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night on "worldfocus" -- >> in switzerland, gh stakes talks over iran's nucar program get under way, including a one-on-one meing between erican and iranian officials. what was achieved? for e second day in row, indonesia isocked by a powerful earthquak yesterday'quake killed many hundre. the devastation is described as stagring.

china pullsut all the stops fr its 60th celebration of communist rule. we'll show you the amazing pictures. nd controversy in the caribbean. part three of our series on pop culture polics takes us to jaica where they dance a different beat that so say is way too rty. >> from the world's leing reporterand analysts, here's what's happening fm around the worl this is "worldfocu" major support has beenrovided by rosali p. walter and the peteg. peteon foundaon, dedicated to promoting fiscal reonsibility and addressi key economic cllenges facing erica's future. d additional funding is provided by thfollowing supporrs -- >> good evening. i'm martinavidge. thank yofor joining us. e obama administration's

policy ofngagement with iran s put to the testoday in the highest level direct talks in three decades betweethe two countrie the u.s. was join by fi other world powe in the meetings in geneva. afterwd, president obamsaid iraneard a clear messag that it must act on its commitme to open a newly discloseduranium enrichmentlant to internional nspectors. that, said t president, must happen within two wes. there ll be more talks but the president said the u.s. willot gotiate indefinitely. and will increase pressu if needed. >> this is aonstructive ginning, but hard work lies ahead. we've enteda phase of intensive inrnational negotiions and talk no substitute for action. pledges of cooperation mt be fulfilled. >> in tonight's leadfocus, we're going to take an in-depth ok at the issue starting with today's meetings in gena. at the conclusionf today's meeting, european union foreign

ief javier solana spoke wh reporters. announced the iranis would returng for more talks characterizing today's meing as a sp forrd. >> we reed to itensify the diogue in coming wes and we expect the progss i t followingays. first, there will be a second meeting before the enof october. seco, iran h told us that it plans to cooperate fully and immediately with ternational atomic energy agency on the new enrichment facility near qom. we expect within the next couple ofeeks. >> the reent revelation o that cond uranium enrhment fality in theity of qom has raised concerns at iran is secrly pressing ead with efforts to maka nuclear weapon willia dowell is a

correspondent in geneva and he is coverng today's talks. >> the american negotiars that came in re madeit clear ey want openccess to that site for the iaea, to come in, make completenspections without having the irania block tem. th's really at the top of the agenda in the lks here today. >> in anothe possible sign of progresssenior american ficials and iranian legates me for thei own onen-one meeting. the u.s. said iants to keep the talks limed to iran's nuclear progra but the iranians have saidhey nt to expand them to a wider f issues. now, for more otoday's talks, wre joined by fly leverett, t director of the an project at the new america foundation and professor of international relations atenn state. joins us from washington. welcome. >> thanks for havg me. >> iran pledged today to operate with the un. and let inspectors into s ney reveal uranium enrichment facility. whato you make of these

delopments? >> ianian oicials sid before the geneva meeng they would grant the iaea access to the anium enrichment site. nothing surising there. it seems as ithe united states and others inhe p-5 plus 1 are using this as a positive outcom from tod's discussions and using it to justify a seco rounof meetings later tis month. >> ands you point out, the rties also agreed to that second round of tas. wh do you think will come out ofound two? >> i think round two will hin on a couple o points. on the iranian side, i think the iranians will contue to iist th they are not gog to acpt new limits on furthe development of their nucle infrastructureand i think they'll continue to insist that any discussion of nuear issues needs to be inbredded in much broader conrsation. the united state i anticate, willeally start to pess hard

for the iranians to accept some kindf limitsn the further developmenof their nuclear infrastructure wle talks are oning. as stated, the two positions are irreconcilable. someone's going to have to give on sme aspect of that if tis diogue is going to continue for very long beyond this second meing. >> say thedon't give in and the talks fail. there has been mention by the u.s. governmen and by those that are supporting the u. on more sanctns for iran. do y think that's a good strategy >> it's not a good strategy if you actuallwant to accomplish anything. in theend, neither ruia nor chinis going to agree t new sanctions ainst iran that woulome anywhere near secretary clinton's farite stanrd of crippling sancons on iran. russia and chi may acce marginal eansions of sanctions,ut not anything that would be crippling.

