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the u.n. security council agrees a landmark deal on syria's chemical disarmament with permanent members reaching a consensus the first time since the start of the bloody conflict both expected on friday. greenpeace campaigns will remain in custody for two more months while their attempt to board an offshore russian investigative. could be charged with piracy. in the poll suggests the majority in britain support a ban on the burqa which covers a woman's entire body and the debates have a traditional muslim clothing sparks back into life.
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means a lot more twenty four hours a day this is out. the u.n. security council's permanent members have finally agreed on a draft resolution that would reduce syria of its chemical weapons document imposes legally binding obligations on all parties of the syrian conflict penalties for noncompliance will not be automatic. with the details of an agreement being seen as a landmark diplomatic breakthrough. started to work and rest ambassador to the u.n. has said that the council could vote on friday on this resolution the five permanent members of the u.n. security council reach an agreement on thursday over the wording of a binding and forcible text to eliminate syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons now the resolution doesn't allow for immediate chapter seven action of the u.n. charter which allows for military and nonmilitary action in case of noncompliance
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but would need to be reviewed and put to a vote if that becomes the case here foreign minister sergey lavrov is allusive go to the resolution that will be submitted to other u.n. security council members conforms to the geneva agreement on the destruction of syria's chemical weapons it does not provide for any chapter seven actions the resolution includes an agreement that was reached in geneva stating that the security council can go back to reviewing the resolution only in the case of a breach of its proceedings by any of the sides including the opposition or in the case of chemical weapons use by any side if that happens the council can act on those cases under chapter seven as well but only in accordance of the degree of that violation and if it is one hundred percent proof. now as the foreign minister mentioned the draft resolution backs the agreement reached in geneva regarding serious commitment to place its chemical weapons stockpile under international control if there's any violation by any party as the resolution calls on the
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opposition to assist in the disarmament process this is an important point for russia that both sides hold accountability and really this is a major breakthrough when you think about how less than a month ago it looked like russia and the u.s. would never agree and obama was ready to bomb damascus now with russia and the u.s. that put forward this resolution on syria and the steps to eliminate its chemical weapons and it's important to point out that it also endorses fully the. neiva communique which was put forward in june which for one that calls for all members all sides i should say in the syrian conflict to me as soon as possible to discuss a possible transitional government would have full executive power and that would be able to have members of the current government so really this is a breakthrough in the two and a half year both conflict and deadlock on the syrian crisis
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are huge in per year from the. says the agreement on syria is the solomons doesn't mean some of the diplomatic successes should be expected to get shows that we're turning towards a diplomatic solution at least on the issue of chemical weapons but the other issue that still remain outstanding is what will happen outside of the issue of chemical weapons will diplomacy be pursued by the united states or will they continue to find as they have the opposition or of the opposition it was still a day that happening and trying to deepen the conflict over there was another way i think certainly the security council reconvenes and this chemical weapons agreement is off track we could be in a place where we're going to happen again but i would like to hope that we see that the syrian regime has been far more willing the rebel forces to engage in diplomacy on many issues if you remember it was the syrian regime that accepted the russian and american proposal for the geneva two peace talks and the rebels that rejected it so i certainly think that despite what we hear in a lot of united states media there's no reason to think that syria won't hold up
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there is a bargain particularly after they so enthusiastically pursued the russian proposal very diplomatic solution for conflict in syria is also the focus of the latest edition of hair algae so if someone else talks to lebanon's ex army chief discuss how the long lasting cold it is affecting his country. syria shattered into pieces the wall has left nothing intact little remains peaceful past little camp for a peaceful future. as rebels fight the government and each other the ones who suffer the people. how does it feel to share the border with such a neighbor. lebanon commander. in
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another major breakthrough at the un general assembly us on a rainy officials held one of the highest level meetings in more than thirty years of frozen relations reichen the secretary of state an israeli and counterpart met face to face as part of nation talks on reviving the stalled negotiations over tehran's nuclear program reining in the foreign minister said his country's hoping a deal on the contested issue can be made within a year the u.s. and british diplomats praising the tone and spirit of the meeting also however called sanctions against iran counterproductive expressed they would be lifted in the near future earlier the u.s. warned it would be no major concessions on sanctions until tehran makes its nuclear program completely transparent despite this apparent clash of opinions experts agree the newly adopted approach of reconciliation is bearing fruit.
