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a. landmark unity on syria the u.n. security council adopted a resolution to rid the war torn country of its chemical weapons after weeks of intense talks first major diplomatic breakthrough in years. but the right to host the twenty twenty two world cup is questioned reports of the abuse and deaths of migrants working to build new facilities and conditions some are comparing to slavery. under the british public weary of warfare and coffins returning from the battlefield the government seeks ways to win support for future campaigns without outraging the nation.
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on line twenty four hours a day without. un security council has unanimously back to resolution requiring syria to eliminate its chemical weapons and documents put together by russia and america imposes a binding obligations on all parties of the syrian conflict but does not authorize immediate use of force for noncompliance report not reports on a landmark vote in the read diplomatic breakthrough. this breakthrough marks the first time the united nations security council has agreed on a binding document concerning syria the resolution unanimously adopted by the council requires the verification and destruction of syria's chemical weapons stockpile however while it doesn't mention chapter seven towards the end of the document it does not indicate that immediate use of force would be allowed that this is something that russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov explained in detail
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while addressing the security council with but. the resolution does not fall under chapter seven of the un charter and does not alive the ultimate use of force because the body reaffirms the agreement reached but the russian american meeting in geneva regarding violations as well as the use of chemical weapons by anyone will have to be carefully investigated by the security council of the united nations. will stand ready to take action under chapter seven of these in charge or any incident which is considered a violation of the resolution will have to be approved one hundred percent before any action is taken the resolution also calls for the convening of the geneva two peace talks which u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon says could happen as soon as november the geneva two is where the syrian government and opposition are supposed to come to the table together to negotiate a peaceful path towards their future and ultimate end to the two and
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a half year civil war taking place in that country russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says that the syrian opposition as well as the government is applied to comply with all measures in the security council resolution that's used in his opening of the responsibility for implementing this resolution lies not only with the government of syria according to the demands of the u.n. security council the syrian opposition will also have to cooperate with you and. experts. in the meantime u.s. secretary of state john kerry said the precedent setting resolution shows that powerful diplomacy can peacefully disarm the worst weapons however during his address to the security council secretary kerry reminded members that the use of force against syria is an option that u.s. president barack obama continues to keep on the table reporting from new york marina port r.t. speaking just before the vote at the u.n.
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general assembly russia's foreign minister called for collective global leadership his comments came after president obama just a few days before on the same stage spoke about what he called america's exceptionalism explaining why washington felt compelled to engage in other states affairs my colleague kevin owen discussed this with geo political analyst eric draitser let's first of all listen to what a bomb had to say at the u.n. general assembly if we would be forever i believe america must remain engaged for our own security i also believe the world is better for some may disagree but i believe america is exceptional. part because we have shown a willingness through the sacrifice of blood and treasure to stand up not only for our own narrow self-interest but for the interests of all well obama says the u.s. has quote a responsibility to act but of course it begs the question does not guarantee it's always going to responsibly i think that we should be very cautious about this
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so-called american exceptionalism what obama is asserting is a long standing principle not only within the political establishment of the united states but within the very psyche of the american people that somehow we're better that somehow we're exceptional and obama is attempting to use that rhetoric as a way of putting himself on a moral high ground above putin above the chinese above any of the so-called troublemakers in the un security council so while it looks to the rest of the world that the united states is a belligerent actor when it comes to syria obama is essentially asserting that no no we are moral we are just and we are righteous welty is spoken to syria's foreign minister who share these concerns of what's happening at the u.n. . that can we can. we are worried that. they do also chemical weapons and they want to use it.