and even if you think what might be possie, the international community is not goingo impose so mh suffeng and hardip on irabeyond what iran endured, say, during the ir iran/iraq war. at would generate leverage over their decision-maki. it's not an effective strategy. >> what would you suggest asn alternative? . >> i tnk the alternative i serious sttegically grounded diplomacy with iran aime at resolving differences between the united states and irannd part of that process, iran needs to know, unrstand, field confident that its own strategic needs are being addressed and can met. that's what got usthe breakthroughith china. that's what got us the brkthrough with libya. if we want scess here theeshgs thapproach that needs to be pursue >> flynt leverett, thank you ve much. >> thankfor hang me.

now it's yo turn to weigh in on this debate. we are going to ask the qution, if the talks ultimately fail and sctions e imposed on iran, do you ink that iran ll give its nuclear program? let us know by goi to the "how you e it" section on our home page on our weite, that's worlocus.org. > from afghanistan tonight, military officialsre investigatinthe reported dehs of at leastix civilis, all members of the sameamily, in an air strike. it happene in helmand pronce in southwestfghanistan. a british miliry spokesman said there were unconfied reports of amany as a dozen deaths, eight civilians, fr militants. the.s. militarycalled in the air strike after reports th ground forces wercoming under fi from inside a residence. as u.s. forces t to ntain the taliban, civilian casuties have infuriated many ordinary afghans and that issue was addressed today by the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general stanley mcchrystal, who sa, we mustrotect thefghan

people from all threats, from the enemy and from ourwn actions. mcchryst also said we are going to have too things dramatically differently even uncomfortabldifferently in the way we opete. but he also recommended up to 4000 additional troops for afghanistan. that recomndation is being considered by predent obama who held a three-hour meeting last night on afghanistan with key members of his national security am. somef whom are dividedn that troop ise. "the wall stet journal" reports that defense sretary robertates may be among those undecided. for more on thisebateover strategy in afghanistan, we ar joined once agai by alex heir. he ishe direct for afghanistan an pakistan a the united stes institute of peace. welcomck. >> pleasure. >> so let's review. what are the oions available president obama in afghanistan? >> well, of course ere's a wide ran of options. esident obama couldñ the sttegy that has been

pursued for thelast eight years, which has gdually increasethe number of u.s forces and u.s. civili presence. he couldncrease that much further, a sort of surge-like apoach, or could begin to aw back on those resources. so what are you hearg? do you think tt there could b a major shift intrategy? >> i don't thk that this year major shift is in the cards i think that t general consensus, although there are some who disagr, is that a counterinsurgency strategy is still possible in afghanistan and that fundamentally, t als that we feel that need to achieve for national secury purposes aretill achievable. but there is a ceping amount of doubt among certaineople which is why i belve we're hang this debate. >> and we get these reports of division appearing wihin the ministration on this iue. and i'mondering how de are thosedivisio? we know? >> i think the disions in many

ways are me political than they are tactical at t moment. as i id, i believe that a lot of the dcisions that are going to be madeow, whether you add me troop, are relately tinkering with the model that thpresident announced last march. i think that the politic aspect of this debate whh has newly crept in and where deepe divisions doexist about the lo-term, is about fundamentally where ameran interests are and where w want to engage the rld in order tourther those interests. t if the president doesn't reond in some way in a short time frame, is the a danger that there could be harm don to what has alrdy been achieved in afghanistan? >> 'veeen in afghanistanor eight years. an i think it's certainly a good opportunitynd a necessary act by the president to step back a consider how the last eighyears haveone and whe

we're going. so ion't think that we're running out of time. the same time, the ahan election proce is still unresolved. and think that an announcement this de before that csis is relved would probably be premature. >> and do you think this is a decision the president mes all by himself >> well, ultimately it is th president's decion. i mean, he hasany very experienced advisers arou him. but ultately, he has to make the call and it will be s responsibility >> and within the penton, is there andivision there? >> well,i think there's certainly a skepticism among some ithe pentagon that a unterinsurgency objective can be achieved over the lo-term in afghanian. i think thathere is concern that adding more troops into the eder could make tngs worse. but obviously tcommanders on the ground feel th they ed more rces to fulfill the mission that theye been given.