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iran fields in a fairly comfortable position and they felt that the policy of ahmadinejad the previous i said after mr rouhani was not tell helping at all from a legal standpoint iran feels that it has done everything it could and if there is anything it wants to gain public opinion it knows that the media is has waged a war against it it has verified it is that devilish it and it has portrayed it in a position of a threat to the international community now it is trying to make a case to the international public opinion and they have changed the tone. well coming up the bolivian president calls for a trial against barack obama and you are sounding to do to the young he's fun channel with more on his explains why he thinks the u.s. leader should be for crimes against humanity. plus euro skeptics on one
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side brussels on the other france feels the pressure to take more radical steps to combat economic. russian courters ordered twenty two people arrested during a greenpeace protest in the arctic last week should remain in custody pending an investigation another eight campaigns are to be held for three days until the next hearing when activists were detained last week aboard a greenpeace vessel after attempting to scale in the oil platform and protest a drilling in russian waters go to church account joins us now with more on this economy how is the situation developed so far tell us more well kerry as of now twenty two people who are on board the arctic sunrise will remain in jail for the next two months as investigation continues that's not a sentence that's basically time that the court gives for investigators to do their job and present their case there will be another hearing on monday as we understand
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and the court in more minds will decide what to do with the other eight members of the crew it would be safe to assume the same decision will be made with regard to those individuals russian investigators explained that the activist will not necessarily have to spend exactly two months in jail they could be released earlier it all depends on how fast the investigation goes the judge decided against releasing the individuals on bail citing a concern that they could leave the country before the investigation is over we know that the detained activists refused to ask the investigators questions invoking their right under the russian constitution to remain silent and not to testify against themselves on board the greenpeace ship that there were thirty people citizens of seventeen countries including. russia canada and the united states the captain of the ship is an american citizen they were all detained now the greenpeace activists so were detained last week having ignored russian authorities warnings while trying to climb the russian oil platform greenpeace says
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they acted in peaceful protest against oil drilling in the arctic russian authorities believe whatever their intentions the activists technically broke the law russian authorities maintain that the greenpeace international ship had ignored many warnings including not to enter the restricted northern sea route and that a decision was made to detain the activists when they started to climb the platform using ropes and grapples of course having carried out this protest greenpeace has drawn a lot of attention to their cause and some suggest they probably knew what to expect given all those multiple warnings even warning shots that were fired but the activists went on anyway possibly knowing how much public attention the action would generate especially ahead of the arctic conference this week where leaders of arctic nations experts with you know who together with experts from oil industry were discussing ways to explore the resources in the arctic as well as ways to
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minimize the damage to the environment and the russian president was asked about the detained activist and he said to me of course they are not high rates but he said greenpeace had clearly violated international law by sending activists from the ship in inflatable boats to try to coordinate the russian world clock for the president suggested that the activists should choose other forms of dialogue or take on the for now thank you for that update. follow him back with more news to soften breaks things. this point being an expensive car saloon. likes new clueless a new fashion show. also in designer bags and shoes in the best shop windows. but. luxury is
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the first. place. if. looking back now a british judge who ordered that a woman could not testify in court while wearing a muslim veil covering her whole face except her eyes as fuel debate
