president hassan rouhani slams the suspicions surrounding iran's nuclear program claiming there's no place retard make weapons in his country his address to the u.n. general assembly. bringing these three kids to piracy after trying to stall a russian oil rig while the country hosts an international forum to secure arctic ecology. in the u.k. approves his own citizens people of a tiny mid atlantic island say they're being squeezed tanked to make room for a u.s. military base. welcome good to have you company you're watching r.t.

coming to you live from moscow with me andrey pharma now addressing the u.n. general assembly iran's president hassan rouhani says he's ready for dialogue on the country's nuclear program he's called for a consistent voice from washington on the issue while obama also signaled his willingness to talk on the sidelines of the gathering in new york russia and the u.s. also continued their work on a consensus over syria artie's nice and now he has this report. at his debut speech at the u.n. iranian president hassan rouhani stressed iran is not a threat but made to be won by other countries to promote interests in the region he said no military solution is acceptable in the region and the syrian crisis is a result of external influence to change regional order now rouhani talked about how people in the world are tired of wars and violence and how moderation is needed he added that iran is ready to cooperate he once again said iran is not seeking

nuclear weapons and is ready to help quell concern over its peaceful nuclear program but only at sea you know on iran's nuclear program and for that matter that of all other countries must pursue exclusively peaceful purposes nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction have no place in iran's security and defense doctrine and contradict their fundamental religious and ethical convictions. as expected he had a much softer tone than his predecessor but the israeli delegation was not present for rowhani speech in fact in an interview after his speech to c.n.n. he did talk about the holocaust saying that it was a horrible crime against jewish people much different kind of rhetoric than we heard. from. in his speeches at the u.n. the u.s. was present for the speech a lot of hope of course that this week could see a reset of u.s.

iran relations no direct exchange between the president but the highest level meeting since one thousand nine hundred seventy nine will be held as of now on thursday between foreign ministers iran iran seeks constructive engagement with other countries based on mutual respect and common interest and within the same framework does not seek to increase tensions with the united states now on the sidelines of russia and the u.s. continued their work to try and find consensus on syria sergey lavrov and john kerry confirmed the meeting was constructive lavrov says there is a mutual understanding that the next step is to move forward with the geneva two format but the u.s. is now pushing for a stronger u.n. resolution on syria that would call for the use of force if it doesn't comply with plans to get rid of syrian chemical weapons russia is very wary of any kind of mention of force in resolutions because it believes it counters hampers diplomatic

efforts and also wants to push for all chemical weapons on both sides both the government and the rebels to be destroyed the u.s. pointed out it will still act to protect its interests in the mideast in fact obama in his u.n. speech said the u.s. is prepared to use all elements of power including military force to secure these core interests in the region and that's not a very good sign for diplomacy. u.s. leader barack obama also welcome syria's readiness to hand over its chemical weapons but warned there will be consequences if damascus fails to stick to the plan and he wore activist brian becker believes washington will continue its push for a possible military solution to the conflict. i did states and what france are trying to do at the security council is to bully russia and china in order to get wording into that resolution that would authorize them to carry out military action under the rubric of the united nations but clearly the obama administration says it has

the authority to act unilaterally but it would like to have some sort of shield or at least a mask for that sort of unilateral operation chemical weapons in this instance are a pretext for an escalating intervention the obama administration's hand it's been stayed because of global opposition including massive domestic opposition in the united states and they're trying to come back but they're in a weakened position right now it's a double standard it's hypocrisy the united states is trying to bully the u.n. security council to do what it really wants to do which is to escalate the conflict in syria to overthrow their government on iran's president hassan rouhani says securing peace and democracy will not be realized increased interest in the region but dialogue possible between washington and iran under the new prices that is the question the peace of the balance panel of guests in cross talk at seven thirty am g.m.t. and has a quick preview. it's both sides need to compromise it's not just washington

iran has a whole history of deceiving the international community about its nuclear program it's documented it's on record this isn't information that should be debated i think that you need to come to terms with what is actually real and what is not and there is no there is absolutely not one iota of truth in what you just mentioned iran has always been transparent about its nuclear program but under pressure from the united states the i.a.e.a. start helping iran they've pulled back it's never been secret and this is just in accurate. and we see. this in. my washboard the atlantic ascension island is a distant remnant of the british empire still home to hundreds of people though the

