with islamic state on the back foot in syria the leaders of iran turkey and russia agreed to host an all inclusive syrian talks to kick start the country's post-war political process. lebanon's prime minister announces he's putting his surprise resignation on hold after the president offered him to reconsider the pm spoke to regional political crisis two weeks ago when he said he was stepping down. and the international olympic committee makes another ruling in the russian doping scandal banning russian skeleton athletes.

you're watching international live from our moscow studio with me welcome to the program with the time now turned against islamic state in syria there's renewed hope that a political solution can finally bring peace speaking at a summit on syria tended by the leaders of iran turkey and russia flat demand putin said that syria now has a real chance to end its six year civil war at the summit in sochi it was also agreed to hold inclusive all syrian talks and has been following the trilateral talks. with syria becoming almost completely terrorist free or i so free i should say we were all curious what is going to be said and decided when

some of the most important regional players hassan rouhani and type aired on arrive and tsotsi they were smiling as they met the russian president vladimir putin all of them looked very determined and before the camera men were asked to press the off buttons in the the room the leaders confirmed their assessment the syrian conflict has entered a new stage the era of active fighting is over and time has come for a new settlement opportunities much that we used to be with you do not scale military actions against terrorist groups in syria and coming to an end i'd like to note that thanks to the efforts of russia iran and turkey we have managed to put a political settlement to the syrian crisis union of around turkey and russia so after roughly want to have hours of talks where also the foreign ministers and the hads of militaries were present when the presidents came out to say

a few words to the journalists we heard about the number one decision for this new stage that is the creation of the syrian national dialogue congress it's an unprecedented platform for an inclusive all syrian talks all kinds of political ethnic and religious groups are expected to be involved and it will convene here in tsotsi although the date and the specific list of invited guests is still to be determined the leaders say that it should pave the way for a new constitution and new elections in syria and it is fair to say that it all looks good on paper and definitely ankara tehran and moscow are looking forward to . for the plan to work on the ground on monday we heard the syrian president bashar al assad say to vladimir putin that he is ready for new rounds of dialogue reforms

and the new elections that i mentioned vladimir putin conveyed this message to the leaders of iran and turkey when it comes to the syrian opposition groups they are always in close contact with and so hopes are definitely there we discussed the importance of these talks with science will have more on the from the university of tehran he believes a syrian national congress would be a positive step forward though there are many questions regarding how it might work given this so many signs are involved. the very fact that for the first time. this process is being moved forward largely without the united states and its allies i think is one reason why it has achieved so much faster than the talks as well as the current talks in sochi. push to follow the process a great deal for the force things have shifted in change of enormously on the ground and hopefully these talks will help pave the way for. the

conflict to come to an end but i think that it looks good on paper but it i'm sure it's going to be very complicated in the weeks and months ahead one of the difficulties is what about those groups that align themselves and continue to be allies of ours. we know that many of these people have committed horrific crimes they continue to exist they continue to terrorize people in different parts of syria who is allowed to participate and who isn't allowed to participate is very important and the world the united states has to pull out of syria the americans have occupied significant portions of syria without the permission of the syrian government this is a violation of sovereignty and there's a lot to do and it's not clear if the americans and their allies are going to help this process move forward or whether they are going to improve and competed but i

think what is what is very positive is that these countries seem. to be determined obviously all three of them have their own opinions but i think the very fact that they're getting to get they're getting together and they're making the statements public show that there is a strong degree of determination. families in the grip of a political crisis after angela merkel failed to form a coalition government president frank volatile has called for further talks between the parties. while the german chancellor said she would prefer a snap election to forming a minority government well we're going to discuss this with and still the von students of that in german diplomats and for members to to russia between one thousand nine hundred five to two thousand and two welcome to the program. how do you feel it's a good evening how bad in your opinion things now for. i

wouldn't say that they are bad they are complicated because it's complicated because this is a situation which we didn't have so far any time in post-war german history we always had a stable government and now we have to look that is the parties which have been newly elected to the wooden a stock of federal parliament in september they have somehow to sit down and hammer out a new government and that can only be a coalition government because there is no party which has an absolute majority and under the law of the basic law the constitution of germany the government has to have a firm base in parliament that it's a task to have an absolute majority this will only be possible if the parties get together and form a coalition angular michael is a former chancellor is the chairman of the strongest party in the buddhist actually

