angela merkel wins the general election but not with enough support for her party to rule germany on its own with voters new of the way by a new founded euro skeptic party. russia's foreign minister says moscow is being blackmailed by the uars which is trying to force three grounds for military action in syria pointing at a u. turn to what's already been agreed. on the nuclear thought iran's leader read is for the u.n. general assembly pushing to ease economic sanctions that appear to have been weakest part of the rain in society hardest.

news from russia under around the world this is a party with me. hello and welcome to the program. marco has won germany's top job again but the landslide victory is overshadowed by some tough coalition choices the conservative blog christian democrats took forty one point five percent of the vote and that's not enough support for merkel's party to rule on their own as their main rivals the social democrats led by peter berg came in with twenty five per cent point seven percent a coalition between the two it will be hard to arrange these pieces on of a has more now from berlin. well it was a resounding result for angle and merkel however now the big question is just what kind of government will she preside over she's going to have to enter into a coalition won't be the coalition she particularly wanted she would have wanted to deal with the free democrats who were partners going into this election but the free democrats didn't even get enough votes to get them one seat in the parliament

so she's going to have some tough coalition negotiations on her hands moving away from angola merkel and looking at the election as a whole what we have seen here in germany as a shift in voter opinion away from liberal politics towards euro skeptic politics the alternative for germany party b. a f t were only founded seven months ago the euro skeptics didn't get past the five percent mark to get them into the stag but they have certainly announced their arrival on the german political stage now as i said the euro skeptic they're anti euro they believe that the u.s. being kept alive artificially and they want to see failing countries like greece not be allowed to be part of the monetary union. now they took votes from just about everybody as well as protest votes people are unhappy with the current status quo in germany their leader saying that although they didn't get into the

parliament they put fear into the hearts of the other parties and that they made democracy in germany all the richer so it's angela merkel who's going to be german chancellor for a third term that will make her the longest serving female political leader in europe but some of those europeans are wondering what exactly she'll have in store for them four more years of merkel's election when you see comparisons drawn with another three to female leader on the markets wanted to know more about merkel is a follower of margaret. this is that truism two point zero mark a lesson of one similarity in policies between the two is they both push privatizing although with mrs merkel's case that small finnish 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's 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. the room for german companies are unaccompanied by in those countries angle of 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 them. that if it's going to be negative that's logical she's the symbol of the recession in europe. is the bush. nothing will change whereas when we get more jobs and people have work then we can have growth i don't expect anything from the germans. because critics accuse

her of pushing europe in the wrong direction merkel must stop merkel must be stopped as well as those who only represent the interests of international finance markets just like under satcher parts of northern england where a lot of devastated receive the same in greece today it leads to years of an employment and poor living conditions. whether she's the new i you know lady not sick for four more years of the merkel. as the world's most powerful woman these are all over i t v. go turn to for germany party was founded less than a year ago and has already drawn sixteen thousand members through its ranks and is german journalist money oxer writer says a crisis in the country's politics is laying the ground for a rise in normal mainstream parties. we have a huge party nobody's talking about and this is the party of the nonvoters almost

one third of the germans didn't participate at the elections we see that this so-called huge my dorothy for the t.v. would for angela merkel it's not anymore so huge when we take into account that people are so many people are not represented in our parliament and this is a sign of a crisis this is a sign of a crisis also off democracy in germany and it's time for turn the power of peace it is time for parties who speak out what goes people think and what those people mean and they don't want to elect always let me say it like this the less evil they want to vote for a party that they can support by their heart it so i think yes it's time for trinity is for example valid or not he should or shouldn't. for many anglo merkel has become the symbol of a stairs imagines and it was

a greaser waiting another dose of the loud medicine the country is preparing for a week of. that story coming up in a few moments. at slater but now russia's foreign minister believes that western states are in demanding efforts for a peaceful resolution to the syrian conflict after weeks of diplomatic talks to avoid military action and the washington state so great of rove says that the u.s. and its allies are simply looking for a pretext for a military strike on syria and she's going to take on cities where. the u.s. says they will stop the work toward securing syria's chemical weapons if russia does not sign off on e.u. one 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. i remember compartments are starting to blackmail us so they say if