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to show. that syria is not committed to its commitments they can watch the whole interview with syria's top diplomats on our website. twenty twenty two world cup hosts qatar is mired in scandal it's under fire following reports of migrant workers in construction projects being abused the mistreatment has been compared to slavery and has led to dozens of deaths football's governing body fever has expressed concern at the revelations and the u.n. agency said qatar is violating international law on the use of forced labor this coupled with the prospect of the qatari switching the world cup to winter because the summer heat has triggered calls to strip the gulf state of the event altogether he spoke to the general secretary of the international trade union confederation that's leading a campaign against migrant worker abuse. her life state that. extreme
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thing to say i know in the twenty first century but that's the reality workers exploited from the moment they are forced to pay money to recruitment agencies in nepal or india philippines other a general rafiq a night and they sign a contract they go to the tower often the context torn up and they paid as little as four hundred dollars a month. the skilled workers they are forced to live in squalor nobody has been to those labor camps where you have i ten twelve sometimes more to a room would accept and certainly no c.e.o. would accept their son or daughter living in those conditions then of course i often abused underpaid the work is dangerous more than one worker a day will die and guitar and yet even if they want to leave they can't leave the country because they're basically the owner they are owned by the employer who has
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to sign an exit visa or in data transfer of working right help their part passports are often held against the law it's appalling it's appalling and frankly it could be fixed we've offered the government solutions they have no political will to fix it. laden make aid from anti slavery international says he hopes the prospects of the well being taken away force the qatari government to improve its human rights record i suspect the core issue here is risk. truly the government of qatar doesn't care about those who are in so it's appalling situation and that's at the core of a lot of contemporary slavery issues just like i said i mean i don't want to see a boycott i don't want to see qatar being stripped of the world cup i would like to see the world cup being used as a mechanism to change not country noted that the world cup imperative is a problem free for and indeed upon the rest of the world to insist that this world cup is not constructed on slavery and it's relatively straightforward to change
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that system which facilitates forced labor and slavery we think at heart is the legal system of qatar particularly in relation to migration immigration law there that needs to be fundamentally changed its own way and actually some of the best people who nepal produces bria from patients people for themselves and their families and yet it's those those really are human attributes was the thing that would render them vulnerable to this sort of exploitation so if there's freedom of association of those workers i think you could see them establishing much better working conditions on the for themselves but if qatar does not introduce the fee for should walk away. well coming up europe may have a common currency but has no common opinion about the parliamentary election in australia less than twenty four hours away from the kind of new political party which thinks the new if something doesn't make sense. also this radical
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religion is brewing in ukraine and it's reportedly providing this means to fighting the syrian civil war wound up later in the program. the first time in over thirty is the leaders of the u.s. and iran have spoken directly to each other on a conversation on the phone that president obama expressed hope a solution could be reached over tehran's nuclear ambitions i never he said success was not guaranteed and that the u.s. would continue to work closely that saddam is including israel israel is skeptical about iran's less confrontational approach at the u.n. general assembly prime minister netanyahu urged the west not to trust her on anything it's something stands as a smokescreen to pursue nuclear weapons some experts also believe the path to a settlement looks past from actually a run but within america author and historian joel horn told r.t. that their influence on the president might be decisive. the united states needs
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iran to help it pull out successfully from afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen recall that in two thousand and one the iranians were very helpful to then u.s. president george w. bush in terms of helping to dislodge the taliban from power around can also be helpful with regard to the crisis in iraq with bombings at a level not seen since two thousand and six and two thousand and seven the problem is that the israeli lobby in the united states is very powerful not least in mr obama's own democratic party coalition and it is no secret that mr netanyahu the prime minister of israel is itching to launch military strikes against iran nuclear facilities given such pressures it's unclear how these diplomatic talks will turn out. so while the u.s. presence might be suggesting a compromise are there all these officials not giving up on the hostility just let alone to a website called find out why the us the truth is accusing iran of being behind the
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bounds of a cyber attack on the american navy. spying in the name of public security and sometimes in the name of love employees from the scandal head n.s.a. have been caught using their position to keep an eye on boyfriends and girlfriends get the details online. international news coming your way off the break started out. dramas that can't be ignored. to. stories others who refuse to notice. the faces change the world writes never. so picture of today's leaves no longer from around the globe.
