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please all that old it yes you please yes i can go to you off the syrian ambassador bashar jafari when he was speaking on wednesday evening he suggested that there was a pattern in this treatment of the syrian mission by u.n. bodies by you know that his webcast it flew a web was cut which was the problem broke off technically of course that should not happen i hope the knowledge works well please thank you investor. has the security council to discuss plans to discuss the new crisis brewing in the uk on this on following the bike latinos my presidential candidate the election process and as as a question about. the what do you do you have done the comments on that well we're going to have a big discussion on i'm going to stop on so designates as this so we'll cover all those subjects i'm sure. ambassador thanks for your remarks concerning ambassadors agaves statements today we're also hearing reports from other sources
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that there is russian military involvement in the eastern ukraine can you on equivocally explain what if anything is there there are reports today that there are heavy armored personnel carriers or tanks crossing the border what is there's a lot of it there are there are various reports our officials repeatedly said that there was no russian military presence on the ground. the statement today there were there was a statement allegedly there was a new build up of the statement which came back from all officials was that the border guards will sort of beefed up because of the complaints of looting complaints from key of the border was not protected well but the situation i don't have it's pretty a pretty volatile situation. so they can send messages to question when you can want to syria and ukraine you and the council with their can to look into humanitarian issues when they threaten. peace is security in the world don't you
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agree that human rights violation do some in the case of ukraine threaten peace and security not the way in or the ways described in the report the report is glossing over and ignoring the real tragedy which is happening in his tone ukraine and they go sometimes in rather bizarre ways into all sorts of accusations. about various things one of my other personal bests actually from this report is that. it comes to the ukrainians got to go cutting off water supply to ukraine cutting off water supply they say they do not have any presence in crimea from crimea ukrainians to crimea they say they don't have any access to crimea no presence in crimea so they cannot judge the impact but other things they can judge or will they can judge and all the other things that could basically say that everything has become worse though it's it's really such a. work of pens months ship that one can only marvel as i said.
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ability to twist and turn in order to avoid the truth and in syria at the imitators illusion. i understand that russia would have no problem with the with the for crossing and bringing. aid to the people who needs it and in dire need for it but maybe the monitoring of peace borders is the problem i'm just guessing you know what i want to train international monitoring mechanism under the supervision of the united nations secretary general would that be a problem or would you like to see as russia well what i would like to see were developed already i'm here i have to speak of course of my national capacity and very carefully because i do cool. things well what will happen very quickly on this resolution will be adopted very quickly. the. luxemburg australian jordan produced a draft which will. found. to be something which was going
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to move on to trouble but not communitarian helping the community and situation chapter seven the whole thing but in the course of all links and very detailed discussions we produced a formula for militancy i'm i would rather i'd rather not discuss it because it has not been finally approved which but it produced a formula which were below humanitarian supplies to go through crossing points additional crossing points on the border between syria turkey iraq and lebanon and which will a simplify the commit and procedures when the goods are actually on the territory of syria so this program is all there for all of western colleagues to accept and again we're going to go should we negotiated for a very long time and very subtly then when the final thing was on the table they started reflecting on what that actually means frankly my suspicion is that their main interest very often is not really committed to any issues it's to produce some
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kind of a political big bag when the political big bang is not there when in fact we focus on the committed in situation then quite often to lose interest in that exercise so we'll see what comes out of this discussion on that on the same subject you think that they want chapter seven and insist on that well if they insist it's not going to happen especially now that we have produced a way in which it can be done amicably and incidentally for example we had a discussion with it with iraq is because one of the crossing points would be on their territory they said we don't want to mess up with just to sell. to some neighbors of iraq who would also be involved in this arrangement they don't want that to happen so we're just just not the are they dealing with all of that is this anyway do they accept that the lebanese are not involved now we are talking about crossing points with three countries lebanon is not and. is this mechanism that you suggested under the control. all of the serious thought only the syrian government
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do know no it's not it's a moment of formula an elegant innovative form of i'll let you know i'll let you know with pleasure with pleasure if the resolution is adopted was sadness if it's not adopted but that's. no doubt inflicting that afflicting where we are sitting there are some systems to use this thing and they are inflicting now so it's. it's a good mechanism because. last question must be if you're right i want to go back to some one of the report we were told in this room a couple of times that there would be an extensive treatment of that bombing of the lugansk ministry building and when i got the report it seems like there's only one paragraph and i asked him on it it and he said that they had no armaments experts on the team is that i mean who's paying for the team and is that what you're all you know about all the procedures if you united nations is being i think we're wasting a lot of time and. you know it's it's ridiculous they have
