i'm. having. a highly anticipated annual show gets underway in new york with iran's newly elected president expected to steal the limelight u.n. general assembly. a british woman is believed to have led the deadly assault on the nairobi shopping mall as kenya's foreign minister says up to three americans were also among the attackers. and arctic cold russian world governments stake their claim on a slice of the north poles oil and gas reserves as melting ice makes the untapped resources more accessible plus. deal with the city as the. crazy dream gone. london's mayor takes on anti pollution activists who want drivers in the british capital to ditch their cars and get on their bikes.

you're watching are two live from moscow i'm lindsay friends thanks for joining me the speech of iran's leader at the un general assembly is one of the most anticipated at the annual diplomatic gathering that's getting underway in new york city right now previous addresses by iran have started anger and triggered mass walkouts but newly elected house on rouhani may be about to change all of that parties and this now reports. world leaders are in new york this week for what setting up to be one of the hottest political debates this year iran's new president hassan rouhani will be making his u.n. debut on tuesday ahead of his visit there were many signals from him that he was more than willing to start a possible process of following over three decades of frozen u.s. in radian relations the question is and many people will be watching is the u.s.

ready to give him a chance the u.n. general assembly kicks off amid a diplomatic battle over syria between russia and the u.s. john kerry and sergey lavrov set to meet on the sidelines of the assembly but just as it seems like diplomacy might prevail sergei lavrov saying that the u.s. is trying to pressure moscow into approving a u.n. resolution allowing some military intervention he adds that the u.s. claims in exchange they would be willing to continue working on syria's entry into the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons so russia and the u.s. no closer on their positions on syria with the u.n. security council also set to discuss the issue this week now the general debate starts off with brazil's dilma rousseff who recently counseled her fishel state visit to washington after revelations the n.s.a. was spying on her and other high ranking brazilian officials obama is said to speak

directly after rousseff so it will be interesting to see if any kind of tension hangs in the air of the legendary green marble many south american countries in fact not happy with the u.s. after fallout from whistleblower edward snowden's leaks this year reporting from new york and us in our way r.t. . we spoke to john limbert a veteran u.s. diplomat held captive by revolutionaries in the iranian hostage crisis between one nine hundred seventy nine and one nine hundred eighty one he says that any kind of interaction between the u.s. and iran will be a tremendously beneficial step for all involved. i thought. we would have been talking to each other. years ago maybe not as friends but at least as two states with common things to talk about if it does happen i mean it may just be a handshake a brief encounter but even that at the same balik level would represent a huge change it's obvious that the u.s. and iran do have some competition syria for example and things to talk about over

syria in a rational world we'd be doing exactly that there are always so what i guess you would call the professional iran haters around or the people who find it useful to beat the war drum but you have to ask yourself what all of this enmity. of the last thirty four years what does it accomplish and before you beat your chest for thirty four years of the real what is the result going to be a very sore chest it hasn't it hasn't yielded much of anything else fresh gunfire has been heard at the shopping mall in nairobi where government troops are scouring the building for any remaining militants after a three day standoff the country's interior ministry announced that security forces had taken control of the center releasing the captives meanwhile kenya's foreign minister says up to three americans and a british citizen are among the al qaeda linked insurgents that attacked the

shopping mall. there are reports that a british woman samantha lewthwaite may have been the mastermind of the attack she converted to islam as a young woman and married a man who was later at a london seven seven suicide bomber she is said to be in amman to be among the six militants killed in my robey however this information is unconfirmed at least sixty two people have been killed in the hostage crisis the assault was carried out by a group of somali al shabaab militants in retaliation for kenyan military operations in somalia brian levine director of the center for the study of hate and extremism so that young people from somalia american communities are an easy target for extreme recruiters. there is a somali community in the minneapolis area which is very much against what's going on here by the way but that has been the main recruiting spot for the small splinter groups of youth still there have been such

a few extremists there did the evil to convince others to join them there's also been an effort over the internet and through other online publications to recruit young westernized muslim youth from throughout the world to come to that area i think it's also kind of this youthful anti-establishment anti western military response and they also feel if something else is jihadi cool which is permeated some of the social media as well and al qaida has been successful with using that. we are closely following the story here but you can also head online to r.t. dot com there you'll find dramatic pictures from the scene and the latest updates on the kenyan hostage crisis.

craving the resources hidden under polar ice some world governments are seeking a bigger slice of the arctic oil and gas pipe the third international arctic forum about to kick off in russia's north is said to be focused on ecological security but for those taking part it's definitely more than just the environment at stake those with the strongest foot in the polar door are the eight states with territory in the frozen region the arctic council consists of eight countries with russia canada and the united states boasting the biggest bites all of them along with six other observer states have sent delegations to the forum r.t. as you can offer is there for us. located in russia's north is the only city in the world situated exactly on the arctic circle that's why it's no wonder why it's been