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more acceptable the military has come up with a list of recommendations to ease the nation's war fatigue and drum up support for military campaigns ortiz or smith examines the methods being looked at. how to sell a war to a british public that's not buying that's the topic of the latest study by the ministry of defense reacting to what the paper calls a wrong assumption that the british people has become risk averse in a nutshell the paper says it's not the people don't want war it's that they don't understand how it will benefit them so in an effort to explain war better the think tank make some recommendations. make a large investment into drone suggesting that if people in foreign countries they killed at arms length the british public mind so much second use more contractors aka must raise rather than british soldiers to lessen worries about casualties. more special forces soldiers because apparently the last of elite soldiers doesn't
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have such an impact on the public because that role is perceived as inherently more risky and full something military families are already calling disgraceful reduce the profile of repatriation ceremonies for sessions of hearses carrying coffins straight to the union jack when bodies are brought back from afghanistan. but a war weary british public isn't keen on having its opinion swades and is particularly adamant about keeping repatriation the ceremonies in the public. saying there should be respected for what they've done and we should be aware that it was just more just a. little. thing they can do. publish to write. a thing basically fish shouldn't be going to war so it's really trying to avoid war rather than try to make it sound it makes an interesting
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way the paper appears prescient as it was written before the british parliament voted against getting involved in syria under the immense weight of public opinion but. it seems unlikely that the public will be manipulated into supporting conflict quite easily and even the ministry of defense admits that the current version to war is the result of a people that's better informed and an opposition that's more sophisticated. reporting their own not to some other world news this out in bahrain the largest our government protesters in months remain peaceful is what some reports of clashes between police and demonstrators insofar as he's the only fresh person so the rest of prominent opposition figure next and. earlier this month on charges for inciting violence majority share gulf state rule bus to the monarchy has been plagued by all the rest since a spring uprising was crushed by the government. anti government
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discontent has been sparked by fuel price hikes in synagogue and calls getting louder for the president to step down in country's capital khartoum police used tear gas to disperse the crowds after being attacked with stones and mr roger it's one of the human rights groups at least fifty people killed during nationwide on arrest this week activists claim an actual number is one hundred. lashes between muslim brotherhood supporters and residents of magic second largest city alexandria have left dozens of people injured locals threw stones at the brotherhood members who were demanding that ousted president morsi be reinstated the group was recently banned by the courts thinking i'm going to try to enter through the countries in the government. rescue troops in pakistan's earthquake hit southwest are struggling to reach some areas because of militant rocket attacks on helicopters officials have called on insurgents fighting for independence from pakistan to stop their assaults so food and supplies can be
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provided to the quake victims and five hundred people fought and died. austria's elections are something of a rarity in europe because they're being held against the background of a relatively stable economy even so some still believe the nation should give up the euro polls suggest one third of foster ins could vote for parties who want to break up the currency union of its own spoke to the head of one of those parties which has received personal endorsements the likes of bill clinton. the latest polling information ahead of sunday's election here in austria suggests that the country will see a return of the so-called grand coalition between the social democrats and the conservative people's party however this election has seen a rise in the amounts of people turning towards euro skeptic parties now to talk a little bit more about that i'm joined by the founder of one of those here a skeptic parties mr frank thanks very much for talking to me why has your
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skepticism called the imagination in austria we are nuts get this i mean this. i'm very much for european unity and so on which is always thought that come with currency doesn't make sense it's economic and not viable and all the science at that doesn't work now do you think that brussels currently has too much say over the sovereignty of nations like austria while a candid. perrie's in. each country because each country has a certain culture for and that's in thousands a year as a and each country must. govern down destiny and but on the other hand european unity would be that people can move freely around and products could be moved around freely but again the currency it just doesn't work now how important to the rest of the e.u.
