absolutely on our chief. u.n. security council agrees a deal on syria's chemical disarmament and the permanent members reaching a consensus the first time since the start of the bloody conflict vote is expected on friday. greenpeace campaigners will remain in custody for two months to board an. investigative activists could be charged with piracy. in the poll suggests the majority in britain support a ban on women covering up using. the bait. clothing.

and. carried out. the un security council's permanent members have finally agreed on a draft resolution that would read syria of its chemical weapons the document imposes legally binding obligations on all parties of the syrian conflict and the penalties for noncompliance will not be automatic is a nice way with the details of an agreement being seen as a landmark diplomatic breakthrough. that it's 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 reached an agreement on thursday over the wording of 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 but would need to be reviewed and put to

a vote if that becomes the case his foreign minister sergei lavrov is a 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 in the case of its reach 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 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 when jean per year from the antiwar coalition says the agreement on syria's disarmament

doesn't mean similar diplomatic successes should be expected. to get shows there were 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 and. that happening and try to deepen the conflict over there was it 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 you see that the syrian regime has been far more willing than does 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 there is

a bargain particularly after they so enthusiastically pursued the russian proposal for a diplomatic solution of a conflict in syria is also the focus of the latest edition of heroin r.t. so if there were not such talks to lebanon's ex chief to discuss how the long lasting conflict is affecting his country. syria shattered into pieces the wall has left nothing intact little remains of the peaceful past little camp for a peaceful future. as rebels fights the government and each other the ones who suffer the people. how does it feel to share the border with such a neighbor. to lebanon's ex chief commander. in

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 american secretary of state and his arabian counterparts met face to face as part of seven nation talks on reviving stalled negotiations over tehran's nuclear ambitions to bring in foreign minister said his country is hoping a deal on the contested issue come made within a year the u.s. and british diplomats raising the total spirit of the meeting. he said sanctions against tehran led counterproductive and expressed a hope it would be lifted in the near future earlier the u.s. warned there would be no major concessions on sanctions until tehran makes its nuclear plant and completely transparent but despite this apparent clash of opinions experts say the newly adopted approach of reconciliation is bearing fruit . around feared in fairly comfortable position and they

felt that the policy of. the previous i thought of mr rouhani was not tell. it 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 has waged a war against it it has verified it is devolution 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. british judge who ordered that a woman could not testify in court while wearing a muslim veil covering her whole face except her eyes this fuel debate on a recent poll that suggested that sixty seven percent of britons support a ban on muslim women covering their faces and he has been to gauge public opinion

in london when 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 by 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 dress were doing or worse he should have been wearing i don't mean they should be honored 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 a law for example airports or even just shop which places would be 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 don't want to speak just ice or to talk about the issue i'm joined by columnist and be live from danny could be that france and belgium have imposed a blanket bans on the cab in public spaces that 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 the banning itself is an assault against fundamental human rights but surely this isn't 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 resident restrictions against in the curb in certain situations like you've just pointed out and but we are talking about is the expression of prejudice against a religion. there's a tiny minority of women wearing the niqab know that it would be ridiculous to legislate against an entire religion effectively nebular and 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 pushing for london i'm poly . britain is not the only country pulled into a debate over muslim clothing in recent years a number of european states have moved to prohibit the full face veil takes a look now. 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 the maximum punishment could result in a seven day jail term similar about on face covering in public is to become effective this year in the netherlands home to roughly million muslims although scholars say out of that number only a few hundred women wearing the cobs of 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 to be bounded 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 outline the carbs and workers as well as head scarves for muslims but who knows 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 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 to. against the need for all due respect the law. coming out the

bolivian president calls for a trial against barack obama. in an interview to the spanish channel that are more on his explains why he thinks the should be court for crimes against humanity. plus the euro skeptics on one side of brussels and on the other. feels the pressure to take more radical steps to combat climate climb all that and more coming up. the inevitability of blowback in the perverse logic of terrorism ever since the us embarked on its so-called war on terror acts of terror and terrorist networks of political rated the recent deadly massacre in kenya is a case in point so is washington's anti-terrorist strategy that is worse than the disease. sigrid lumbered surely to