christian democratic union and so it is first of all her obligation to see where she can find a new partner as for the future government the decision is not on the problem though is not part of the problem is that it sees struggling to find those new partners and the greens have agreed haven't they but that would only give her around forty four percent still not a majority as in the in this start. was it with the greens alone she couldn't do it and this is why it was a triangular negotiation period with the liberals in addition to that but as a matter of fact this has found it so now one has to look out for a new possibility and they're very serious discussions now going on in the democratic party which was the former partner in the grand coalition as a boss called and they renounced ritually immediately after the election result

came out that they were not willing to new in government but they wanted to go into opposition now a strong voices within the democratic party that they should reconsider and that is the option of the grand coalition is not off the table and the federal president. has admonished very seriously all parties that they should stand up to their responsibility visa vi the public the electorate that has chosen a parliament which doesn't give a clear cut answer and where there has to be now it decision where the partner of the parties. agree to leave behind their previous positions and look out for a new compromise what's interesting about the situation and you know is the most unstable it's been decades isn't it but it's not like merkel doesn't know the

system of her own country she knows that further talks might work or thinking that there's no way that she's going to be able to form the coalition that she wants and therefore that's the reason she's calling those snap elections. no she definitely said that she her her preference would be to find a coalition and only as a last resort she would go for new elections and presently the game is open to for renewal of negotiations between the christian democrats and the social democrat the social democrats have not yet said yes that they would enter negotiations but i am as clear i am convinced that in the end new talks between the social democrats and get america's party will at least be started what will come out of it one

cannot say yet so in your opinion you think it's worth going ahead with further talks yes absolutely and that is i think this is a considered opinion of almost all parties and particularly of the leading politician spirit as i said to federal president albeit the president of the mr shaw who admonished the parties in the going to strike at their session yesterday in the very same direction as the federal president did i mean you know it was the f.t.p. that scuppered those coalition talks with merkel c.d.u. and the greens do you think now this is come out publicly that the f.t. pay would reconsider their position no i don't think so i don't think the f.t.p. that is a liberal will not reconsider going back to the negotiation table which they left on sunday seems to me very unlikely. ok so.

there are a few rumors that this might be the end of merkel people obviously speculating there's been a lot of people saying this is the end of the road for her that if the snap elections went ahead that she would have not have the numbers and have even less of a majority what are your thoughts about this because people are making permits your predictions almost aren't there yet but you're right this is what one is talking about but i think mrs merkel definitely hasn't given up yet she said at the end of the negotiations with the greens and the liberals she said that the electorate has given me a mandate as the strongest party in bundestag and promised that i would be available for another four years period and this is my obligation and i am living up to it so she will make a strong effort to find a government where that she will in the end succeed or not it's just too early to

say ok well and stood in its fashion german diplomats and former ambassador to russia thank you so much for your time and for coming on to r.t. to discuss this thanks very much ok my pleasure all the best. we will bring you more news right after this break. a plate from many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money kill the narrowness and spending to do the twenty million a one player. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game played great to one more chance

with. the base going to. the political crisis inflicted upon lebanon by saudi arabia appears to receded it least for now is this a sign of things to come as a saudi royal family changes so to saudi arabia and the region is it time to buckle up for a stream. of . welcome back to the program lebanese prime minister has announced he's putting his surprise resignation on holiday after the country's president asked him to reconsider. i'm stream with we continue to get i.

was. street together and we shall carry on. and we are a nation of moderation in. the political crisis began when the lebanese prime minister announced his resignation inside the arabia's capital riyadh the decision was televised and was met in beirut with disbelief with many suspecting he'd been pressurised by the saudis then france's president micron invited terri and his family to paris where the french leader assured him of his political support off to paris hariri flew back to lebanon for independence day though not without paying lining visits to the president of egypt and then the leader of cyprus on his way and now he's back in beirut having made his surprise announcement artie's maria from brings us the latest from the lebanese capital. this was a surprise but

