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landmark unity on syria the u.n. security council adopts a resolution to rid the water on country weapons after weeks of intense talks first a major diplomatic breakthrough in years. to host the twenty twenty two world cup it's questioned reports of the abuse and deaths of migrants working to build new facilities and completion 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 outraging the nation.
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around the clock this is. the u.n. security council has unanimously back to resolution requiring syria to eliminate its chemical weapons the document put together by russia and the us imposes binding obligations on all parties of the syrian conflict but does not authorize immediate use of force for noncompliance. reports to 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 this is
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something that russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov explained in detail while addressing the security council is that it's in your book but the movie resolution does not fall under chapter seven of the un charter and does not alive the automatic use of force it reaffirms the agreement reached at 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 you can see will stand ready to take action under chapter seven of the un charter 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 the 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
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together to negotiate a peaceful path towards their future and an ultimate end to the two and 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 this carry council resolution that's used in the zobel knew that the responsibility for implementing this resolution lies not only with the government of syria according to the demands of the u.n. security council syrian opposition of will also have to cooperate with the u.n. 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. r.t.
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speaking just before the vote at the u.n. general assembly russia's foreign minister called for collective global leadership these comments came after president obama just a few days before the same stage spoke about what he called america's exceptionalism explaining why washington the felt compelled to engage in other states affairs well you know my colleague kevin erin 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 before i believe america must engage for our own security but i also believe the world is better for some may disagree but i believe america is exceptional. in 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
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always going to responsibly think that we should be very cautious about this 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. well two years spoken to syria's foreign minister shared his concerns over what's happening at the u.n. . we called the chemical. but we are worried. the terrorist group also has chemical weapons and they
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want to use it. to show the west that syria is not committed to it. and. watch the whole interview with syria's top diplomats on our website r.t. dot com. twenty twenty two world cup host qatar is biden scandal is on the far following reports of migrant workers and construction projects being abused the mistreatment has been compared to slavery has led to dozens of deaths of football's governing body fever as expressed concern at the revelations and the u.n. agency said qatar is violating an international ban on the use of forced labor this coupled with the prospect of the qatari switching the world cup to winter because of the summer heat and who could cause to strip the gulf state of events altogether . the general secretary of the international trade union confederation that's
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leading a campaign against migrant worker abuse. guitar is a slave state that's. extreme 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 the paul or india to look paint other asian or african nations they sign a contract they go to capacity often the context torn up and they paid as little as four hundred dollars a month. many of them 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 this son or daughter living in those conditions then of course they are 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
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country because they're basically the owner that they're owned by the employer who has to sign an exit visa or in data transfer of working right here 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 where even the crane from nancy slavery international says he hopes the prospect of the world cup being taken away could 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 salmon 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 word cope being used as a mechanism to change not country know that the world cup imperative is upon feet
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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 the 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 thought needs to be fundamentally changed its own way and actually some of the best people who nepal produces brith on patients people for themselves and their families and yet it's those those really ababil 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 is no common opinion about the parliamentary election in austria less than four hours away look at
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a new political party that just thinks the euro simply doesn't make sense. also the radical religion is believing in ukraine and its reportedly providing mercenaries to fight in the syrian civil war or not thanks to the program. the first time in over thirty years the leaders of the u.s. and iran have spoken directly to each other or in a conversation on the phone president obama expressed hope a resolution could be reached over to iran's nuclear ambitions however he said success was not guaranteed that the u.s. would continue to work closely with its allies including israel the israelis are skeptical about iran's less confrontational approach at the u.n. general assembly prime minister netanyahu urged the west not to trust iran in its softening stance as a smokescreen to pursue nuclear weapons some experts also believe the path to a settlement could be blocked by a strong anti around lobby within america author and historian joe horn told r.t.
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that their influence on the president might be decisive. united states needs 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 the then u.s. president george w. bush in terms of helping to dislodge the taliban from power iran 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 pressure it's unclear how these diplomatic talks will turn out. the u.s.
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president might be suggesting a compromise with iran as officials are not giving up on their hostility just yet welcome to a website called. on the u.s. military's accusing about being behind a cyber attack on the american navy. spying in the name of public security sometimes in the name of love employees from the scandal had been using. boyfriends and girlfriends and the details on. the international news coming your way after the break. on the money with the business of russia.