mccurry was to build a new most sophisticated. fortunately doesn't sound anything too much mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans in. this is why you should care only. critic three. three. three. three. three. three. video for your media project free media r t dot com. the russian court has ordered that twenty two people arrested during a greenpeace protest in the arctic last week should remain in custody pending an

investigation and other aid campaigners are to be held for three days until the next hearing when the activists were detained the board of greenpeace vessel after attempting to scale an oil platform in protest at drilling in russian waters chicanos more. twenty two people who are on board the arctic sunrise will remain in jail for the next two months says 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 and according more mind school will decide what to do with the other eight members of the crew on board the greenpeace ship with their words 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 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 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 minimize the damage to the environment and the russian president was asked about the detained activist and t. said to of course they are not pirates but he said greenpeace had clearly violated

international law by sending activists from the shipping inflatable boats to try to coordinate the russian oil clock for the president suggested that the activists should choose other forms of dialogue. but it's not turning green peace activists who are being detained russian media staging a protest for refusing to publish images for a day after a russian photographer was arrested along with others on the ship that's all web site r.t. dot com to find out. just so we have the story of a u.s. soldier who's launching a campaign for afghan interpreter american visa revoked on t.v. is of service one sidedness troops.

so. addressing the u.n. general assembly in new york with libya's present ever miranda's off of iraq a ballot to be put on trial for crimes against humanity blaming him for aggressive foreign policy r.t. spanish channel managed to speak to him shortly after his call and here's what he said. i want to remind you all that when obama was elected president has said that his aim was to end all wars and things will join in time of his presidency remember the words on. libya for instance u.s. organized an outrageous military intervention that was followed by the killing of the country's president and after that libya's oil wells are forming under their control they financed rebels to fight against the rulers and don't support imperialism and capitalism on top of that they run a worldwide surveillance network we need to establish a court where world powers and international human rights organizations take the rule of 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 willing 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 some other world news in brief for us our more than twenty people are feared trapped under collapsed five story building. rescuers are trying to reach those still thought to be inside at least seven people have already been pulled out of the rubble and in june at least five people were killed in a three story building fell down such instances are not uncommon and often due to core standards of construction. two blasts of rock to a busy street in yemen's capital sanaa will be at least twenty people who was hurt in the first explosion off to a crowd began together the second bomb went off injuring bystanders comes just days

off the nation's president vowed to eradicate terrorism and has been plagued by turmoil since twenty eleven of the kind is broad seize control of some towns and surrounding areas in the south of the country. in kenya militants from the islamist movement of time to towns on the border with somalia these three people have been killed including two police officers a smaller based group which was. running out of the message that attacks would continue until kenyan troops withdrew from the country. and his routine presence in somalia in the suit of us about violence has picked up in today's cross-talk program which the debates in just a couple of minutes but here's a preview. i think we have to look at this in two ways first hold as a somali issue going on here and then there's an international issue if you look at

the statement made by about the westgate tuck one thing was kenyans you better get out of somalia your face more than this and the second thing was the international community you've got to stop supporting the kenyans and supporting the others in fighting in in somalia we are meddling and somalia targeted assassinations air strikes drone strikes all of affected to billions there. they've scattered islamic groups but also created new ones and clothing al shabaab so yeah the idea of blowback here is a surprise we are we are seeing. the remnants or the outgrowth of what our policy the united. in the last twelve years they're. combating industrial decline while boosting economic growth a french government faces