>> alex eir, thank you. >> my pleasu. indonesia was jolt by a second earthquake tay as rescuers desperatelsearch for thousands of pple believed t be trapped in the rubble from yesterdas powerful earthquake. the second earthquake waslso off the isnd of sumatra injuring dozensof people and daging hundreds of buildings. authorits are now sayinthat perhs 1,000 people or mor ed in yesterday's quake. the tolls expected to grow even high in sumra d from the tsami that hit theslands of samoa and american samoan the south pacic. we have more on the soan and indonesianisasters tonight from this report from jey wivell of itn. >> buried ali but still breaing. is young woman w pull from the rubble by scuers searcng

r survivo of the sumatran earthquake. hundreds others were not so lucky when the quake measuring 7.6 tore through sumatra yeerday, destroying more than 500 bild ngs pang, the capital the province. >> we hope we'll find survivors but wcan't say for sure. we're trying ou best but have seen dead bodieinside. >> more an 500 peopleave been confirmeddead in sumatra, but e countrys bracing itself for that number to rise. ovnight, residents struggng to co with the devtation also had to putut fires tha broke out acrosshe sprawling ci. the same time, others were using their ba hands to search r survivors. manyre sti trapped under collapsed schools, hots and homes. with thousands injured and two hoitals reduced to rubble, nyictims are being treated in makeshift clinics >> the evacuation process is

still going on, although the poweis down. telecommunications lin also cut. the citwas paralyzed after the quake. >> the earthquake in padang came shortly aft a tsunami struck the samoan islands yesterday, killing more than 100. many residts and tourists said a tsunami might follow the quake in sumatra as well. >> i felt the floor shaking of a little bungalow and i ran out to a litt place wher everyone haalready summoned to get out of the houses and then felt thesandy floor shaking. >> rief teams from arou the wod are now arriving in both samoa and sumatra. but tisks of aftershocks along one of the rld's most active fault lines remains ever present. >> that brings usto atory that strucus as remarkable. china' celebration of six decades of communist rule, a fireworks displa capped off the

e spectacle and a commitme to socialism d modernization by china's presidt who appeared in a parade. you'll see what we mean this excerpt from chna's sta-run english lauage television. >> showsed the achievements of the past six decades >> a flag-raisinceremony kicked off t grand celebratn. president hu jintao, also chairm of the central military commission, reviewed the military force. [ speaking feign language ] .

>> china's display on this national holay w precisely choreoaphed, a proction of e power that cna has and the global power that it hasecome. melissa chan of alazeera english was in beijing othis extraordiny day. >> acelebration with a clear messag-- china is agreat power, on display, rowfter row,ormation after formation. >> we wi unswervingly follow socialism wi chinese characteristics and comprehensively implent the ruling party's bas theory, basic line and basicrogram. today, a cialist china is anding firm, the east is marching to its modernization and bring the worldnd the fure. >> aer five months of hearsals, the people's armed

police and militia wre on parade down e avenue of eternal pea, marching on to tiananmesqre, the same route the people's leration army took 60 years ago unr mao za dong's command. perfecy coordinated perfmances and a celbratory red splashed everywher there'seen much anticipation and curiosity ov the weapons ondisplay. the army'ssecond artillery w there, the strateg missile force that handles nucle and nventional balliic and cruise msiles. and main battle taks, armored fighting vehicle, self-propelled artillery and rocket launchers. upabove, the air force, including china's newest fighter, the j-10. but the show of for has not been seen just along the para. it has been se everywhere. onhe streets, a country at once swing confidence and concern if anying should go wrg.

but most chinese didn't seem to mind the extra surity measures. they'rvery proud of their country. >> we have trsformed in 60 years. we're strongerndtronger. as chese, we have a songer future and our place in the world. >> with much of the fos on the military hardware, it's ea to forget the parade also involved civians of formers and floats. floats presenting each provin and major eventsuch as the olympics, achiements such as china's space mission and of coursthe economi reformthat have transformed this country that rminds the world and its own citizens why the country h so much reason tcelebrate. melisschan, al jazeera,