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a recent poll suggested that sixty seven percent of britons support a ban on the full body burka the point of oil has been to test public opinion in london on a subject which is proving highly divisive. two weeks ago students at a college in birmingham accused their teaches of religious discrimination when the college try to impose a ban on full face veils nine thousand students signed a protest petition and the ban was subsequently dropped but the war of opinions isn't dying down i don't think it helps their integration by using a full face veil you know as long as the face can be seen. to some extent you know expressions country a lot they shouldn't be judged because you can't see their faces just their religion and that's what you and us would do in the us he should have been wearing it on the mission banner so. it's up to the people or they were just any and like any other type of clothing yeah i think there should be
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a law for example airports or even just shop which places where the interact with people especially people who don't know this because it's it's very difficult to speak to buying the sort of surface you you want to speak to someone you know want to speak just starts to talk about the issue i'm joined by columnist and be live from danny to be there france and belgium have imposed a blanket bans on the cab in public spaces but britain prides itself on being a multicultural nation how do you think the government is supposed to respond on the issue here well the experience in france has proved to be a complete failure it has really pitted communities against each other and it has led crucially to an increase in the suspicion and indeed hatred against muslim communities and i firmly believe that it's not in the d.n.a. for me put it that way of the british. to indeed stifle liberties do so the banning itself is an assault against fundamental human rights but surely this isn't
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a religious issue this is a professional issue and surely there are some circumstances when a cab simply isn't appropriate for example when you're teaching children providing evidence in court or treating a patient in hospital i'm by no. means an advocate of the niqab and i do think that they should be raised restrictions against in the curb in certain situations like you've just pointed out and but we were talking about is the expression of prejudice against a religion. there's a tiny minority of women wearing the niqab and that it would be ridiculous to legislate against an entire religion effectively nabeel around any thank you very much for your comments well while britain prides itself on its individual rights and ethnic tolerance the debate is waging on and the government may find that it can no longer maintain an official silence on the issue putting from london. we issue of muslim clothing has also been an issue in the other european states
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recent years a number of countries on the continent have moved to prohibit the full face veil. who would have expected a dress code to become such a heated topic of political debate and yet the issue of the muslim veil and variations thereof has gripped not one not two but several european states france home to the largest muslim community in western europe with some five million followers became the first country to ban the full face veil in public places in two thousand and eleven a new woman breaking the rule faces a penalty of around one hundred fifty euro and a lesson in citizenship those forcing a woman to cover her face or looking at a much stiffer fine of up to thirty thousand euro neighboring belgium followed suit just months afterwards with a similar ban on the muslim veil that covers the full face though the fine here is slightly lower than maximum punishment could result in a seven day jail term a similar belen face covering in public is to become effective this year in the
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netherlands home to roughly a million muslims although scholars say out of that number only a few hundred women wearing the carbs are workers which either leave the eyes open or cover the entire face within three and three and a half million muslims live in germany the second largest islamic population in europe after france there is no universal ban here but this it has banded civil servants from wearing head scarves and veils following an eight year old ruling from the federal constitutional court which left the issue up to individual states to decide both in spain and italy moves have been made in the past to outlaw the carbs and workers as well as head scarves for muslims but in those both predominantly catholic countries supreme courts or legal ministers have thrown such propositions out citing them as unconstitutional and in the swiss country enough to chino two thirds of the population voted in favor of a ban on face covering veils and the ban is currently waiting approval by the
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federal parliament. these developments across the european continent are raising the question is there a broader clash with the liberal values themselves when the right to religious identity is spent against the need for all to respect the law or over to our website we have much more few to look at including making war more popular british minister of defense says it wants a more public support for future military operations with the use of bomb and money you. can store it on to dot com. bust the u.k. arrests a sixteen year old boy on suspicion of being involved in what's being called the biggest cyber attack in the history of the internet and the details online.
