collapsed as a result of the blast trapping people under the rubble. now to our world update starting with the ongoing hostage crisis in the kenyan capital heavy gunfire and an explosion has been heard from inside the nairobi shopping center where al shabaab militants are holding several people hostage. linked gunmen are now threatening to kill the captives that's after the military announced that the siege was coming to an end with most people rescued the two day standoff has time to sixty eight lives

so far and injured more than one hundred seventy. is the action comes in response to the presence of kenyan troops in somalia. to china now where typhoon usagi has killed at least twenty five people around eighty thousand have been moved to safety the most powerful typhoon this year has led to hundreds of flight cancellations in hong kong this city's seaport one of the world's busiest has also been closed. mexico has seen a thousand strong rally as protesters flooded the streets of its capital to oppose new energy reforms president pena nieto has proposed to open up the state owned oil sector to profit sharing contracts with private firms mexico's nationalization of its oil industry has become a popular symbol of sovereignty many in mexico are against any foreign or private investment in the industry. hero to some traitor to others with similar edward

snowden has not been seen in public since russia granted him asylum two months ago to find out more about his current lifestyle r.t. interview show sophie co spoke to one of the few men in touch with the fugitive leaker you'll be able to watch the full exclusive interview with snowden's lawyer anatoly at nine thirty g.m.t. in the meantime here's a quick preview. emerge you have to understand that he found himself in a very tough situation. his position may change over time but right now he's adapting to his new circumstances studying russian reading russian classics in english because naturally he hasn't been able to master the language yet. so this point that's the choice he has made to north well as for his communication with the outside world yes i am his main contact but as for friendships of course he has

some people he's close with that made in america both in america and here because as i said when we began to discuss where to place him and how to organize his live he's american friends were part of the decision making process of course any person who dares to challenge a superpower has to realize that they will have to look over their shoulder for the rest of their lives. because he can't just go to a night or a restaurant like you and i but more because you can tell the u.s. government very much like to get to him. coming up after the break it's cross talk with people of that you're watching arthel.

the mcmillian 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 to 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. polling why. the crosstalk are all things considered i'm peter lavelle what is the true goals of the surveillance state since the start of the n.s.a.

scandal much of the attention is focused on government agencies and the deceptions and outright lies of elected and appointed officials but what about the communications service providers they appear to be willing accomplices in the states vast spying apparatus have day in the name of the people voluntarily surrendered the right to privacy. to cross talk to surveillance state i'm joined by eugene per year in washington he is the national organizer for the answer coalition also in washington we have michael bryant he is a blogger and author of america's failure in iraq and in new york we cross to t.j. walker he's a syndicated t.v. commentator right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it mike if i go to you first in washington the latest news on the n.s.a. scandal is that the. telecommunications providers telephone companies quite

willingly gave information here vast amounts of information to the n.s.a. without really twisting there is a risk too much second of all we have a shooting in washington d.c. why didn't the n.s.a. pick up on that guy that he should have been on the radar radar they have a vast empire to watch us. well absolutely your first point is all of the providers the service providers we're all reading about that all the time in europe and it's amazing because. you know we you know what people want to cooperate with the united states government you know but then at the end then you reach the point where they also have clients all of these service providers have clients so with their you know where do they draw the line you they want to cooperate with the federal government but there are they violating the privacy of their of their subscribers of their clients and then of course the tragedy that happened on monday here in washington this past monday at the why.