russia does not agree to chip the seven resolution in the u.n. to see who will stop working with the chemical watchdog in the hague this completely counters what we agreed on was john kerry namely the chemical watchdogs decision and then a supporting a solution from the un a c. but without chapter seven. so your lover also talked about the conflicting interpretations of the way and investigators will court the report gave a description of substances and shells the u.n. experts saw on the ground in syria but no indication of who will use the chemicals in august twenty first attack near damascus russia says it's looking at the evidence that the 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 job but almost attempted to smuggle containers with sarin gas via turkey so russia is not at all convinced that the assad government

can use the weapons but whatever classified evidence the u.s. says it has it has not presented it to the u.n. security council expecting 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. to our partners 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 that's not the task that we're driven by which is to solve the syrian chemical weapons problem. so your lover upset only extremists will benefit from such a blind approach as he called it he talked about the chaos and thank you and the iraq referring primarily to the u.s. he said they simply choose not to talk about how. chain of their actions led to

a catastrophe that week. chapter seven of the united nations charter says the security council can allow the use of force to ensure its decisions are implemented and then used as a loophole and paves the way for western military interventions and starting with the korean war back in one thousand nine hundred fifty the us led gulf war in iraq in one thousand nine hundred and then another intervention in the middle east stayed in that to thousand and three that i just case came in twenty eleven when the security council approved a resolution on a no fly zone over libya allowing allied forces to intervene historian and middle east expert mark armand says all that has reason is reason enough 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 so that over syria we don't want a resolution to the one of 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 obama president sarkozy said this was just a humanitarian resolution to do with the immediate crisis in benghazi undoubtedly not just russia and china but other countries like india brazil south africa are very 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 protest 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. and for the latest on the syrian crisis no one told website state up call that

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you're watching assays good to have you with us 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 has sorry arnie pleasure not to seek atomic weapons demanding the west make concessions and ease painful sanctions and reports now the restrictions are hurting the most vulnerable that 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 which between what ordinary people experience under sanctions and what the elite to mohamed we heidi is one such case study he's a cancer victim in iran. it is my second chemical. 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 drug store asking for them and also because the prices are way too high i get a camel session once every two weeks and i am a pensioner. 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. president rouhani

and barack obama are expected to me today you know assembly in the first face to face between an american and iranian leader and over three decades but an assistant professor at the university muhammad has an uncanny says there's resistance to thaw in both countries. you want also for some of the conservation results of war cancer you won't believe. it's good for the worst to think that you were not for a cause for all the richness the skeptics or all all sides all the turf on washington on. war not what's of the mystic about the possibility of such a breakthrough and even look won't really help them all float draws one solution to call ruth their own people their own sideshows their own political party is this is the best interest of both sides so the huge war to here is

common. critics say sanctions on iran have not proven effective in achieving political aims no matter their scope of duration so the restrictions are justified as being better than war but they only seem to make things a what is for the people of the countries north korea's been hit by a range of economic and military restrictions by the u.s. over its nuclear ambitions and it will look at the fact a shortage of food and medical supplies has lead to severe malnutrition while pyongyang shows no sign of curbing its nuclear program syria syria has been slapped with u.s. sanctions which have only aggravators this is rationing with its economy plagued by over two years of civil war and people are left struggling to deal with shortages of basic foods that cuba is another target of u.s. sanctions and the elderly and men are the most affected and the loss of its economy

is estimated to be around six hundred and ninety million dollars annually so in all those cases it appears sanctions are hitting ordinary people hardest with little effect on the sanctioned states. and while the u.s. tries to rein in iran's nuclear ambitions newly uncovered documents reveal america was on the edge of an atomic disaster due to it's going to treat the country just one switch away from a nuclear catastrophe after its air force accidentally trying to h. bombs over north carolina if two years ago and more on our website. while in germany it's time for lederhosen and longer had to the in motion pager our website for the first draft of a video from unix world famous to be a festival. here or to some traitor to others whistleblower edward snowden has not been seen in public since russia granted him

asylum two months ago to find out more about his current lifestyle interview show sophie and cole spoke to one of the human in touch with the huge to be able to watch to for exclusive interview with snowden's lawyer anatoly katrin at fourteen thirty g.m.t. and the meantime here's a quick preview. but there are a lot of job opportunities for him and we keep receiving job offers by telephone or mail. and there are some good are they all coming from security services or from different organisations as well. come from different organisations the right even ordinary people who call and offer help as they are concerned about him settling in a new home. and we also have heads of big companies offer a human point. i'll think a little is there any offer in particular that was surprising girl i don't know

