week's top stories now t. the diplomatic standoff over syria's chemical weapons as the u.n. security council. resolution. the u.n. an apparent war in iran u.s. relations in a landmark phone conversation between the nation's leaders offers a hope for progress in stalled talks over tehran's nuclear program. greenpeace activist still in custody after attempting to scale and to. face charges of. national leaders to discuss the future of the polar region. and greek authorities crack down on the country's golden dawn party after the murder of an anti-fascist that linked to the group led to mass protests.

with me. well this week's un general assembly gathering was marked by some major diplomatic breakthroughs the foreign players reached their first agreement on syria since the start of the conflict that historic call open the prospects for real progress over international concern about iran's nuclear ambitions. reports on changes in tone and policies. hope for diplomacy progress on two fronts at the united nations a new tone in policy towards iran and a security council resolution on chemical weapons in syria the open union we've

been hearing increasingly often the argument that the threat or use of force which is directly prevented by the un charter might be the most efficient way to solve international problems the united states of america is prepared to use all elements or power including military force to secure. our core interests of the rich but rare consensus at the u.n. emerged after years of deadlock over how to deal with the syrian crisis the un security council unanimously passed a resolution to secure and eliminate syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons according to the geneva agreement put forward by russia and the u.s. the mandate outlines a legally binding compliance but no threat of automatic sanctions or military action i think it shows there were turning towards a diplomatic solution least on the issue of chemical weapons but the other issue that is still remained outstanding is what will happen outside of the issue of chemical weapons will that can receive be pursued by the united states or will they

continue to find as they have the opposition an arm the opposition of the silicate that are happening and try to deepen the conflict over there were sided another way it's a u.s. policy that iran's new president says has no place in the region his debut at the u.n. this week star hassan rouhani reach out but also defend tehran from political attacks iran is an anchor of stability in unstable region the iranian threat is imaginary and is used as an excuse for the misdeeds of others iran poses absolutely no threat to the world or the region ronnie made it clear that iran does not want nuclear weapons and that it wants peace but also to be treated as an equal a rainy and u.s. officials praise high level meetings that took place on the sidelines of the general assembly and the country's president spoke over the phone for the first time in over three decades but what would it take for a would be photo op to become a new u.s. approach towards iran but as has our very tied there his hands are tied that there

are people and lobby groups in the united states that do not want to see the united states and iran after thirty four years of demonizing the country to have relations the u.s. is in a tough spot it has to keep from north. relations in the middle east and now the alienation of the arab muslims in general against the us is mostly due to the commitment and the double standard the us shows in its relations with israel obama said to meet with israeli prime minister netanyahu on monday in washington now is the real test will the u.s. be able to move forward with diplomacy in the middle east both with iran and syria the first week at the u.n. general assembly has opened the door to rethink a failed policy the question is will the obama administration shut it the first chance they get reporting from new york and nice anally r.t. or u.n.

resolution on syria stresses that all parties in the conflict need to comply with the disarmament and non proliferation requirements author and historian gerald horne says ensuring the rebels cooperate will be the most challenging task that's the weakness of this peace process recall that just a few days ago from the so-called rebels little officially with the more extremist faction basically saying that the less extremist factions are somehow be purged and expelled the extremist faction of course is spearheaded by the al nusra front close to al qaida keep in mind as well that some of those so-called chemical facilities in syria or under the jurisdiction of rebel forces if the rebel forces are not part of this process it's unclear to me how it can be resolved that is to say how can chemical weapons be destroyed not the least how can these chemical weapons be found if the rebels are not part of the process. well meanwhile u.n.

inspectors back in syria to investigate other geishas of several more chemical attacks if previous mission resulted in the reports confirming the use of sarin gas on aug twenty first near the massacres some countries accuse the assad regime of carrying out a political analyst mean to scrutinize the reports believes that there are holes which need patching up during the current u.n. mission the first thing we have to know is that this was a very rushed investigation there was. very little access available in total the u.n. investigation team was in. for seven and a half hours two hours and which is the west and five and a half hours in time on the market which is a nice. so there was very little time and the other problem with this investigation one of the weaknesses according to chemical weapons expert who i quote in my