> finallytonight, our signature sty and anotherook at an issue that resonates in many untries. pop cuure politics. tonight we want to show you how it's playing out in jaica.it's hallmusic. to some, it's mical poetry, not unlike rap in this cntry. oh, it's not only raw,ut dangerous. on a recent visit to jamaica, lisa biagiotti tk a look at how it's reverbering in jamaan society. >> almos ever night i jamai jamaica, music booms unt daylight. it's wednesday night at is nce hall in one of kingston's mo notorious get toes. this club draws party-goers om all levels of jamaican society. but many are ouaged by t genre music.

earlier this year, murdero and sexually eplicit lyrics re banned from the jamaican air was in the name of protecting children. >> me personally, it doesn't make he want to have sex it just a song. >> the rason they don't wa it -- >> it's really an issue of power. we're losing our young peoe. it's destring the nation. an analogy for you is elvis presley doing sff with his hips back in e day and peoe think, there gs the united stes. for dr. kingly stewart, a professor of anthropology and a popular radio deejay, dance hall music has becme the focus of cuural war, revealing the minds that dide jamaican society. >> they want dvds of israel.

butou have to undetand, dae halls from he working class poor ge toe areas of jam jamaica. there e those here who are comfortable with the popularity of this base representing jamaican. ey're offended. >> personay, i would be totally embaassed for abody to asciate me with se of the songs that ar writn in the name of some odance halls. culture, the vionce and the crude sexualy. i am not -- that is not my culture. i doot embrace it and i reject it. >> this principal is one of jamaica's most outspoken crics of dance hall sic. ♪ >> earli this year, she wrote a column that appeared in one of jamaica's tional newspapers nouncing this song -- as damaging the values and mols of the socie. ♪

>> the moral foundation tat we had in evious enerations, thatas oded. sic has -- it's one of the greast influences in jamaica. so in my mind, if the music influence in such a negative wa imagine in y turn it around and the rics are potive lyrics. >> supportersof dance hall believehe band s less about censs graphic images and lyrics and more about the battle between jamaica's upper and lower classes. grachamilton is prompt jamaican dance hall artist. her sexually explic song led to the nationwide band on broadcting theost graphic nce hall music. >> they have a probl because say thin -- thats what was causg the problem. everyby was like, oh, th is unfair. they're fighting dance hall and culte because we come

from the g toe and inner city. they don't want to see us step to their level. they want toplit jamaicanto two differenhalves. >> like any other country,e have a history and that histy is steed in plaation past ere you have awhite kind o victorian effecthat's supped to be the appropriate way of being. this is what's thoughtof as the godly. >> some ople are descred as having two tribes. an theseribes operate differtly. >> karen cpenter is a sexologist studyinculture in jamaan. she believes the music man reflects long standing cial demands beeen rich and poor, known as townand downtown. >> the uptownperson is an enish speaker.

but will speak in english st of the time. it's somne who lives in a area that is a residential area where you can'tlay loud music at nht and rties pus en at a certain time and the policeo come whe you call. and sex is not a topic of coersation. yolive in the biness area and you are likely noto have much privacy. you speak, quote, uuote, badly. downtown, you e allowed to exess yourself. downtown, you ara sexual being. >> they would never get dance hall totop talking about sex because fr a class perspective, there's a fundamentadifferent wex is discussed amongst dance hll people and angst the so-called elite. dance hall has gonuptown.

a lot of uptown kid a lot uptown people ve dance hall. >> for an iand that is renow worldwidfor itsmusic, fo better or woe, this ishat jamaica soundlike. and dance hall music, while coroversial, may be t place where these two jamaic meet. >> believe it or not, dance hall is the ly spaces peolerom these rdically different backgrounds come together. >> for "worldfocus," i'm lisa biagiotti in kingston, jamaica. at's "worldfocus" for a thursdayvening. be sre to le6 kw what you thinby going to our website at worldfocus.org. i'm martin savidge in n york. thank you ry much for joining us. we'll look for you back here again torrow and anytimen the web. again torrow and anytimen the web. until then, have a goonight. captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com major suppor for "worldfocus" has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g.peterson foundation, dedicated to promotingiscal

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