the u.n. security council agrees a landmark deal in syria's chemical disarmament with permanent members reaching a consensus for the first time since the start of the bloody conflict a vote as expected on friday. greenpeace campaigners will remain in custody for two more months while the era tam to board an offshore russian oil rig is investigated the activists could be charged with piracy. and poll suggests the majority in britain support a ban on muslim women covering up using burkas in the cobs as the debate over traditional religious clothings sparks back into life.

to be out in moscow you're watching our team in the marina joshing welcome to the program the u.n. security council's permanent members have finally agreed on a draft resolution that would rid syria of its chemical weapons the document imposes legally binding obligations on all parties of the syrian conflict although panel these for noncompliance will not be automatic here's a nice in our way with the details of an agreement being seen as a landmark diplomatic breakthrough. and russian ambassador to the un 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 binding and forcible text to eliminate syria's. now the resolution doesn't allow for immediate chapter seven action of the un 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 here's foreign minister sergey lavrov is that 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 to go it does not provide for any truck or seven auctions 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 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 only in accordance of the degree of that violation and if it is one hundred percent proof if you knew he was screwed and 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 geneva 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 which 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. it's employer from the anti war answer coalition says the agreement on syria's

disarmament doesn't mean similar diplomatic success should be expected i think it shows that we're turning towards a diplomatic solution at least on the issue of chemical weapons but the other issue that still remains outstanding is what will happen outside of the issue of chemical weapons will doubtlessly be pursued by the united states or will they continue to fund as they have the opposition are in the opposition of silicate that happening and trying to deepen the conflict over there was in another way i think certainly is a cutie 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'd like to hope that that's the case 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 is why 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 while the conflict in syria is also the focus of the latest edition of sophie and co here on r t so he said we're not in talks to lebanon's x. army teeth 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 kept 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 we talked to lebanon's ex chief commander. i . mean another major breakthrough at the u.n. general assembly u.s.

and iranian officials held one of the highest level meetings in more than thirty years of frozen relations the american secretary of state and he's iranian counterpart met face to face as part of seven nation talks on refining stalled negotiations over to iran's nuclear ambitions there were any and foreign minister said he's country is hoping a deal on the contested issue can be made within a year when u.s. and british diplomats praising the tone and spirit of the meeting however he said sanctions against iran were counterproductive and expressed hope they would be lifted in the near future or earlier the u.s. warned there would be no major concessions on sanctions until to wrong makes its nuclear program completely transparent despite this apparent clash of opinions experts say the newly adopted approach of for conciliation is very fluid. around in comfortable position and they felt that the policy of. the previous

mr rouhani was not helping at all from a legal standpoint your own feels that it has done everything it could and if there is anything it wants to gain public opinion it knows that the need to wage a war against it has verified it is the revolution and it has portrayed the. 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. a british judge ordered that a woman could not testify in court while wearing a muslim veil covering her whole face except her eyes as fueled debate while a recent poll suggested that sixty seven percent of britons support a ban on muslim women covering their faces playboy. 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 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 i do and that's what they want to us he should have been wearing at any mission bonnet so. it's up to the people or they were it's just i mean and like any other type of clothing yeah i think there should be a law for example airports or even just shop which places where the interact with people especially people who don't know them 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 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 so 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 this should be raised restrictions against in the curb in certain situations like you've just pointed out and but we what we're talking about is the expression of prejudice against a religion. there's a tiny minority of women wearing the niqab that it would be you know ridiculous to legislate against an entire religion effectively nebular ramdani 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 reporting from london i'm poly. or britain is not the only country pulled into a debate over muslim closing in recent years a number of european states have moved to prohibit the full face veil it takes a look. could 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 ban on face covering in public is to become effective this year in the netherlands home to roughly a 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 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 this was country enough to cino 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 to respect the law.

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welcome back this is a 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 campaigners are to be held for three days until the next hearing the activists were detained aboard a greenpeace vessel after attempting to scale an oil platform in protest of drilling in russian waters are going to japan has more. as of now 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 the court the more minds 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 he said to me 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 george as the russian oil box for the president suggested that the activists should choose other forms of die. a lot. but it's not only greenpeace activists who are being detained russian media staging a protest by refusing to publish images for a day after russian photographer was arrested along with others on the ship so go to our website r.t. dot com to find out more plus we have the story of a u.s. soldier who is launching a campaign for a former afghan interpreter who had his american visa revoked after years of service alongside u.s. troops.