article is that the medical team that they met with whether first responders witnesses doctors nurses they were all pre-selected by one or two pro opposition doctors so this was a you know questionable exercise from the start if you couldn't have proper access random sampling and the time you need in which to conduct a full and thorough investigation what was the point i think what's important here is that the u.n. now as a result of all these holes in its original report needs to address these and ensure for itself that it has the proper access and time to investigate other areas of alleged chemical weapons attacks. well president rouhani of iran received a mixed welcome in terror on his return for making headlines at the u.n. general assembly in new york thousands of his opponents haunting anti-american

slogans threw eggs and shoes at his car their anger was triggered by the historical phone conversation that between rouhani and obama the first direct talks between u.s. and iranian leaders three decades after the call president obama voiced hopes of progress of the tehran's atomic ambitions but said that serious obstacles remain norman solomon from the institute for public accuracy says those obstacles can be overcome and you have lied as both countries aren't allowed to dictate policy. the u.s. government is under great pressure from the hawks in washington many of whom why the united states to either attack or wake a nod towards israel launching an attack on iran within the next year or so the role of the us i think is now to see what's possible diplomatically and i think it's a combination you know it takes two to dance and ronnie and obama are beginning to

dance that was not possible under i could've been a job it was not possible or would not be possible under a president romney or president mccain for instance i think that is the very important factor the combination it's a matter of timing. but it will be very important for the grassroots leaders as well as the powerful in both iran and the united states to keep this on course so that the hardliners in each country don't gain the upper hand we have a much more analysis on the signs of a thaw in the run u.s. relations as well as the dictions for future nuclear talks all that's on our web site called. eight greenpeace campaigners face a hearing later today just days after a court ordered that twenty two other activists should be held in custody for two months all are accused of being part of an attempt to scale in oil platform in

protest of drilling in russian waters environmentalist's though are not the only ones showing concern about the situation in the arctic the leaders of russia finland iceland another nations gathered in the week to discuss the future of the polar region your personal for looks at the debate. the pictures that stormed international media greenpeace activists trying to climb onto a floating platform in russia's north arrested by coast guards was. shocked shocked all thirty activists from eighteen countries were detained and are now awaiting whether they will be officially charged greenpeace claims their actions were peaceful but the authorities say they could have endangered not only the lives of the rig's workers but the environment itself social it's obvious they are not pirates but they tried to storm the platform and these people violated international law by coming dangerously close to the president's common scheme and an international arctic conference organized by russia or here in city huts the

only city in the world located exactly on the arctic circle line where the presidents of russia finland iceland other officials along with around four hundred experts have gathered and the arctic environment is what this forum is all about as average temperatures warm up the arctic is opening up new opportunities for trade routes and energy projects moscow says only companies with experience working in the tough region and enough funds to do it properly and without harming nature must be allowed access and cleaning up the heritage of the cold war era is another issue abandoned military bases equipment and piles of barrels with fuel i know a map of the arctic battery assessment program has been involved in that but russia has really been working on its own to try to claim we have a ways to go and they're not alone there are places around the planet or similar things that happen when people didn't recognize it as something they did had long

term negative consequences for the environment the arctic nations seem to be on the same beach looking after the north wall is a responsibility they must carry together so that the mistakes of the past aren't repeated especially when their every move is under such intense scrutiny you've got this going off in the arctic circle. now to greece where authorities have made a move against the far right golden dawn party its leader along with a number of senior officials and other members have been arrested in connection with the murder of a prominent anti fascist rapper two weeks ago and legibly by golden dawn activist and the killing saw thousands join protests across the country golden dawn is the third most popular party in greece twenty twelve parliamentary elections won eighteen seats out of three hundred rapidly gaining support among some of the country's youth my colleague sean thomas discussed their rise without half enough. this was the largest show of public anger over the killing of published physis the

thirty four year old hip hop artist an anti-fascist activist the man who killed him is believed to be a supporter of the far right golden dawn party of this is a group the currently controls eight hundred seats in parliament it's been described as neo fascist. largely for its campaign of intimidation against immigrants who blames for some of the economic woes affecting greece right now now while public is not the first person to die at the hands of neo nazis in greece he was the first non migrant to do so and this has sparked outrage all across the country with all similar protests similar scenes last week in the early hours of this wednesday thousands of greeks marched in a largely peaceful protest they marched towards the offices of golden dawn which were secluded essentially protected by the police a group of a small group of protesters who had their faces covered and will bring helmets have broken off started hurling petrol bombs a lot of anger over this murder that still fresh in people's minds so throughout europe we're seeing lots of rhetoric nationalist movements but in greece in