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is they selection taking place in austria well. i don't think we will get a majority at this time but we have set principles and doors would be tax reforms and parliamentary reforms and. parliamentary reform so we hope to reduce the power of politicians and that citizens representatives will have more say in cover. thank you very much for talking to me frank stronach the founder of team strong uk policy running in this year's austrian elections. you cannot catch up with the latest financial headlines later this hour in the concert reports but to here's a preview of what's to come. ben moshe. the insurance giant which took eighty five billion bailout money from the american taxpayer said that congressional outrage at the ensuing bonuses paid to these
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executives in a failed fraudulent phony financial products unit was quote just as bad as the deep south lynching that cracker on wall street sees a kinship with the way blacks were lynched you know here's what i think black america should do in light of this revelation they should demand reparations for having built the united states of america they are owed by some calculations that this was an issue a few years ago five to seven trillion dollars in cash right now black america this cracker thinks you're not worth it is suffering of taking billions in bonus money is equivalent to you building guitar culture that he now profits from i'm a victim i was the first of billions of dollars of bonuses on the other victim i can't stand
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it just. well as soon investor to ukraine says a number of ukrainians are fighting alongside all rebels in his country and supported some all members of his material and google isn't just a movement that wants to unite home was the wild let's see how some scheme has been to ukraine to take a closer look to it is of the organization that. in the town of butcher said i all that's left as a reminder of the crimean tatars glory days built centuries before the tar's were deported by joseph stalin in the 1940's and repaired treated with the u.s.s.r. still aps far healthier century they spent in exile the crimean thoughts are seven inhabiting the crimean peninsula for more than sixteen hundred years at some point they even had a powerful state of their own part of the osmond empire and there are those who are clearly unhappy with the current state of things. has the information office of the
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he is would create a party in ukraine which officially opened in june he points at the global research action of islam and says the time has come to rebuild the global islamic state the holy father than that and the same. we as an organization work on establishing islamic states only in muslim countries like turkey pakistan syria cetera in ukraine russia and european states were not working on changing governments there are calls in our books to establish the calyx thought but we always stress it must be done in a peaceful way. but not everyone seems to be buying that in several states including russia and germany his book is considered a terrorist organization and its biggest on for example authorities claim the party was driving force of the bloodletting two thousand five hundred on riots recently he's booked ugly to showcase their expanding following in ukraine at several thousand strong rally in crimea. they say if you're a muslim you must join us and fight infidels and infidel governments ukraine russia
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the usa if you're not with us then you'll be worse than the infidel must be killed to goals and not the enlightenment of muslims their goals geo political and many unemployed young people fall for their ideas they have already been presidents of underground terrorist cells uncovered and busted by ukraine's security service during the most recent. grade explosives and extremist books were discovered some of those had come directly from current war zones as authorities have evidence of at least four hundred fifty crimean santarus fighting in syria on the rebel side investigative journalist. says this spells trouble not only for crimea but for the whole region it was like. we knew they used to go to the turkish part of cyprus supposedly study but in reality they went through combat training and now they have syria as a perfect boot camp and after they return they will be so skilled they could
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explode a powder keg here in crimea is like a breeding ground for such movements from here they are exporting to russia's caucasus turkey the ball garia and romania and we've got all sorts of radical sects here. nowadays there's still no ukraine corporately regulating religious sects and there is no legal definition of extremism there are worries now that if the authorities continue turning a blind eye to escalating religious activities in the peninsula one provocative spark like an international clash could easily deny a melting pot right next door to europe. reporting from crimea in ukraine. money's in around thirty minutes time up next it's the kaiser report stay with us.
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i bet 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 it the can of those above us but how porton is doing geography anyways well 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 serious capital on a blank map he said that whether americans can find here on 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 ignored so if you know so little about syria that you can't even find it on
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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. welcome to the kaiser report i max kaiser you know earlier this week but ben moshe c.e.o. of a.e.g. the insurance giant which took eighty five billion of bailout money from the american taxpayer said that congressional outrage at the ensuing bonuses paid to these executives in
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a failed fraudulent phony financial products unit was quote just as bad as the deep south lynching let me tell you something bob if financial products unit were indeed chased down by a crowd of angry taxpayers and defrauded investors wielding pitchforks and hangman's nooses as you suggest in your interview history could one day possibly look on this as an act of great injustice a stain on the soul of a population but violently repressed innocent bankers based simply on the color of their derivatives but i doubt it so you see what is going on here. max he's referring in particular to a i g's financial products unit the unit that is based here in london headed by cassano who member the whole bank went bust the insurance company went bust eighty five billion dollars and taxpayer so he was interviewed in
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the wall street journal and he suggested that when congress was against paying bonuses to this very unit here destroyed that insurance company well that was it could have lent to the lynching faced by african-americans in the south a i g c.e.o. robert benmosche compares bonus criticism to lynch mobs this is from matt of course who uses his unique way of describing the situation he says a.i.g. has a lengthy history of producing some of the biggest tools on wall street former c.e.o. morris hank greenberg was considered one of the world's preeminent unapologetic narcissist even before he sued the government for providing an insufficiently generous bailout joe cassano former chief of a i use financial products division was another first arrogantly blew off the accountants who warned him his portfolio of hundreds of billions of uncle lateralized bets might destroy the world and that secondly he appeared.
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