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a show of actually from this attack which they used some like it's not like some small missiles i don't know how they broke it there was one of them was stuck on the ground. near the building and they don't have experts on. please. don't ask questions on ukraine's us to clarify i mean western members of the council say that they would be keen to discuss the humanitarian a solution on ukraine if you if russia would agree to making a reference to the u.n. g.a. resolution that did not recognize crimea as part of russian fighter or russia as that they are by guaranteeing. calling and sharing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine are not willing to do that are you going to argue with this was a part of a understanding which we have with some some of the members of the council discussed it with the other will go to for themselves sort of did it go to integrity but no reference to the general symbolism in. why not because that was
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a was an underwear you know because it has a clear implication on the crimea and we're not going to have anything which would be putting in question the fact that the crimea has been reunited with the russian federation and one last thing on iraq looking at what happened in the unrest russia's position on how to proceed forward or revive the geneva process is that the opposition needs to start with. the assad government and discuss ways to address terrorism is that and is that you know this layer is a new way. forward first of all it's not a rocket city of talking about arms because of iraq but looking at how i saw and i says how you're going to spell it oh i just you know i thinking about it i came to the conclusion that actually the syrian government did have a very strong point when they insisted that first they must agree on how to deal with the terrorist threats but this seems to be the main challenge in the region
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and the challenge is not only in iraq and syria and have the agreed to do something jointly about it that would have been a great way to start the way for them working together and maybe to produce a. joint transitional body which they are supposed to produce under the geneva accords you understand it's very difficult to talk about those things are ridiculous here comes the syrian government to the table and here comes somebody who claims he is head of presenting their position and builds them please give us your power all because of that in the geneva communiqué you need to. discuss it pragmatically and practically what that you do you will be doing to do together and to stop fighting terrorism together which is also actually an appeal which was contained on the initiative of the british prime minister in the. communique and we couldn't that they should fight that there isn't together so i think that that was an opportunity which was lost but i'm not suggesting that. this
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is something which should be done now i'm not suggesting to revisit this issue because no i think we're all thinking that the political process proper procedures needs to be struck unfortunately there's been a delay of appointment of mr brahimi a successor i would hope there will be successor underwood successor before too long and then we all will need to analyze the situation and see how we can go about it as far as we're concerned we believe that the geneva communiqué still valid and the geneva conference that it has not been declared or so this mechanism just is still there. and we must keep in mind as we contemplate all next steps thank you very much. why there was a russian ambassador to the un vitaly to the king they just briefing session on russia's position and thoughts on syria iraq as well as ukraine more analysis coming up here on arts international. i would
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start with the unfolding tragedy in the east of ukraine way kids crackdown is claiming the lives of more civilians were a little cheered on doing not because i did it but they would be good to do. did you do you want to do what they were in the garden they did. those scenes were from eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk of this is what it looks like after weeks of artillery and air strikes the country's president who is not on a visit close to the embattled town has declared a weeklong cease fire in the region of so many peaceful locals it's too late as artie's i'm on call so with reports. one family lost two members as a result of mortar fire the shell landed right in the backyard of a private residence a woman scrambled to get her son as soon as she heard explosions and one shift picked him up she was killed instantly while the five year old boy received
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multiple headboards and was rushed to the hospital that's got to be admitted to life for my daughter said look the sun is shining i told you to get into the basement immediately she grabbed her son turned around and that's when the shell hit she was no more. they doctor was unable to save the child's life and the boy died during the operation the doctors worked all night trying to remove thirty shell fragments from his head his father said the shelling was conducted from a location known as the base of the ukrainian forces elsewhere another orthodox church came under fire in the gun scare it was portion of destroyed and the shell killed it's there it's acres now the shooting continues despite president poroshenko promised ceasefire and there he is the peace plan the fourteen point proposal to end the violence in the east was discussed with a lot of near putin as well it was the second time that the leaders have talked over the phone about ukraine's crisis in a week and president putin has once again stressed the cease fire must be implemented in the regions we're taking
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a quick break we'll be back with more news and analysis here on out international. they all told me my language of war but i will only react to situations i have read the reports from the sublime like the pollution from the no i will leave them to stay current to comment on your latter part of the month to save the exists or k.l.a. car is on the docket else i. may go no more weasel words when you fade a direct question be prepared for a change when you throw a punch be ready for a. printout of speech and let him down the street into costs. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refuse
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to notice. the faces the walls lights now. so picture of today's leaves. on demand from around the globe. dropped. to fifty. my. a conspiracy theory put forward by the head of nato has left korea is that greenpeace to question whether he might have a love of certain plans himself and those of all the rasmussen suggests that russia is plotting with environmental groups in europe to campaign against fracking he believes the move is aimed at forcing them to buy gas from moscow that left a greenpeace spokesperson to wonder quote to what they've been smoking over at nato headquarters major deployed its own p.r.