particular how much clout is this new or not see this new fascist movement growing how much. basically protection do they have well quite a bit especially in contrast to other european countries now golden dawn isn't just a fringe group that has eighteen members in parliament out of three hundred it's on its way to becoming the third largest political force in greece the question is of course whether this merger even though the group does say that it has it disavows any ties to the murder the question is whether the political fallout of the public outrage is going to result in a decrease for support for the group and we have seen some public polls showing that it's gone down but at the same time the group doesn't joy very wide support among certain neighborhoods in greece and this is really been correlation with the rise of the economic crisis there number that greece has been in recession for six consecutive years in a row we have employment nearly nearing thirty percent two out of three young people out of work and one of the things that we found at least. they said that basically when people really don't have much to hold on to economically it's not

unusual to see people turning to more radical ideas and while there are some hardcore supporters of golden dawn who might have ideas that are very much out of line with the mainstream all the donna really trying to solve sell itself to the public as anti-establishment as being able to do things when the government may not be able to and that's what we really heard from certainly provides where there is a lot of support for it people felt like it was an alternative and that they really couldn't trust the government to provide certain services for them and therefore trying to screw up. xander seems a specialist in greek politics spoke to my colleague kevin irwin he believes the more the government tries to suppress golden dawn the more they flourish so far as the position of the m.p.'s for whom arrest warrants have been issued is concerned by the fact that they will be on trial in under arrest they will not lose their status as members of the greek parliament or so seems to be the case if you try and

close something and you drive it underground it thrives conversely. that is correct and i am personally against for golden dawn precisely for the reason you outlined in your question it seems that the greek authorities are not entirely clear about what to do so far. not banning golden dawn because they want to avoid a situation whereby the movement of the organisation rather goes on the ground and becomes a more frightening force in greek politics at the same time however they're arresting its members and they're going for something like a de facto ban without a proper legal. or greece is not the only country where far right parties are gaining support or polls suggest that across european union the right wing sentiment is going uphill at a pace of precedent it must be to all of our ports is being fueled by disillusionment towards mainstream political groups. the political right is on the

right seat in europe and it's drawing some surprising support a lot of people from the working class blue collar workers lower educated people are voting for the extreme right of the radical right because of the policies still put forward like immigration and european integration corruption i guess a politicized massage so these are the topics that are now days important for those people voting for the radical right across europe there's a time that's turning right ukip is being talked about as the legitimate third party in britain while alternative for germany just missed out on a place in the bundestag norway's conservative government came to power with tough immigration promises and in sweden and finland there's also been gains here in australia euro skeptic right wing parties gaining support from people who feel that the main issues important to them on to being addressed get didn't care less and we

should all feel the need to slow down immigration i have nothing against foreign us but enough is enough. yeah e.u. is saying where the money should go to like and all kind poor countries on it should stay in their own country and the e.u. is jordan's be like john dictate everything. else it used to be their own party's interest spruced and the e.u. second us now it's only half a year old it's doing a lot and having the freedom party of austria have made significant gains in the polls heading into sunday's election. its critics call it xenophobia its leader thanks to differ being. i don't have four in the us. even so the party adopted a different campaign tactic that it had done in previous elections their issue hidden in the message about religious values and

a sense. talking about love your neighbors which is a very catholic way of talking about the issues but of course the hidden message behind us that this is against islam or against us things also flying the anti you roofline is all straight canadian billionaire frank straw who come dems the single currency is the road to rack and ruin we need to stop creating it every housewife knows that if she spends more money than she earns all under the parameters most of europe's recent elections have been nail biters for politicians desperate to keep their jobs at midnight being economies all street is different he's doing relatively fine what's happening here is brussels persistence with bailouts and encroachments on sovereignty has given the right didn't seem broad to beat them with peace or all of it on t.v. . we're having right now but still to come on people in a remote island in the middle of the atlantic the british government is squeezing

the life out of the missing americans plus. the flame of a sucky winter olympics protests to set off on its incredible marathon all the way from the games birth place to outer space. there's a media leave us so we leave that maybe. by the same motions should surely follow your party is it. their shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politics. are today. one of the last outposts of the british empire in the mid atlantic is still said to

be suffering the effects of colonialism u.k. stands accused of a victim found instead of over a century let's take a look now it's a tiny spot right in the middle ascension island it's home to bury a thousand people many of whom are enough to leave for pointedly to make way for an american military base and there are many british citizens will not be allowed to stay after retirement or unemployment eighteen. similarities the expulsion of inhabitants from diego garcia part of britain's indian ocean territory and was forcibly depopulated in the one nine hundred seventy s. also to make way for a military base those living on ascension island say that's similar to diego garcia london is squeezing the life out of the homes were smith reports the tiny island in the mid atlantic made of volcanic rock and covered in paint. but the eight