population i severely reduced over the past decade so let's take a look at this tiny dot is the island which is situated roughly midway between the horn of south america and africa residents and human rights activists accuse the british government of squeezing the life out of the volcanic island routing families that have lived there for almost a century the reason america wants to expand a military base there r.t.s. or smith investigates. it's a tiny island in the middle atlantic made of volcanic rock and covered in pitch. but to eight hundred people. but now the story of a. hole marks the beginning of the diego garcia the british owned indian ocean islands whose inhabitants were forced to leave to make way for a u.s. base despite having lived through generations islanders accuse the british

government of. operating families who've been there for more than a century ten years ago an old. person was promised democratic institutions for the island's a legal right to live property it wanted a viable community but today the population's already decreased by. with communities replaced. retired or unemployed people eighteen had to leave and the similarities with. the dominant feature on the island is an american base heavily used during president obama's recent trip to africa there are also satellites and submarine tracking stations and one of the now infamous listening it's run by. the british government now conveniently insists ascension has no indigenous population and many residents believe they intend to evacuate the

island completely and abandon it to the americans from the dreams of a permanent home they had a decade ago. to haul in the special relationship. coming up later in the program the olympics. trio. on the story. so we leave that maybe. by the same motion secure. your party visible. virtues that no one is asking with to get that you deserve answers from. politics.

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calling it a reckless assault and this comes as russia hosts an international arctic forum focusing on eliminating environmental damage in the region let's get more knife marti's eco peace and off he joins us now hugo can you first give us a bit of background to this i mean how did the greenpeace activists end up being accused of piracy. well the activists themselves say that their actions were peaceful but you have to understand that a floating oil platform is a sophisticated mechanism there's a whole system of traffic for ships moving around and connecting to it to load up fuel and just simply docking to it could cause massive consequences including a damage to the environment but the activists didn't only try docking to the platform two of them tried climbing onto it one of them even fell down into the waters and according to the investigative committee in russia they say that they didn't only danger to their own safety but to the environment as well so now all

thirty of them from eighteen countries are now in the russian northern city of waiting for official charges which could go all the way up to piracy and terrorism ok i know this is happening in russia and the arctic council members are actually trying to deal with ecological issues in the region tell us more about that. well russia for the third time is hosting the arctic international forum this time in the city of the only one located exactly on the lie of the arctic circle over four hundred experts have gathered here and one of the main issues being discussed is the environment in the arctic it truly this region holds vast natural resources of the general understanding here is that the temperatures in the arctic have in general warmed up opening up new opportunities for countries to develop these natural resources and a lot of attention is now focused on preserving the environment when it comes to

new development projects but also a lot of attention is being paid to the heritage a left from the cold war era by the soviet union by the united states by canada we're talking about abandoned military bases lots of military hardware scientific hardware as well tens of thousands of barrels with fuel and that has to be cleaned up and it's not only the responsibility of one specific state but the general understanding here is that everyone has to make an effort to clean the arctic up because it's really the responsibility of the international community and it's really what the future generations will have to deal with as well if it's not cleaned up. ok thank you. reporting live there from new york. now is world powers team up to secure the environment in the arctic the rivalry

which rich oil and gas resources up michelle ski from the center for research on globalization explains that the battle for the north pole is high on the global military agenda. the united states is now building an integration with canada under the north american union which constitutes a means for the us to extend its so-called sovereignty over count of those arctic territories and so the issue of of territorial rights of the arctic well eventually in my opinion will go through deep integration between kind of the united states and the so-called north american union and the strategic partnership which eventually will extend its jurisdiction are up to the north pole it's the confrontation between russia and the united states and its partners its nato partners. new battle for oil and gas. and we're talking about

militarized nations the stablish number of military bases the extension of oil and gas companies going up to the arctic and of course it has devastating environmental implications now don't get we've got plenty more stories on our website claiming naming the dead investigative journalist tackle the secrecy of pakistan drone strikes to find the real death toll of covert u.s. warfare. and ingrates the army's under fire over a salad over allegations it may be training members of the far right organization golden dawn or this and more is just a click away at r.t. dot com. they say education is the best investment but could prove a costly one to students in front scared away from the job market by record unemployment figures many prefer to state university but he can afford it and even