chosen to host the third international arctic forum the arctic still remains a region with the most unprecise borderlines but with vast energy resources and extreme weather conditions but as global temperatures warm up and ice caps melt the arctic is now opening up opportunities to more and more countries attracting even those not located in the region now due to its geographic location russia is among the countries with the biggest claims to the arctic like the loss of the ridge and the stockmen gas fields russia is forty five percent of the arctic territory so it is fair that it actually also shows that to the world it is really no tension between nations about the russians claim to the arctic ocean and seabed but there are no big dispute about where the border probably will go they say of course so that also denmark and greenland have rights to the central part of the arctic ocean and so do canada but that's between them according to the un laws they see. no

reason to believe that they shouldn't find a peaceful agreement moscow earlier said it's now planning to revitalize an old soviet military base on the no was islands showing the international community it is ready to protect its interests but this forum is all about dialogue apart from the russian president of leaders of iceland and finland are also going to be here and up to seven hundred participants all together including experts geologists explorers and others all sitting down and diplomatically deciding how to work out the situation how to deal with the arctic how to preserve its energy resources and the environment as well. global warming and high energy prices are adding fuel to the international rivalry over the national treasures of the arctic even those with no territory in the region like china and india have managed to achieve observer status in the arctic council the e.u. also striving for influence has had its application deferred artie's kitty pilgrim

has more on what's luring world powers to the arctic as a climate in the arctic surges the scramble to secure multi-billion dollar deals and it's no wonder when you consider according to the latest estimate is enough to supply the entire world for three years with a growing energy demand and increasing gas guzzling population is the unlikely contender in the race to secure a foothold in the l. tick a china has been wooing russia providing. an trans death with a twenty five billion dollars to build an oil pipeline from siberia to china as well as paying rough sniffed an additional sixty billion dollars to develop offshore fields in the arctic and china has also struck up a business relationship with iceland and as a result these tactics managed to secure

a place on the arctic council for china along with the founding members the likes of norway and canada which of course have a geographical right to the area. and just around the corner for you first food aid as one country in the grip of austerity turns to local volunteer groups to help put food on the table of those most in need of full story shortly. sigrid laboratory curbeam was able to build most sophisticated robots which on

fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only on the. mission. critical free. free. free. free. free. old free blog video for your media project free medio dog party dot com. welcome back you're watching our to live from our moscow studios on monday france thanks for joining me as air pollution levels in the british capital reach a high of londoners are encouraged to leave their cars at home and shift from four wheels to two parties polly boyko takes up the story. on the great london small

give nine hundred fifty two written by law back in the dozens of square miles blanketed day off today reading this design was in a coffee jam can be healthy for anyone today it appears much cleaner but the reality is that london's air is so dessie it's been breaching the legal limits set out by the e.u. for years. thirty thousand deaths are attributed to pollution and people look at the air today an issue it's clean but unfortunately it's still very dangerous. air pollution today is completely invisible but the reason for this is it's very small microscopic particles and that's also the reason that they're so damaging to your health because they can travel deep inside of this system and it's london is controversial that's largely responsible for it cars and lorries emit an invisible gas called mite trojan dioxide known as the silent killer its effects on

noticeable it can cause or spiritual disease reduce lung function and according to the world health organization even trade on long term said the biggest single source of notching dioxide this toxic gas in london are actually these red buses going cause we're also very concerned about diesel vehicles diesel vehicles are responsible probably for about ninety percent of the most harmful exhaust emissions clientèle earth an environmental campaign group is suing the u.k. government for what they call failing to protect brits from absolution and failing to come up with plans to drastically reduce nitrogen dioxide levels we currently breaching limits in forty to forty three zones in the u.k. and sixteen of these we don't think we're going to reach them until twenty twenty and that's ten years after the deadline in may the supreme court ruled that the government isn't doing enough to reduce pollution and improve public health we got in touch with defra the government department responsible for at quality and they

told us air quality has. improve significantly in london and we expect it to improve further thanks to the actions the government is taking to reduce transport emissions but campaigners say that charging cars to drive into central london and introducing what the government has tagged as green the buses isn't enough i think they need to take a really hard look at what's necessary to reduce pollution in the u.k. the choices are extremely difficult and electorally not very popular it basically means taking diesel vehicles off the road in the very foreseeable future you can imagine that's not a vote where i have to deal with the city as it is and not some crazy green honda in which we all sit around. and only be unable to drugs in the produce that is that is not going to that is not going to happen since it's not going to happen campaign as a write in london is to each do that bit to make the air in the city cleaner by

selling their cars and peddling around town instead while avoiding the most polluted routes of course. but it's not clear how much difference it will make since the government itself admits that london will remain dangerous he polluted until at least the year twenty twenty five. london. our web team has more stories lined up for you on our team dot com including unlawful disclosure a former f.b.i. employee pleads guilty to spilling the beans to the press spoiling a top secret mission and putting agents lives at risk. plus new york's finest spread the word on the apple i phone security time well spent their bosses say the fight against crime. right there seems to be. first rate. and i think the jury.