a relief time prime minister hariri has been speaking from beirut for the first time on the lebanese soil in the last twenty days that has been a very turbulent time for lebanon more than two weeks ago mr hariri left the country and he announced his resignation in a televised speech while speaking from the capital of saudi arabia and i was kind of crisis here to lebanon and today is speaking after the official part of the independence day celebrations he can see now they are still continue here in beirut mr harry has said that he agrees to put his decision on hold after he discussed it with the lebanese president and he stressed that the major goal right now is to jazz and keep levelled out away from any arab conflict he didn't give any further specific detail but as he earlier mentioned the attempt by some iranian backed military and political forces to meddle into fairytale lebanon and

throughout the arab region as the major reason behind his decision to resign his today's speech was under to by many as the l.t. makes him that this iranian influence should be diminished i have been able to speak to people here on the ground and they have told me that given how influential iran bag forces are this could be a difficult thing to do but it is also clear to her we made it clear that if it's not happening he might come back to this because he's very sick they should decision again so i guess this is the challenge that lebanon is now facing a professor of history and international relations jamal wakim please societies are using hariri as a tool to put more pressure on iran. i believe that his figure got damaged a lot here received. the news probably being run with the family was humiliated. we need to admit the.

father of the really. long time representatives. from lebanon and that is a widespread belief in lebanon and how do you was forced to designate by the man at the time when the crown prince of saudi arabia. is trying to increase the tension in iran especially in lebanon after they lost their influence in iraq. and syria. the staff committee has handed lifetime bans to four russians skeleton athletes to the things they've also been stripped of their winter olympic medals the i.o.c. says it disqualified the athletes for violating anti doping rules at the twenty fourteen games as cashmore professor of sociology at aston university says there's an atmosphere of fear among russian athletes still hoping to complaint. i mean it

must be dreadful i can't even get myself into the mind of an athlete to imagine that it if i'd prepared for four years maybe longer and was still waiting for the outcome of the deliberations to know whether i'd be allowed to compete for what is after all i've times goal i mean it's unimaginably difficult for them you know in a properly run world probably so this should not happen but let's think of an analogy it's as if moscow city center for the past several saturday nights the a high number of driving under the influence of alcohol arrests you would expect that the offenders would be tried individually cases evaluated and they would be punished accordingly we wouldn't expect that everyone who holds a driving license in moscow to be banned but that is effectively what is being contemplated at the moment. in these new cases should not really material impact

the material impact the decision on whether to disqualify russia as a nation but i think in the real world that probably will. former bosnian serb army commander. has been handed a life sentence for his role in atrocities committed during the bosnian war is found guilty on ten out of eleven counts including war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity he was sentenced by a un court in the hague knowledge was in command of the bosnian serb army at the height of the bosnian conflict between one thousand nine hundred ninety ninety six taking part in the capital. was also found responsible for doing a series of persecutions and exterminations across many other bosnian towns including where thousands of muslims mostly men and young boys were slaughtered by his troops many of the victims have not been identified to this day and serbia

while condemning the killings has never accepted the charge of genocide we discuss the verdict with political analyst john. this verdict was in to support it even before the court was formed there's no surprise about the way it was done what is surprising is that anybody anywhere expected even the slightest chance the general might be acquitted that i'm sure no normal rational person could have expected and not because he's guilty but because he was determined to be found guilty even before the first witness presented any evidence but i can tell you that here in downtown belgrade in the main central park in the city there are rows of stands for tourists to buy things and among the things they can buy are t. shirts with general blood of his face on them and generals hats of the type exactly

worn by gen and i can tell you that later today there's going to be a run on those stalls and you're going to see young children aged ten and twelve years old buying those t. shirts and buying those generals doesn't that tell us a little bit more about what the reality is here. the u.s. intelligence committee has struck a deal with armisen for the company to provide data storage is developed a special project into the government a government that explains the line between political business and commercial business is getting thinner by the day especially when it comes to internet and tech giants let's start with amazon which has just announced a new deal to provide a tailored cloud service to the u.s. intelligence community this secret region yes that's really its name comes on top of amazon's existing six hundred million dollar contract with the cia and other agencies and the cia chief information officer couldn't be more excited about the partnership that we named a commercial clothes services are suited to us for