addressing the u.n. general assembly in new york believe u.s. president have a cold for barack obama to be put on trial for crimes against humanity blaming him for aggressive foreign policy channel managed to speak to him shortly after his comments well here's what he said. the. i want to remind you all that when obama was elected president his ability same was to end all wars and join in time of his presidency the number of wars only increased in 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 with 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 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. and if you watch the full interview with i believe in president our website for now though some other world news in briefs the number of people known to have been killed by an earthquake in southwest pakistan is now at least four hundred according to officials the seven point seven tremor which struck a remote mountainous area on tuesday has reportedly a left over one hundred thousand homeless many of those a fact that are also struggling to get access to food and water. more than twenty

five people are feared trapped under a collapsed five story building in mumbai rescuers are trying to reach those still thought to be inside at least seven people have already been pulled from the rubble in june at least five people were killed when a three story building fell down such incidents are not uncommon in india often due to poor standards of construction. two blasts have 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 it comes just days after the nation's president vowed to eradicate terrorism yemen has been plagued by turmoil since twenty one after al qaeda is local branch seized control of some towns and surrounding areas in the south of the country. in kenya militants from the islamist movement al-shabaab have attacked two towns on the border with somalia at least three people have been killed including two police

officers the somalia based group which killed scores of people adding their rabi mall last saturday said a message that attacks will continue until kenyan troops withdraw from the country and the role canny is military presence in somalia has played in the surge of al shabaab violence is explained in today's crossfire program so you can watch the full debate later today here in our team but here's a quick 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 attack one thing was kenyans you better get out of your face more than this and the second thing was the international community you better stop supporting the kenyans in supporting the others in fighting in in somalia we are meddling and somalia targeted assassinations air strikes drone strikes all over. affected to billions there. they've scattered.

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 states' policy is spend in the last twelve years there. combating industrial decline while boosting economic growth the french government faces a tougher janda in the coming years as president alond tries to maneuver his country out of financial turmoil and pressure is coming from both brussels and berlin to make sure he fulfills his promises i mean growing euro skepticism tests are silly it has a story. where your promises are. the boiling over frustrate caught on camera the 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 at the research with only eleven percent of the french thinking their economy will improve over the next twelve months running out of economic admission that home alone recently unveiled a three point five billion injection into thirty four key sectors hoping to spur a third industrial revolution. ordinary people have managed to avoid the crisis because france has been a rich country for the past twenty years and older generations are proportionally more money than the younger ones so if the transfer phenomenon is common meaning the grandparents are helping their grandchildren to study. for much longer. and then there's your skepticism is. rises reflected not just in opinion polls but

increasingly in the election outcomes as well. 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 this do they want european lula's to be stronger the national rules. it is right here the 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 tax in april alone socialist party attack merkel and her selfish intransigence and call for a confrontation with germany over policy or. if the economic situation in france

dramatically worsens compared to germany it will take france in a different political course that diverged from the german one this will create a complicated conflict inside the e.u. if that happens tensions will get worse on a collision course that will rock it's already unstable to boot and as germany itself is dealing with a growing add to your frustration over having to bailout the now actually on healthy neighbors. we seem to stick to germany only because anglo merkel never said publicly the front belongs with southern europe. not yet at least to us are cilia r.t. paris. this is the media leave us so we leave the media. by the sea motions to cure the play your part of the musical. question is that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on our t.v.

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choose the opinions that degrade to. choose the stories that impact your life choose me access to your office. what's up guys i'm out in martin and this is breaking the set so it looks like i might have spoken a little bit too soon about the holy bishop so just a few days ago i gave a big shout out to the new pope for having a fresh outlook on homosexuality in the role of women in the church the way to know it it was then revealed that pope francis has signed off on the excommunication of father greg reynolds from australia why because according to father reynolds he was founding a group called inclusive catholics that supported women's ordination and gay marriage so there's a major may a quota sorry guys should have known better than to praise the highest echelons of

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this week marks the sixty eighth general some believe the united nations in new york city it's an annual event where leaders from all over the world gather together to discuss diplomacy and global cooperation usually this meeting consists of nothing more than a lot of hot air and a lot of empty promises from heads of state this year however the climate is a little bit more strained see in the wake of the n.s.a. leaks obama has made some moves that have humiliated latin america and now this region of the world and started to band together to stand up against and power from blanket spying on brazil to the forced grounding of bolivia's presidential plane tensions are coming to a head for me now to discuss the details artie's on the sauce and also one of the biggest headlines that come out of the u.n. g.a. is brazilian president rousseff rypien and in the u.s. can you talk about the main gist of her argument the third one abby you know the main point was the whole and it's a scandal it's definitely.