for those who can there is still the question of what to do with their skills r.t. sensor syria has this report. the point of view of six million unemployed youth as been well documented to date in france it's above twenty six percent and in deprived there isn't big concrete it could go as high as forty percent the chances of getting a job are so slim some have opted to go back to school but even that is proving to be problematic as students fall back to university campuses like this one for another academic year student unions are sounding the alarm over the cost of funding one year of study away from their parental home they say they'll have to shell out between ten thousand five hundred euros and fifteen thousand five hundred each year a very steep price they say in addition to what they see as a bleak future ahead of them. today the students from working classes have less possibility to access university education because of costs the university tuition

fees are not very high but the cost of living is very high returning to university this year is going to be difficult because all the fixed prices of food health what we call mandatory fees for social security all of it is going up in the month of september for the new school year he says is once again synonymous with sacrifice and financial hardship something that is all too familiar with a working student completing her degree and fitter her story is not uncommon finding herself and vicious circle of ashley puts it trying to be someone there to me i'm an optimist but it's so complicated to think about my status and at the same time having to work you have to find a job but even if you find one there is no stable salary without a stable salary you can't rent a room it's not such an extreme idea that one day you'll end up on the streets there are public servant accommodation but never enough to meet demand government

funding the number of public housing doubled by twenty twenty but does little to ease the present burden of an already lost general. there's a bit of good news though the budget for student scholarships has been increased to one hundred eighteen million euros starting this month which student unions hope with me better university access and experience some of the country's poorest. and for many heading into higher education that extra cash is vital to allow them to make the most of their studies. many students get part time jobs to pay for their education. less than twelve hours week but any more than education suffers from this is experiencing an economic crisis and we need to have more graduates for the future it's urgent that the public power acknowledge the problem before it becomes catastrophic ashame in one does not get an education it goes back to the question in managing to do something with it getting a job when there are hardly any tests are so your are to paris some international.

for seven point eight magnitude earthquake has hit eastern pakistan the death toll has now risen to two hundred eight people according to local authorities the deaths occurred in a district near the center of the quake where almost a third of the buildings are said to have collapsed tremors have been reported across the region and hundreds of kilometers away in india's capital new delhi. kenya's president has announced an end to the rescue operation in nairobi's westgate mall the scene of the country's worst terrorist attack in fifteen years five members of the militant group responsible for the a cell were killed during the standoff eleven others are in custody at least sixty seven people died in the hostage crisis with around one hundred seventy injured at least two americans and a british citizen are among the al qaeda linked insurgents that carried out the assault a u.s. led investigation claims the prop was hatched weeks or months ago in somalia where

a team of english speaking foreign fighters were selected there are reports that a british woman may have spearheaded the attack. central china is being hit by torrential rains caused by the typhoon you soggy which earlier crash through the southern part of the country we confirm number of dead in the worst hit area has risen to twenty nine with over half a million residents relocated economic losses from the storm have reached almost three billion dollars heavy rains in nearby vietnam and cambodia of course at least thirty six deaths. now is the thirty seventh mission to the international space station ready for blastoff thursday morning one extra special piece of equipment is being stowed on board artie's paul scott expects. russian cosmonauts cult of and scheme along with american astronaut mike hopkins

the trio are about to embark on the thirty seventh expedition to the international space station but along with carrying out the usual array of hundreds of scientific and medical experiments resound skin culture of have one more unusual task to perform in november now become the first people in history to carry the olympic torch into open space programs as dealers at the caress you as a community will make it as beautiful and spectacular as we can we want to make it memorable millions of people around the world will be able to see us at work and see what we do you'll be able to see the outside of the eye assess with earth in the background we aim to make it a visual spectacle but we don't want to give you all the details just yet the torch will follow the crew to the eye assess on a specially branded rocket once the russians have taken it on its unprecedented space walk it will head back to earth with returning crewmembers ready to continue