a reason because we want to be like commercial would want to be government we want to the best of breed it's what we partner with amazon and they aren't alone just last month microsoft announced. a similar partnership over a dedicated cloud for the u.s. government and their partners microsoft is partnering with the u.s. government in the journey to the cloud providing both infrastructure and platform offerings to digital transformation meanwhile a treasure trove of connections were uncovered between u.s. politics and internet heavyweights after last year's presidential election in which some of them seem to have sided with hillary clinton now take google clinton's campaign chair john podesta had his emails hacked and published at the end of two thousand and sixteen they contain several references to eric schmidt the executive chairman of alphabet google's parent company and schmidt seemed eager to help with that which made tonight he's ready to fund advisor recruitment etc clearly wants to be had outside advisor but didn't seem like he wanted to push others out one of

clinton's digital advisors noted that schmidt had a team working on important products for the campaign and a memo which also mentioned that discreet conversations had been initiated with google facebook and apple to understand their priorities when it came to the election and their priorities were quickly made obvious especially when it comes to facebook there was a sense of deja vu when facebook's chief operating officer was also revealed to be in communication with protest expressing her hope and willingness to assist clinton in the race for the presidency i still want hillary clinton to win badly i'm still here to help us i can look forward to working with you to elect the first woman president of the united states with such an intricate web of partnerships between internet giants politicians and the government perhaps it's time to worry about our online freedoms getting tangled up in them and should be mentioned that hillary clinton's former campaign china suggested some of the lead e-mails could have been doctored professor peirce robinson gave his take on the situation. biz something to

worry about. notional a government and business a supposed to function in a way that they're independent of each other. i think the reality is that there are overlapping interests and influence is exercised and this is a problem it's a problem for democracy those platforms then become extremely useful tools for governments to try to exercise influence and power and it is a real danger this is not a new form collusion sense that it's been there for historically with mainstream corporate media and government certainly new in terms of the global reach and i think that you have these corporations continue to be appear to be acting on the behest of the u.s. government then no increasing drive people to leave them and go to other platforms which under the same kind of influence. and that's all round up of all our top

stories and i'll be back at the top of the hour with more so to stay with us. see the good capitalist american and mandamus shares from gun owners don't be such a shock communist loving bootlicking stock insurance company's c.e.o. just take a cloudy willy nilly for making people hear what addicts do something constructive impose got insurance and stop the bloodshed. in america a college degree requires a great deal. paying a decade's old debts from. studying so hard it requires trust just. going through humiliation to enter an elite society. and partying to death

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i'm beyond the need this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. coming up we'll explore the global surgeon i ceo's in the future of digital currency markets then we'll also take a look at how luxury products have compared with traditional stocks as a good investment and told us to ask on the massive increase in fees is hurting middle class americans but first let's check today's top stories around business and finance news. point has hit yet another record high and eight thousand dollars on friday well it did drop to around seventy five hundred it jumped back up to the seventy nine hundred mark by the afternoon this follows quite the week for

the cryptocurrency which fell to fifty five hundred just last weekend and the time that's passed that quinn's market cap rose from ninety two billion dollars to one hundred thirty three point five billion dollars and that death can be attributed to a delay in an upgrade to the bit queen network that was supposed to make transactions faster but that would have caused a hard for another bitcoin spinoff would have been created it's been avoided for now but there's still no guarantee that hard work won't happen in the future. the federal communications commission just reversed a decade's old rule that will make it easier for media companies to merge the agency voted three to two to eliminate the ban on cross ownership of a newspaper and a television station in a major market and that's not all the f.c.c. also voted in favor of allowing media companies to buy several stations in the same market and for local stations to jointly sell ad time it will also become easier for come. needs to buy several radio stations in some markets and the decision is

expected to pave the way for sinclair broadcast group to buy tribune media which has been widely criticized no word on how it impacts comcast and rise in the thames at acquiring twenty first century fox so. oil exports from singapore grew faster than expected in october jumping twenty point nine percent year on year but significantly higher than the forecasts compiled by reuters which estimated ten percent growth in back in september exports actually fell one point one percent the biggest chunk of it went to china where shipments increased over fifty percent followed by twenty six point one percent to the european union.