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people pretty swiftly to point out restless and was only expressing his personal views for more on this i'm joined live by john right john rasmussen want to have wanted to his claims to be greeted with sarcasm so just what was he trying to achieve here. well i mean who knew that one of the chief requirements for being the secretary general of me was that you have to be a lunatic it also seems clear given the preposterous nature of mr lawson from screens which he made in his speech recently is that young to have to be a fan of james bone movies because these people know how vladimir putin painted as a lot of the don't move and spooky castle in russia or somewhere working on a path of least plot to keep over the world the anti fracking campian in the u.k. and elsewhere in europe is driven by a well founded and sincerely held concern for the environment by the key political activists and campaigner so this is up to post it is clear it is actually almost as
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proposed this is the idea of a pony where you can and your kind of the for middle east peace and one in five women or twenty but it is the middle east and boy so it is part of an overarching anti russian campaign given the geopolitical issues involved in the middle east and the new clean present but if you want to see real consequences or government attempts to influence energy policy and the energy markets or you have to do is look at libya and iraq and iraq in particular we know and islamic community run rampant in the north and east of the country which is directly linked in june and who should believe the war of two thousand he largely motivated by the desire to get control of iraq's vast oil reserves i'm guessing why don't want to as why would nato a defense alliance why would rasmussen be so preoccupied with fracking issues anyway
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. well obviously as i see this is intertwined with the west western energy companies the huge influence on western governments and their energy policy and i think what we're trying to do is condition the public in britain and elsewhere in europe to fracking. franking is that we for for komisarek energy supply in order to release them from the building of carbon to engage in economic relations with russia so its part has a say over the overarching geopolitical can't be driven by economic interests. central to energy policy he says he's got proof to back up what he was talking about specifically with maybe a few people greenpeace there speaking out as well so when you look at all of that why doesn't he make that public in order to support what he's told what he's claiming all do we go with what made the has said which is to say well he was just
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raising his own personal views i know you mentioned there that is a much more it's a geo political strategy from their side why would they get involved to such a level and using this particular subject as a way to kind of change the public's mind in terms of what their politics are. both reflects desperation on the part of the west i mean the worst foreign policy of course a cold cold. as an involvement in a real know sort of thing when the evidence does asserted some robber in the ukraine where he's been exposed or when it's no engaging in the most preferred to poke to see what issues such as the more you see into human rights. in the world a much more unstable place and so they're trying their best to recover some of the grand illusion. oh mr putin is doing is standing for rational sensible and consistent policy when it comes to iran and fundamentalism and i'm going to come to democratic rights such as the news that you very much as we saw in february were
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violated by an unconstitutional coup to loosen involving the full participation of seasoned fascists right. venomous john why then when i have to be even there with you thank you so much for your thoughts on this matter. they rocky ami and jihadi fighters are engaged in fierce fighting over the economically wide told by e.g. oil refinery and a port opposed to just government forces have been overwhelmed and surrounded at the refinery in washington says it's dispatching what he calls three hundred military advisers to iraq let's have a listen to what president obama had to say because of our increased intelligence resources we're developing more information about potential targets associated with . them going forward we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires a while to better understand how exactly the u.s. president is planning to help iraq let's listen to our teens every mountain
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a ship except the details of his speech in the latest edition of breaking the set is a preview. because he spoke mostly in vague military jargon you had to listen closely to understand the underlying u.s. response to isis is growing influence while obama insisted no troops would be sent to actually engage in combat he did announce they would be sending up to three hundred military advisors to the country sounds innocent right unless you consider the fact that so-called military advisors were the original precursors to the us invasion of vietnam but probably the most interesting part about obama's speech was his claim that iraq is a sovereign nation that has the right to choose its own leaders seriously when did iraq become a sovereign nation the minute the us realize that it's a war in the country result in the creation of yet another failed state because see no western powers have done nothing but violate iraq's autonomy by dismantling its government launching depleted uranium and white phosphorous attacks and occupied
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its people for the last decade this is old news to me the rapid advance of the islamic state in iraq and syria group is a major cause of concern internationally they're targeting the capital baghdad and plotting to establish an islamic order in the ruins of a failed state is gammage again reports on how iraq could already be falling apart . iraq is on the verge of erupting isis is controlling a predominantly sunni part of the bach shia sphere there further onslaught kurds could split off at any moment isak tarion war is brewing now the government will have to make a strategic choice putting the entire army to attack and take back the city and risk a much wider sectarian fight or have this group in control of an area that was the response with all the consequences not just for iraq for the region and for the world i says belongs to a faction of sunni islam committed to radical fundamentalist convictions that they seek to impose on other muslims their advances have long stopped being just iraq's
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problem these darker green spots are where the population is predominantly shiite you can see iran is the main shiite power in the region syria is largely sunni but the government of bashar assad is alawite which is a branch of shiite islam isis being an extremist sunni force has managed to advance this far both in syria and iraq because of the support of sunni communities on their way iran wants to help iraq's shia government repel the onslaught of isis an initiative which washington seemingly supports but targeting sunni areas which isis controls could create a backlash with other sunni nations getting involved like saudi arabia which has already warned against foreign intervention there's not going to be a simple military solution to this issue isis is also controlling parts of syria fighting against the government of bashar assad these problems are intertwined in a really demonic way u.s.