major last. yes we had a woman of about fifty years old called and offered to adopt mr snowden. how well that would take care of this predicament. yes but he's thirty so this procedure will be complicated but it was funny. the troika of european lenders is now back in athens it will decide on a new bailout package i aimed at hailing the fragile greek economy meanwhile the country's teachers and trade union leaders have opened a week of protests promising more strikes to come and. reports now they knew storm and of cash will mean even more stars a asing 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 one 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 suggested leaving the currency union altogether and one such voice as theater cost to neighbors 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 a sustainable policy for this country. they have to be fit because we then. go to pluto to give us money look to. food.

but the big book. launch of the bust. and this. bailout to this whole thing raises varies the. guy is why did you build it or it would never end we will never regain our strength our economic strength to be in economic development to fight unemployment in the list because of your view. is is made. is basically fuel for strong countries it's a strong currents it doesn't fit with the not true for our economy now polls do show that a large majority of greeks do not want to quit the euro just yet however more people also seem to believe that the country's economy will never recover if it

sticks to e.u. mandates to cut government spending enough to repay its debts reporting from athens lucy catherine of r.t.e. a policeman on the migration officer have been killed in a terrorist attack in the russian republic of dagestan she's made you know question or has that he was for us. that was an improvised explosive device detonated to early monday morning now a suicide bomber detonated the car as he was a police station targeting a morning. policeman in that area now as a result one policeman and one migration officers were killed but the blast was so strong that another twelve people were injured to a nearby building also collapsed as a result of this explosion now we still don't have the footage from the scene of the information is still coming in but the witnesses said that the explosion was massive and it was heard across the year and now this latest blast and dagestan came just a week after two other car bombings that killed three policemen in another six

policemen in chief and the neighboring region are leaving really may need to believe that this is a string of coordinated attacks now taking place in russia's north caucasus. and let's check some of that world news in brief this hour on starting with the ongoing hostage crisis in the kenyan so you're now saying it's a photo charring the moment al shabaab militants starter's their assault on nairobi shopping center two days on and heavy gunfire and explosions have been heard from inside the mall where the. gunmen are still holding several people hostage they are now threatening to kill the captives sixty nine people are confirmed dead in the standoff with more than one hundred and seventy injured kenya is a military announced to the siege and was coming to an end most people rescued the u.k. media says some of the tigers were british however the group's commanded died denied

this says the action comes in response to the presence of kenyan troops in somalia . to china now where typhoon is sunday has killed at least twenty five people around eighteen thousand have been moved to safety the most powerful typhoon this year has led to hundreds of flights cancellations in hong kong the city's seaport one of the world's busiest has also been closed. makes a has seen a thousand strong rally as protesters flooded the streets of its capital to oppose you energy reforms president and ricky pena nieto is proposing to open up the state owned oil sector to profit sharing contracts with private funds mexico's nationalization of its oil industry has become a popular symbol of sovereignty many mexico are against any foreign or private investment in the industry. and up next summer he travels to an island the size of a football field which has become a place of pilgrimage for many russians. the

macmillan 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 paradigm 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 probably worshipping at the feet of rush limbaugh or 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.

i want to live here when i grow up a new one now is about this place so sacred. they say the church was built in the twelfth century and it was destroyed in the 1930's . people constantly chose this place to pray and by doing so they created an atmosphere of holiness you can't commit a sin here even if you want to. i didn't want to come here one tyrant what would i do there but they came and stayed. until it changes every one little by little bits in the lake and in the sea of life . most of the the island is so small but firm is the center. the center of the universe.

given the summer i go to the island by motor boat that was in winter when lake freezes over i go by car from the town of all of this nearby also skied there or went on for it with the island isn't very far from the lakeside about twelve kilometers which i've become so used to this route that it's the way home. good as the first time. it was long ago so long ago but it feels like yesterday it was nine hundred seventy two. i got married to alexander. is because he said that we would go to the company island for a honeymoon he mostly went there by boat the lake was perfectly calm and then i saw something incredible.