on our reporters were very. instrumental i. mean the. islamist backers of deposed egyptian president mohamed morsi now face an even broader crackdown and egyptian court has dissolved the muslim brotherhood seizing its assets without immediately making the exact grounds for the ruling public the decision comes in connection with an earlier lawsuit accusing the organization of terrorism and exploiting religion in political slogans mohammad a spokesperson for the activist group british egyptians for democracy says the case is politically motivated. what we've seen there was very. surprising this is what all military coups does as soon as they take power they go and go after every single political party that was opposing them. and the ones they actually took out

of power this is really not just about the muslim brotherhood this is about every single political and social party as well as individuals from all backgrounds and from all political parties that oppose the military coup and this is again a politically motivated charge from the corrupted history anything built on a military coup cannot stand what the egyptians want is their voice to be heard through the ballot box not through tanks not three bullets not through the whole killing of peaceful protesters and what we're seeing now is there a modification of this instability on the ground we've got a very unstable economy at the moment the military junta are insisting on driving the whole country and the entire nation through a very very dark tunnel and we are very worried for the future of democracy and the future of egypt. and now for some other stories making headlines around the globe

at least ten people have killed in mexico two gunmen attacked a home where people were celebrating a baseball victory is six year old girl was among the victims you saw it took place in the border city of sydney down juarez which is plagued by drug related violence authorities say the victims were unarmed and the motive remains unclear the shooting is the largest massacre in the area since two thousand and ten when fifteen people were killed in an attack on a birthday party. israeli troops have fired rubber bullets and stun grenades in the city of hebron in the occupied west bank palestinian youths responded with stones and petrol bombs violence erupted during the search for a suspected killer of an israeli soldier the army has been raiding houses arresting hundreds in several neighborhoods near the scene of the killing. police in bangladesh have clashed with garment factory workers in a third day of nationwide protests hundreds of plants have been forced to close as

protesters called for better minimum wage one hundred fifty were injured in the unrest as workers set fire to several factories some employees have nineteen hour shifts and are locked in their place of work. max keiser and stacy herbert never lost for words when it comes to exposing rigged markets and vigilante justice later on the kaiser report that casts some light on the disastrous whims of some key players in the world of finance here's a quick look. people are literally getting palm line surgery for better fortunes apparently the story here is that people are getting in asia are actually scratching into their hands or getting surgery to create better fortune lines with the hope that somehow that might create a better fortune and here is this is the that as warren buffet points out that this hedge fund experiment that the what the fed is doing is truly an experiment we don't know what it is doing but we do know it is absurd as trying to change your

fortune trying to change the fortunes of america through in this line of take this money this money and hopefully it will trickle down well this is a trickle down god complex you know you can god is meaningless you're just going to put your palm in such a way as to alter your destiny alter the cosmic reality i'm just going what you know that is a good idea cut your head off cut your head off and that's why you're fortunate been proved instantaneously ok top yourself do us all favor. as austerity continues to bite in portugal many find it increasingly difficult to put food on the table you aid programs are also being cut making to situation in the recession hit country even worse as the number of people in need rises local volunteer charities are coming to the rescue party sarah first reports. with a little of the chile they way. it's mother and her son and now alliance and parcels hunger and shapelessness increasingly common in

today's lisbon thankful eighty two charity could rethink the danger to wait too long. with almost a million people in the country estimated to be severely materially deprived and struggling to put food on the table charities like this have become essential to plug the gap. at the start of the evening shift i think now because of the crisis we have a lot of families we do. we do necessity of food because. there are sometimes there are their mortgages and all that is only meant to hear exactly things like employment has actually dropped a little bit and then things are getting better slowly. i'm an economist myself so i think right now in portugal i don't believe. this strategy that we are taking because we should. we should focus on getting more

employment then starting to have. some kind of. movies there are going to all these austerity kind of ways of doing stuff is one of the rigs with strangers is to have like the first city in the world all smooth not wasting food still think you'll achieve it yeah we believe so repeat operates in what they call a micro local level they signed up restaurants and cafes in this area today and a feat that they have left dave closing telling. yes. a long story is good for something. like depends on a very. very for us. it's great because the leftover food is not being thrown into the garbage anymore. back

at headquarters and it's all hands on deck to prepare the food parcels all this the brainchild of this man and a lot of the people who receive our food have always struggled with crisis. and then we have people who are suddenly don't have work and don't have income. to a harder thing for them to take you know. to a situation of needing food assistance. we see those people. when we think first started it was just one man one site said around thirty restaurants have a great day in a little over a year and a half later and take a look at this they've got hundreds of volunteers they've expanded to sites they've got more than a hundred and fifty restaurants cafes and supermarkets so more than half a day to the core with the country struggling under the weight of

a start he measures in paste under a seventy eight billion euro bailout deal and with spending cuts to feed programs threatening provisions already in place in the country local volunteer run programs looks set to become increasingly important and say the tonight at least some will not hungry so. it's been. i'll be back with you at the top of the next hour but right up next a story of a man who dedicated his life to restoring a monastery on an island the size of a football field stay with us for that.

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atmosphere of holiness you can't commit a sin here even if you want to. that's all i do want to come here and want thailand want what i do there but they came and stayed. until it changes every one little by little bit in the lake and in the sea of life . most of the island is so small for me it's the center. the center of the another it's. given in the sun i go to the island by motor boat that was in the winter when lake holden scofield is over i go by car from the town of all of the.