a tough agenda in the coming years as president alone tries to maneuver his country out of financial turmoil and pressure is coming from both brussels on berlin to make sure he fulfilled his promises skepticism that's also has a story. that's you know where your promises are in the long run. the boiling over frustrate caught on camera priority is employment we need to eat but at this point the bad news no longer come a surprise to many french popular self-styled mr normal condemned for having no power to stop economic uncertainty from becoming the new normal the result of this poll don't be eleven percent of the french think their economy will prove over the next twelve months running out of economic admission that along recently unveiled a three point five billion injection into thirty four key sectors hoping to spur a third industrial revolution that the same time cut eighteen million euros from

next year's budget still. ordinary people have managed to survive the crisis because france has been a rich country for the past ten twenty thirty years and older generations are proportionally more money than the younger ones so in a family the transfer phenomenon is common meaning the grandparents are helping their grandchildren finance the study but we can't go on like this for much longer . and there's your skepticism it's rises reflected not just in opinion polls but increasingly in the election outcomes as well as i asked the president to hold a referendum in january two thousand and fourteen and i asked the french do they want to stay in the european union do they want to stay with their pre-born. 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 of apra long socialist party attacked merkel and her selfish intransigence and called for a confrontation with germany over policy or if. it was if the economic situation in france dramatically worsens compared to germany it will take france from a different political course that diverged from the german one this will create a complicated conflict inside the e.u. that happens. on a collision course that will want to see over the other state a little bit kind of germany itself is dealing with a growing add to your frustration over having to bailout the naturally on healthy neighbors. seem to stick to germany only because an anglo merkel never said

publicly the front lawns with something you're. not yet at least to us are still your r t paris. right next to it so cross talk us people about in this guests discuss u.s. policy in african nations think. about anyone who lives in the united states knows a few people or just dismal geography a certain small percentage of the country just can't get the care of those above us but how port is. in geography anyways what one author on the washington post blogs recently wrote that knowing geography really doesn't matter that much he was writing in response to the game where is damascus which challenges people to find syria's capital on a blank map he said that whether americans can find syrian

a map doesn't affect the wisdom of a punitive strike meant to uphold international norms against the use of chemical weapons and often disasters draw our attention to places we'd never heard of before like pearl harbor or columbine or syria but let's look at this way i don't exactly know where persons kidneys are or how exactly they work so by all normal logic that means i'm not qualified to have an opinion about whether we should remove john doe's kidneys my opinion doesn't count because i am kidney ignorance so if you know so little about syria that you can't even find it on a map then you are more likely to believe from a guy in a suit on t.v. that there must be an intervention to save the people there you have no idea who they are or why they are suffering or how to save them but gosh darn it that intervention sounds nice knowing at least where a country is on the map is the first step in building in informed opinion but that's just my opinion.

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered peter lavelle the inevitable idiot blowback in the perverse logic of terrorism ever since the us embarked on its so-called war on terror acts of terror and terrorist networks of political rated the recent deadly massacre in kenya is a case in point so is washington's anti-terrorist strategy like a cure that is worse than the disease.

to stop the war on terror i'm joined by richard barrett a new york he is the senior vice president at the soufan group in washington we have kelly she's a journalist at antiwar dot com and in san francisco we cross is steven zoon as he is the chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it kelli if i go to you first you know thinking about kenya when i look think about kenya i think well what what everything that went wrong in somalia so somalia is broken and now we have these other groups which many would say american policy and western policy in somalia generated these groups and now it's spreading further as i said is the cure worse than the disease here when we look at the war on terror. well let's consider for a moment what's been going on for the last twelve years in somalia we've had cia covert operations we've had joint special operations command forces doing covert

operations we've had private contractors. military operating in somalia since nine eleven they've been conducting targeted assassinations air strikes drone strikes all of affected to billions they're. they've scattered. groups but also created new ones and clothing al shabaab which has been which has taken responsibility for what happened in kenya. the united states has worked with ethiopia and kenya to bring invading forces into somalia which have been responsible for brutal human rights violations create the united states has created an intelligence infrastructure in somalia the notorious jail or prison interrogation center in at the airport there as reported by jeremy scahill in which they have assisted somali government officials in and.