hundred people. but now the story of attention island has all the hallmarks of being another diego garcia the british indian ocean island whose inhabitants were forced to leave to make way for a u.s. base by having lived with generation. good memories. it's not for them. you know when you see them you got this because they are enjoying the. islanders accuse the british government of. operating families who have been there for more than a century ten years ago it all so different person was promising democratic institutions for the island a legal right to live and to own property it wanted a viable community that but today the populations already decreased by

a quarter with communities replaced by contract workers were tired or unemployed people over eighteen had to leave and the similarities with diego garcia and the dominant feature on the island is you guessed it an american base heavily used during president obama's recent trip to africa there are also satellites and submarine tracking stations and one of those now infamous listening posts run by g c h q the british government now conveniently insists ascension has no indigenous population and many residents believe they intend to evacuate the island completely and abandon it to the americans far from the dreams of a permanent home they had a decade ago. reduced to paul in the special relationship. money comes from iran and he says he's outraged that british citizens can be forestalled on the whim of the us military. i have been there several times though

i say most most people on ascension out of our sense of indian origin in my family seven years ago i was born there there is a very very strong sense of ascension out of his being but one might almost say starve to death and there is a precarious kind of political representation there is the absence of guaranteed property rights or indeed a very much property rights at all people are born they have people to live their entire working lives their people do wish to retire there but cannot do so may not do so is not to mention the sick if this is because the answer we think is any serious doubt because of pressure from the american base which is largely intelligence related and it is a serious question to be asked about why on british territory british citizens living there these are full british passport holders of why these people are being treated like this for the sake of a station with a base which is almost certain you might know more of the details of this in fact

engaged in the activities that have been such a huge global story in terms of spying on pretty much everyone but that is happening on british not american territory and a british population there is being mistreated. well dot com big money big problems u.s. navy suspends a top commander second sod's overall nuclear fence of forces of allegations of counterfeit chips used for gambling casinos plus. the sea and on the ground thousands of troops and tons of the bomb vehicles from russian better roost take part in joint on the maneuvers yes and i kept seeing footage in motion.

so. just a few hours the olympic torch for the sochi winter games will be lit in greece is a libya under former witness the final preparations for the spectacular ceremony. actually watching a rehearsal for sunday ceremonies here after limpia the birthplace of the lympics two and a half thousand years ago and this ancient cycle actually held the start of the next billion pics and that's because the link to fly she twenty four teen movie leaked and it will keep it like it's proof that cities you can see here practicing what they would do on sunday night it's my life you two should be first torchbearer who by tradition is always the great and he will then hand that see the russian torch bearer if you on this occasion will be ice hockey star alexander ovechkin he would say gently has been released by the washington capitals one weekend only to carry out his own or actually watch and then go on

a seven day tour of greece before ending up in ashton's next weekend he would then be taken to moscow for the russian leg to relay. well you can watch the live broadcast over then picked to watch a lighting ceremony here on. t.n.t. and this is an impact torch relay promises to be one of the most spectacular ever the flame even making a space walk the crew which will be the first ever to take torch into space this is the event for the week and memorable. they would argue that someone posts always the taliban if you want to have a political solution must create the conditions for reaching such political solution and if we use. conditions to enable those on the side of the taleban to be a part of political solution. good

leverage surely was to build a new most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only. i like that we already did that so it's a very international investment for it happens every year but this shit is ridiculous but you know alaska's everyone is gearing up for the winter olympics that will happen in just

a hundred and thirty days time from now and today as we have the olympic torch lit in athens it will make its way to russia for the longest a relay in history now you can see just behind me there's been a complete transformation of assault since the elim pace was announced just behind me on the ride we've got the stadiums themselves and really the construct of this is going it is incredible eighty five percent of the region has we totally revamped built from scratch i'm talking roads route ways tunnels gas pipelines you name it and luckily for russia there's an abundance of russian billionaires that are willing to foot the bill and all the way get to witness any loses in the games themselves i think ross are pretty much definitely gets the prize for expenditure having already splashed out fifty billion dollars over the fifty billion dollars and lots around about four times over a bunch so how does manage to blow the budget is such a spectacular fashion.