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more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing up for a shelter on the day. the
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island is so small but for me it's the center says the center of the universe. on a tiny island the size of a football field in the middle of a lake stands a ruined monastery forty years ago two lovers decided to spend their honeymoon here . they have no idea that the island would change their lives forever and that they would change the fate of the island. never seen anything like this before the busy in the coming months. in the borders of ice is grown in just one hour and it's only the beginning. mercenaries drones and commando forces u.k.'s possible solutions to make war more acceptable the military has come up with
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a list of recommendations to ease the nation's war fatigue and drum up support for military campaigns auntie's 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 makes some recommendations for us to make a large investment into drones suggesting that if people in foreign countries they killed at arms length the british public mind so much second use more contractors a.k.a. must raise rather than british soldiers to lessen worries about casualties. use 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 their 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 opinions swayed 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 people. whose only thing they can do is. publish to write any move possible should be. a thing basically fish should be going to war so it's really trying to avoid war rather than try to make it sound it
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makes an interesting way the paper appears prescient because it was written before the british parliament voted against getting involved in syria under the immense weights 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. or smith reporting there well now to some other world news in bahrain the largest anti-government protest in months remained largely peaceful despite some reports of clashes between police and demonstrators tens of thousands of fresh protests the rest of them in a position to go next to him. earlier this month in charges for inciting violence majority shia gulf state in the monarchy has been plagued by an arrest says an arab spring uprisings by the government. wanting government
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discontent has been sparked by fuel price hikes and dawn calls getting louder for the president to step down the country's capital khartoum police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and arrested hundreds of stones from different rights groups to plead with them through their nationwide on rest this week activists claim the actual number is one hundred. lashes between muslim brotherhood supporters and residents in egypt second largest city an example of the dozens of people injured who threw stones or other members demanding the ousted president stated group was recently banned by the courts only true kudos to the three countries in the government. and 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
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independence from pakistan to stop their assaults so that food and supplies can be provided to the quake victims more than five hundred people have died. austria's elections are something of a rarity in europe because they're being held against the background of a relatively stable economy this year the vote has been spiced up but in a turned politician who's running for a chance that wants an end to bailouts and single currency he's all of us spent eighty one year old newcomer frank stronger party has received person indorsements the likes of former u.s. president 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 amount of people turning towards euro skeptic parties now to talk
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a little bit more about that i'm joined by the founder of one of those euro skeptic parties mr frank thanks very much for talking to me why has your skepticism caught the imagination in austria we are nuts get this for me. i'm very much for european unity and so on which is always thought that common currency doesn't make sense it's economically 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 well it doesn't work. for the shame perrie's in. each country because each country has a certain culture for hundreds and thousands a year. and each country must. govern down destiny. but on the other hand the european unity would be. people can move freely around and products could be moved around freely
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but again the currency just doesn't work now how important to the rest of the e.u. is this selection taking place in austria. well. i don't think we will get a majority at this time but we have set principles and tax reforms and parliamentary reforms and. in to parliamentary reform so we hope to reduce the power of politicians and. citizens representatives will have more say in government thank you very much for talking to me frank stronach there the founder of teen stronach party running in this year's austrian elections. the latest financial headlines they did today in the car is a report it's a preview for you but ben c.e.o.
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of a i'd seen 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 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 and this was an issue a few years ago five to seven trillion dollars in cash right now black america this cracker thinks you are not what it is suffering of taking billions in bonus money is equivalent to you building into our country that he now profits from i'm a
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victim i was i'm a force to billions of dollars of people this is all me all the victim oh i can't stand it i'm being lynched. the syrian ambassador to ukraine this is a number of ukrainians are fighting alongside rebels in his country and supported some members of his but yeah and google is mr movement that wants to unite the whole it was going wild when xers are ski has been to ukraine to take a closer look at the activities of when i say shit that. alice in the town of book she said i all that's left as a reminder of the crimean tatars glory days built centuries before the towers were deported by joseph stalin in the one nine hundred forty s. and repaired treated with the u.s.s.r.'s collapse far healthier century they spent in exile the crimean starts 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
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clearly unhappy with the current state of things have had the information office of the he is create a party in ukraine which officially opened in june he points at the global resurrection of islam and says the time has come to rebuild the global islamic state the early front. 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 kali 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. is considered a terrorist organization in its biggest on for example authorities claim the party was driving force of the bloodletting two thousand five hundred on riots recently he is with darkly to showcase their expanding following in ukraine at several
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thousand strong rally in crimea. they say if you're a muslim you must join us and fight infidels and infidel governments ukraine russia the usa if you not with us then you'll be worse than the infidel and must be killed to their 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 security service your. in 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 tanaris fighting in syria on the rebel side investigative journalist. says this spells trouble not only for crimea but for the whole region was like this for the present we knew they used to go to the turkish part of cyprus to supposedly study but in reality they went through combat training
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now they have syria as a perfect boot camp and after they return they will be so skilled they could explode a powder keg here crimea's like a breeding ground for such movements from here or there exported to russia's caucasus turkey bowl garia and romania and we've got all sorts of radical sects here. nowadays there's still no law in ukraine property 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 ignite a melting pot right next door to europe. reporting from crimea in ukraine. well ahead big finance on a different perspective for the world economy and on the money stay with us.
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the mcmillian family in canada has decided to defy time itself and keep their family trapped in one thousand nine hundred six sort of like new age amish but only for one year and not their whole lives so they live in one nine hundred six the family forbids the use of any technology developed after the mid eighty's they want their children to experience the world they grew up in when you had to read books and if you're outside no one could call you and there were no tablet computers to stupefy children at a moment's notice as a paradigm some sympathy with this idea because i like all of you have seen that technology is dumbing us down a lot i mean how often do you have to memorize a phone number nowadays and we've all seen bad parents just sit their kids in front of the technology and ignore them to chat on facebook about what they saw on netflix but on the other hand for the first time in human history you have the power of knowledge at your fingertips there is an instructional video to do
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anything you want on you tube and getting basic information on any scientific or historical topic is one click away if you find the idea of the self-made man romantic and now is your time because anyone who has the will to learn can learn you know i don't come from money without the internet i would definitely not have this job and i'd probably be worshipping at the feet of rush limbaugh deluded by the mainstream media modern technology can make your mind with information or break it with cat videos and dumb trendiness but that's up to you and this is just my opinion. hello and welcome to on the money with the business of russia is business i'm peter lavelle.
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we have witnessed the government change its economic assumptions. in eighty degrees is this a sign of panic or sound judgment. i'm joined by chris we for he is the senior partner with macro advisory and we also have a year or so if we saval accuse the chief economist at deutsche bank russia ok chris if i can start with you first is the government battening down the hatches because three months ago we saw our spending increased we had we worked on the assumption that the government would continue spending to keep the economy stimulated and now here we are almost in october and we have an october report coming out about what the budget is going to be it's completely reversed why well i think the government is looking at it is that they're representing stability and you know there's still a great deal of uncertainty in the global economy of course as we've seen with the the actions of the fed will they want to kind of comes to tapering in of we do expect.

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