its relay across russia. starting in moscow in early october the torch is to travel sixty five thousand kilometers around the country and will be carried by fourteen thousand bures two of which will be on the i assess although it won't be late twenty's on skin culture of got their hands on it the very same torch will be used to light the cauldron during the games opening ceremony in february the crew of expedition thirty seven a relatively inexperienced only commander cult of has been to space before and he's providing a reassuring presence for the newest members of the space community but i'd also like to say feel very competent and part of that comes from our commander who is obviously very experienced to us in the space craft but as you can see here in the press conference as well always has a calming presence after launch the soyuz spacecraft is set to orbit the earth four times before docking with the eye assess the entire journey taking just around six hours the crew set to remain on board until late march michael fossum who returned

from the i s s two years ago and one day hopes to go back and explains what they can expect i'm very excited for my concern again is that as they look forward to their first flight they have dreamed about this like all of us really from the time of childhood and now they're preparing to live that dream they're a little nervous they're a little excited and they're professionals they're looking forward to doing the job for which they've trained for many years while following the final preparations in the testing center behind me the rocket has now embarked on its journey to the launch pad and although this train track is only five kilometers long the journey has taken around two hours this is done a walking pace as not to damage the technical equipment inside and although all does look set there's plenty more final preparations to be done in the few hours ahead of launch. some of those preparations include cooling the rocket with nitrogen to minus two hundred seventy degrees to stabilize and keep the four hundred tons of fuel cool so that come the early hours of thursday morning this

rocket can deliver the i assess its nearest recruits pull scott by colonel. fingers crossed you'll be able to watch the launch on thursday here and i coming up next it's brightness set with every night. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. places change the world right now. old picture. from around the globe.

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was saved with great effort. and they want to turn me into a terrorist so it is they wanted me to admit that i was a member of al qaeda and the taliban and that i fought with them. not about time i didn't even know what al-qaeda is nevertheless there are people all. brave enough to start a fight. something is going to be done that's going to be done by me and that's been our short amount of time to do it but it's going to impact me i'd be prosecuted but it's not going to impact. the wife my daughter. the one time a trap. on our t.v. . welcome to break in the set i'm abby martin so this past july was the height of the

get my behavior strike one hundred six of the hundred sixty six detainees were starving themselves to protest their new. the detention if it was more than half the prisoners taken such drastic measure of old media so large are largely ignored their plight of the past few months the number of hunger strikers has steadily dropped just yesterday get my military officials affectively declared the strike to be over the military said it will stop issuing daily reports on a number of these protesters since only a core group of one thousand of them remain striking now considering how the response of the strike was force feeding the inmates is it any wonder why so many of them have given up as i demonstrate on this show force feeding is torture and a complete and utter violation of human rights going through this excruciating experience and day after day after day is unimaginable but just because so many detainees have reached the absolute limit of human suffering doesn't mean we should pay any less attention to the crimes occurring at the shadow prison just a few hundred miles from our shores. of the.

earth they are very hard to take a. look. at or how to act with that hurt their little. you know it's not really my style to give props to someone who claims they are dane by god to be his right hand man on earth but i got to say i'm going to begin this

new pope and i don't think i'm the only one. you know what's. king love this new poll you know i'm talking about right the pope or you guys watching this guy because you should be it's early but i'm thinking best pope ever saying let's get back to the roots let's get back to serving people when that's over well actually he calls the church your hospital he's not afraid of anything and i think that's what's really getting these crowds of more than a million kids they're excited to see him it's pope maybe. and his first album hasn't even dropped yet. that's right folks puns from across the spectrum seem to be love in the new pontiff for good reason to bob has been whistling a new tune attempt to rebrand the church i don't know maybe has something to do with the tarnish legacy rife with sexual abuse or exclusion of women gays and

atheists just name a few sealed up on francisco has been quite busy asking parishioners worldwide to stop making issues like abortion contraception and gay marriage the primary focus of callers is a wow almost sounds like francisco might just might be slightly in tune with the twenty first century just check out how he's doing on social media you know the facts is absolutely killing it on twitter just recently offered catholics reduced time in purgatory for a faithful follow perhaps the best shout out came from the treat of god who outed pope francis is either world's coolest pope or the world's most conservative hippie . well i'm not sure that's entirely accurate i did find a few quotes from the holy bishop to give you an idea of where you stand on the real issues on women in the church and in society pope francis said quote the feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions the challenge is this to think about the specific place of women also in those places where the authority of the church is.