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politicians have tried to present the conflict in syria as being between those who want democracy and those who don't for many the crisis in iraq is an eye opener showing how complicated the dynamics in the region really are. going to check on r.t. washington d.c. . originally now. bring around ten thousand fighters the ranks of isis are now swelling by the day including with recruits from the west intelligence analysts estimate three thousand foreigners are signed up with isis so far and bridges of foreign minister says of four hundred of them are believed to be british now the steady flow of fresh recruits is in part to an intricate online campaign being carried out by a web service jihadist recruiters and their efforts appear to be quite fruitful here's one twitter user from the u.k. voicing his approval of the isis all slot in iraq and syria and here's another one this time from germany hoping the jihad is
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a will claim victory actually sarah firth has more. far from the front lines in iraq and syria and another battle is being fought in the u.k. this week banned isis making it an offense to be a member of the group but the organization is still enjoying a wave of online european support dubbed by some the fanboys well i've been speaking to some of the supporters online and i vs one station media why supporting isis despite the reported killings and he's applied for me that he. has come the closest yet to establishing an islamic caliphate why do you think isis holds such appeal for some of the people back home i think. if you were to use this overused word and it's. terrorism so he plays is more of
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a threat the one sort of actually going to trouble they're going to come back the people here in the u.k. right now he went to the trouble to be identifying with. the to construe troops as a potential threat. ever since nine eleven so in a way that constituency has always been that it's possible that they'll be more encouraged by. what's happened in syria and become more active not as a direct result of sin but they just feel they're on the sort of wave of islam isolation of the world and then you've got the people who actually come back and who can spread who can become recruits for the really dangerous thing that's a meeting is the national security council this week prime minister david cameron said the government was doing all it could stream to address the threat posed by foreign fighters including interviewing individuals if you take hold in canceling or with touring u.k. passports and introducing measures to prosecute days he planned to train. or is the
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rule. of four should be united states and its allies have known about isis and their activities and the danger they pose for a few years why haven't you stopped these groups from pretty average why do you allow these groups to get stronger and stronger why do you allow certain countries to support them financially why do you allow for participants to the last estimate that the number of british fighters abroad at four hundred and growing professor griffin tells r.t. the government now desperately needs to strengthen its response to some of the most precious people coming by people who have been disillusioned by what's happened. and who can produce a counter narrative of people. seemed killing an explosion does to a baby and comes back intent on stopping it that other side of the story could be more crucial than ever much of the british population watches in
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horror the grisly images of some of the killings taking place in iraq at the hands of isis fighters but to its european supporters ice this is not the enemy the west is certain. reporting from london. on the way i did not send them back in the sense. so are we going back to iraq recently violence has flared up as insurgents are taking cities from the current iraqi government and response to this chaos obama declared that his administration is prepared to take military action whenever our national security is threatened oh well since the weapons of mass destruction were never found in iraq and the current militants can't shoot a key forty seven over the ocean i don't see how us national security is at risk
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now or before the iraq war even started but on the other hand the flow of oil from us but tamia well that might be at risk but sometimes i forget that obama is a politician and just a day later he was quoted as saying quite the opposite about the same situation declaring that we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq which sounds great to my ears until you wait yet another few days and now he is saying that they want to send at least two hundred seventy five troops to provide support and security for u.s. personnel and the us embassy in baghdad i think this orwellian attitude towards the truth comes from two factors one lying works and obama gets away with it and to the fear of looking weak presidents have to act confident like they were total control of that awesome plan even when they have no idea what they're going to do i think this is the case with this iraq issue but that's just my opinion.
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party people i'm having martin and this is breaking at the set so today obama gave a highly anticipated press conference announcing how in plans to move forward in iraq because he spoke mostly in a vague military jargon you had to listen closely to understand the underlying u.s. response to isis is growing influence while obama insisted no troops would be sent to actually engage in combat he did announce that he would be sending up to three hundred military advisors to the country sounds innocent right lets you consider the fact that so-called military.
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