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bolivia's president says he's preparing of the lawsuit against barack obama at the international criminal court addressing the u.n. general assembly in new york at home or rather the us president should be tried for crimes against humanity and there's the u.n. to be relocated from america. spanish child managed to speak tomorrow is shortly after he made a statement and what he said. that. i want to remind you all that when obama was elected president has said that his aim was to end all wars but during a time of his presidency the number of wars only increased million libya for instance the us organized an outrageous military intervention that was followed by the killing of the country's president and after that libya's oil wells have fallen under their control they financed rebels that fight against the rulers and don't support imperialism and capitalism on top of that they run
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a worldwide surveillance network we need to establish a court where world powers and international human rights organizations take the room judges we need to file a collective lawsuit aimed at putting an end to this genocide i think that the threat exists for any country with vast natural energy resources especially oil and gas i understand that this is a direct threat to venezuela in order to secure energy resources for his own country obama will invade any other country but he's not the leader of the world or . now some other world news in brief two blasts rocked a busy street in yemen's capital sanaa wounding at least twenty people no one was hurt in the first explosion but after a crowd began to gather the second bomb went off injuring bystanders becomes just days after nation's president vowed to eradicate terrorism yemen has been plagued by turmoil since twenty revan kind his local branch seized control of some towns
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and surrounding areas in the south of the country. thousands of people have rallied to cross tunisia calling for the ruling is the mists to step down and hold elections protests was staged after the secular opposition claimed that talks that ending a political standoff you know little tensions in a country that was the birthplace of the arab spring have been on the rise since the assassination of a prominent position. on the islamist group that killed scores of people over ten more last friday there's now attacked two towns on the border of small at least three people have been killed including two police officers the smaller based group said in the message that attacks will continue to carry troops withdrew from somalia well today in his cross talk people have bello asks whether the u.s. has boosted terrorism in the region. but later but here's
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a quick preview. we are meddling and somalia which dates back to as stephen said before one thousand nine hundred ninety one before september eleventh has created not only a power vacuum but also a humanitarian crisis. and in a famine there add in a refugee crisis and i cannot say that the people there are any better the people are civilian casualties due to u.s. airstrikes civilian casualties due to to drones. invading forces coming in raping pillaging the fact that there is no stability in that country right now and we can look at other places nigeria congo libya. as well as mali and we can see that the islamist movements have been born with us.
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combating industrial decline and while boosting economic growth the french government faces a tough agenda in the coming years as president of the home tries to maneuver his country out of financial turmoil and pressures coming from both brussels and to make sure he fulfilled his promises made to grow new skepticism this also has the story. but. that's where your promises are in the long run. the boiling over frustration caught on camera priority is employment we need to eat but at this point the bad news no longer calm a surprise to many french popular self-styled mr normal condemned for having no power to stop economic uncertainty from becoming the new normal at the resentment
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is possible with only eleven percent of the french thinking their economy will improve over the next twelve months running out of economic and initiative at home a laundry simply unveiled a three point five billion injection into thirty four key sectors hoping to spur a third industrial revolution that the same time eighteen million euros from next year's budget so. for now ordinary people have managed to survive the crisis why because france has been a rich country for the past ten twenty thirty years and older generations have proportionately more money than the younger ones so in the family the transfer phenomenon is common meaning the grandparents helping their grandchildren finance their studies but we can't go on like this for much longer. and then there's euro skepticism it's rises reflected not just in opinion polls but increasingly in the election outcomes as well. so i ask the president to hold the referendum in january
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two thousand and fourteen and ask the french do they want to stay in the european union do they want to stay with this do they want european lewis to be stronger than national laws. it is right here that decisions on everything from public finances investment unemployment and the euro zone are debated and made the problem seems to be that there are more debates then decisions prompting the french foreign minister to say that this place needs a boss but france cannot afford to stall as french president francois hollande is still under great pressure from berlin and brussels to deliver on his economic promises in a draft text in april alone socialist party attack merkel and her selfish intransigence and called for a confrontation with germany over policy. if the economic situation in france dramatically worsens compared to germany it will take some different political course that will divert from the german one this will create
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a complicated conflict inside the e.u. if that happens tensions will get. a collision course that will rock it already unstable and as germany itself is dealing with a growing add to your frustration over having to bailout the naturally on healthy neighbors. we seem to stick to germany only because an anglo merkel never said publicly the front lawns with southern europe. not yet at least to us are cilia r.t.e. paris. coming up it's breaking the set. if
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you need to review the economic ups and downs in the find out problem month day the on the deal sang i and the rest because i think me a few will be every week on face. the media leave us so we leave the media privacy potions to cure. for your party years ago. where shoes that no one is that skin with the guests that you deserve answers from. politic only of our team. the inevitability of blowback in the person logic of terrorism ever since the us embarked on its so-called war on terror acts of terror in terrorist networks of political raided the recent deadly massacre in kenya is a case in point so is washington's anti-terrorist strategy that is worse than the disease.
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put it under control marginalized the polish face. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. most. of. what's up guys i'm out in martin and this is breaking the set so it looks like i might have broken a little bit too soon about the holy bishop so there's a few days.

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